Register of the Russko-amerikanskoe kulturno-prosvetitelnoe obshchestvo (Russian-American Cultural Society) records

Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA 94305-6003

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Title: Russko-amerikanskoe kulturno-prosvetitelnoe obshchestvo records

Date (inclusive): 1925-1999

Collection Number: 2001C10

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: Russian

Physical Description: 2 microfilm reels (0.3 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Minutes, correspondence, and financial records, relating to cultural activities of Russian-Americans.

Creator: Russko-amerikanskoe kulturno-prosvetitelnoe obshchestvo

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2001.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Russko-amerikanskoe kulturno-prosvetitelnoe obshchestvo records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of Originals

Originals in: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.

Administrative History

Russian-American cultural society.

Scope and Content Note

The Society of Russian Engineers (Russkii inzhenernyi kruzhok) was originally established in Los Angeles in 1924, and reorganized in 1975 as the Russko-amerikanskoe kul'turno-prosvetitel'noe obshchestvo (Russian-American Cultural Society). The materials in this collection reflect the activities of this organization (lectures, concerts and other social events), and include correspondence, flyers, founding and liquidation documents, membership lists, minutes of meetings, and similar matter.

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.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Russians -- United States

OFFICE FILE 1925-1999

reel 1

Catalog of library books

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 1.

Correspondence

reel 1

General 1950-1999

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 2.

reel 1

Association of Russian-American Engineers in U.S.A. 1968-1969

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 3.

reel 1

Financial records

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 4.

reel 1

Founding documents

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 5. Includes by-laws and charters from 1925, 1976 and 1983

reel 1

Historical file

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 6. Includes historical sketch of the Russian Engineering Society, 1924-1934, clipping, diagrams of growth and composition of membership, lists of lectures given, 1924-1934, speech on the occasion of the Society's 40th anniversary and other matter collected for the history of the society

reel 1

Memberships

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 7. Includes membership applications, members' biographical data, and lists of members

reel 1

Minutes of meetings

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 8-9. Includes associated material

reel 2

Questionnaire

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 1.

Subject file

reel 2

Goudkoff family

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 2. Includes correspondence relating to the establishment of the Professor P. P. Goudkoff Memorial Student Aid Fund, 1955-1956, and papers relating to distribution of the assets of Valentina P. Goudkoff, 1968

reel 2

Special events

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 3-5. Includes fliers advertising lectures, concerts, lunches, etc., as well as attendance sheets, biographical information on lecturers, and attendant correspondence

reel 2

Miscellany

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 6.