Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Detiam za Rubezhom Records, 1926-1964

Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Detiam za Rubezhom Records, 1926-1964

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Obshchestvo Pomoshchi
Bib ID:
4077890 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Deti︠a︡m za Rubezhom; Remizov, Alekseĭ, 1877-1957; Zaĭt︠s︡ev, Boris, 1881-1972; Luce, Clare Boothe, 1903-1987; Tolstai︠a︡, A. A. , Aleksandra Andreevna, grafini︠a︡, 1817-1904; Vakar, Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
52500 items (104 boxes; 9 oversized folders)
Language(s):
Russian .
Access:
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Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists mainly of correspondence, financial records, and subject files. Also included are protocols of meetings and reports, photographs, membership and subscription lists, and printed materials. The cataloged materials include manuscripts sent by such authors as Alekseĭ Remizov and Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev for "Den ́Russkogo Rebenka" (Day of the Russian Child) in the 1930s, as well as correspondence from Nikolaĭ Vakar, Claire Boothe Luce, Aleksandra Tolstai︠a︡, and others. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence with and about beneficiaries, and financial records from the period 1926-57.

Arrangement

Material is arranged into eight series.

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.

The following boxes are located off-site: 2-105. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

Preferred Citation

Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Detiam za Rubezhom Records. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

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--Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Russkim Deti︠a︡m za Rubezhom. 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 1956.

Papers Processed 01/--/81.

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

Founded in the United States in 1926.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Photographs
Subject
Emigration and immigration -- Europe -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- Soviet Union -- 20th century
Emigration and immigration -- United States -- 20th century
Political refugees
Russian literature -- Foreign countries
Russians -- United States

Series I: Cataloged Material


Cataloged Correspondence


Box 1

Aldanov, Mark Aleksandrovich


Box 1

Bakhmeteff, Boris Aleksandrovich


Box 1

Denikina, Kseniia Vasil'evna (Mrs. Anton I.)


Box 1

Dolgorukov, Petr Dmitrievich


Box 1

Konovalov, Aleksandr Ivanovich


Box 1

Luce, Clare Boothe


Box 1

Panina, Sofiia Vladimirovna


Box 1

Shakhovskoi, Dmitrii


Box 1

Shavel'skii, Georgii I.


Box 1

Sorokin, Pitirim Aleksandrovich


Box 1

Timashev, Nikolai Sergeevxch


Box 1

Tolstaia, Aleksandra L'vovna


Box 1

Vakar, Nikolai Platonovich


Box 1

Zefi'kovskii, Vasilii Vasil'evich


Box 1

Zenzinov, Vladimir Mikhailovich


Cataloged Manuscripts


Box 1

Bunin, Ivan Alekseevich, "Vozzvanie," (statement)


Box 1

Grebenshchikov, Georgii Dmitrievich, "Ob-vu Pomoshchi Detiam R. Em.,"(statement)


Box 1

Grebenshchikov, Georgii Dmitrievich, "Serdtse umnee razuma: Iz pisem s Pomperagna," (statement)


Box 1

Osorgin, Mikhail Andreevich, "Amerikanskomu 'Obshchestvu pomoshchi detiam russkoi emigratsii1," (statement)


Box 1

Otsup, Aleksandr Avdeevich, "0 nashikh detiakh (moe pokazanie)," (statement)


Box 1

Remizov, Aleksei Mikhailovich, t"Mne ochen1 zhalko byvaet detei..."U (statement)


Box 1

Teffi, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna, "Zhizn' russkoi emigratsii ochen' tiazhela", (statement)


Box 1

Tsurikov, Nikolai Aleksandrovich, "0 denatsionalizatsii russkikh roditelei," (statement)


Box 1

Tyrkova-Williams, Ariadna Vladimirovna, "Cheterye stranitsy," (essay)


Box 1

Zaitsev, Boris Konstantinovich, "Deti izgnaniia," (statement)


Box 1

Zaitsev, Boris Konstantinovich, C"Komu prikhodilos' imet'..."!], (statement)


Box 1

Zen'kovskii, Vasilii Vasil'evich, "Dalekim.druz'iam," (statement)

Series II: Arranged Correspondence

(This series has been arranged only by country of origin and year, except for certain individuals and institutions with vhich there was a large volume of correspondence. Also, in the correspondence from Germany, letters for some years have been partially sorted alphabetically by author, and in the North American correspondence, some years are partially sorted by month.)


