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ID 112 SubmitterName   SubmitterEmail   Name Meeting of Frontiers URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfsplash.html Creator Billington, James H. | Library of Congress | National Digital Library Program (NDLP) Manager Van Oudenaren, John | Nordlander, David J. Participating Armbruster, Carol | Bachman, Ronald | Barrett, Thomas M. | Bostian, Sandy | Edwards, Douglas M. | Fedor, Helen | Gawdiak, Ihor | Lee, Lisa | Leich, Harold M. | Manivong, Sam | Morris, David B. | Neubert, Michael | Pickett, Dominique | Pliguzov, Andrei | Smirnova, Olga | Spencer, Hope | Spiegel, Taru | Taylor, Robin | Thomas, Deborah | Vassilenko, Galina | Kazhdan, Rimma Funder   Host   Description This project explores, through a comparative approach, the history of Russian expansion across Siberia to the Russian Far East and the Pacific; of American expansion westward; and the meeting of the Russian-America frontier in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. Goal access | preservation | scholarly access Digital processes scanning Inception 1998 Future plans   Collection    Title Rare Books from Siberia (RSL) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslbk.html Creator Russian State Library Description Selection of 19th- and early 20th-century books housed in the Rare Book Department at the Russian State Library, Subject focus Siberia (Russia) History Siberia (Russia) Description and travel Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Amur River Valley (China and Russia) Chronological focus 1700H-1900H 1750D-1900D 1755-1909 Language of items rus Size of collection 55 titles Format of original items text picture Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Dime Novel Collection (LC) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcbs.html#a_eng Creator Library of Congress Description Collection of dime novels (dating from 1860), some of which were set in Russia. Subject focus Literature Russian literature Dime novels Penny dreadfuls Geographical focus Russia Chronological focus 1800H-1900H 1860D-1900D 1860-1909 Language of items eng Size of collection 11 titles (paperback covers) Format of original items image Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the General Collections URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcbs.html#b_eng Creator Library of Congress Description Selection from LC's General Collections of books pertaining to Siberia and the Russian Far East and the American West and Alaska. Subject focus Alaska Gold mines and mining Klondike River Valley (Yukon) Gold discoveries Geographical focus Russia Russian Far East (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H 1850D-1920D 1858-1926 Language of items eng fre rus Size of collection 24 titles Format of original items text picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items text/HTML image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Rare Book and Special Collections (LC) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcbs.html#d_eng Creator Library of Congress Description From the website: Twenty-eight titles from the Rare Books and Special Collections archive are represented here, written \"mostly by early travelers to Siberia and the Russian Far East, that document the growth of geographic and scientific knowledge about this region in the eighteenthth century.\" Subject focus   Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1700H-1900H 1720D-1910D 1721-1910 Language of items eng fre ger rus spa Size of collection Twenty-eight titles Format of original items text picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Russian-Ukrainian Pamphlet and Brochure Collection, 1866-1949 URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcbs.html#e_eng Creator Library of Congress Description The pamphlets and brochures of this collection "document everyday aspects of frontier life in Siberia and the Russian Far East that are not always reflected in the state papers, explorers' logs, and other important documents." Subject focus History Russia history Russia Economic conditions 1861-1917 Philosophy, Russian 19th century Ukraine History Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Ukraine Chronological focus 1800H-1900H 1840D-1940D 1846-1949 Language of items rus Size of collection Several thousand items Format of original items text picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Rare Book (NLR) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrbk.html#a Creator National Library of Russia, Ethnic Literature Department Description Small selection of religious books. Subject focus Religion and culture Russia Church history 1801-1917 Geographical focus Russia Chronological focus 1800H 1840D 1840 Language of items ale rus Size of collection 3 books Format of original items text picture Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Tsarist Patents, 1899-1917: Urals, Siberia, and the Russian Far East URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/GPNTB_patents.html Creator State Public Scientific and Technical Library of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GPNTB) Description Selection features tsarist patents that were given to residents of the Urals, Siberia, and the Russian Far East in the waning years of the empire. Subject focus History Russia Mineral industries Mines and mineral resources Mining engineering Geographical focus Russia Russian Far East Ural Mountains (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H 1890D-1910D 1899-1917 Language of items rus Size of collection 100 items Format of original items text Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title "Great Siberian Railway" Guidebooks URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrbk.html#b Creator National Library of Russia, Foreign Literature Department Description Digital version of two guidebooks to the Trans-Siberian railroad Subject focus Velikaia Sibirskaia magistral' Geographical focus Russia Sibera (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1900 Language of items eng rus Size of collection 2 books Format of original items text Source type secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Albert K. Fisher Papers URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcmn.html#a_eng Creator Library of Congress (LC) Description Album of photographs taken by Fisher, an ornithologist and vertebrate zoologist, during a summer 1899 expedition. Subject focus Arts Photographs Alaska Eskimos Eskimo women Geographical focus North America Alaska Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H\1890D Language of items eng Size of collection 1 photograph album of 130 pages Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selection from the George Kennan Papers URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcphot.html#d_eng Creator Library of Congress Description This selection from Kennan's papers is of several notebooks that he kept while working in northeast Siberia for the Russian-American Telegraph Company. Subject focus Siberia (Russia) Description and travel Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H 1860D 1865 Language of items eng Size of collection 5 notebooks Format of original items manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The USSR Ministry of Marine Archive (Foreign Microfilming Project) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcmn.html#c_eng Creator Library of Congress Description Collection from the "Central (now Russian) State Archive of the Military