Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary

Nikolai Dmitrievich Talberg

A Register Of His Papers, 1927-1967

At Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Prepared by Vladimir Von Tsurikov

Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
Jordanville, New York
2007

Descriptive Summary

Collection Title:
Nikolai Dmitrievich Talberg Papers, 1927-1967

Creator:
Nikolai Dmitrievich Talberg

Extent:
18 manuscript boxes

Repository:
Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary
P.O. Box 36, Jordanville, New York, 13361
Phone/Fax: (315) 858-0945
Email: info@hts.edu
http://www.hts.edu

Abstract:
These papers reflect the writings and research interests of Nikolai Talberg, a government official in pre-Revolutionary Russia and historian, writer, and professor in emigration. Among his writings are works related to late 19th and early 20th century history, partially based on his own reminiscences and those of others. Major themes include the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, politics and contemporary issues of the Russian diaspora.

Language:
Russian, English

Biographical Note

1886 July 10	Born, Korostyshev, Kiev guberniia, Russia
1907	Graduated, Imperatorskoe uchilishche pravovedeniia
1907-1917	Served, Ministry of Internal Affairs
1927	Author, Tserkovnyi Raskol
1929	Author, Sviataia Rus’
1950-1967	Professor, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary, Jordanville, NY
1960	Author, Otechestvennaia byl’: iubileinyi sbornik
1964	Author, Istoriia russkoi tserkvi
1964	Author, Istoriia khristianskoi tserkvi
1966	Author, K sorokalietiiu pagubnago evlogianskago raskola
1967 May 29	Died, Jordanville, NY

Scope And Content Note

These papers reflect the writings and research interests of Nikolai Talberg, a government official in pre-Revolutionary Russia and historian, writer, and professor in emigration. Among his writings are works related to late 19th and early 20th century history, partially based on his own reminiscences and those of others. Major themes include the history of the Russian Orthodox Church, politics and contemporary issues of the Russian diaspora.

The SUBJECT FILE includes materials on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church and especially on the various jurisdictional conflicts that affected the Church in emigration. Particularly important are the documents dating from 1945 onwards relating to such conflicts in the United States. Of special significance is the correspondence of Archbishop Vitalii Maksimenko with representatives of different dioceses, parishes and organizations.

Detailed processing and preservation microfilming for these materials were made possible by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities and by matching funds from the Hoover Institution and Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary. The grant also provides depositing a microfilm copy in the Hoover Institution Archives. The original materials remain in the Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary Archives as its property. A transfer table indicating corresponding box and reel numbers is appended to this register. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Series Description

Box Nos	Series
1	BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1928-1966. Includes address book, autobiographical sketch, clippings, correspondence, identification card, and immigration documents. Arranged alphabetically by physical form
2-3	DIARIES, 1953-1967. Arranged chronologically
4	CORRESPONDENCE, 1950-1967. Cards and letters, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent
4-8	SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1920-1966. Articles, clippings, drafts, pamphlets, and speeches, arranged chronologically by title
9	OTECHESTVENNAIA BYL’ FILE, 1960. Typescript with handwritten corrections
10	WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 1922-1957 and undated. Arranged alphabetically by author
11-14	SUBJECT FILE, 1918-1960. Brochures, clippings, correspondence, leaflets, pamphlets, schedules and syllabi, arranged alphabetically by subject
14	PHOTOGRAPHS, 1957 and undated
15-16	PRINTED MATTER, 1927-1967. Unsorted clippings. Not filmed
17-18	RESEARCH NOTES, n.d. Citations, chronologies, compilations of quotes, jottings, and similar unsorted notes, mainly on scraps of paper, collected by Talberg in the course of his teaching and writing. Not filmed.

Container List

Box Nos	Folder Nos	Contents
1.		BIOGRAPHICAL FILE, 1928-1966
	1	Address book, n.d.
	2	Application form for Social Security, 1956-1957. Includes income tax returns
	3	Autobiographical sketch, n.d.
		Clippings about Talberg
	4	1928-1954
	5	1955-1957
	6	1958-1966
		Fiftieth anniversary of Talberg’s graduation file
	7	Clippings, 1957
	8	Congratulatory letters and telegrams, 1957
	9	Identification card, 1941
	10	Immigration documents, 1950
		DIARIES, 1953-1967
	11	1953-1955

