Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russia

Gain a better understanding of the past and cultures of Slavic and East European peoples with American archival collections!

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States, the first collection of its kind, offers perspectives from leading Slavic librarians, archivists and historians on the cultural history of Russian and East European exiles and immigrants to North America in the twentieth century. Editor Tanya Chebotarevcurator of the Bahkmeteff Archive at Columbia Universityand a group of leading authorities document the concerted effort to preserve Russian and East European written culture outside the bounds of Communist power. This book is a vital addition to the collections of archivists, librarians, historians, and graduate students in Russian studies and American immigrations.

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States explores the role of Russian émigrés, librarians, and scholars in the United States in providing a haven for archival collections of Russian literature, art, and historical manuscripts at the height of panic during the Cold War. This essential resource celebrates the efforts made by archivists and librarians in collecting émigré materials. This book addresses many important related topics, such as:

  • an introduction to the life and work of Boris Aleksandrovich Bakhmetefffinancial contributor to the Archive and the last Russian ambassador to the United States before the Bolsheviks’ seizure of power
  • the Eurasianist movementits roles and views on science, culture, and empire
  • reflections of Russian émigrés on Soviet nationality policies during the 1920s and 1930s
  • American collections on immigrants from the Russian Empire
  • the New York Public Libraryits role in collecting and describing vernacular Slavic and East European language and history materials to a diverse readership
  • Columbia University Libraries’ Slavic and East European Collectionsa historical overview of these extraordinarily rich collections of materials from or about the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the countries and people of Eastern Europe
  • the Hoover Institution’s Polish émigré collections and the Polish state archives
  • Russian archives onlinepresent status and future prospects

This book also details recent efforts to repatriate archival collections and libraries abroad and return them to their countries of origin. Disagreements between countries are already emerging, and Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States discusses their implications and the future of America’s Slavic archives.

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Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russia

Gain a better understanding of the past and cultures of Slavic and East European peoples with American archival collections!

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States, the first collection of its kind, offers perspectives from leading Slavic librarians, archivists and historians on the cultural history of Russian and East European exiles and immigrants to North America in the twentieth century. Editor Tanya Chebotarevcurator of the Bahkmeteff Archive at Columbia Universityand a group of leading authorities document the concerted effort to preserve Russian and East European written culture outside the bounds of Communist power. This book is a vital addition to the collections of archivists, librarians, historians, and graduate students in Russian studies and American immigrations.

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States explores the role of Russian émigrés, librarians, and scholars in the United States in providing a haven for archival collections of Russian literature, art, and historical manuscripts at the height of panic during the Cold War. This essential resource celebrates the efforts made by archivists and librarians in collecting émigré materials. This book addresses many important related topics, such as:

  • an introduction to the life and work of Boris Aleksandrovich Bakhmetefffinancial contributor to the Archive and the last Russian ambassador to the United States before the Bolsheviks’ seizure of power
  • the Eurasianist movementits roles and views on science, culture, and empire
  • reflections of Russian émigrés on Soviet nationality policies during the 1920s and 1930s
  • American collections on immigrants from the Russian Empire
  • the New York Public Libraryits role in collecting and describing vernacular Slavic and East European language and history materials to a diverse readership
  • Columbia University Libraries’ Slavic and East European Collectionsa historical overview of these extraordinarily rich collections of materials from or about the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the countries and people of Eastern Europe
  • the Hoover Institution’s Polish émigré collections and the Polish state archives
  • Russian archives onlinepresent status and future prospects

This book also details recent efforts to repatriate archival collections and libraries abroad and return them to their countries of origin. Disagreements between countries are already emerging, and Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States discusses their implications and the future of America’s Slavic archives.

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Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russia

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russia

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States: Proceedings of a Conference in Honor of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bakhmeteff Archive of Russia

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Gain a better understanding of the past and cultures of Slavic and East European peoples with American archival collections!

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States, the first collection of its kind, offers perspectives from leading Slavic librarians, archivists and historians on the cultural history of Russian and East European exiles and immigrants to North America in the twentieth century. Editor Tanya Chebotarevcurator of the Bahkmeteff Archive at Columbia Universityand a group of leading authorities document the concerted effort to preserve Russian and East European written culture outside the bounds of Communist power. This book is a vital addition to the collections of archivists, librarians, historians, and graduate students in Russian studies and American immigrations.

Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States explores the role of Russian émigrés, librarians, and scholars in the United States in providing a haven for archival collections of Russian literature, art, and historical manuscripts at the height of panic during the Cold War. This essential resource celebrates the efforts made by archivists and librarians in collecting émigré materials. This book addresses many important related topics, such as:

  • an introduction to the life and work of Boris Aleksandrovich Bakhmetefffinancial contributor to the Archive and the last Russian ambassador to the United States before the Bolsheviks’ seizure of power
  • the Eurasianist movementits roles and views on science, culture, and empire
  • reflections of Russian émigrés on Soviet nationality policies during the 1920s and 1930s
  • American collections on immigrants from the Russian Empire
  • the New York Public Libraryits role in collecting and describing vernacular Slavic and East European language and history materials to a diverse readership
  • Columbia University Libraries’ Slavic and East European Collectionsa historical overview of these extraordinarily rich collections of materials from or about the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the countries and people of Eastern Europe
  • the Hoover Institution’s Polish émigré collections and the Polish state archives
  • Russian archives onlinepresent status and future prospects

This book also details recent efforts to repatriate archival collections and libraries abroad and return them to their countries of origin. Disagreements between countries are already emerging, and Russian and East European Books and Manuscripts in the United States discusses their implications and the future of America’s Slavic archives.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781317955375
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/03/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 154
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Tanya Chebotarev, Jared S. Ingersoll

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Boris Bakhmeteff’s Intellectual Legacy in American and Russian Collections
  • Science, Culture, and Empire: Eurasianism as a Modernist Movement
  • From the Other Shore: Reflections of Russian Émigré Thinkers on Soviet Nationality Policies, 1920s-1930s
  • American Collections on Immigrants and Émigrés from the Russian Empire
  • The New York Public Library’s Émigré Readership and Collections: Past, Present, and Future
  • Columbia University Libraries’ Slavic and East European Collections: A Preliminary History at 100 Years
  • The Hoover Institution’s Polish Émigré Collections and the Polish State Archives
  • Russian Archives Online: Present Status and Future Prospects
  • Russian Attitudes Towards Archival Rossica Abroad: Cultural Reintegration or Political Agenda?
  • Reference Notes Included

What People are Saying About This

GRIPPING, STIMULATING, AND MOVING. . . . Librarians and archivists will be inspired by this book, and it will prompt academics and students to absorb the insights it contains and to tap the sources it describes for the enrichment of their research.
MA, Director, Leeds Russian Archive, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

Richard D. Davies

GRIPPING, STIMULATING, AND MOVING. . . . Librarians and archivists will be inspired by this book, and it will prompt academics and students to absorb the insights it contains and to tap the sources it describes for the enrichment of their research.
MA, Director, Leeds Russian Archive, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

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