Overview of the George Garvy papers
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Title: George Garvy papers
Date (inclusive): 1881-2016
Collection Number: 2016C45
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes
(0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs, correspondence, personal documents, and photographs relating to the socialist movement in Russia and to the Mensheviks
in exile. Includes some papers of Petr Garvi, father of George Garvy, and of Wladimir S. Woytinsky.
Creator:
Garvy, George
Creator:
Garvi, Petr A. (Petr Abramovich), 1881-1944
Creator:
Woytinsky, W. S. (Wladimir S.), 1885-1960
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
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.
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Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2016.
[Identification of item], George Garvy papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
George Garvy was an economist and the son of prominent Menshevik Petr A. Garvi.
Scope and Content of Collection
The George Garvy papers consist of memoirs, correspondence, personal documents, and photographs relating to the socialist
movement in Russia and to the Mensheviks in exile. It also includes some papers of Petr Garvi, father of George Garvy, and
of Wladimir S. Woytinsky.
The photographs depict notable political figures and events, including the International Socialist Congress in Vienna in 1931,
George Garvy with Khrushchev during his visit to the USSR in 1962, and Karl and Louise Kautsky. The collection also contains
photographs of prominent Mensheviks, including Pavel Axelrod, Wladimir and Emma Woytinsky, Boris Sapir Iraklii Tseretelli,
and M. S. Zborovskii, the first head of the executive committee of the St. Petersburg Soviet during the revolution of 1905.
The other photographs depict members of the extended Garvy family, taken in Odessa during the Civil War, pre-revolutionary
exile, and prison in Siberia.
The collection also contains documents related to Garvy's family and their emigration from Russia to Germany, France, and
ultimately the United States at the beginning of the Second World War. Included in this section are photographs, passports,
certificates, telegrams, and other correspondence. Unfortunately, part of the family was not able to escape from Europe, and
photocopied records of Convoy 60 show their deportation to Nazi concentration camps.
The collection also contains various drafts of Garvy's memoirs, his correspondence, and a file of papers relating to Wladimir
and Emma Woytinsky.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Socialism -- Russia
Mensheviks
Rossiĭskai͡a sot͡sial-demokraticheskai͡a rabochai͡a partii͡a
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