Box 2

Austria


Box 2

Bachmanov, M. P., 1948-1951 1953-1954, 1948-1951, 1953-1954


Box 2

"Columb" Publishers, 1947


Box 2

Greek Orthodox Dean, Salzburg, 1947


Box 2

Kellerber g D. P. Camp, 1947-1948


Box 2

Kufstein D.P. Camp, 1947-1948 1953, 1947-1948, 1953


Box 2

Parsen D.P. Camp Secondary School, 1947-1948


Box 2

Pio-Ulsky, A., Kellerberg D.P. Camp, 1947-1951


Box 2

Russian Orthodox Church, Linz, 1949-1951


Box 2

S t. Martin D. P. Camp, 1947-48;, 1950-1951


Box 2

Stephen, Archibishop, 1949-1950


Box 2

Trushnovich, A., 1948-1951


Box 3

Individuals, 1945-1948


Box 4

Individuals, 1949-1956


Box 5

Bulgaria


Box 5

Benevolent Society of Russian Women, 1930


Box 5

Cossack Organizations, 1926-1939


Box 5

Krylov, D., 1928-1930


Box 5

Kuzmin School, Sofia, 1928-1940


Box 5

Russian Red Cross, Old Organization, 1926-1930


Box 5

Shumen-"Moia Malen'kaia Rossiia,", 1929-1936


Box 5

Sofia-Secondary Schools, 1934-1939


Box 5

Varna Summer Colony, 1926-1934


Box 5

"Zemgor," Sofia, 1928-1941


Box 6

Individual, undated


Box 6

Individual, 1929-1948


Box 7

China, Individual, 1929-1941


Czechoslovakia


Box 7

Grey, Father Nikon (Kindergarten), 1929-1931


Box 7

Tsurikov, N., 1927-1932


Box 7

Individual, 1930-1941


Box 7

Estonia, 1920-1940


Finland


Box 7

Ianushkevich, P., 1939-1941


Box 7

Perk Iarvi Otdelenie, Petrograd Gimnasiu, St. Alexei, 1926-1938


Box 7

Terioki Real'noe Uchilishche


Box 7

Individual, 1929-1948


Box 8

France


Box 8

Dolgopolov, Nikolai Sawich, 1931-1942 1945-1956, 1931-1942, 1945-1956


Box 8

L'Ecole Russe "Empereur Nicolas II," Versailles, 1944-1956


Box 8

Medonsk Shelter, 1936-1939


Box 8

Preventorium (Alpes-Maritimes), 1928-1940


Box 8

Russian Red Cross, Old Organization, 1928-1936 1945, 1928-1936, 1945


Box 9

St. Germer de Fly (Oise), Nechaiannaia Radost1 Orphanage, 1926-1934


Box 9

Tomilov, N., 1955-1956


Box 9

Voskhod Fellowship, 1926-1940


Box 9

"Zemgor,", 1927-1932


Box 9

Individual, 1926-1940 1945-1950, 1926-1940


Box 10

Individual, 1951-1956


Box 11

Germany


Box 11

Arensburger, Konstantin, Wurttemberg, 1947-1950


Box 11

Benevskii, N., Prior of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, Lande/Weser,


Box 11

Fil, Andrei, 1950-1951


Box 11

Gartong, Marianna, Berlin, 1952-1954


Box 11

Greek Orthodox Church, Liibeck, 1948-1951


Box 11

Greek Orthodox Church, Marburg, 1948-1949


Box 11

Greek Orthodox Community, Regensburg, 1947-1951


Box 11

Latysheva, E., 1950-51


Box 11

Martino, Boris, Russian Scouts, 1948-1956


Box 11

Munchen-Feldmoching D. P. Camp, 1948-1950


Box 11

Munchen-Feldmoching Secondary School for Stateless, 1948


Box 11

Northwestern Orthodox Union/Beneficent Society of Baltic Orthodox Religious Community,, 1947-1950


