Nikolai Aleksandrovich Mel'nikov Manuscripts, 1933-1949

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/N.A. Melńikov
Bib ID:
4077818 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Melńikov, Nikolaĭ Aleksandrovich, 1872-ca. 1950
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
12 items (1 box)
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.

Readers must use photocopy of "19 let na zemskoĭ sluzhbe.".

This collection is located on-site.

Description

Scope and Content

Mel'nikov's manuscripts include his memoirs, "19 let na zemskoi sluzhbe: avtobiograficheskie nabroski i vospominaniia" (371 p.), describing in detail his service in governmental posts. Several other manuscripts in the collection discuss general problems of Russian developments and also his views on a future, non-Soviet Russia.

Addition of 2023: typescript of Mel'nikov's speech "Russkoe zemstvo v proshlom i nekotorye mysli ob ego buushchem" (40 pages) delivered at the "Kruzhok k poznaniiu Rossii", Paris, Jan. 31, 1933

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.

Readers must use photocopy of "19 let na zemskoĭ sluzhbe.".

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

Manuscripts: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1951.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Manuscripts Accessioned 1951.

Manuscripts Processed 02/--/80.

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

Nikolai Aleksandrovich Mel'nikov (1872 - 1951) served in the Kazan zemstvo in 1898-1917, and on the zemstvo movement in general. He was also an Octobrist who served in the 3rd State Duma.

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
Memoirs CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Place
Russia -- History -- Revolution, 1905-1907 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Russia -- Politics and government -- 1894-1917 CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID
Subject
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union CLIO Catalog ArchiveGRID