Focuses on the Bakunin family archives and the history of Russian social thought in Imperial Russia. Description of the genesis of scholarly interest in the Bakunin family and its papers; Examination of the making of the archive of the family; Description of the process by which the Bakunin family papers were integrated into national collections.
ARCHIVISTS, LIBRARIANS, HISTORIANS, DIGITIZATION of archival materials, EDUCATION research
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This article describes the authors interactions with Russian archivists, librarians, and historians during a 2008 delegation visit to Saratov Province, the state of archival holdings and special collections in the Saratov area, and preliminary discussions regarding proposed collaborative digitization and academic research projects. A reciprocal visit by Russian and Ukrainian colleagues the following year to participate in the Inaugural Conference on German-Russian Studies is also detailed. The authors, both members of the Joint Academic Board for the International Center for German-Russian Studies at Colorado State University, discuss outreach strategies and lessons learned regarding a wide-ranging collaborative international project with information professionals and academics in a region previously closed to the West. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]