Sea Fleet (VMF) in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) relating to the earliest Russian explorations of Alaska and nearby seas and territories." Subject focus Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741 Chirikov, Aleksei Il'ich, 1703-1748 Geography Geographical focus North America Alaska Chronological focus 1700H 1730D-1740D 1730-1749 Language of items rus Size of collection 315 items Format of original items manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Gennadii V. Yudin Collection of Russian-American Company Papers URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcmn.html#d_eng Creator Library of Congress Description Yudin was an affluent Siberian entrepreneur who sold his papers to the Library of Congress in the early 20th century. The collection includes the Russian-American Company's business papers, which record the trading and commercial activities of the concern as well as some early expeditions to Alaska. Subject focus Siberia (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1700H-1900H 1740D-1940D 1748-1946 (some papers undated) Language of items rus Size of collection 166 items Format of original items manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Kiowa Collection: Selections from the Papers of Hugh Lenox Scott URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcmn.html#f_eng Creator Library of Congress Description Papers of a career military officer, Hugh Scott, concerning his observations of Native American culture and life in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Subject focus Scott, Hugh Lenox, 1853-1934 Kiowa Indians Comanche Indians Geographical focus North America Chronological focus 1900H 1920D Language of items eng Size of collection 19 items Format of original items manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selected Manuscript Items URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcmn.html#g_eng Creator Library of Congress Description The USS Jeannette's logbook, as maintained by the steamer's captain, George Washington De Long. Subject focus Long, George W. (George Washington), 1844-1881 Geographical focus   Chronological focus 1800H 1880D 1881 Language of items eng Size of collection 1 logbook Format of original items manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Grigorii Nikolaevich Potanin and Nikolai Mikhailovich IAdrintsev Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/tokcoll.html#ms1 Creator Tomsk Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife Description Collection of materials (mainly correspondence and photographs) that belonged to Potanin and Iadrintsev, two prominent 19th-century Siberian scholars. Subject focus Historical documents Potanin, G. N. (Grigorii Nikolaevich), 1835-1920; IAdrintsev, N. M. (Nikolai Mikhailovich), 1842-1894; Geographical focus Asia Mongolia Chronological focus 1800H 1890D Language of items rus Size of collection 110 items Format of original items manuscript picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Manuscripts Collection of the Archeographic and Source-Study Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/iicoll.html#ms1 Creator Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (II SO RAN) Description Contains "The Apocalypse" (Apokalipsis, litsevoi), the "Birch-bark Book" (Berestianaia kniga "Stikhoslozheniia"), and the "Christian Topography" of Kozâ??ma Indikoplov (Khristianskaia topografiia Koz'my Indikoplova, litsevaia). Subject focus Literature Russian literature Manuscripts Illumination of books and manuscripts Geographical focus   Chronological focus 1700H-1800H 1990D Language of items rus Size of collection 3 Format of original items manuscript picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Siberian Maps from the Collection of the Irkutsk State University Library URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/IGU_coll.html#igu_2en Creator Irkutsk State University Library Description "This collection consists of three manuscript maps from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Each map is printed on several pages and depicts parts of the Siberian territory of the Russian Empire." Subject focus Cartography Atlases Cartography Maps Siberia (Russia) History Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1700H-1800H Language of items rus Size of collection 3 Format of original items cartographic material manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Russian Atlases URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#c_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Cartography Division Description Small collection of historic maps from the tsarist era. Comprises the titles Atlas of Asiatic Russia and Complete Collection of the Laws of the Russian Empire (First Collection): Book of Sketches and Drawings (City Plans). Subject focus Cartography Atlases Asiatic Russia Russia Russian Far East Siberia (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 2 atlases Format of original items cartographic material technical drawing Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Georg von Asch Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/subcoll.html Creator Goettingen State and University Library Description This collection of Russian and Asian materials is a personal yet comprehensive "record of Russian expeditions to Siberia in the second half of the eighteenth century." Subject focus Russia Russia History Siberia (Russia) Von Asch, Georg Thomas, 1729-1807 Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Germany Chronological focus   Language of items eng fre ger ital lat rus Size of collection 355 items Format of original items cartographic material; manuscript; text Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Documents and Photographs from the "Kuzbass" Autonomous Industrial Society URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/kokcoll.html#ph1 Creator Kemerovo Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife Description This collection documents the inception and history of the "Kuzbass" autonomous industrial colony, which was organized in 1921 by American workers. An amalgam of different nationalities settled there; these included emigrants from America, Canada, the Netherlands, France, Australia, Jamaica, and Indonesia. Subject focus History Russia Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1920D Language of items eng rus Size of collection 171 items Format of original items manuscript picture text Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Music Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcothr.html#d_eng Creator Library of Congress, Music Division Description Contains 1 item, the sheet music for the song "Siberia, a Lament," composed by Frederick Ebsen Starke. Subject focus Siberia (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1920D Language of items eng Size of collection 1 item Format of original items music Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Siberian Manuscripts URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslbk.html#b_eng Creator Russian State Library Description This collection entails accounts of Siberian life during the pre-revolutionary period, as related in memoirs written by exiles and settlers. Subject focus Historical documents Siberia (Russia) Description and travel Sibera (Russia) History Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items rus Size of collection 12 items Format of original items manuscript text Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Irkutsk