Archives And Manuscript Repositories In The Ussr: Moscow And Leningrad; Supplement 1 Bibliographical Addenda
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Usual shelf-wear.
For scholars and researchers navigating the vast and complex world of Soviet archival science, Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the USSR: Moscow and Leningrad — Supplement 1: Bibliographical Addenda stands as an indispensable scholarly instrument. Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, one of the foremost authorities on archival resources in the former Soviet Union, presents a meticulous bibliographical supplement that extends and refines her foundational reference work, cataloguing the rich documentary holdings of Moscow and Leningrad's most significant repositories. The volume chronicles newly identified sources, corrects and augments prior citations, and instructs researchers on navigating the labyrinthine bureaucratic and institutional structures that governed access to Soviet archives during the Cold War era. Grimsted's work occupies a singular position in the canon of archival studies, serving not merely as a finding aid but as a scholarly cartography of Soviet intellectual and historical memory. Her rigorous methodology and exhaustive detail reflect decades of first-hand research and negotiation with some of the most restricted institutional collections of the twentieth century. For historians of Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet period, this supplement remains a critical companion — raising as many questions about what remains hidden as it answers about what has been found.
Author: Patricia Kennedy Grimsted
Format: Hardback
Published: 1976, Inter Documentation Company AG Zug Switzerland
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Usual shelf-wear.
For scholars and researchers navigating the vast and complex world of Soviet archival science, Archives and Manuscript Repositories in the USSR: Moscow and Leningrad — Supplement 1: Bibliographical Addenda stands as an indispensable scholarly instrument. Patricia Kennedy Grimsted, one of the foremost authorities on archival resources in the former Soviet Union, presents a meticulous bibliographical supplement that extends and refines her foundational reference work, cataloguing the rich documentary holdings of Moscow and Leningrad's most significant repositories. The volume chronicles newly identified sources, corrects and augments prior citations, and instructs researchers on navigating the labyrinthine bureaucratic and institutional structures that governed access to Soviet archives during the Cold War era. Grimsted's work occupies a singular position in the canon of archival studies, serving not merely as a finding aid but as a scholarly cartography of Soviet intellectual and historical memory. Her rigorous methodology and exhaustive detail reflect decades of first-hand research and negotiation with some of the most restricted institutional collections of the twentieth century. For historians of Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Soviet period, this supplement remains a critical companion — raising as many questions about what remains hidden as it answers about what has been found.