Alexis Vasilevich Babine papers, 1895-1953.
- 250 items. 5 1 containers plus oversize. 2 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence; lectures and articles concerning the Bolsheviks; Russian manuscript of Babine's history of the United States; notes and typescript of a journal (1917-1922) recording his experiences during the Russian revolution as superintendent of schools for the Vologda Territory, as instructor at the Saratov State University (Saratovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. N.G. Chernyshevskogo), and as assistant to the American mission in Moscow; his translations of short stories; notes and notebooks; diplomas and other certificates; and passports. Includes correspondence with Herbert Putnam regarding Babine's service at the Library of Congress.
Librarian, teacher, and author. Head of the Library of Congress Slavic Division and cataloger. Facilitated the acquisition of the Yudin Collection.
Collection material in English, with Russian.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009225
Collection related to the Library of Congress Archives.
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Putnam, Herbert, 1861-1955 --Correspondence.
Library of Congress--Officials and employees. Saratovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. N.G. Chernyshevskogo.
Communism--Soviet Union. Diplomatic and consular service, American--Soviet Union. Education--Soviet Union. Short stories, Russian. Universities and colleges--Soviet Union.
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States. Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921. United States--Foreign relations--Soviet Union. Vologda (Russia)