The private library of Baron F. R. Steinheil in the holdings of the Department of Librarian Gatherings and Historical Collections: composition and significance

Abstract

The object of research in the article is the description of Baron F. R. Steinheil private library, which is deposited in the holdings of the V. Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine Department of Librarian Gatherings and Historical Collections. In the article we have defi ned the degree of the issue study. The biographical data represents F. R. Steinheil as a public person, area studies specialist and ethnologist. In 1896 he founded a Volyn area study museum in the village Horodok, which had a library being its essential part. Thanks to the archival materials and published documents it provided for informational inquiries of the local enthusiasts. The Baron’s private library structure was represented by several thematic sections which were: philology, technology, reference, periodicals, natural sciences, geography, philosophy, art, medicine, pedagogics, history, theology, law, statistics, agriculture. The library ceased to exist as a complex unit after 1918. The issue of the Kyiv part of Baron F. R. Steinheil book heritage transportation was within the responsibility of the first Head of the Temporary Committee of the National Library of Ukraine organization, the academician V. I. Vernadsky. In modern times the Baron collection is dispersed, therefore specific books, periodical editions and scientific complement documents revealing is of vital importance.

Keywords

• F. R. Steinheil, private library, book collection.