Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii papers, 1921-1973

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Summary

Creators:
KompaneÄ­skiÄ­, Boris Nikolaevich, 1885-1965
Abstract:
Writings and miscellany, relating to physiology, Russian literature, and Russian émigré affairs. Microfilm.
Extent:
1 microfilm reel (0.15 Linear Feet)
Language:
Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection consists of the literary works of Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii, a scientist specializing in human perception of color and light. He was also known to have used the pseudonym N. Kovalenskii.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Museum of Russian Culture. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. The original materials remain in the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

The Hoover Institution assumes all responsibility for notifying users that they must comply with the copyright law of the United States (Title 17 United States Code) and Hoover Rules for the Use and Reproduction of Archival Materials.

Biographical / historical:
Date Event
1885 November 18
Born, St. Petersburg, Russia
1908
Degree in physiology, St. Peterburg University, Russia
1924
Degree, psycho-physiology, Moscow State University, Soviet Union
1926-1941
Worked as a researcher and professor in various laboratories and institutes, including the Moscow Academy of Arts, the Herzen Pedagogical Institute and Institute for Brain Research, Leningrad, Soviet Union
1942
Arrives in Berlin, Germany
1943-1946
Researcher and laboratory director, Physiological Institute, University of Vienna, and Psychological Institute, University of Innsbruck, Austria
1948
Author, Zapiski bezbozhnika
1948-1965
Professor, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
1949
Author, Otets Aleksandr
1965
Died, Argentina
Author, Kul'tura dushi i kul'tura dukha
Acquisition information:
Acquired.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

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Restrictions:

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Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Boris Nikolaevich Kompaneiskii Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Location of this collection:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-6003, US
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