2.		1956-1962

3.		1963-1967

4.		CORRESPONDENCE, 1950-1967. See also BIOGRAPHICAL FILE/Fiftieth anniversary of Talberg’s graduation file
	1	General, 1950-67 and undated
	2	Unidentified, 1965 and undated
	3	Aleksandrov, Petr, 1960
	4	Byrnes, Robert F., 1959
	5	Fisher, Ekaterina, n.d.
	6	Gershel’man, A., 1966
	7	Golokhvastov, Georgii, 1954
	8	Kol’tsov-Mosal’skii, Aleksandr Georgievich, 1956. Includes attachments relating to Archpriest Mikhail Pol’skii
	9	Kulikovskii, Tikhon, 1952
	10	Lyons, Marvin, 1965
		Meshchaninov, V. See WRITINGS BY OTHERS/Meshchaninov
	11	Nikita Aleksandrovich, Grand Duke, 1952
	12	Orem, S. 1954
	13	Russian Ecclesiastical Mission, 1958
		SPEECHES AND WRITINGS, 1920-1966
		General
		Magazine articles, 1920-1963. Mainly entire issues
		General
	14	1920-1952. Includes articles in Dvuglavyi orel, Dietstvo vo Khristie, Vera i zhizn’ (Salzburg, Austria), Obozrenie (Kellerberg, Austria), Pravoslavnyi blagoviestnik, Pravoslavnoe slovo
	15	1953-1963. Includes articles in Vladimirskii viestnik, Sviato-Vladimirskii put’, Shkol’nik, Tserkovnoe slovo
	16	Nashi vesti, 1954-1963
		Newspaper articles, 1936-1966
		General. Mainly Rossiia and Russkaia zhizn’
	17	1936-1949

5.	1	1951-1954
	2	1955-1959
	3	1960-1964
	4	1965-1966
	5	Pravoslavnaia Rus’, 1939-1940
	6	Russkoe slovo, 1957-1966

6.	1	Notes, n.d.
	2	Speeches, 1952 and undated
	3	“Khronologiia tserkovnykh sobytii v Rossii i zagranitsei s 1917 g.,” n.d. Typescript
		“Monastyri i ikh nasel’niki v Rossii,” n.d.
	4	Background materials
	5	Typescript
	6	“Ocherki iz istorii vzaimootnoshenii Rossii s evropeiskimi gosudarstvami,” n.d. Printed copy
	7	“Osviedomlenie k deviatomu vseamerikanskomu soboru,” n.d. Typescript
	8	“Rossiia-spasitel’nitsa evropy v nachale XX vieka,” n.d. Typescript
	9	Russian Church History (in Russian), n.d. Printed copy
	10	“Russkaia Zarubezhnaia Tserkov’,” n.d. Typescript
	11	Untitled article on international affairs, n.d. Holograph
	12	Untitled article relating to Russian displaced persons, n.d. Holograph
	13	Untitled writing on the history of Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov’ Zagranitsei, n.d. Typescript
	14	Untitled memoir of Metropolitans Antonii (Khrapovitskii) and Anastasii (Gribanovskii), and Serbian Patriarchs Varnava (Rosich) and Gavrila and others. Typescript
	15	“Vseobshchaia istoriia Tserkvi,” n.d. Holograph and typescript
	16	“Iz istoricheskoi kopilki,” Rossiia, 1938, 39 (?). Printed copy
	17	“Turetskii vopros,” Rossiia, 1939 December 14. Printed copy
	18	“Tam, gde sluzhat Rossii,” Rossiia, 1939 December 24-31. Printed copy

