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Rusudana Nikolaevna Nikoladze Illustrated Travel Memoir, circa 1920s, 1960s

 File — Box: 1
Identifier: MSE/REE 0001-PN200-24

Scope and Contents

This notebook is entitled "Gstaad and M-O-B Simmental-Saakental and recollections" (Gstaad i "M-O-B" Simmental-Saakental i vospominaniia). It is written in retrospect whithout dated entries and describes Rusudana's travels in Switzerland in 1912. This is the third notebook (the second is missing) in a series of six that together form a Travel Memoir titled "Switzerland Again 1912" (see the cover file). In this notebook RNN discusses the Swiss system of railroads and describes the mountains, towns, society and culture, along with her own emotional and intellectual reactions to them.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1920s, 1960s

Conditions Governing Access

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Language of Materials

Russian

Georgian

French

Physical Description

Fascicles and loose leaves in broken binding; 23 cm; 91 leaves with 161 pages of manuscript in Rusudana's hand in ink; additional manuscript material, clippings, postcards, maps, and letters tipped in. RNN page nos.1359-1440, 0/1401-0/1416, again 1401-1422, 1441-1451, 1451/a-1451/b, 1452-1480, 1505-1538, 1543-1544

Repository Details

Part of the University of Notre Dame Rare Books & Special Collections Repository

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