Museum of Russian Culture manuscript collection, 1869-1990

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Summary

Creators:
Museum of Russian Culture (San Francisco, Calif.)
Abstract:
Miscellaneous diaries, memoirs, studies, and other writings, by various Russian and Russian émigré writers, relating to Russian history and culture, Russian participation in World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, and Russian émigré affairs. Collected by the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco.
Extent:
12 microfilm reels (1.8 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Museum of Russian Culture Manuscript Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains individual holographs and typescripts (with occasional associated correspondence) donated either directly to the Museum or submitted to Russkaia zhizn' and subsequently deposited in the Museum. Most of the materials are in Russian or English, and include fiction, memoirs, and article- or book-length studies on historical, political, or social themes. The earliest manuscripts, though undated, are Nestor Kukol'nik's "Tolkovanie Evangeliia," and a series of lives of Russian saints (unidentified author), followed by Archbishop Nikolai of Japan's (Nikolai Kasatkin) "Iaponiia s tochki zreniia Khristianskoi missii" (1869).

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.

Acquisition information:
Acquired.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

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:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Museum of Russian Culture Manuscript Collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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