Berends Family Papers

Preliminary arrangement and description by D. Tambo
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Guide to the Berends Family Papers, ca. 1648-1904

Collection number: Bernath Mss 230

Department of Special Collections

Davidson Library

University of California, Santa Barbara
Processed by:
D. Tambo
Date Completed:
Oct. 26, 2010
Latest revision:
Oct. 10, 2012
Encoded by:
A. Demeter
© 2010-2012 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.

Descriptive Summary

Title: Berends Family Papers
Dates: ca. 1648-1904
Collection number: Bernath Mss 230
Collection Size: 0.6 linear feet (2 flat oversize boxes)
Creator: de Berends, Axel
Repository: University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Dept. of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Abstract: The collection contains items mainly pertaining to Russian diplomat Axel de Berends and his career, latter 19th century, in Brazil, Sweden, Spain, and the Netherlands. Also included are notes and documents re research into the history of the family [de Berends / von Berends].
Physical location: Del Norte Oversize.
Languages: Russian, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish

Access Restrictions

None.

Publication Rights

Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.

Preferred Citation

Berends Family Papers. Bernath Mss 230. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2006.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains items mainly pertaining to Russian diplomat Axel de Berends and his career, latter 19th century, in Brazil, Sweden, Spain, and the Netherlands. The majority of letters and documents are in Russian or French. Also included are notes and documents re research into the history of the family [de Berends / von Berends].

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Berends family
Diplomatic and consular service, Russian.
Russia--Foreign relations--Brazil.
Russia--Foreign relations—Sweden.
Russia--Foreign relations—Spain.
Russia--Foreign relations—Netherlands.


Box 1

Notebook - in French and English with some German, handwriting possibly of several different people

Box 1

Notebook - in German and Russian, with genealogical notes on the de Berends / von Berends family

Box 1

Large portfolio - "Papiérs relatifo a la famille de Berends" - documents and correspondence on the Berends family, in Russian, French and German, ca. 1794-1860s

Box 2: 1

Pour Monsieur Leopold d'Orlich - folder of correspondence between Frideric Guillaume Electeur de Brandebourg and Louis [de Berends?], in French, 1648-1700, and certificate of merit for L-- Berends, in Russian, 1866

Box 2: 2

Carl von Berends - folder of correspondence, in German and Russian, many with wax seals, 1849-1867

Box 2: 3

Folder of French and German etchings, n.d.; correspondence and documents in French, Russian, Portuguese, and Dutch re Axel de Berends' various diplomatic appointments in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Stockholm (Sweden), and the Hague (Netherlands), 1869-1899

Box 2: 4

Stockholm, 1881-[1881?] - folder of correspondence in French, Russian, Spanish and Dutch re Axel de Berends' diplomatic appointments in Madrid (Spain), the Hague (Netherlands), Stockholm (Sweden), 1883-1899

Box 2: 5

Baronie - Piéces et services concernant la famille von Berends - folder of correspondence and documents re the de Berends / von Berends family and A. de Berends diplomatic service, in French, Portuguese, and Russian, 1865-1904

Box 2: 6

Folder of etchings, primarily "illustrations from Schiller's plays" and images of Middle Eastern subjects, including a scene at Jellalabad