7.	1	Istoriia Rossii, 1946. Printed copy
	2	Istoriia Russkoi Tserkvi, 1947. Printed copy
	3	“K tridtsatiletiiu ekaterinburgskogo zlodeianiia,” 1948 July 18. Printed copy
	4	Letter to the editor, Salzburger Nachrichten, 1949. Typescript
	5	“Sila dukha i voli,” Rossiia, 1950 November 25. Printed copy
	6	“Riedieiut riady,” Rossiia, 1951 July 24. Printed copy
	7	“Velikii podvizhnik sviatoi Rusi,” Rossiia, 1951 September 7. Printed copy
	8	“SShA i podlinnaia Rossiia,” Rossiia, 1951 September 8. Printed copy
	9	“Vernyi sluga velikoi Rossii,” Rossiia, 1951 September 18-19. Printed copy
	10	“Nebol’shaia popravka,” Rossiia, 1952 May 20. Printed copy
	11	“Pomen’she legkomysliia v otsienkie istoricheskikh lichnostei i sobytii,” Rossiia, 1952 June 14-18; Russkaia zhizn’, 1952 June 18. Printed copy
	12	“Tsarskaia Rossiia i amerikanskaia demokratiia v ikh istorichesk. druzhestvennosti,” Rossiia, 1952 June 21-24. Printed copy
	13	“K 140 liet. borodinskago srazheniia,” Rossiia, 1952 September 11. Printed copy
	14	“Vostanovlenie istyny,” Rossiia, 1952 October 20. Printed copy
	15	“K 500-lietiiu padeniia Vtorogo Rima,” 1953. Printed copy and typescript inserts
	16	“Oplot protivokommunizma v Evrope,” Rossiia, 1953 April 29. Printed copy
	17	“Sinman Ri,” Rossiia, 1953 July 11. Printed copy
	18	“Vozstanovleniie istiny,” Rossiia, 1953 October 20. Printed copy
	19	“Kogda Rossiia okhraniala mir v mire,” Rossiia, 1953 November 13. Printed copy
	20	“Borets s silami razrusheniia,” Rossiia, 1953 November 24. Printed copy
	21	Prostrannyi miesiatseslov sviatykh v Zemlie Rossiiskoi prosiiavshikh, 1954. Reviews of. Printed copy
	22	“Trekhsotletie vossoedeneniia Malorossii,” Rossiia, 1954 January 21-22; Russkaia Zhizn’, 1954 January 27-29. Printed copy
	23	“Otstaivanie tsarem Rossii,” Rossiia, 1954 March 4-5. Printed copy
	24	“Sorvannaia levymi pobeda,” Russkaia zhizn’, 1954 March 5-10. Printed copy
	25	“K stolietiiu vostochnoi voiny,” Rossiia, 1954 March 18-24. Printed copy
	26	“V zaputavsheisia Frantsii,” Rossiia, 1954 July 22. Printed copy
	27	“Proryv gosudarstvennoi plotiny,” Rossiia, 1954 July 28-29. Printed copy
	28	“V tikhoi obiteli,” Rossiia, 1954 September 9. Printed copy
	29	“Pamiati imperatora Pavla I,” Rossiia, 1954 October 2. Printed copy
	30	“Pamiati viernago druga Rossii,” Rossiia, 1954 October 9. Printed copy
	31	“Nazidatel’noe vospominanie,” Rossiia, 1954 November 5. Printed copy
	32	“V smutie ubiennyi,” Rossiia, 1954 November 10. Printed copy
	33	“Tsar’-mirotvorets,” Rossiia, 1954 November 23-25. Printed copy
	34	“Deviatoe ianvaria,” Rossiia, 1955 January 27-28. Printed copy
	35	“Iaroslav mudryi,” Rossiia, 1955 February 2. Printed copy
	36	“Viernyi gosudariu i otechestvu,” Rossiia, 1955 February 3. Printed copy
	37	“Nebol’shoe dopolnenie,” Rossiia, 1955 February 18. Printed copy. Includes letters to editor regarding the article
	38	“K piatidesiatiletiiu ubiistva velikago kniazia Sergiia Aleksandrovicha,” Rossiia, 1955 February 25-26. Printed copy
	39	“Tridtsatilietnee sluzhenie tsaria Rossii: k stolietiiu konchiny imperatora Nikolaia I,” Rossiia, 1955 March 5-10. Printed copy
	40	“Iz istoricheskoi kopilki,” Russkaia zhizn’, 1955 March 30-April 5. Printed copy
	41	“Iz istoricheskoi kopilki,” Russkaia zhizn’, 1955 September 7. Printed copy
	42	“K piatidesiatiletiiu portsmutskago mira,” Rossiia, 1955 November 9-10. Printed copy
	43	“V preddverii pervago tragicheskago oktiabria,” Rossiia, 1955 November 19-22. Printed copy
	44	“Otryv ot istoricheskikh kornei,” Russkaia zhizn’, 1955 December 13-16. Printed copy
	45	“Otryv ot istoricheskikh kornei,” Rossiia, 1955 December 21-28. Printed copy

