Slavonic Studies in the United States

Columbia University Libraries' Slavic and East European Collections: A Preliminary History at 100 Years

“…Although hired into Columbia in 1902 as a professor of Semitic languages, Prince shifted his interests and formed a Department of Slavonic Languages in 1915. 2 His talents and inclinations drove him to resist calls within the university to limit the new department to Russian, and from the outset he ensured that a broad variety of the Slavic languages and literatures were taught. 3 During World War II, Robinson ran the USSR Division of Research and Analysis in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS).…”

“…2 His talents and inclinations drove him to resist calls within the university to limit the new department to Russian, and from the outset he ensured that a broad variety of the Slavic languages and literatures were taught. 3 During World War II, Robinson ran the USSR Division of Research and Analysis in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). In his work there, he oversaw dozens of specialists in all areas of Soviet studies.…”