Magerovsky (Eugene L.) papers, 1914-2008

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Summary

Title:
Eugene L. Magerovsky papers
Dates:
1914-2008
Creators:
Magerovsky, Eugene L., 1934-2009 and Magerovskiĭ, L. F.
Abstract:
Writings, correspondence, printed matter, and photographs, relating to aspects of Russian history, Russian studies in the United States, Russian émigré affairs, and the Russian Orthodox Church. Includes some papers of L. F. Magerovskii, father of E. L. Magerovsky and curator of the Bakhmeteff Archive at Columbia University.
Extent:
15 manuscript boxes (6.0 Linear Feet)
Language:
In Russian and English
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Eugene L. Magerovsky papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains audiotapes and archival documents, including biographical information, clipping files, materials on Russian émigré life in Czechoslovakia, Germany, and the United States and on the establishment of Russian studies programs at colleges and in the U.S. Army, correspondence, photographs, subject files on the Russian Imperial Army, the identification of the Romanov remains, the Russian Orthodox Church abroad, anticommunist organizations, as well as his writings, and articles and manuscripts written by others. One gem is a 1914 list of Russian general staff officers (the only copy outside Russia). There is also an unpublished illustrated memoir by General Mikhail Svechin, a Guards officer, telling of his service in the Russian Imperial Army.

Of particular interest in the increment are the files concerning L. F. Magerovsky's activities in interwar Czechoslovakia and then in the United States. Also important are the manuscript memoirs of the evacuation of Novorossiisk in 1920, during the Russian civil war, and the diary of Nikolai Zakharov describing the actions of the III Caucasus Corps during the First World War.

Biographical / historical:

Eugene Magerovsky was a Russian-American historian, Slavic studies scholar, and U.S. military intelligence officer whose father, Lev Florianovich Magerovsky, was a prominent Russian émigré.

Acquisition information:
The bulk of the papers were received in 2009. Four additional manuscript boxes were acquired in 2010.
Physical location:
Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Lyalya Kharitonova
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-11-01 15:54:43.139994

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

Terms of access:

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Eugene L. Magerovsky 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
Contact:
(650) 723-3563
hooverarchives@stanford.edu
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