8.	1	Skorbnyi iubilei, 1956. Printed copy
	2	“Verkhovnyi kormchii beretsia za rul’,” Rossiia, 1956 April 3-11. Printed copy
	3	“1905-yi god: revoliutsionnoe dvizhenie na ushcherbie,” Russkaia zhizn’, 1956 February 14-16; Rossiia, 1956 June 22-28. Printed copy
	4	“Izbranniki revoliutsii,” Rossiia, 1956 July 11-17. Printed copy
	5	“Iz istoricheskoi kopilki,” Rossiia, 1956 August 23. Printed copy
	6	“Tsarskaia milost’,” Rossiia, 1956 October 17. Printed copy
	7	“K rodnym istokam,” Rossiia, 1956 November 28. Printed copy
	8	“Imperator Nikolai I i Vengriia,” Rossiia, 1956 November 29-December 4. Printed copy
	9	“1906 god: v preddverii gos. dumy,” Rossiia, 1956 December 18-19. Printed copy
	10	“Na sluzhbie monarkhii,” Rossiia, 1957 January 17. Printed copy
	11	“Gosudarevy preobrazovaniia i tverdost’,” Rossiia, 1957 March 13-16. Printed copy
	12	“Svietloe torzhestvo,” Rossiia, 1957 March 23. Printed copy
	13	“Sram: k sorokaletiiu revoliutsii,” Rossiia, 1957 March 29-April 3. Printed copy
	14	“Muzh viernosti i razuma,” Rossiia, 1957 April 30-May 10; Russkaia zhizn’, 1957 May 25-June 1. Printed copy
	15	“Tsarskaia zabotlivost’ ob invalidakh,” Russkaia zhizn’, 1957 September 21. Printed copy
	16	“Iz istoricheskoi kopilki,” Rossiia, 1957 September 27-28. Printed copy
	17	“Nezabyvaemoe dorogoe proshloe,” Rossiia, 1957 October 12. Printed copy
	18	“Otpor kramol’nikam,” Rossiia, 1957 November 1. Printed copy
	19	“Revoliutsionnyi gnoinik,” Rossiia, 1957 November 30-December 14; Russkaia Zhizn’, 1958 January 29-February 6. Printed copy
	20	“1907 god,” Rossiia, 1958 January 21-25. Printed copy
	21	“Priamoi zhiznennyi put’,” Rossiia, 1958 March 28; Russkaia zhizn’, March 20-27. Printed copy
	22	“Zabytoe v napominanie,” Rossiia, 1958 April 2. Printed copy
	23	“’Besy’ dvoinye agenty - strel’ba po svoim,” Rossiia, 1958 April 3-11; Russkaia zhizn’, 1958 April 24-May 15. Printed copy
	24	“Pamiati gosudaria,” Rossiia, 1958 May 21. Printed copy
	25	“Gosudar’ v rodnoi srede,” Rossiia, 1958 June 1958. Printed copy
	26	“Mitropolit Anastasii: k 60-letiiu ego sviashchennosluzheniia,” Rossiia, 1958 August 23-26. Printed copy
	27	“Arkhiepiskop Vitalii,” Rossiia, 1958 August 23-26; Russkaia zhizn’, 1958 September 9. Printed copy
	28	“Prolog ekaterinburgskoi tragedii,” Russkaia zhizn’, 1958 August 26-29; Rossiia, 1958 August 29-September 5. Printed copy
	29	“Vernye gosudariu ministry,” Rossiia, 1958 September 25-October 2. Printed copy
	30	“Poiasnenie k sobytiiam 1905 goda,” Rossiia, 1958 December 11. Printed copy
	31	“Na gosudarevoi sluzhbie,” Rossiia, 1959 December 19-24. Printed copy
	32	“Iz istoricheskoi kopilki,” Rossiia, 1959 December 25-29. Printed copy
	33	“Sviatye ravnoapostol’nye Mefodii i Kirill, pervouchiteli slavianskie,” [1963]. Printed copy
	34	“Imperator Nikolai I v svietie istoricheskoi pravdy,” 1964. Printed copy

9.	1-2	OTECHESTVENNAIA BYL’ FILE, 1960. Typescript with handwritten corrections

10.		WRITINGS BY OTHERS, 1922-1957 and undated
		Unidentified
	1	“Patriarshestvo v Rossii,” n.d. Holograph
	2	Sermons, 1922-1929 and undated. Holograph
	3	Untitled draft of a book on the history of the Russian Orthodox Church in the USSR from 1917-1927, n.d. Typescript
	4	“Vokrug sekt i eresei: obshchii obzor russkoi viery,” n.d. Typescript
		Iakhontov, Arkadii Nikolaevich
	5	“Pervyi god voiny 1914 g,” 1935-1936. Typescript. Includes excerpts from related correspondence
		“Tiazhelye dni,” Arkhiv Russkoi Revoliutsii, 1926
	6	Correspondence
	7-8	Typescript
	9	Ivanovskii, E., “Russkaia istoriia,” 1946. Printed copy (Salzburg, Austria)
	10	Meshchaninov, V., [various articles], 1951-1957. Typescript. Includes related correspondence
	11-12	Nedzielnitskii, Ioann, Protopresbyter, “Istoriia Russkoi Pravoslavnoi Tserkvi v Amerike,” 1945. Holograph
	13	Pomazansky, Michael, Protopresbyter, “Kratkii ocherk istorii Russkoi Tserkvi,” n.d. Typescript
	14	Sen-Vensan, A., “Na nivie Bozhiei,” n.d. typescript

