Florovsky Archive Finding Aid
Florovsky Archive Finding Aid
Summary Information
Table of Contents
Biography/History.................................................................................................................................................. 3
Description.............................................................................................................................................................3
Subject Headings.................................................................................................................................................. 4
Contents List..................................................................................................................................................
Fellowship of the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius, 1928-1977 ..................................................... 91
Contents List..................................................................................................................................................
Biography/History
Georges Florovsky, clergyman, teacher and author, was born in Odessa, Russia. Ordained as a
priest in 1932, he held many academic posts in the United States.
Description
Access
The collection is open for research. Teaching materials (housed in Boxes 5-7) are closed for 75 years
from the date of creation due to the presence of student records.
Restrictions on Use and Copyright Information
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of
material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original.
Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University
Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of
literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of
copyright.
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Appraisal
No materials were separated from the collection during 2014 reprocessing.
Preferred Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Georges Florovsky Papers, Box and Folder Number;
Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library.
Processing Information
This collection was processed in 1995. Finding aid written in 1995. Correspondence was reprocessed
by Lindsay Ceballos (GS) in 2014. Arrangement and description were enhanced and selective
reprocessing was conducted by Kelly Bolding and Faith Charlton in 2016, with assistance from
Isabella Litke (GS) and Fiona Bell '18.
Encoding
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Subject Headings
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Religion
Russia
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Contents List
Writings, 1904-1979
Description: Consists of Florovsky's writings, in the form of typescript and manuscript drafts of
his articles and reviews, and related research materials, in the form of notes, bibliographies,
and bibliographical card files.
Arrangement: Writings are arranged into three primary file groups: Articles and Reviews, Notes
and Bibliographies, and Bibliographical Card Files.
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Correspondence, 1919-1990
Size: 34 boxes
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
To Florovsky, 1919-1990
Size: 33 boxes
Description: Consists of correspondence received by Georges Florovsky.
Arrangement: Arranged alphabetically by last name of correspondent, followed by
organizational correspondence and miscellaneous.
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Size: 21 boxes
Description: Papers related to various academic and church organizations with which
Florovsky was active.
Arrangement: Arranged by organization.
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Invitation from the Episcopal Church to Christendom to Congregate for a Box: 46 Folder: 1
World Council on Faith and Order, 1917
Size: 1.0 folder
Early Manuscripts and Correspondence, 1915-1924
Size: 13.0 folders
Description: Consists primarily of correspondence between religious
leaders.
World Conferences on Faith and Order, undated Box: 46 Folder: 1A
Size: 1.0 folder
Correspondence with the Patriarch at Constantinople, undated Box: 46 Folder: 2
Size: 1.0 folder
Letters from Robert Gardiner to Cardinal Marini, 1916-1917 Box: 46 Folder: 3
Size: 1.0 folder
Letters from Cardinal Marini to Robert Gardiner, undated Box: 46 Folder: 4
Size: 1.0 folder
Letters from Father A. Palmieri to Robert Gardiner Regarding the Roman Box: 46 Folder: 5
Catholic Church, 1920-1924
Size: 1.0 folder
Letters from Father A. Palmieri to Robert Brown, undated Box: 46 Folder: 6
Size: 1.0 folder
Letters from Robert Brown and Robert Gardiner to Father A. Palmieri, Box: 46 Folder: 7
undated
Size: 1.0 folder
Miscellaneous Documents of Father A. Palmieri, undated Box: 46 Folder: 8
Size: 1.0 folder
Letters from Robert Gardiner, undated Box: 46 Folder: 9
Size: 1.0 folder
Arrangement: (chronological)
Letters to Robert Gardiner, undated Box: 46 Folder: 10
Size: 1.0 folder
Arrangement: (chronological)
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Description: Consists of papers related to the National Council on Churches, including the
Department of Worship and the Arts and documents describing the relationship between the
National Council of Churches and the World Council on Churches.
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Description: Consists of papers related to the Fellowship of the Society of St. Alban and St.
Sergius, including correspondence, documents, and the Journal of the Society of St. Alban
and St. Sergius.
Arrangement: Arranged into two file groups: Manuscripts and Correspondence, and Journal
of the Society of St. Alban and St. Sergius.
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Description: Consists of the documents and letters of St. Vladimir's Theological Academy.
Arrangement: Not arranged according to any arrangement scheme.
St. Vladimir's Theological Academy: Documents and Letters, 1937-1952 Box: 63 Folder: 13
Size: 1.0 folder
St. Vladimir's Theological Academy: Documents and Letters, 1953-1954 Box: 63 Folder: 14
Size: 1.0 folder
St. Vladimir's Theological Academy: Documents and Letters, 1953-1956 Box: 64 Folder: 1
Size: 1.0 folder
Documents Regarding Academic History of Aleksandr Voronetsky, undated Box: 64 Folder: 2
Size: 1.0 folder
Letter of Resignation to St. Vladimir's from Florovsky[?], undated Box: 64 Folder: 3
Size: 1.0 folder
St. Vladimir's Theological Academy: Documents and Letters, undated Box: 64 Folder: 4
Size: 1.0 folder
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Size: 2 boxes
Description: Consists of papers of other organizations, including the Ecumenical Institute
at Jerusalem, International League for Apostolic Faith and Order, and International Rescue
Committee, and others.
Arrangement: Arranged by organization.
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
A - D, 1925-1951
Size: 8.0 folders
Afoniia Irem, to A. V. Kartashev [?] Dokladnaia Zapiska", undated Box: 71 Folder: 1
Size: 1.0 folder
Arsenev, Nikolai, to Gregori Vassilievich, undated Box: 71 Folder: 2
Size: 1.0 folder
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Georges Florovsky Papers, 1892-1986 (bulk 1950s-1960s): Finding Aid
Documents, 1916-1986
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