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Register of the Golitsyn family papers
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California
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- Date Completed:
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Collection Summary
Title: Golitsyn family papers
Dates: 1904-1992
Collection Number: 90027
Creator: Golitsyn family
Collection Size:
4 manuscript boxes
(1.6 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: The papers consist of memoirs, writings, correspondence, identification documents, and certificates, relating to conditions
in Russia prior to, during and after the Russian Revolution, and to Russian émigré life in Harbin, China, France, and the
United States. Includes material relating to the Glebov family, as well as the papers of Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Aleksandr
Vladimirovich Golitsyn and Liubov' Vladimirovna Golitsyna.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
Russian,
English and
French
Administrative Information
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Golitsyn family papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1990.
Accruals
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the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
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of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Biographical Note: Aleksandr Vladimirovich Golitsyn
| 1876 December 13 |
Born in Moscow, Russia, to an aristocratic family |
| 1901 October 16 |
Received medical degree from Moscow University |
| 1901 November 23 |
Married Liubov' Glebova (1883-1948) |
| 1921-1923 |
Emigrated with his wife and children to Harbin, China where he worked as a doctor for the Russian Society of the Red Cross |
| 1923 October 16 |
Arrived in Seattle from Harbin, China, and applied for U.S. citizenship |
| 1924 January-1940s |
Received U.S. medical license and practiced medicine in Seattle and Los Angeles |
| 1951 |
Died, Los Angeles, California |
Biographical Note: Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn
| 1873 September 2 |
Born in Moscow, Russia, to an aristocratic family |
| 1892-1896 |
Studied law at Moscow University |
| 1922?-1929 |
Worked for Gosplan, the Soviet state planning committee, until dismissed. Requested reinstatement and was denied |
| 1931 |
Moved with his family to Dmitrov, Soviet Union |
| Late 1930s |
Wrote his memoirs of the pre-revolutionary period,
Moi vospominaniia, 1873-1917, published in 2007 by Russkiĭ mir
|
| 1942 |
Died, Dmitrov |
Scope and Content of Collection
The papers consist of memoirs, writings, correspondence, identification documents, and certificates, relating to conditions
in Russia prior to, during and after the Russian Revolution, and to Russian émigré life in Harbin, China, France, and the
United States. Includes material relating to the Glebov family, as well as the papers of Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn, Aleksandr
Vladimirovich Golitsyn and Liubov' Vladimirovna Golitsyna.
The bulk of the collection is comprised of correspondence among members of the Glebov and Golitsyn families. Writing to their
daughter from exile in France, Sofiia and Vladimir Glebov's letters document Russian émigré life in western Europe, while
the letters of Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn to his brother Aleksandr describe conditions in Russia after the Bolshevik revolution.
Of particular interest in the
Correspondence series are letters from Nestor, the Archbishop of Kamchatka and Seoul, on Russian refugees in Harbin, China, and the Russian
Orthodox Church in exile.
The
Aleksandr Golitsyn Career Files relate to the Russian Society of the Red Cross's efforts to resettle the Russian refugees of Harbin in Canada. Memoranda
and correspondence with Canadian officials and Serge Ughet, the financial attaché of the Russian embassy, document measures
to secure visas and jobs for Russian immigrants on the Canadian Pacific railway. A report to the League of Nations describes
the bleak conditions at orphanages for Russian refugee children in China.
Several memoirs by members of the Glebov and Golitsyn families are included in the
Writings series. In "Intimate Days with Tolstoy," Sofiia Glebova recalls conversations with the writer Leo Tolstoy at Iasnaia Poliana
after her daughter's marriage to Tolstoy's son. Memoirs by Mikhail Golitsyn and Vladimir Trubetskoĭ describe aristocratic
life in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century. "Sudebnoe delo sem'i Vladimira Sergeevicha Trubetskogo" consists of assembled
correspondence and reports on the fate of five members of the Trubetskoi family executed or sentenced to the gulag in 1937.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Russia--Social conditions.
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.
Soviet Union--Social conditions.
Russians--China.
Russians--United States.
Glebov family.
Harbin (China)
Golitsyn, Mikhail Vladimirovich, 1873-1942.
