Mark V. Vishniak papers, circa 1910-1995

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Summary

Creators:
Vishni͡ak, M. V. (Mark Venʹi͡aminovich), 1883-1977
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches, writings, and clippings, relating to Russian and Soviet history, Russian revolutionists, Russian émigrés, and political conditions in the Soviet Union by the Russian historian and Socialist Revolutionary Party leader.
Extent:
19 manuscript boxes (7.9 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

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

Background

Scope and content:

Correspondence, speeches, writings, and clippings, relating to Russian and Soviet history, Russian revolutionists, Russian émigrés, and political conditions in the Soviet Union by the Russian historian and Socialist Revolutionary Party leader.

Biographical / historical:

The Russian author and pre-Bolshevik politician was born in Moscow on January 15, 1883 later graduating from Moscow University. As a law professor at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute, he was an ardent Socialist Revolutionary, who, in 1918, was secretary of the only freely elected Constituent Assembly in his country's history. He held the post only seventeen hours, until Lenin disbanded the Parliament. After fleeing to Paris and then to New York in 1940 Vishniak later became Time magazine's senior specialist on Soviet affairs and wrote 22 books. He died in New York City in 1976.

Acquisition information:
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1970
Arrangement:

The collection is organized into six series: Correspondence, Biographical File, Speeches and Writings, Subject File, Photographs and Miscellany.

Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Box FH23 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:

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

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Mark V. Vishniak Papers, [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