Anatole and Vladimir Kalichevsky Papers 1871-1955

Access and use

Location of collection:
College of William and Mary
Special Collections Research Center
Earl Gregg Swem Library
College of William and Mary
400 Landrum Drive
PO 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
Contact for questions and access:
Phone: (757) 221-3090
Fax: (757) 221-5440
Restrictions:

Collection is open to all researchers.

Terms of access:

Before publishing quotations or excerpts from any materials, permission must be obtained from the Director of Manuscripts and Rare Books, and the holder of the copyright, if not Swem Library.

Preferred citation:

Anatole and Vladimir Kalichevsky Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Summary

Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Anatole and Vladimir Kalichevsky Papers, Manuscripts and Rare Books Department, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

Background

Scope and content:

This small collection, 1871-1955, primarily in Russian, documents the military career of Russian Major General Anatole Kalichevsky (1870-1937) and the travel diaries of his son, Vladimir Kalichevsky (1895- 1958), a petroleum engineer who spent most of his career in Texas and northern New Jersey. Examples of items relating to Anatole are his service record, military orders, his diplomatic passport, and his New York Timesobituary. Vladimir, a graduate of the California Institute of Technology, wrote several books on petroleum engineering, three of which are in the collection. The diaries cover the years 1902-1955 and refer to tourist attractions throughout the United States and Europe as well as academic lectures attended while traveling. Also included are family photographs and Russian orders and badges awarded to Anatole. All documents are in Russian unless otherwise indicated.

In Russian through 1920, Russian and English,1921-1931, and English post 1931.They detail his extensive travels in America as a petroleum engineer. He was the author of several books, ( a list appears in folder 22) three of which, Petroleum Refining with Chemicals(1956), Modern Methods of Refining Lubricating Oils(1938) and The Amazing Petroleum Industry(1943) were removed and transferred to the Rare Book collection. He died in Woodbury, New Jersey.

Biographical / historical:

ANATOLE KALICHEVSKY
Anatole Kalichevsky (March 28, 1870-April 3, 1937) was a career military officer in the White Army of Russia where he rose to the rank of Major General. He was also a court officer of the last of the Czars. He was exiled from Russia in 1921 and arrived in America that year via Yokohama. When he lived in New York he was active in Russian army veterans associations. He had one son Vladimir. Anatole was born in Tiflis, Georgia and died in Woodbury, New Jersey.

VLADIMIR KALICHEVSKY
Vladimir Kalichevsky (April 9, 1895-February, 1958) [death date from Social Security Death Index and WorldCat] was the only son of Russian Major General Anatole Kalichevsky. In the 1930s he lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey and Woodbury, New Jersey. He also lived in Beaumont, Texas.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Kira K. Berry, of Williamsburg, 2001 and 2002, their granddaughter and daughter, respectively.
Physical description:
This collection consists of 1 record carton.