Literary Heritage of the Nineteenth Century URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/IGU_coll.html#igu_1en Creator Irkutsk State University Description Small manuscript collection of writings on spiritual, cultural, political, and public aspects of urban life in Irkutsk during the latter half of the nineteenth century. Subject focus Irkutsk (Russia) Manuscripts; Illumination of books and manuscripts Geographical focus Russia Irkutsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H 1850D-1890D 1850-1900 Language of items rus Size of collection 2 items Format of original items manuscript picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Geography and Map Collections URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcmap.html Creator Library of Congress Description This selection includes maps prepared by American, Russian, and European cartographers and conveys "the development of geographic knowledge of Siberia and the Russian Far East and the American West and the settlement, economic development, and ethnic and geographic diversity of both regions." Subject focus Cartography Maps Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Russian Far East (Russia) West (U.S.) Chronological focus 1600H-1900H Language of items eng fre rus spa Size of collection 77 maps and one atlas Format of original items cartographic material Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Department of Maps URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslmp.html Creator Russian State Library Description "This selection of rare maps includes early manuscript and published maps detailing the geography and geology of various parts of Siberia, important rivers, and cities and administrative regions." Subject focus Cartography Maps Baikal-Amur Railroad Cartography Lenin, Vladimir Il'ich, 1870-1924 Maps Geographical focus Russia Baikal, Lake (Russia) IAkutsk oblast' (Russia) Irkutsk (Russia) Kamchatskaia oblast' (Russia) Kuril Islands (Russia) Novosibirskaia oblast' (Russia) Russian Far East (Russia) Chronological focus 1700H-1900H Language of items eng fre ger lat rus Size of collection 76 items Format of original items cartographic material manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selected Maps from the Rasmuson Library (University of Alaska) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/uafmp.html Creator Rasmuson Library, Alaska and Polar Regions Department (University of Alaska) Description "This selection of maps provides basic coverage of the mapping of Alaska, from the early voyages of discovery through the sale of Russian America to the United States and the gold rush." Subject focus Cartography Maps Materials for the study of Alaska history Alaska history Geographical focus North America Alaska Bering Sea Chronological focus 1500H-1800H Language of items eng fre ger ita rus Size of collection 90 items Format of original items cartographic material Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Maps and Atlases of Siberia, the North Pacific, and Alaska URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#a_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Cartography Divison Description "These maps and atlases chronicle the exploration and development of Siberia and Alaska from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries." Subject focus Cartography Maps Alaska Alaska (History) Atlases Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741 Cartography Chirikov, Aleksei Il'ich, 1703-1748 Cook, James, 1728-1779 Geology Maps Maps Siberia (Russia) Geographical focus North America Alaska Russia Baikal, Lake (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1700H-1900H Language of items ger lat rus Size of collection 64 items Format of original items cartographic material Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Imperial Russian Playing Cards URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrmp.html#b_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Cartography Division Description Collection of playing cards with "colorful images of Russian geography and culture. The back side of each card contains a map depicting a region or territory of Imperial Russia, including the Grand Duchy of Finland and Congress Poland. The front of each card shows the local costume and coat of arms from the corresponding region." Subject focus Cartography Maps Finland Moscow (Russia : Guberniya) Russia History 1613-1689 Russia History 1689-1801 Geographical focus Finland Russia Poland Chronological focus 1800H Language of items rus Size of collection 60 playing cards (each representing a region or territory of Russia) Format of original items cartographic material game Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selected Maps from the Tomsk Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/tokcoll.html#mp1 Creator Tomsk Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife Description This collection "consists of nineteenth-century regional maps of Tomsk, Tobolsk, Irkutsk, and Enisei guberniias, land-use and road maps, and maps of Siberian cities." Subject focus Cartography Maps Eniseisk (Russia) Irkutsk (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Tobolsk (Russia) Tomsk (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Eniseisk (Russia) Irkutsk (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Tobolsk (Russia) Tomsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H Language of items fre rus Size of collection 49 items Format of original items cartographic material Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Sheet Music from the Russian State Library URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslothr.html Creator Russian State Library, Division of Printed Music and Sound Recordings Description "The selected sheet music presents popular songs sung by Siberian native peoples and Russian settlers in the late tsarist and early Soviet periods." Subject focus Siberia (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 25 items Format of original items music text Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the American Folklife Center URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcothr.html#b_eng Creator Library of Congress, American Folklife Center Description The song in this selection "relates the story of the first Russian colonists, or promyshlenniki, in Alaska." Subject focus Sitka (Alaska) Geographical focus North America Alaska Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 1 song Format of original items sound recording Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items   Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcothr.html#c_eng Creator Library of Congress, Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Collection Description Selection of short films by Thomas A. Edison and by the Biograph Company that were shot in the early twentieth century. Subject focus History Historical documents Short film Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 Klondike River Valley (Yukon) Gold discoveries Geographical focus Klondike River Valley (Yukon) Yalu River (China and Korea) Chronological focus 1900H\1900D Language of items   Size of collection 4 films Format of original items motion picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items MPEG RealMedia QuickTime Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title In the Beginning was the Word: The Russian Church and Native Alaskan Cultures-Exhibition Selections URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcothr.html#a_eng