| Summary: | The article describes archival materials from a personal fund of
P. E. Alekseeva, the founder of the scientific library of Kalmyk Scientific Center of the
RAS, a major bibliographer and researcher. On the basis of the archival materials of
the fund numbering 426 items – according to the guidelines for on archival affairs – the
fond was divided into three sections. The present analysis of each of them (except for
the third one containing photographic materials) makes it possible to trace the creative
biography of the developer of the fond in detail. The largest group of documents is
‘Scientific Works and Creative Materials’ contains drafts of published articles and
monographs, and was divided into four main subgroups (history, folklore, ethnography
and religion, and Kalmyk expatriate community). The second group is ‘Correspondence’
which contains working letters, namely, between Praskovia E. Alekseeva and Russian
and foreign scientists (A. Bormanzhinov, J. Krueger, E. E. Langerfeld, F. D. Сhulman
, S. Yu. Neklyudov, etc.). A review of this section provides an opportunity to trace the
immense and hard work done by Praskovia E. Alekseeva to increase the fonds of the
institution’s scientific library, as well as to identify new facts in problems of Kalmyk
studies. In general, the analysis of the archive fond allows represents a wide range of
creative interests of the scientist, and outlines P. E. Alekseeva’s significant contribution
– a tireless researcher – to the development of Kalmyk science.
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