Golitsyn, Aleksandr Vladimirovich, 1876-
Golitsyna, Liubov' V., 1883-1948
Box: 1-2 :
Correspondence,
1917-1942
Physical Description: 1-2
Scope and Content Note
Consists of correspondence among members of the Glebov and Golitsyn families, primarily to Liubov' Golitsyna from her parents
and to Aleksandr Golitsyn from his brother Mikhail. Divided into two subseries: general correspondence and Russian Orthodox
Church correspondence. Arranged by correspondent and thereunder chronologically
Box/Folder: 1 : 1
Gaiarin, Fedor,
1921 July 18
Glebov family,
1917-1927, 1930-1931 and 1937
Scope and Content Note
Consists mainly of letters from Sofiia Nikolaevna Glebova (née Trubetskaia) and Vladimir Petrovich Glebov to their daughter
Liubov'. Also includes correspondence from Glebov siblings and unidentified relatives
Golitsyn family,
1917-1918, 1920-1930, 1940
Scope and Content Note
Consists mainly of letters from Mikhail Vladimirovich Golitsyn to his brother Aleksandr. Also includes correspondence from
Aleksandr's parents, Vladimir Mikhaĭlovich Golitsyn and Sofiia Golitsyna
Box/Folder: 2 : 1-5
Harbin associates,
1924-1925
Box/Folder: 2 : 7
Iarmokhovich, Mariia,
1924-1925
Box/Folder: 2 : 8
Iarmolovich, Aleksandra,
1918-1924
Box/Folder: 2 : 9
Russkiĭ golos,
1925 November 2
Box/Folder: 2 : 10
Shelkovnikov, N.,
1922 December 19
Box/Folder: 2 : 11
Sturgis, Milton,
1928 January 17
Box/Folder: 2 : 12-14
Ughet, Serge, financial attaché of the Russian Embassy in the U.S.,
1923-1925
Unidentified,
1917-1918, 1921-1925, 1927, 1932, 1933 and undated
Russian Orthodox Church,
1922-1927 and 1942
Box/Folder: 2 : 46
Alexy, Bishop of San Francisco,
1927 June 1
Box/Folder: 2 : 47
Baranoff, Makary, Rector of the Russian Orthodox Church of Juneau, Alaska,
1942 December 27
Box/Folder: 2 : 48-54
Nestor, Archbishop of Kamchatka and Seoul (Nikolai Aleksandrovich Anisimov), Harbin,
1922-1926
Scope and Content Note
Includes postcard with photograph of Nestor
Box/Folder: 2 : 55
Platon, Archbishop of New York,
1927 and undated
Box/Folder: 2 : 56-58
Miscellaneous correspondence related to the Russian Orthodox Church,
1922-1924
Box: 3 :
Golitsyn family files,
1911-1924
Physical Description: 3
Scope and Content Note
Contains certificates, receipts, school reports, ledgers, and visa applications by Liubov' and Aleksandr Golitsyn. Arranged
chronologically
Box/Folder: 3 : 1
Financial ledger for Liubov' Golitsyna,
1911-1912
Box/Folder: 3 : 2
Rental agreement and property insurance records,
1917 and 1923
Box/Folder: 3 : 3
Donation to a soldiers' charity,
1917 August 5
Box/Folder: 3 : 4
Safe conduct passes and certificates of employment for Liubov' and Aleksandr Golitsyn,
1917-1920
Box/Folder: 3 : 5
Report cards for Ol'ga, Natalia, and Aleksandr Golitsyn,
1919
Box/Folder: 3 : 6
Donation to a tuberculosis charity signed by Liubov' Golitsyna,
1920s
Box/Folder: 3 : 8
M.O. Vol'f bookstore account,
1922
Box/Folder: 3 : 9
Affidavit of intent to become a United States citizen by Aleksandr Golitsyn,
1923 February 27
Box/Folder: 3 : 10
United States visas for Liubov' and Aleksandr Golitsyn and children,
1924 January 22 and May 7
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs
Box: 3 :
Aleksandr Vladimirovich Golitsyn career files,
1904-1928
Physical Description: 3
Scope and Content Note
Includes memoranda, correspondence, surveys, receipts, and notes related to Aleksandr Golitsyn's medical career and his work
with refugees in Harbin for the Russian Society of the Red Cross. Arranged in three groups: Russia and United States career
files, Russian Society of the Red Cross in China files, and Miscellany; and thereunder chronologically
Russia and United States career files,
1904-1928
Box/Folder: 3 : 11
Moscow State University medical diploma and certified copy in English and Russian,
1904 and 1927
Box/Folder: 3 : 12
Salary rates chart, Tiumen',
1918 November 21
Box/Folder: 3 : 13
Certificate of employment and correspondence, Tiumen' hospital,
1919 July
Box/Folder: 3 : 14
Orders to open a military depot in Tiumen' signed by General Mikhail Konstantinovich Diterikhs,
1919 July 19
Box/Folder: 3 : 15
Budget ledger,
1920 January 1
Box/Folder: 3 : 16
Certificate of employment, Irkutsk hospital and Harbin Medical School,
1920 and 1923 August 31
Box/Folder: 3 : 17
Letters of reference by the Harbin hospital director and Milton Sturgis,