Creator Library of Congress Description These selections are from a 1994 exhibit at LC about the missionary activities of the Russian Orthodox Church in North America, especially among the Native American tribes in Alaska. Subject focus Religion and cuture Baranov, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1745-1819 Eskimos Innokentii, Saint, Metropolitan of Moscow and Kolomna, 1797-1879 Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov Shelikhov, G. I. (Grigorii Ivanovich), 1747-1795 Geographical focus North America Alaska (History) Ketchikan (Alaska) Sitka (Alaska) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 19 items Format of original items manuscript picture technical drawing text Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Uncle Sam in the Oregon Country-Exhibition Selections URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcothr.html#e_eng Creator Center of the Book of the Library of Congress Description These are selections from an exhibition that "focused on how the federal government shaped and affected the history and culture of Oregon. As such, it is an important source of material relating to economic development, conservation, transportation, and other important themes in Meeting of Frontiers." Subject focus Cartography Clark, William, 1770-1838 Lewis, Meriwether, 1774-1809 Maps Oregon History Geographical focus North America Columbia River Coos Bay (Or.) Oregon Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items eng Size of collection 80 items Format of original items cartographic material manuscript picture text Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The William C. Brumfield Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcphot.html#a_eng Creator Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division Description Collection of color slides taken by William C. Brumfield, a professor of Russian Studies at Tulane University, of places in the Russian North and in Siberia. Subject focus Arts Architecture Building, Wooden Church architecture Church buildings Religious Architecture Siberia (Russia) History Geographical focus Russia Perm' (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Tiumen' (Russia) Tobol'sk (Russia) Tomsk (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items   Size of collection 1,137 color slides Format of original items slide Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Frank G. Carpenter Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcphot.html#b_eng Creator Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division Description Collection of photographs owned by Frank G. Carpenter, a "journalist, traveler, and the author of books on geography, including the Carpenter's Geographic Readers," a standard text prevalent in American schools for many years. Subject focus History Alaska History Geographical focus North America Alaska Chronological focus 1900H 1910D Language of items eng Size of collection 939 items Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Album of the Clipper Ship Razboinik URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslph.html#b Creator Russian State Library, Department of Printed Art Description Collection of photographs from an album that probably belonged to Emperor Nicholas II. The photographs record the late 19th-century voyage of "the clipper ship Razboinik (Pirate) and the construction of the settlement of Novo-Mariinskii at the mouth of the Anadyr' River." Subject focus Photographs Geographical focus Russia Chronological focus 1800H 1880D 1889 Language of items rus Size of collection 44 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The John C. H. Grabill Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcphot.html#c_eng Creator Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Divison Description This collection consists of "photographs of frontier life in Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming." Taken by John Grabill, these photographs record life in these states as lived by cowboys and miners; in addition, they document the dealings that early white settlers had with Native Americans in the West. This collection is included as part of Meeting of Frontiers to suggest a parallel with Russian photographers during this period (late 19th century). Subject focus Photographs Colorado; Cowboys; Gold miners; Indians of North America; South Dakota; Wyoming Geographical focus North America Colorado; South Dakota; Wyoming Chronological focus 1800H Language of items   Size of collection 188 items Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the George Kennan Papers URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcphot.html#d_eng Creator Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Divison Description This selection of photographs correspond to a trip that Kennan took in 1885 "under the sponsorship of the Century Club to study the Russian exile and penal system." The photographs offer a diverse portrait of Siberia in the late 19th century. Subject focus Photographs Exile (Punishment) Kennan, George Frost, 1904- Penal Colonies Prisons Siberia (Russia) Prisons Tatars Geographical focus Russia Baikal, Lake (Russia) Barnaul (Altaiskii krai, Russia) Irkutsk (Russia) Omsk (Russia) Tiumen' (Russia) Tomsk (Russia) Transcaucasia Chronological focus   Language of items   Size of collection 256 Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selections from the Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcphot.html#e_eng Creator Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division Description This selection consists of black-and-white photographs taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii in 1912 "in the course of a survey of the waterways linking Ekaterinburg in the Urals with the Siberian city of Tobol'sk." In addition, there are color prints produced in the 1980s and 1990s from glass plate negatives; Prokudin-Gorskii experimented extensively in the field of color photography. Subject focus Photographs Prokudin-Gorskii, Sergei Mikhailovich, 1863-1944 Geographical focus Russia Ekaterinburg (Russia) Ural Mountains (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1910D Language of items   Size of collection 169 black-and-white photographs 12 galleries of color prints Format of original items slide Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Eleanor L. Pray Collection URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcphot.html#k_eng Creator Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division Description This collection consists of a complete album of photographs taken by Eleanor Pray, an expatriate American who lived in Vladivostok from 1894 to 1930. "The subjects of the photographs include the house where Mrs. Pray lived with her husband and sister-in-law; prominent views of the harbor and other local landmarks; and Mrs. Pray with her friends, gathering for festivities, tennis games, picnics, and other activities." Subject focus Photographs Velikaia Sibirskaia magistral' Vladivostok (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Vladivostok (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H 1890D-1900D 1899-1901 Language of items   Size of collection 70 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Amur Railroad Album URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslph.html#a Creator Russian State Library, Department of Printed Art Description Album of photographs (taken over a five-year period) recording the construction of the Amur Railroad--presents "one of the more