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Title: N. N. Poppe sound recording
Dates: undated
Collection Number: XX564
Creator: Poppe, N. N. (Nikolai Nikolaevich), 1897-1991
Collection Size:
1 item (17 phonorecords)
(0.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Sound recording relates to the Akademiia Nauk SSSR (Soviet Academy of Sciences). Sergei Yacobson is believed to have played
some role in the creation of this recording.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages:
English
Collection is open for research.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
[Identification of item], N. N. Poppe sound recording, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives
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.
Poppe (1897-1991) was a prominent Russian linguist and a member of the Akademiia Nauk SSSR (Soviet Academy of Sciences) in
the 1930s and early 1940s.
Scope and Content of Collection
In the recording he discusses the Soviet Academy of Sciences' (Akademiia Nauk SSSR) importance, its size and membership, salaries
and living costs, daily life, commute, medical care, and living space for his family. He also talks about foreign literature
and writing. The recording, in which Poppe speaks in English, is more than five hours in duration. Sergei Yacobson is believed
to have played some role in the creation of this recording.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Akademiia Nauk SSSR.
Science--Soviet Union.
Phonorecords.
Yakobson, Sergius, 1901-