Ivan V. Emel'ianov papers, 1908-1960

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Creators:
Emelianov, Ivan Vasilevich, 1880-1945 and Emel'i͡anova, Natalii͡a V., 1890-
Abstract:
Correspondence, speeches and writings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian agricultural cooperative movement and to the theory of economic cooperation. Includes papers of Nataliia V. Emel'ianova, chemist and wife of I. V. Emel'ianov.
Extent:
14 microfilm reels (2.1 Linear Feet)
Language:
Mainly in Russian
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Ivan V. Emel'ianov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains the papers of the noted theoretician of cooperative economics, Ivan V. Emel'ianov. Most of the collection consists of his writings on cooperative issues and correspondence relating to his scholarly and social activities while in Czechoslovakia (1921-1927) and the United States (1927-1945). Special mention should be made of the correspondence and research material for his dissertation, subsequently published as The Economic Theory of Cooperation. Correspondence and subject file material also illustrate his involvement in Russian émigré organizations of an educational and social character in both countries. There is also a set of documents pertaining to his activities during the Russian Civil War, when he represented cooperative organizations in Europe.

Many of Emel'ianov's publications are printed copies that include the entire issue of the periodicals they appeared in, which are very often themselves bibliographic rarities. A printed matter series, which includes a significant number of rare publications on cooperative issues by other authors, supplements Emel'ianov's own work in this field.

His wife, Nataliia Emel'ianova, was a chemist by profession, and the collection contains a number of her scientific publications, as well as biographical information and correspondence detailing her involvement in émigré life.

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 and copyright to them (with some exceptions) are the property of the Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is available at the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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Biographical / historical:

A prominent specialist in the field of cooperative economic theory, I. V. Emel'ianov was born at Uspenskii zavod, Tobol'skaia guberniia, on 1 November 1880 (O. S.). In 1900, he graduated from Tobol'sk seminary, but decided to continue his education in the field of agronomy. In 1907 he graduated from Kiev Polytechnic Institute with a degree in that subject, proceeding to work as an agronomist for local zemstvo organizations. From 1910 to 1912 he served as agricultural agent for the Ekaterinoslavskoe zemstvo in the United States. Following his return to Russia, most of his career was spent in various capacities in the Khar'kov region, where he worked closely with cooperative organizations.

In 1917, he was elected a member of the Khar'kov gubernskaia zemskaia uprava and Chairman of the Board of the Khar'kov Zemstvo Bureau of Small Credit. In September 1919 under the White regime he was appointed chairman of the Khar'kov gubernskaia zemskaia uprava. The same year, he became an officer of the Selosoyus cooperative and Moscow Narodny Bank. Arriving in Prague in 1921, he proceeded to help found the Russkii institut sel'sko-khoziaistvennoi kooperatsii (of which he was deputy director until 1927) and established the journals Zemledelie and Khutor, which he edited.

Emigrating to the United States at the invitation of Rutgers University, he taught there until 1933, thereafter working for various government agencies as an economist. His Ph. D. thesis at Columbia, Economic Theory of Cooperation was completed in 1942, only some three years before his death in Washington, D.C. on 17 December 1945.

Date Event
1880 November 1 (O.S.)
Born, Uspenskii Zavod, Tobol'sk guberniia, Russia
1900
Graduated, Tobol'sk Seminary
1907
Graduated, Kiev Polytechnic Institute
1910-1912
Agricultural Agent of the Ekaterinoslavskoe zemstvo in the United States
1912
Appointed agronomist for Khar'kovskoe gubernskoe zemstvo
1913 February 6
Married Nataliia Osviatinskaia
1917
Elected member of the Kar'kovskaia zemskaia uprava and appointed Chairman of the Board of the Khar'kov zemstvo Bureau of Small Credit
1919 September
Appointed director of the Khar'kovsakaia zemskaia uprava
1919-1921
Member, Board of directors, Selosoyus, Limited and Moskovskii Narodnyi Bank (also their representative abroad)
1921
Arrived, Prague, Czechoslovakia Editor, Zemledelie
1921-1927
Professor of economics and Vice-Director, Russkii Institut sel'sko-khoziaistvennoi kooperatsii, Prague
1922
Editor, Khutor
1923
Magister of Agronomy (Agricultural economics), Department of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Russkaia akademicheskaia gruppa v Prage Author, Kooperativnyia organizatsii sredi zemlediel'tsev
1927
Emigrated to the United States
1927-1933
Professor, Rutgers University
1933-1939
Economist, various positions, National Recovery Administration, Department of Labor, National Economic Committee
1940-1945
Economic Analyst, U.S. Bureau of the Census
1942
Ph.D., Economics, Columbia University Author, Economic Theory of Cooperation
1945 December 17
Died, Washington, D.C.
Date Event
1890 August 26 (O.S.)
Born, Khar'kov, Russia (née Nataliia Osviatinskaia)
1913 February 6
Married Ivan V. Emel'ianov, Khar'kov
1919
Graduated, Khar'kov University
1921 May
Arrived, Prague, Czechoslovakia
1925
Ph.D. (Dr. of Natural Sciences), Chemistry, Charles University, Prague Author, Researches with the Dropping Mercury Cathode: Nickel and Cobalt
1925-1927
Research Assistant, Charles University
1927
Arrived, New York
1928
Author (with J. Heyrovský), Maxima on Current Voltage Curves
1929-1932
Research Assistant, Laboratory of Experimental Therapeutics, Cornell University
1940-1961
Russian language teacher, Washington, D.C., Berlitz School of Languages, CIA, and Trinity College)
1948 March 25
Elected active member, New York Academy of Sciences
1965
Died, Washington, D.C.
Acquisition information:
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1999.
Physical location:
Originals: Museum of Russian Culture, San Francisco
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[Identification of item], Ivan V. Emel'ianov Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

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