Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- N. V. Borzov papers
- Dates:
- 1890-1993
- Creators:
- Borzov, N. V. (NikolaÄ Viktorovich), 1871-1955, Borzov family, and Russkoe natÍ¡sional'noe studencheskoe obschestvo
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, writings, financial records, reports, memoranda, bulletins, printed matter, and photographs relating to Russian students in China and the United States. Includes papers of other members of the Borzov family, and records of the Russkoe natsional'noe studencheskoe obschestvo.
- Extent:
- 25 manuscript boxes, 5 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder, 36 microfilm reels (12.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- Russian
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], N. V. Borzov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The primary individual associated with these papers is Nikolai Viktorovich Borzov, but they contain materials connected with the activities of his sons, Boris Nikolaevich and Viktor Nikolaevich Borzov, as well as materials relating to or originating from other family members: daughter Aleksandra Nikolaevna Borzov, and wife, Sofiia Aleksandrovna. Both Nikolai Viktorovich and his son, Viktor Nikolaevich, were active in a large number of organizations with social, educational, and charitable goals, particularly in connection with helping Russian children and students in China and the United States. This collection reflects their activities in this sphere. The papers are especially rich on problems of high school and university education among Russian émigrés.
Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.
Box 35 of collection was not microfilmed and is only available at Museum of Russian Culture. Includes: Plaque and diagrams of the 1-oe Kharbinskoe russkoe real'noe uchilishche, one album, and fifteen prints depicting miscellaneous personages (See also SUBJECT FILE/Russians--United).
- Biographical / historical:
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N. V. Borzov was a prominent and active figure in Russian education and émigré charitable and cultural work. Born in Glazov on 26 April 1871 (O.S.), he graduated with honors from St. Petersburg University, and entered into government service in the Ministry of Education. In 1897 he was a teacher at the Tomsk girls' high school, and in 1904 he was appointed inspector of the Tomsk Commercial School. Aside from his direct duties, he also established an evening school in Tomsk and participated in the work of societies advancing education in penitentiaries as well as in villages in the Tomsk region.
Having moved to Harbin in 1905, he was for twenty years director of the Harbin Commercial schools as well as of the education department of the Chinese Eastern Railway. At the same time, he established advanced economic and legal courses in Harbin. He was also a member of the city council. Dismissed in 1925 at the demand of the Soviet government, he moved to Berkeley, California, where his children lived. But he returned to Harbin in 1929-1931 to assume the post of director of the Kharbinskoe pervoe real'noe uchilishche. Back in California, he resumed his educational work by founding Russian kindergartens and high schools in Berkeley and San Francisco.
For many years, almost till his death on 25 November 1955, he organized the annual "Day of the Russian Child" (Den' russkogo rebenka), and edited the journal of the same name in order to raise funds and awareness of the plight of Russian children abroad.
Date Event 1871 April 26 (O. S.) Born, Glazov, Russia 1897 Teacher, Mariinskaia zhenskaia gimnaziia, Tomsk, Russia 1904 Inspector, Tomskoe kommercheskoe uchilishche, Tomsk, Russia 1905-1925 Director, Kharbinskie kommercheskie uchilishcha, Harbin, China 1925 Arrived in the United States 1929-1931 Director, 1-oe Real'noe uchilishche, Harbin, China 1931 Returned to the United States Director, Obshchestvo pokrovitel'stva I prosvescheniia russkikh detei, San Francisco, California 1955 November 25 Died, Berkeley, California - Acquisition information:
- Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 2000, 2024.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-02-23 09:53:24.480808
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Box 23 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], N. V. Borzov papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563