Box 11

"Omgus" Manpower Division, Berlin, 1948-1951


Box 12

Orthodox Childrens' Home "Merciful Samaritan," Munich,


Box 12

Popov, A., 1947-1948


Box 12

Primary and Secondary School in Wurttemberg


Box 12

Polozhenskii, Father Sergei, Berlin, 1947-1951


Box 12

Pushkin Gimnasium, Regensburg, 1948-1951


Box 12

Reuzkii, Dr. Dmitrii, 1949-1951


Box 12

Richter, N., Russian Committee, 1949


Box 12

Russian Emigrants Association in Eavaria


Box 12

Russian Gimnasium in Berlin4, 1926-1930


Box 12

Russian Gimnasium in Stuttgart, 1947-1950


Box 12

Russian National Committee, Fishbech Camp


Box 12

Russian National Committee, Heidelberg, 1950-1952


Box 12

Russian Welfare Advisory Council, Neustadt/Holstein, 1948-1951


Box 12

Solov'ev, Father Konstantin, Lindau, 1948-1951


Box 13

Stateless Nansen Group, 1948-1949


Box 13

Tkachuk, Father Igor, 1948-1952


Box 13

Vereinigung der Russischen Emigration in Brausehweig, 1954-1956


Box 13

Welfare Institution for Greek Orthodox, Hamburg, 1948-1954


Box 13

Welfare Institution for Greek Orthodox, Heidelberg, 1948-1949


Box 13

Individual, 1927-1932 1937-1940 1946-1947, 1927-1932, 1937-1940, 1946-1947


Box 14

Individual, 1948


Box 15

Individual, 1948-1949


Box 16

Individual, 1950-1952


Box 17

Individual, 1953


Box 18

Individual, 1954


Box 19

Individual, 1954-1955


Box 20

Individual, 1956


Box 21

Greece, 1937-1948


Box 21

Italy, 1948


Box 21

Latin America, 1926-1956


Box 22

North America


Box 22

Ariadna, Abbess, Russian Convent, San Francisco, 1948-1951


Box 22

Bank Correspondence, 1941-1951


Box 22

Department of State (U.S.), 1941-1942


Box 22

The Presidents War Relief Control Board, 1943-1946


Box 22

Russian Organizations, 1946-1955


Box 23

Russian Organizations, 1956


Box 23

Russian Orthodox Church of Christ the Savior, 1941-1952


Box 23

Tikhon, Archbishop, San Francisco, 1946-1951


Box 23

Individual, 1926-1928


Box 24

Individual, 1929


Box 25

Individual, 1930


Box 26

Individual, 1931-1932


Box 27

Individual, 1932-1933


Box 28

Individual, 1933-1934


Box 29

Individual, 1936-1945


Box 30

Individual, 1946-1948


Box 31

Individual, 1948-1949


Box 32

Individual, 1949


Box 33

Individual, 1950


Box 34

Individual, 1950


Box 35

Individual, 1951


Box 36

Individual, 1951-1952


Box 37

Individual, 1951-1952


Box 38

Individual, 1952


Box 39

Individual, 1953


Box 40

Individual, 1953-1954


Box 41

Individual, 1954


Box 42

Individual, 1954


Box 43

Individual, 1955


Box 44

Individual, 1955


Box 45

Individual, 1955-1956


Box 46

Individual, 1956


Box 47

Individual, 1956


Box 48

Individual, 1957 and undated, 1957, undated


Box 49

Philippines, 1938-1940


Poland


Box 49

Russian Aid Society and Children's Shelter in Korets, 1926-1931


Box 49

Russian Benevolent Society (Warsaw, Brest), 1926-1929


Box 49

Russian Committee in Kleban, 1926-1928


Box 49

Russian Gimnasium in Warsaw, 1925-1928


Box 49

Dubno, 1927-1930


Box 49

Vilnius, 1932-1940


Box 49

Warsaw, 1926-1930


Box 49

Rumania, 1926-1931


Box 49

Senegal, 1931


Box 49

Turkey, 1926-1930


Yugoslavia


Box 49

Ledneva, S., Russian School, Belgrade, 1926-1930


Box 49

Orphanages, 1927-1940


Box 49

Sanatorium for Children, 1929-1932


Box 49

Individual, 1929-1953


Box 50

Individual, 1954-1956


Box 50

Country of origin not identified


Box 50

Miscellaneous countries


Box 50

Excerpts of letters from Europe, 1947-1948


Box 50

Miscellaneous copies of outgoing correspondence


Box 51

Correspondence with Regional Branches of the Society


Box 51

California, 1931-1936 1942-1948, 1931-1936, 1942-1948


Box 51

Chicago, 1930-1937


Box 51

Detroit, 1929-1941


Box 51

Hollywood, 1932-1950


Box 51

Lakewood, N. J., 1939-1948


Box 51

Montreal and Toronto, 1932-1940


Box 52

N. Y. Capital District (Albany)


Box 52

Philadelphia, 1932-1941


Box 52

St. Louis, 1932-1948


Box 52

Seattle, 1932-1941


Box 52

Washington, D. C., 1940-1948

Series III: Protocols, Minutes, Reports, Charters, and Press Releases


Box 53

Protocols of Meetings, March1926-March1932


Box 54

Protocols of Meetings, April 1932-December 1938


Box 55

Protocols of Meetings, March1943-1944


Box 55

Protocols of Annual Meetings with Related Materials, 1928-1930 1935 1947, 1928-1930, 1935, 1947