comprehensive views of railway construction in Siberia in the tsarist era." Subject focus Photographs Railroad engineering Geographical focus Russia Amur River Valley (China and Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1900D-1910D 1908-1913 Language of items rus Size of collection 282 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title From Tobol'sk to Obdorsk URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslph.html#c Creator Russian State Library, Department of Printed Art Description From the website: "This album contains a series of watercolors painted in the second half of the nineteenth century by the Tobol'sk artist M. S. Znamenskii. Based upon local legends and tales, the album represents scenes from Tobol'sk, Berezov, and Obdorsk (today known as Salekhard), as well as representations of native life, folk costumes, and the residences of Russians exiled to the region, including the Decembrists." Subject focus History Russia Decembrists Russia History December Uprising, 1825 Znamenskii, M. S. (Mikhail Stepanovich), 1833-1892 Geographical focus Russia Berezov (Russia) Salekhard (Russia) Tobol'sk (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H Language of items rus Size of collection 25 watercolors Format of original items art original Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Views of the City of Tomsk URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslph.html#d Creator Russian State Library, Department of Printed Art Description Album of lithographs providing views of the Siberian city of Tomsk. Subject focus Arts Lithography Tomsk (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Tomsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H 1870D Language of items rus Size of collection 25 lithographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Album of Siberian Cossack History URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/rslph.html#e Creator Russian State Library, Department of Printed Art Description Produced by the writer, ethnographer, and artist, N. N. Kazarin, this album of watercolors depicts "Cossack lore east of the Urals, beginning with Ermak's victory over Khan Kuchum in 1582 and continuing with related subjects from over three centuries of history." Subject focus Arts Painting Cossacks Ermak, d. 1585 Kuchum, Khan, d. 1598 Geographical focus North America Ural Mountains Region (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 21 watercolors Format of original items art original Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Native Peoples of Siberia URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/ngkcoll.html#ph5 Creator Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife (NGKM) Description Collection of photographs taken during scientific expeditions in distant, isolated regions of Siberia. Seven indigenous groups from East Siberia are featured: Kets, Dolgans, Buryats, Yakuts, Even, Evenks, and Toffalars. Subject focus Arts Photography Kets Dolgans Buriats Yakut (Turkic people) Even (Asian people) Geographical focus Russia Siberia, Eastern (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items rus Size of collection More than 200 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Civil War in West Siberia URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/tokcoll.html#ph3 Creator Tomsk Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife (TOKM) Description This collection has photographs that "highlight the anti-Bolshevik (â??Whiteâ?) movements, underground and partisan activities in Tomsk Province, and the establishment of Soviet rule in Tomsk." Subject focus Arts Photography Kolchak, Aleksandr Vasiliyevich, 1873-1920 Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Geographical focus Russia Tomsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1910D 1918-1920 Language of items rus Size of collection 41 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Civil War in the Kuzbass URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/kokcoll.html#ph2 Creator Kemerovo Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife (KOKM) Description "This collection contains documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass, including commanders and commissars of the Red partisan movement." Subject focus Arts Photography Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921 Avtonomnaia industrialÒ?naia koloniia "Kuzbass" Geographical focus Russia Kuznetsk Basin (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1910D 1918-1920 Language of items rus Size of collection 89 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Album "Launch of the Icebreaking Ferry Baikal" URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#g_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description The launching of the icebreaking ferry Baikal is recorded in this small album of photographs. The ferry conveyed supplies and railroad cars to Lake Baikal before the completion of the Trans-Siberian Railroad line. Subject focus Arts Photography Velikaia Sibirskaia magistral' Baikal, Lake (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Baikal, Lake (Russia) Siberia, Eastern (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H\1890D Language of items rus Size of collection 6 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Album "Views of Hard Labor in Nerchinsk" URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#h_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description Album of photographs taken in Nerchinsk, near the Russo-Chinese border, by A. K. Kuznetsov. Photos are of prisoners and exiles sentenced to hard labor. Subject focus Arts Photography Nerchinskaia katorga (Siberia) Geographical focus Russia Nerchinsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H\1890D Language of items rus Size of collection 73 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Siberian Postcards URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#i_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description Collection of postcards portraying "Siberian natives from the Trans-Baikal region as well as views of the Trans-Siberian and Circum-Baikal railroads." In addition, there are hundreds of postcards with views of Siberian cities during the tsarist and Soviet periods. Subject focus Arts Postcards Buriat Dal'nevostochnyi krai (R.S.F.S.R.) Irkutsk (Russia) Krasnoiarsk (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Tobol'sk (Russia) Velikaia Sibirskaia magistral' Vladivostok (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1900D-1980D 1904-1983 Language of items rus Size of collection 550 postcards Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Newspaper and Serial Selections from the General Collections URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/mfdcbs.html#c_eng Creator Library of Congress Description From the website: \"Meeting of Frontiers has a small number of digitized items that have been chosen to help tell particular stories. For example, contemporary articles from The New York Herald illustrate the national sensation that surrounded the ill-fated expedition of the Arctic exploring ship the Jeannette and the search for the missing members of her crew.