Vasilly Ushanoff collection, 1979.
Title:
Vasilly Ushanoff collection, 1979.
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Physical Description:
2 boxes (manuscript, scrapbooks, correspondence, photographs and slides) ; 1.0 linear ft.
General Note:
Manuscripts form a separate collection, MS 77. Other Ushanoff collections include PCA 188.
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
The primary focus of V.V. Ushanoff's collection is a pictorial interpretation of Russian American history beginning with the conquest of Siberia in the 11th century and concluding with the purchase and transfer of Alaska to the United States in 1867. The collection includes the 81-page document and 121 accompanying color slides of his paintings which illustrated the document. The collection also contains photographs of "20th century Alaskans," whose faces appear in his paintings. Other photographs (including two from Harbin, China, Ushanoff's birthplace), publications, articles and some family information are included in the collection.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Vasiliy Vasil'yevich Ushanoff was born Feb. 7, 1904, in Manchuria, China. He emigrated to California from Russia in the 1920's, and eventually graduated from dental school. Following his retirement from dentistry, in Laguna Beach, California, he began a concentrated study of Russian Alaska and, at age 72, began to paint. The result of his effort includes a manuscript, oil paintings, published articles and miscellaneous information he gathered during his research. Dr. Ushanoff died Jan. 12, 1989, in California.
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research.
Variant Title:
Russian America