Research Catalog
George Kennan papers
- Title
- George Kennan papers, 1856-1987 (bulk 1866-1919).
- Author
- Kennan, George, 1845-1924.
- Supplementary Content
- Finding Aid
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Bialoveski, Adam.
- Breshko-Breshkovskai︠a︡, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934.
- Chaĭkovskīĭ, N. V. (Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich), 1850-1926.
- Frost, George A.
- Hotchkiss, Jeannette.
- Kennan, Emeline Weld.
- Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005.
- Korff, S. A. (Sergei? Aleksandrovich), baron, 1876-1924.
- Lazarev, E. E. (Egor Egorovich), 1855-1937.
- Pribyleva-Korba, A. P.
- Shlikerman, Moises.
- Stepniak, S., 1851-1895.
- Description
- 3 linear feet (7 boxes).
- Summary
- The George Kennan papers document his Russian travels and research, and his relationships with Siberian exiles and radical revolutionaries.
- Subjects
- Lecturers
- Journalists
- Authors
- Sketches
- Sketch maps
- Photographs
- Soviet Union > Foreign public opinion, American
- Siberia (Russia) > Exiles
- Siberia (Russia) > Description and travel
- Russia > History > 1801-1917
- Russia > Foreign public opinion, American
- Cuba > History > 1810-1899
- China > History > 1861-1912
- Spanish-American War, 1898
- Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
- Revolutionaries > Russia
- Prisons > Russia
- Political prisoners > Russia
- Kennan family
- Kennan, George, 1845-1924
- Genre/Form
- Photographs.
- Sketch maps.
- Sketches.
- Note
- For an early description of the collection see the Bulletin of the New York Public Library, vol. 25, no. 2 (1921), p. 71-80. The album of "Portraits of Russian political exiles and convicts" referred to therein is now located in the Library's Slavic and Baltic Division under that title. Images are available online via NYPL Digital Gallery as part of the collection "Russia and Eastern Europe in Rare Photographs, 1860-1945."
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Source (note)
- Kennan, George; George F. Kennan; Charles Apfelbaum
- Biography (note)
- George Kennan (1845-1924) was an American journalist, lecturer and author, best known for his writings on Russia.
- Language (note)
- Materials in English, Russian and French.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- MssCol 1630
- OCLC
- NYPW94-A26
- Author
- Kennan, George, 1845-1924.
- Title
- George Kennan papers, 1856-1987 (bulk 1866-1919).
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Manuscripts and Archives Division; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Biography
- George Kennan (1845-1924) was an American journalist, lecturer and author, best known for his writings on Russia. He traveled extensively in Siberia from 1865-1867 with a Western Union telegraph surveying party, and again in 1885-1886 to research the Imperial Russian exile and prison systems. In addition to his writings and lectures on Siberia, he covered the Spanish-American War and the Russo-Japanese War for The Outlook magazine.
- Language
- Materials in English, Russian and French.
- Finding Aids
- Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
- Connect to:
- Occupation
- Authors.Journalists.Lecturers.
- Added Author
- Bialoveski, Adam.Breshko-Breshkovskai︠a︡, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934.Chaĭkovskīĭ, N. V. (Nikolaĭ Vasilʹevich), 1850-1926.Frost, George A.Hotchkiss, Jeannette.Kennan, Emeline Weld.Kennan, George F. (George Frost), 1904-2005.Korff, S. A. (Sergei? Aleksandrovich), baron, 1876-1924.Lazarev, E. E. (Egor Egorovich), 1855-1937.Pribyleva-Korba, A. P.Shlikerman, Moises.Stepniak, S., 1851-1895.
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1630