\" Subject focus Periodicals Geographical focus   Chronological focus 1800H 1870D-1890D 1872-1894 Language of items eng Size of collection Around 165 newspaper issues Format of original items text picture Source type secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Selected Historical Photographs from the Rasmuson Library URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/uafph.html Creator University of Alaska Fairbanks, Rasmuson Library, Alaska and Polar Regions Department Description This selection focuses on "indigenous and pioneer women of Alaska in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." Subject focus Arts Photography Alaska History Geographical focus North America Alaska Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items   Size of collection 13 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Album of the Amur and Ussuri Regions URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#a_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description Collection consists of photographs (taken by V. V. Lanin) of, among other things, "municipal scenes of Blagoveshchensk, Nikolaevsk-na-Amure, and Vladivostok; images of native life and culture, views of nature, and commerce along the Amur, Ussuri, and Suifun Rivers." Subject focus Arts Photography Geographical focus Russia Blagoveshchensk (Amurskaia oblast', Russia) Nikolaevsk-na-Amure (Russia) Vladivostok (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H\1860D-1870D Language of items rus Size of collection 154 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Views of Sakhalin Island URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#c_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description "This album contains photographs taken in the 1890s that provide rare glimpses of Sakhalin's settlements and prisons and the native peoples, prisoners, exiles, and guards who inhabited the island." Subject focus Arts Photography Sakhalin (Sakhalinskaia oblast', Russia) Geographical focus Russia Sakhalin (Sakhalinskaia oblast', Russia) Chronological focus 1800H\1890D Language of items rus Size of collection 36 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Tsine-Louine "Siberia" Postcard Series URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#b_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description Collection of postcards produced by a tea company in St. Petersburg. "Based on lithographs by the artists Nikolai Nikolaevich Kazarin and Valerii Pavlovich Ovsiannikov, the company's "Siberia" series romanticized the shipping routes from China to Russia. The cards portrayed scenes of natural beauty and native life that might have been encountered on the journey from the Chinese border town of Kiakhta east of Lake Baikal to St. Petersburg." Subject focus Arts Postcards Advertising postcards Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 36 postcards Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Atlas of Kruzenshtern's Circumnavigation URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#d_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description This atlas is based on Captain I. F. Kruzenshtern's circumnavigation of the globe in 1803-1806; it includes a map of Kruzenshtern's route and "109 plates based upon the drawings of V. G. Tilesius, a doctor, naturalist, and the official artist of the expedition." Subject focus Cartography Atlases Kruzenshtern, Ivan Fedorovich, 1770-1846 Tilesius von T., W. G. (Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau), 1769-1857 Geographical focus Russia Kuril Islands (Russia) Kamchatskaia oblast' (Russia) Sakhalin (Sakhalinskaia oblast', Russia) Chronological focus 1800H 1800D Language of items ger rus Size of collection 1 atlas Format of original items cartographic materials manuscript picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Album of Seniavin Lithographs URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#e_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description This collection consists of lithographs produced by French artists from the observations they and several naturalists made during the voyage of the Seniavin. The lithographs depict parts of Alaska, Kamchatka, the Philippines, and Micronesia. Subject focus Arts Lithography Lithography 19th century Geographical focus North America Alaska Russia Kamchatskaia oblast' (Russia) Philippines Micronesia Carolina Islands Chronological focus 1800H\1820D Language of items fre Size of collection 65 lithographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Tsarist and Soviet Posters URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#l_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description Included in this digitized collection are advertising posters from the tsarist era; a set of posters produced during the Russo-Japanese War (1904-5); and posters about "polar flights in the 1930s, the Brezhnev-era construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline (BAM) railroad, and the achievements of Soviet industry in Siberia." Subject focus Arts Posters Political posters War posters Commercial art Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905 Baikal-Amur Railroad Geographical focus Russia Baikal, Lake (Russia) Japan Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 23 posters Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Documentary Materials on the History of the West-Siberian Railroad URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/gancoll.html Creator State Archives of Novosibirsk Oblast Description This collection has "individual photographs, photograph albums, charts, maps, sketches, and other documents" that record the development of transportation in pre-Revolutionary and Soviet Russia. Subject focus Photographs Railroads Geographical focus Russia Siberia, Western (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H 1890D-1970D Language of items rus Size of collection 100 items Format of original items picture cartographic material Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Drawings and Paintings by Pavel Mikhailovich Kosharov URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/tokcoll.html#ph2 Creator Research Library of Tomsk State University The Tomsk Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife Description Collection of works by Pavel Kosharov, a well-known Siberian artist and teacher who lived from 1824 to 1902. Subject focus Arts Drawing Painting Altaiskii krai (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Tiumen' (Russia) Tomsk (Russia) Zapadno-Sibirskii krai (R.S.F.S.R.) Geographical focus Russia Altaiskii krai (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Tiumen' (Russia) Tomsk (Russia) Zapadno-Sibirskii krai (R.S.F.S.R.) Chronological focus 1800H Language of items rus Size of collection 150 itmes Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Drawings of Boris Smirnov URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/ngkcoll.html#ph3 Creator Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife (NKGM) Description Collection of rare works created in 1904 by the Russian artist Boris Smirnov. Subject focus Arts Drawing Painting Painting, Russian 20th century Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1900D Language of items rus Size of collection 99 items Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Ethnographic Artists' Sketches from the 1920s and 1930s URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/ngkcoll.html#ph4 Creator Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife (NKGM) Description Collection of works by well-known Siberian painters, including Dmitrii Inokentâ??evich Karatanov, Natalâ??ia Nikolaevna Nagorskaia, Aleksei Vasilâ??evich Voshchakin, and Grigorii Gustavovich Likman. Subject focus Arts Painting Novosibirsk (Russia) Painting, Russian 20th century