Aleksei Vladimirovich Shvarts Papers, ca. 1914-1960.

Summary Information

At a Glance

Arrangement

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Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, a photograph (Trabzon, 1914-1915) and clippings. The correspondence dates from 1914-1915 and includes letters both to and from Shvart︠s︡, mostly dealing with World War I campaigns in the Trabzon region. There are military telegrams from 1914-1915 concerning events in Ivangorod, Kars and Stalʹt︠s︣ev. Shvart︠s︡' biography of Alexander III is the first volume of a planned two-volume work. It chronicles the 1845-1881 period and includes excerpts from a variety of contemporary sources, (approximently 200 pages of uncollated text) primarily describe World War I events on the Baltic, Belorussian and Caucasian fronts. "Na fronte i v tynu" is an excerpt from the memoirs of Antonina V. Shvart︠s︡, his wife. The clippings concern events in the Trabzon region during 1916.

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Using the Collection

RBML

Preferred Citation

[Collection Name]. Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Columbia University.

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About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division

Processing Information

Papers Accessioned 1967

Papers Processed 10/--/81

Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion June 26, 2009 Finding aid written in English.

2009-06-26 File created.

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Subject Headings

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Additional Creators

Heading	CUL Archives: Portal	CUL Collections: CLIO	Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID
Shvart︠s︡, Antonina, V.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

Genre/Form

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Clippings.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Letters.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Memoirs.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Photoprints.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

Subjects

Heading	CUL Archives: Portal	CUL Collections: CLIO	Nat'l / Int'l Archives: ArchiveGRID
Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1845-1894.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union--History--19th century.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
Soviet Union--History--20th century.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID
World War, 1914-1918--Soviet Union.	Portal	CLIO	ArchiveGRID

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History / Biographical Note

History

Imperial and White general.

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