1923 September 7 and 1928 January 14
Box/Folder: 3 : 18
United States medical license,
1924 January
Russian Society of the Red Cross in China files,
1920-1924
Box/Folder: 3 : 19
Certificate of employment, Russian Society of the Red Cross,
1920 November 24 and 1923 August 30
Box/Folder: 3 : 20
Russian children's charity in Harbin donor list,
circa 1922
Box/Folder: 3 : 21
"Report to Dr. Greig, Representative of the League of Nations, on the Position of Russian Refugee Children in Harbin,"
circa 1923
Box/Folder: 3 : 22
Russian immigrants to China by occupation survey,
circa 1923
Box/Folder: 3 : 23
"Authorization for Aleksandr Golitsyn to Negotiate with the Canadian government on Behalf of Russian Refugees,"
1923
Box/Folder: 3 : 24
"On Questions to be Cleared up with Proper Canadian Authorities and Institutions in Regard to Possible Transportation of Russian
Refugees from Manchuria to Canada,"
circa 1923
Box/Folder: 3 : 25
"To Canadian Immigration Authorities in Regard to Possible Absorption by Canada of Part of Russian Refugees from Manchuria,"
1924 January 31
Correspondence,
1923-1924
Scope and Content Note
On settling Russian refugees in Canada
Box/Folder: 3 : 26
Serge Ughet to S.S. Aksakov,
1923 September 7
Box/Folder: 3 : 27
General,
1924 January-February
Box/Folder: 3 : 28
Canadian Pacific Railway Correspondence, Department of Colonization and Development,
1924 February 15
Scope and Content Note
Relates to employing Russian refugees on railroad construction projects
Box/Folder: 3 : 30
Obshchestvo sodeĭstviia torgovo-promyshlennomu razvitiiu Rossii donation receipt,
1918 March
Box/Folder: 3 : 31
Harbin Club calling card and invitation,
1922
Box/Folder: 3 : 32
Russian Orthodox Church flyers and clipping,
1922
Box/Folder: 3 : 33
Patriarkh Tikhon death announcement,
1923
Box/Folder: 3 : 34
Kruzhok Revniteleĭ Pravoslavii donation receipts and correspondence,
1924 February
Box: 3-4 :
Writings,
1923-1992 and undated
Physical Description: 3-4
Scope and Content Note
Consists of memoirs, published and unpublished writings, and notes relating to pre-Revolutionary Russia, Leo Tolstoy, the
Russian Orthodox Church and the Stalin era. Arranged in two groups: By author and Author unknown, and thereunder alphabetically
By author,
1923-1925, 1930s, 1990 and undated
Box/Folder: 3 : 35
Dakserhof, Marina, assorted notes,
circa 1990
Box/Folder: 3 : 36
Gleboff, Sophie, "Intimate Days with Tolstoy," translated by Lewis Stanton Palen, typescript with corrections, Paris,
1924
Scope and Content Note
Gleboff describes her visits with the writer Leo Tolstoy after her daughter Aleksandra's marriage to Tolstoy's son Mikhail
Box/Folder: 3 : 37
Golitsyn, Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich,
Pamiatnyia zapiski Kniazia Aleksandra Mikhaĭlovicha Golitsyna, typescript,
undated
Box/Folder: 4 : 1-6
Golitsyn, Mikhail Vladimirovich,
Moi vospominaniia, 1873-1917, photocopy of typescript,
1930s
Box/Folder: 4 : 7-10
Nestor, Archbishop of Kamchatka and Seoul (Nikolai Aleksandrovich Anisimov), religious writings,
1923-1925 and undated
Scope and Content Note
Consists of tracts by Nestor on religious holidays and profiles of Patriarkh Tikhon and Arkhiepiskop Nikolai Iaponskiĭ
Box/Folder: 4 : 11
Tolstaia, Aleksandra Vladimirovna (née Glebova), Barykovka,
1942 December 17
Scope and Content Note
Tolstaia's memoirs of her childhood at the Glebov family estate, Barykovka
Box/Folder: 4 : 12-13
Trubetskoĭ, Vladimir Sergeevich,
Zapiski Kirasira,
undated
Scope and Content Note
Relates to the Russian Imperial Kirasir Household Troops Regiment of Her Majesty Mariia Feodorovna during the period 1911-1913
Box/Folder: 4 : 14
Zagorskiĭ, M., "Patriarkh Tikhon,"
1925 June 27
Author unknown,
1992 June 21 and undated
Box/Folder: 4 : 15
Fragment,
undated
Scope and Content Note
One typescript page with corrections in English
Box/Folder: 4 : 16
"Kontorshchik Vznuzdaev," manuscript fragment,
undated
Box/Folder: 4 : 17
"Sudebnoe delo sem'i Vladimira Sergeevicha Trubetskogo,"
1992 June 21
Scope and Content Note
Relates to the rehabilitation of several members of the Trubetskoĭ family, including Vladimir Sergeevich (1891-1937) and Varvara
Vladimirovna (1917-1937), both executed by the NKVD in Andizhan. Two other Trubetskoĭ family members, Grigoriĭ Vladmirovich
and Aleksandra Vladimirovna, were sentenced to the gulag in 1937 for counterrevolutionary activities