Box 55

Miscellaneous Protocols and Related Materials1944-1946, 1949


Box 56

Annual Reports, 1926-1942


Box 57

Annual Reports, 1942-1956


Box 57

Miscellaneous materials for the Preparation of Annual Reports


Box 58

Weekly News Releases, 1940-1949


Box 59

Weekly News Releases, 1950-1953

Series IV: Financial Records


Box 60

Cash Books, April, 1926-/010/1939


Box 61

Cash Books, /010/1939-March1941


Box 61

Disbursements to Beneficiaries, 1927-1953


Box 61

Donations in Kind


Expenditures


Box 62

1932 March-1935 December, 1932


Box 63

1936 January -1939 December, 1936


Box 64

1940 January -1941 October, 1940


Box 65

1941 November -1943 December, 1941


Box 66

1945 January -1946 September, 1945


Box 67

1946 October -1947 December, 1946


Box 68

1948 January -1948 December, 1948


Box 69

1949


Box 70

1950 January -1951 April, 1950


Box 71

1951 May -1952 August, 1951


Box 72

1952 September -1953 December, 1952


Box 73

Financial Accounts of Special Events


Box 73

Ticket Sales, 1933-1952 (Incomplete), 1933-1952


Box 74

Financial Documents-Federal Reserve Bank Licensing


Box 74

Financial Reports to Department of State, 1941-1942


Box 74

Financial Reports to President's War Relief Control Board, 1942-1945


Box 75

Income


Box 75

1929 September -1941 September, 1929


Box 76

1941 November -1948 May, 1941


Box 77

1948 June -1953 December, 1948


Box 77

Lists of Contributions


Box 78

Income/Expenditures Balance Sheets, 1926-1951 (incomplete), 1926-1951


Box 78

Receipts from Abroad, 1933-1948 Undated, 1933-1948, Undated


Box 78

Miscellaneous financial documents


Box 78

Miscellaneous receipts


Box 79

Miscellaneous Receipts from Beneficiaries


Box 80

Miscellaneous Receipt Books and Stubs


Box 81

Miscellaneous Receipt Books and Stubs

Series V: Subject Files


Box 82

American Council of Voluntary Agencies for Foreign Service


Box 82

AFSC Relief and Reconstruction Excerpts, 1945


Box 82

Circular Letters, 1944-1949


Box 82

Committee on Child Welfare, 1945-1946


Box 82

Committee on Displaced Persons, 1944-1949


Box 82

Committee on Displaced Russians, 1944-1945


Box 82

Committee on France, 1944-1949


Box 82

Committee on Material Aid and Shippers/Purchasers, 1945-1949


Box 82

Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE), 1945


Box 83

Council of Relief Agencies Licensed for Operation in Germany (CRALOG),, 1946-1947


Box 83

Joint Procurement Mission, 1945-1950


Box 83

Minutes of General Meetings, 1944-1948


Box 83

News abstracts, 1945-1946


Box 83

Miscellaneous


Box 84

Miscellaneous


American Overseas Aid (AOA)


Box 85

Allocations Committee, 1947-1948


Box 85

Campaign Chairmen, 1948


Box 86

News Releases, 1947-1948


Box 86

Quota Lists


Box 86

Radio Programs


Box 86

Special Projects List


Box 86

Miscellaneous, 1946-1948


Box 87

Christmas Bazaars, 1949-1951


Box 87

Citizens1 Committee on Displaced Persons, 1945-1948


Box 87

Commission for International Educational Reconstruction


Box 87

Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe (CARE), 1949-1954


Box 88

"Den" Russkogo Rebenka" (Day of the Russian Child), Journal


Box 88

"Den' Russkogo Rebenka", 1932 1947-1950, 1932, 1947-1950


Box 89

Federation of Russian Charitable Organizations Shelved


Box 89

Fresh Air Fund Camp Program, 1932-1937


Box 89

The Golden Rule Foundation, 1940-1945


Box 89

Handicrafts Made by Displaced Persons


Box 89

Kulaev Fund


Box 89

Manufacturers' Offerings of Goods, 1946-1951


Box 90

Miscellaneous Benevolent Organizations, 1946-1952


Box 90

Obshchestvo Fund-Raising Flyers


Box 90

Ration Board, 1945


Box 90

Russian-American Society "AID" (Pomoshchi), 1930


Box 91

Russian Organizations (Miscellaneous), 1941-1953


Box 91

Tolstoy Foundation


Box 92

Unitarian Service Committee Shelved


Box 92

United National Clothing Collection, 1945


Box 92

United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF)


Box 92

United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)


Box 92

U. S. War Bonds


Box 92

World Health Organization (WHO)

Series VI: Lists


Box 93

Materials on Shipments Abroad, 1945-1949


Box 94

Materials on Shipments Abroad, 1950-1954


Box 94

Miscellaneous


Box 95

Address Lists


Box 95

Lists of Beneficiaries


Box 95

Information Cards on Beneficiaries


Box 95

Lists of Requests for Aid


Box 95

Membership Lists


Box 96

Subscription Lists, 1928-1946

Series VII: Photographs and Picture Postcards

(Many photographs have been left in correspondence where they were found with specific letters)


Box 97

Children


Box 97

Miscellaneous

Series VIII: Printed Material


Box 98

Biulleten1, 1948-1949


Box 98

Bog, trud, edinstvo (Munich), 1948-1949


Box 98

Department of State Bulletin, 1946


Box 98

Iunaia my si', (Munich), 1949


Box 98

Izvestiia Vysshego Monarkhicheskogo Soveta, 1948-1949


Box 98

Lagernyi vestnik, 1949


Box 98

Obozrenie, 1948


Box 98

Obshchestvo Pomoshchi Bulletin, 1944-1945


Box 98

Current Reports, 1946-1947


Box 98

Otchet (Hamburg), 1949


Box 98

Posev, March1949


Box 98

UNRRA Monthly Review, 1945-1946


Box 98

Volia, November 1952-August 1953


Box 99

Za pravdu, 1949-1951


Box 99

Znamia Rossii, 1949-1953


Box 99

Miscellaneous Printed Bulletins


Box 99

Miscellaneous Emigre Journals


Box 99

Miscellaneous Newspapers


Box 100

Harbin Russkii Dom


Box 100

Miscellaneous American Benevolent Organizations-Publications


Box 100

Miscellaneous Russian Benevolent Organizations-Publications


Box 100

Miscellaneous Russian Organizations-Publications


Box 101

Obshchestvo Special Events (Flyers, etc.)


Box 101

The President's War Relief Control Board-Publications


Box 101

United Nations-Publications


Box 101

U. S. Foreign Economic Administration -- Publications


Box 102

U. S. Government Publications on Post-WWII Reconstruction


Box 102

U. S. Government Publications-Miscellaneous


Box 102

Miscellaneous Printed Materials


Box 102

Clippings


Box 103

Clippings


Box 104

Books


Box 104

Opis' muzeia, Fourth Pamiatka of First Russian Prince Konstantin


Box 104

Konstantinovich Kadet Corps


Box 104

Shestaia kadetskaia pamiatka iubleinaia, Sixth Pamiatka of First


Box 104

Russian Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich Kadet Corps.


Box 104

Signed and inscribed by A. Popov


Box 104

Zarubezhnaia russkaia shkola, 1920-1921+, Signed by Prince Lfvov


Box 104

Two books on Post-WWII emigration (U. S. Government reports)


Box 104

Two booklets on Russkii Dom/School, Harbin


Box 105

Colored charts of organization and contributions, 1926-1940


Box 105

Miscellaneous hand-painted cards


Box 105

Miscellaneous handwritten notes


Box 105

Miscellaneous manuscripts


Box 105

Musical scores


Box 105

Material acquired after 1957 (Flyers and reports), 1957


Box 105

Loose-leaf calendars


Box Oversize

Three scrapbooks on Den1 Russkogo Rebenka, 1952-1934


Box Oversize

One scrapbook of clippings, 1948


Box Oversize

One scrapbook of color plates


Box Oversize

Two scrapbooks of photographs: Bulgaria, Estonia, Yugoslavia


Box Oversize

One scrapbook of hand-lettered cards


Box Oversize

One scrapbook of letters and manuscripts by noted emigres