Register of the Aleksandr V. Samoilovich papers

Finding aid prepared by Anatol Shmelev
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Title: Aleksandr V. Samoilovich papers
Date (inclusive): 1940-1968
Collection Number: 2000C18
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian
Physical Description: 4 microfilm reels (0.6 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence and printed matter, relating to activities of the Russian Orthodox Church abroad.
Creator: Samoĭlovich, Aleksandr V., 1894-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2000.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Aleksandr V. Samoilovich Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biography

Russian Orthodox priest; subsequently émigré in Poland, Germany, Brazil and the United States.

Biographical Note

1894 August 30 Born, Bolota village, Russia (Poland)
1915 Graduated, seminary
1915 Student, Legal faculty, Rostov-on-Don University
1921 Priest, Kobrin, Poland
1934 Archpriest
1942 Archpriest, Orthodox church in Skidle village, Bielostok province, Poland
1945 Archpriest, various parishes of Displaced Persons' camps in Bavaria
1947 Archpriest, St. Nicholas Cathedral, Sao Paolo, Brazil
1960 Archpriest, Protection of the Holy Virgin Church, Los Angeles, California
1968 Archpriest, St. Myrrh Bearing Women Church, Bryte, California
? Died

Scope and Content

This collection consists mainly of Samoilovich's correspondence with members of the church hierarchy, fellow clergymen and parishioners, concerning his activities as an archpriest of various parishes from 1940 to 1968. It includes information on church matters in Germany during and after World War II, on church affairs in South America and California, as well as material on theologian Aleksandr Kalinnikovich Svitich.
The arrangement of the collection corresponds to the original order of the numerical files, with contents described in greater detail.
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 and copyright to them (with some exceptions) are the property of the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. 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

Russia -- Emigration and immigration
Russkai͡a pravoslavnai͡a t͡serkovʹ

 

Correspondence 1940-1968

reel 1

File 1. Metropolitan Serafim (Liade) (Archbishop of Berlin and Germany)

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 1.
 

File 2. Archbishop Feodosii, of Brazil. Includes biographical information (printed matter) on Feodosii and the Brazilian Eparchiate

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 2-3.
 

File 3. Metropolitan Filaret

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 4.
reel 2

File 4. Archbishop Tikhon, I. Sokolov, Z. A. Stankevich, Archbishop Serafim, A. Kotomkin, V. I. Arkhangels'skii, I. M. Andreev, Archbishop Aleksandr (Lovchii), Bishop Agapit, Archbishop Averkii, Metropolitan Anastasii, Metropolitan Aleksandr (Inozemtsev), Archbishop Feodor of Australia

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 1 : 5-6.
 

File 5. Archbishop Ioann (Maksimovich), Metropolitan Dionisii, Archbishop Grigorii, Archbishop Savva of Australia, Bishop Nektarii, Bishop Savva of Edmonton, Archbishop Leontii of Chile, Metropolitan Leontii of New York, Bishop Leontii of Geneva, Archbishop Vitalii of Canada, Archpriest N. Zhitinskii, A. V. Ignatiuk

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 1.
 

File 6. N. N. Bylov, Fr. D. Gizetti, Archpresbyter G. Grabbe, A. Glinskii, Archpriest V. Glindskii

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 2.
reel 3

File 7. Archpresbyter Pavel Kalinovich

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 3.
 

File 8. Igumen Kallist, Priest Leontii Kvartiruk, Archdeacon V. Kirik, N. V. Karpov, Rev. G. Kravchina, I. and E. Levitskii, Archpriest I. Ol'khovskii, Archpriest S. Starikov, A. Biriuk

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 4.
 

File 9. Bishop Nikandr, Rev. N. Paderin, Archpriest M. Pomazanskii, Archpriest M. Pol'skii, Archpriest I. Savich, Archpriest A. Svitich, O. K. Svir (Svirubskaia)

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 2 : 5.
 

File 10. Aleksandr Kalinnikovich Svitich.

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 1. Includes clippings of Svitich's articles, obituaries
reel 3

File 11. Archpriest M. Smirnov, S. Seletskii, Rev. P. Stupnitskii, K. F. Seredin, N. and E. Solodovnikov, A. Torlopova

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 2.
reel 4

File 11. Archpriest M. Smirnov, S. Seletskii, Rev. P. Stupnitskii, K. F. Seredin, N. and E. Solodovnikov, A. Torlopova (continued)

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 3.
 

File 11a. "Bolgarskaia nedvizhimost'"

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 4. Concerns the purchase of property for a church in Los Angeles
 

File 12. Archpriest Gerasim Shorets

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 5.
 

Miscellany 1955-1966

 

"Germaniia i pereselencheskoe delo" 1942-1967

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 6. Consists mainly of correspondence, documents, and lists of names of Russians (displaced persons) wishing to emigrate to South America
 

Untitled file of printed matter (clippings, brochures, etc.) on religious subjects, sermons, and miscellaneous correspondence

Scope and Contents note

Museum of Russian Culture Box/Folder 3 : 7.