11.		SUBJECT FILE, 1918-1960. Brochures, clippings, correspondence, notes, schedules, and syllabi
	1	Arkhiepiskopiia Pravoslavnykh Russkikh Tserkvei v Zapadnoi Evrope, Ekzarkhat Vselenskogo Patriarkhata, 1945-1954
	2	Goremykin, Ivan Longinovich
		Holy Trinity Seminary (Jordanville, NY)
	3	General, 1949-1954. Includes 1950 course catalogue
		Teaching materials. Includes schedules, syllabi, etc.
	4	Dogmatic theology
		Ecclesiastical history
	5	General
	6	Russian
	7	Russian history. Includes lecture notes, study materials, curricula, examination
	8	Russian literature
	9	World history
	10	Imperatorskoe uchilishche pravovedeniia--Alumni association. Includes correspondence and lists of members
	11	Nicholas II, 1957
	12	Nikolaev, Konstantin Nikolaevich, 1949-1961. Includes his correspondence with Archbishop Averky Taushev, Bishop Nikon Rklitskii, Protopresbyter Pavel Kalinovich and others, writings
	13	Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke of Russia
	14	Orthodox Eastern Church. Includes biographical notes on Church fathers, notes on liturgical calendar of 1941, “Voskresnyi listok,” and clippings
	15	Refugee camps--Parsch, Austria
	16	Rossiiskoe vremennoe natsional’noe pravitel’stvo, 1951 and undated

12.	1	Russia--History--February Revolution, 1917. Includes declaration of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich to the sailors of the Garde Equipage
		Russians
	2	Chile
	3	Tubabao, Philippines
		Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov
	4	Exarchate of the Moscow Patriarchate in Western Europe, 1953-1958 and undated
		History
	5	1918-1929. Materials relating to the destruction of relics and other objects of veneration
	6	1920
	7	1922. Materials relating to Church administration in Russia and abroad
	8	1926-1948. Includes typescript about Metropolitan Petr of Krutitsa and various clippings
		Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov Zagranitsei--History
	9	General, 1924-1955
	10	Evlogii, Metropolitan. Relates to the establishment of Arkhiepiskopiia Pravoslavnykh Russkikh Tserkvei v Zapadnoi Evrope
	11	Khram-pamiatnik v Briussele, 1949-1951

13.	1	Platon, Metropolitan, 1920-1934. Relates to the church affairs in the USA and the establishment of the North American Metropolitan District
		Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America
		General
	2	General, 1945-1949 and undated. Includes court documents relating to St. Nicholas Cathedral, New York, NY
	3	Los Angeles, 1937-1951
		Correspondence
	4	Konstantin, Arkhimandrit (Zaitsev, Kirill Iosifovich), n.d.
		Vitalii, Archbishop
	5	General – Administrative, 1934-1947
	6	1946
	7	1947
		Printed matter
	8	Brochures, leaflets, pamphlets, 1946-1955 and undated

14.		Clippings
	1	1941-1953 and undated
	2	1954-1960
	3	Ukraine
	4	Miscellany, 1939-1954 and undated. Relates primarily to Russian émigrés, politics and culture
		PHOTOGRAPHS, 1957 and undated
	5	General, 1957 and undated. Three prints, including one portrait of Archimandrite Iliia
	6	Elena Vladimirovna, Grand Duchess, 1957. Three prints of her burial and associated list of attendees
	7	Icons, n.d. Not filmed
	8	Nicholas II, n.d. One original negative and numerous paper reprints and published illustrations. Not filmed

15-16.		PRINTED MATTER, 1927-1967. Clippings from various émigré newspapers and some German press relating to general topics as well as the Imperial Russian Navy, religion, and Russian history and culture. Not filmed. Originals retained by Holy Trinity Seminary

17-18.		RESEARCH NOTES, n.d. Citations, chronologies, compilations of quotes, jottings, and similar unsorted notes, mainly on scraps of paper, collected by Talberg in the course of his teaching and writing. Not filmed. Originals retained by Holy Trinity Seminary