Geographical focus Russia Novosibirsk (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1920D 1930D Language of items rus Size of collection 90 items Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photo Albums: "Road Construction Projects, 1906-1909" URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/ngkcoll.html#ph1 Creator Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife (NGKM) Description This digitized collection consists of "two albums of photographs illustrating various stages in the construction of dirt roads in the Tomsk region by workers and engineers of the road-building department of the Resettlement." Administration. Subject focus Photographs Colonization Roads Design and Construction Taigas Trans-Siberian Railway Velikaia Sibirskaia magistral' Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Tomsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1900D Language of items rus Size of collection 95 items Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photo Albums of the Siberian Cossack Host URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/ogicoll.html Creator Omsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife (OGIKM) Description These albums feature "photographs made by N. G. Katanaev in 1909 during a journey to Cossack settlements in Stepnoi krai." Subject focus Photographs Cossacks Geographical focus Russia Omskaia oblast' (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H\1900D Language of items rus Size of collection 100 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photographs by I. S. Fateev: "The Tym River Selkups in 1938 and 1940" URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/tokcoll.html#ph1 Creator Tomsk Oblast Museum of Regional History and Folklife (TOKM) Description This collection feature "prints from glass negatives shot by Ivan Stepanovich Fateev" during two expeditions in the Tym River region. Subject focus Photographs Selkups Evenki (Asian people) Geographical focus Russia Siberia, Western (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1930D Language of items rus Size of collection 90 prints Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photographs from Archeological Expeditions to Old Believer Monasteries (Rudnyi Altai, Headwaters of the Uba River, 1970-71) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/iicoll.html#ph1 Creator Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (II SO RAN) Description Collection of photographs taken of nuns at Old Believer monasteries in the Uba River region. Subject focus Photographs Hermitages Hermits Monasteries Morozov, Savva Timofeevich, 1861 or 2-1905; Old Believers Geographical focus Russia Altaiskii krai (Russia) Novosibirsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1970D Language of items rus Size of collection 40 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photographs from Archeographic Expeditions to the Schismatic Monasteries on the Upper Malyi Enisei River (Tuva, 1966-75) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/iicoll.html#ph2 Creator Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (II SO RAN) Description This collection features photographs of monasteries taken by archeologists during expeditions to Tuva. Subject focus Photographs Hermitages Monasteries Old Believers Geographical focus Russia Siberia, Western (Russia) Tuva (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1960D-1970D 1966-1975 Language of items rus Size of collection 42 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photographs from the Ethnographic Expeditions of Natal'ia Nagorskaia URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/ngkcoll.html#ph2 Creator Novosibirsk State Museum of Regional History and Folklife (NGKM) Description Collection of photographs taken by the "well-known Novosibirsk ethnographer and graphic artist Natalâ??ia Nikolaevna Nagorskaia (1895-1983)" during her expeditions to Khakasiia, Gornaia Shoriia, Turukhan krai, and the Altai. Subject focus Photographs Khakassians Teleut (Turkic people) Geographical focus Russia Altaiskii krai (Russia) Gornaia Shoriia (Russia) Khakasskaia respublika (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Turukhanskii krai (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1920D 1928 Language of items rus Size of collection 20 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photographs from the Trial of the Dubches Hermits under Articles 58-10 and 58-11 (Krasnoyarsk, January 4â??9, 1952) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/iicoll.html#ph3 Creator Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (II SO RAN) Description Collection of photographs taken at the 1952 trial of the Dubches Hermits. Subject focus Photographs Hermits Hermitages Monasteries Geographical focus Russia Krasnoiarsk (Russia) Ural Mountains (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1950D 1952 Language of items rus Size of collection 6 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Collection of Photographs by the Topographer G. I. Ivanov, â??Gornaia Shoria, 1913â? URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/AGKM_shoria.html Creator Altai State Museum of Regional History and Folklife (AGKM) Description Collection of more than 100 photographs taken by Ivanov during a topographic expedition to the Gornaia Shoriia. Subject focus Photographs Altai (Turkic people) Gornaia Shoriia (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Altaiskii krai (Russia) Gornaia Shoriia (Russia) Kemerovskaia oblast' (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1910D 1913 Language of items rus Size of collection 109 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Cheliuskin URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/nlrph.html#f_eng Creator National Library of Russia, Prints Division Description Collection of photographs and other materials documenting the voyage of the scientific research chip The Cheliuskin, which sank in the Chukchi Sea in February 1934. Subject focus Photographs Bering Strait Cartography Cheliuskin (Ship) Chukchi Sea Maps Geographical focus Russia Bering Strait Chukchi Sea Murmansk (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H\1930D 1934 Language of items rus Size of collection 200 items Format of original items cartographic materials manuscript picture Source type primary secondary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Works of D. I. Karatanov, A. G. Vargin, and A. P. Lekarenko from their Expeditions to Siberia URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/KHM_paint.html Creator V. I. Surikov Museum of Art in Krasnoiarsk (KHM), Prints Division Description Collection of sketches, drawings, watercolors, and paintings by Karatanov, Vargin, and Lekarenko that were created during two Siberian expeditions (in the 1910s and the 1920s). Subject focus Arts Drawing Karatanov, Dmitrii Innokent'evich, 1874-1952 Painting, Russian 20th century Geographical focus Russia Siberia (Russia) Krasnoiarsk (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H\1910D 1920D Language of items rus Size of collection 285 items Format of original items art original Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Materials of the Ethno-Photo Expedition â??People on the Frontierâ? URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/FTX_people.html Creator "Phototext" Foundation (FTX) Description Collection of photographs taken by an international team of photographers during an expedition to the Saian-Altai in Summer 2002. Subject focus Photographs Kazakhs