Georgii Goshtovt Papers, circa 1830-1952

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Goshtovt.
Bib ID:
4077563 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Goshtovt, Georgiĭ Adamovich, ca. 1889-1953
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
2500 items (14 boxes)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

Part of the collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, military diaries, maps and printed materials that pertain to World War I. Some materials deal with the Civil War, Polish history, medieval Russia and Lithuania, and the history of Russian education. Several folders contain military orders, "prikazy", dating from the early 1900s to about 1925. There are also genealogical materials concerning Russian nobility and Goshtovt's family. The maps primarily concern World War I and the Civil War; also included are a postal map of Russia in 1860, and a map of transportation routes in 1887. The printed materials include clippings, and bulletins published by various emigre military organizations. Most of the books in the collection pertain to the German army during World War I.

Arrangement

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Elena V. Mengden. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1955.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Elena V. Mengden. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1956.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1955.

Papers Processed 02/--/82.

Papers Accessioned 1956.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Military historian.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form
Bulletins CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Clippings (Information Artifacts) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Diaries CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Genealogies (histories) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Maps (documents) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Orders (military records) CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Road maps CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Lithuania -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Poland -- History CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russia -- History -- To 1533 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- Emigration and immigration CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union -- History, Military CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
Books CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Education -- History -- Soviet Union -- To 1945 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Nobility -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID