Aleksandr Pavlovich Bragin Manuscript, 1920-1950

Aleksandr Pavlovich Bragin Manuscript, 1920-1950

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
BAR Ms Coll/Bragin.
Bib ID:
4078069 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Bragin, Aleksandr Pavlovich, 1878-
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
300 items (3 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

The collection consists primarily of manuscripts by Bragin, including his memoirs, which describe his military service during the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. The documents and subject file relate to his service as head of the White military mission to Iran in 1920. Printed materials are largely clippings from and copies of emigre periodicals, with articles by Bragin.

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: Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1968.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1968.

Papers Processed 01/--/79.

Papers Revised 06/--/82.

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

Officer in the Imperial and White armies who later emigrated.

Subject Headings

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Genre/Form
Articles
Clippings (Information Artifacts)
Memoirs
Periodicals
Place
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Subject
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
World War, 1914-1918 -- Soviet Union

Series I: Manuscripts


Box 1

"Ekho Tysiacheletii" (4 folders )


Box 1

"Vospominaniia" (4 folders )


Box 2

"In the Shadow of Atlantis", 12 folders


Box 2

Minor Manuscripts-Titled (2 folders )


Box 2

Minor Manuscripts-Incomplete and Fragmentary, 2 folders

Series II: Documents


Box 3

Subject File--Mission to Iran


Printed Materials


Box 3

Clippings, 2 folders


Box 3

Illiustrirovanniia Rossiia, 2 folders