Shamans Telengut (Turkic people) Geographical focus Kazakhstan Khaskasskaia respublika (Russia) Sayan Mountains (Russia) Chronological focus 2000H 2000D Language of items rus Size of collection 119 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Peoples of Siberia: The Buryats and Yakuts URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/IGU_coll.html#igu_3en Creator The Irkutsk State University (IGU) Description Collection consisting of two albums of photographs taken during the early 20th century. The first album, entitled "Views of the Yakutsk Region," has photographs of "the Lena River shore; various forms of river transport--including boats, rafts, trade barges, and steamships; post offices along the Lena highway, and transport by horse and reindeer." The other album, "Peoples of Siberia," contains photographs of Yakuts and Buryats that document their everyday life. Subject focus Photographs Buriats Lena River (Russia) Yakut (Turkic people) Geographical focus Russia Iakutsk (Russia) Lena River (Russia) Siberia (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H Language of items rus Size of collection 2 albums: one containing 151 photographs, the other 27 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title "Views of the Trans-Baikal and Irkutsk," a Photo Album by N. A. Charushin URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/IGU_coll.html#igu_4en Creator The Irkutsk State University (IGU) Description "This album consists of fifty-three photographs by the Siberian photographer N. A. Charushin. Most of the photographs were taken on the Udunginsk and Circumbaikal Roads and represent images of bridges, rail stations, quays, ferries, and other construction." Subject focus Arts Photography Geographical focus Russia Irkutsk (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 53 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Special Settlers in West Siberia in the 1930s URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/iicoll.html#setl_4en Creator Institute of History of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (II SO RAN) Description "The commemorative album 'Soviet Narym: Opening of the West-Siberian North by Labor Settlers, 1930-36' contains statistical, narrative, cartographic, and illustrated materials relating to the people who were forcibly settled in the Narym region by the Soviet authorities in the 1930s." Subject focus Cartography Narym (Russia) Siberia, Western (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Narym (Russia) Siberia, Western (Russia) Chronological focus 1900H 1930D Language of items rus Size of collection 298 items Format of original items cartographic materials picture text Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Photography in Irkutsk URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/MIGI_coll.html#ph_1en Creator Irkutsk Municipal History Museum (MIGI), Department of Printed Art Description The photographs in this collection "show views of both the city of Irkutsk and countryside of Irkutsk Province; methods of transportation; and the citizenry--including their way of life, social activities, and forms of entertainment." Subject focus Arts Photography Irkutsk (Russia) Irkutskaia oblast'? (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Irkutsk (Russia) Irkutskaia oblastÒ? (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items rus Size of collection 136 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title The Baikal Region at the Beginning of the Twentieth Century in the Photographs of I. A. and V. I. Podgorbunskii URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/MIGI_coll.html#ph_2en Creator Irkutsk Municipal History Museum (MIGI) Description Collection consists of a photographic series taken by I. A. Podgorbunskii (a priest, teacher, scientist, and local historian) and his son, V. I. Podgorbunskii, an archeologist. Subject focus Arts Photography Baikal, Lake (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Baikal, Lake (Russia) Chronological focus   Language of items rus Size of collection 40 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Russians in Harbin, 1920s-1940s (from the Archive of V. P. Ablamskii) URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/MIGI_coll.html#ph_3en Creator Irkutsk Municipal History Museum (MIGI), Department of Printed Art Description Collection of photographs taken by Ablamskii, a champion figure-skater from northern China. Photos depict the life of the Russian immigrant community in Harbin, China. Subject focus Arts Photography Harbin (China) Geographical focus Asia China Harbin (China) Chronological focus 1900H 1920D-1940D Language of items rus Size of collection About 74 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Everyday Life of Yenisei Province, Late Nineteenth-Early Twentieth Centuries URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/KKKM_coll.html Creator Krasnoiarsk Krai Museum of Regional History and Folklife (KKKM) Description A photographic document of everyday life in Yenisei Province, including photographs of peasants, Cossacks, and high-ranking officials. Subject focus Arts Photography Yenisei River Valley (Russia) Geographical focus Russia Yenisei River Valley (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items rus Size of collection More than 400 photographs Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Christianity in Buryatia URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/MIB_coll.html Creator M. N. Khangalov Museum on the History of Buryatia (MIB) Description Collection of photographs and documents that record the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in Buryatia in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Subject focus Arts Photography Buriats Buriats Missions Nikolai, Archbishop of Warsaw, 1851-1915 Russkaia pravoslavnaia tserkov' Geographical focus Russia Buriatiia (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items rus Size of collection 66 photographs and documents Format of original items picture manuscript Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEB Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans         Title Firefighting in Irkutsk Province URL http://international.loc.gov/intldl/mtfhtml/mfdigcol/ChSN_coll.html Creator From the private archive of Sergei Nikolaevich Chashchin Description Collection of photographs depicting "the establishment of a firefighting service in eastern Siberia in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." Subject focus Arts Photography Fire extinction Fire extinction Equipment and supplies Fire fighters Geographical focus Russia Irkutsk (Russia) Siberia, Eastern (Russia) Chronological focus 1800H-1900H Language of items rus Size of collection 72 items Format of original items picture Source type primary Identifier for original items   Location of original items   Format of surrogate items image/JPEG Metadata/encoding scheme   Medium of collection no medium Web services none Access conditions/rights asserted The Library of Congress and its partners are providing access to the materials in Meeting of Frontiers strictly for noncommercial educational and research purposes and make no warranty with regard to their use for other purposes. The written permission of any copyright owners, and/or any other rights holders (such as for publicity and privacy rights) is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items that extends beyond fair use or other statutory exemptions. Made available   Frequency of additions   Future plans