Peter A. Demens papers, 1880-2000 (bulk 1892-1919).
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Mixed materialsLanguage: Russian, English Description: 45 items; 5 containers plus 1 oversize; 3.0 linear feetSubject(s): - Korolenko, Vladimir Galaktionovich, 1853-1921 -- Correspondence
- Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, kni͡azʹ, 1842-1921 -- Correspondence
- Pobedonost͡sev, Konstantin Petrovich, 1827-1907 -- Correspondence
- Slonimskīĭ, L. Z. (Leonid Zinovʹevich), 1850-1918 -- Correspondence
- Stasi͡ulevich, M. (Mikhail), 1826-1911 -- Correspondence
- Suvorin, A. S. (Alekseĭ Sergeevich), 1834-1912 -- Correspondence
- Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Correspondence
- Vengerov, S. A. -- Correspondence
- Vi͡estnik Evropy
- American newspapers
- Dukhobors -- Canada
- Jews -- Russia
- Molokans -- California
- Molokans -- Hawaii
- Presidents -- United States -- Election
- Russian newspapers
- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
- World War, 1914-1918
- California -- Social life and customs
- Cuba -- History
- Florida -- Social life and customs
- Hawaii -- Annexation to the United States
- Russia -- Emigration and immigration
- Russia -- History -- Revolution, 1905-1907
- Saint Petersburg (Russia) -- History -- To 1917
- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
- United States -- History -- 1865-1921
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1865-1933
- Authors
- Businessmen
- Entrepreneurs
- Railroad executives
Open to research.
Correspondence, articles, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to Demens's authorship of articles for the Russian journal Viestnik Evropy and for Russian and American newspapers. Subjects include American politics and presidential campaigns; the annexation of Hawaii; Cuba; Dukhobors and their immigration to Canada; treatment of Jews in Russia; the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; Bloody Sunday, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1905; Molokans in California and Hawaii; World War I; the Russian revolution; and Demen's life in California and Florida. Includes a bibliography of works by Demens writing as P.A. Tverskoĭ and a publication from a symposium on Demens held in 2000. Correspondents include Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko; Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin, kni͡azʹ; Konstantin Petrovich Pobedonost͡sev; L.Z. Slonimskīĭ; M. Stasiulevich; A.S. Suvorin; graf Leo Tolstoy; and S.A. Vengerov.
Author, businessman, railroad promoter, and entrepreneur. Born Pyotr Alekseyevich Dementyev; a Russian nobleman and an officer of the Tsar's guards. Also wrote under the name P.A. Tverskoĭ.
Collection material in Russian, with English.
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