A Register of the Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers
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A Register of the Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers
- Processed by:
- Vladimir von Tsurikov
- Date Completed:
- 2008
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- ByteManagers using OAC finding aid conversion service specifications and Elizabeth Konzak
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Descriptive Summary
Title: Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers
Dates: 1921-1965
Collection number: 2008C81
Creator:
Svitich, Aleksandr Kallinikovich
Collection Size:
3 microfilm reels
0.45 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: These papers provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period. Aleksander K. Svitich,
a theologian and member of the faculty of the Vilno Theological Seminary, served on the editorial board of
Za svobodu, a Russian émigré newspapers, to which he contributed numerous articles, at times using his pen name Tuberozov. Reflected
in these papers are also Svitich's research interests.
Physical location: Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
Polish
Russian
Administrative Information
Access
The collection is open for research
Publication Rights
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 2008
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Alternative Forms of Material Available
The entire collection is available on Microfilm
Location of Original Materials
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, New York
Biography
| 1890 March 15 |
Born, Vilno, Russian Empire |
| 19?? |
Graduated, Theological faculty, Warsaw University |
| 19?? |
Professor, Vilno Theological Seminary |
| 1921-1932 |
Editorial board member (pen name Tuberozov),
Za svobodu
|
| 1930-1933 |
Editor,
V ograde tserkovnoi
|
| 1950 |
Arrived in the U.S.A. |
| 1959 |
Author,
Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' v Pol'she i ee avtokefaliia
|
| 1963 August 17 |
Died, Denver, CO |
Scope and Content of Collection
These papers provide insight into the life of the Orthodox Church in Poland in the Interwar period. Aleksander K. Svitich,
a theologian and member of the faculty of the Vilno Theological Seminary, served on the editorial board of
Za svobodu, a Russian émigré newspapers, to which he contributed numerous articles, at times using his pen name Tuberozov. Reflected
in these papers are also Svitich's research interests.
The Subject file contains documents pertaining to the activities of the Orthodox Church in the Unites States. Noteworthy are
the correspondence of Archbishop Arsenii (Chakhovtsev), and Archbishop Irinei (Bekish), and documents relating to the Russkaia
pravoslavnaia tserkov' zagranitsei.
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 the Holy Trinity Seminary. The grant also
provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity
Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register.
Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the
National Endowment for the Humanities.
Arrangement
The collection is organized into five series: Biographical file, Correspondence, Speeches and writings, Subject file, and
Printed matter
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the online catalog.
Subjects
Eastern Catholic Church.
Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th century.
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America.
Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov' zagranitsei.
Poland--History.
Related Material
Archbishop Apollinarii (Koshevoi) Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Vladislav Albionovich Maevskii Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Nikolai D. Talberg Papers, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Collection Contents
Box: 1
Biographical file,
1927-1950 and undated.
Scope and Content Note
Address of gratitude, Peretrukhin-Svitich controversy file, arranged alphabetically by physical form
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Address of gratitude of the Russian Orthodox deanery of the French occupation zone in Germany,
1950
Box/Folder: 1 : 2
Peretrukhin-Svitich controversy file,
1927-1934 and undated.
Scope and Content Note
Includes related materials
Correspondence,
1926-1949.
Note
See also Subject file/Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th century/All-Polish council
Scope and Content Note
Cards and letters, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.
Box/Folder: 1 : 3
Dionisii (Valedinskii), Metropolitan,
1930-1931
Box/Folder: 1 : 4
Iakubovich, Viacheslav, Reverend,
1926-1931 and undated
Box/Folder: 1 : 5
Ioann (Pommer), Archbishop,
1930
Box/Folder: 1 : 6
Mikhailovskii, Vladimir,
1926
Box/Folder: 1 : 7
Savva (Sovetov), Archbishop,
1949
Box/Folder: 1 : 8
Shavel'skii, Georgii, Reverend,
1930
Speeches and writings,
1926-1961 and undated.
Note
See also Subject file/Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th century/All-Polish council
Scope and Content Note
Articles, clippings, letter to the editor, notes, arranged chronologically by title.
Box/Folder: 1 : 10
Letter to the editor,
1961
Box/Folder: 1 : 12
General,
1953-1959 and undated
Box/Folder: 1 : 17
"Edinaia, sviataia, sobornaia i apostol'skaia tserkov',"
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box/Folder: 1 : 18
"Nasushchnieishaia nuzhda,"
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box/Folder: 1 : 19
"Vybornoe nachalo v zhizni pravoslavnoi tserkvi,"
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box/Folder: 1 : 20
"Znachenie sobornosti v pravoslavnoi tserkvi (v zashchitu sobornosti v zhizni tserkvi),"
undated.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript
Box/Folder: 1 : 21
"Cherez Golgofu k voskreseniiu,"
Rossiia, No. 5090,
1953.
Scope and Content Note
Printed copy
Box/Folder: 1 : 22
"Tserkov' s pervykh vekov khristiianstva i ee sobornoe ustroenie,"
1953.
Scope and Content Note
Typescript, with introductory remarks and notes
Subject file,
1921-1965 and undated.
Scope and Content Note
Bylaws, clippings, correspondence, minutes, notebook, pamphlets, reports, research notes, resolutions, arranged alphabetically
by subject
Box/Folder: 1 : 23
Eastern Catholic Church, clippings, research notes
Box: 2
Orthodox Eastern Church--Poland--History--20th Century
Box/Folder: 2 : 2
All-Polish council.
Scope and Content Note
Includes newspaper articles by Svitich and other authors, clippings, related correspondence, notes, and resolutions
Box/Folder: 2 : 3
Persecutions of Orthodox Christians,
1938-1940.
Scope and Content Note
Notebook entitled "Gonenie na Pravoslavie v Pol'shie" with pasted clippings
Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
Box/Folder: 2 : 4
Bylaws, The Russian Church of Our Lady of Kazan, Sea Cliff, N.Y.,
undated
Box/Folder: 2 : 5
Arsenii (Chakhovtsev), Archbishop,
1935-1937.
Scope and Content Note
Includes correspondence with Metropolitan Feofil (Pashkovskii), and Bishop Leontii (Turkevich)
Box/Folder: 2 : 6
Irinei (Bekish), Archbishop,
1965
Box/Folder: 2 : 7
Minutes, Ninth All-American council,
1955
Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov' zagranitsei
Box/Folder: 2 : 8
Parish bylaws,
1946-1955.
Scope and Content Note
Printed copies
Box/Folder: 2 : 9
Skvortsov, Vasilii Mikhailovich. Reports to ecclesiastical councils,
1921-1931
Box/Folder: 2 : 10
"Krizis upravleniia Russkoi zarubezhnoi tserkvi,"
undated
Box/Folder: 2 : 11
Tserkovnye zakony kasaiushchiesia Russkoi pravoslavnoi tserkvi zagranitsei,
1947.
Scope and Content Note
Printed copy
Box/Folder: 2 : 12
Poland--History. Clippings,
1957
Box/Folder: 2 : 13
Teodorovich, Terentii, Reverend,
1950-1953 and undated.
Scope and Content Note
Clippings and three prints
Box/Folder: 2 : 14-15
Printed matter,
1930-1933 and undated.
Scope and Content Note
Catalog and clippings
