The Altai Mining District Officers’ Activities for Acquisition of the Barnaul Public Library in 1830–1850
Submitted by Гость (not verified) on Thu, 06/13/2024 - 23:08The article examines the mining officials’ business correspondence in the Kolyvan-Voskresensk (Altai) mining district as a source of studying the book culture of the mid-XIX century. The details of acquisition and use of collections of the Barnaul Public Library in 1830-1850 are revealed basing on documents stored in the State Archive of the Altai Region. The purpose of the article is to elicit and analyze the information potential of the official documentation of functionaries of the Altai Mining District for studying the history of the book culture of Siberia.