Documents of Papashvily Collection Research at Lehigh

Collection

Identifier: SC MS 0090A

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Contains printed and audio-visual documents related to helen and George Papashvily Collection at Lehigh by Rusudan Nishnianidze of Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, and Rusudan Tsereteli of Voice of America Georgian Service, 2011-2012.

Dates

Creation: 2011-2012

Creator

Nishnianidze, Rusudan (Person)
Tsereteli, Rusudan (Person)

Language of Materials

Georgian

Language of Materials

English and Georgian.

Access Restrictions

Access Restrictions: Collection housed remotely. Users need to contact 24 hours in advance.

Use Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

Copyright Notice

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Biographical / Historical

George Papashvily was born in Caucasus, the village called Kobiantkari (Kartli region of Eastern Georgia), Georgia in August 23, 1898, and came to the United States in 1922. A series of jobs led him to California, where he met and married his wife, Helen.

Helen Waite was born in Stockton, California, in 1906, educated in the public schools there, and The University of California, Berkeley (1924-1928), majoring in English literature. She worked in California, and opened her own antiquarian book store, where she specialized in children's books and the domestic novels of the 19th century.

George and Helen met in 1931, and got married. He was, by now a sculptor. In 1935 they moved to Pennsylvania, where they bought Ertoba Farm outside Quakertown, and lived there until George's death in 1978, and where Helen resided into the 1980's. She died in 1996 in California.