This collection consists of materials acquired by George Schidlovsky over the course of his life. The material in this collection relates to Schidlovsky’s involvement in Russian Cadet organizations in the diaspora, including the journal “Kadetskaia Pereklichka;” his work with the Fund for Assistance; his involvement in the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia; and his interest in Russian history in general.

The biographical file contains documents pertaining to the families of George and Sofia Konstantinovna Schidlovsky, including a number of typescript memoirs.

The subject file contains documents pertaining to Cadet organizations, including information on the Emperor Nicholas II Cadet Corps, the journal “Kadetskaia Pereklichka,” and various assemblies and conferences organized by the Association of Russian Cadets Graduated Outside Russia. Schidlovsky served as an editor of “Kadetskaia Pereklichka,” and had close associations with his fellow editors; in this capacity, he inherited the correspondence and notes of a number of his co-workers, including Evgenii Evgenievich Girs.

The subject file also contains documents pertaining to the Russian Orthodox Church, both at the macro level of official Synodal decrees and correspondence, and at the micro level of parish life at Schidlovsky’s local churches in Glen Cove and Sea Cliff, New York.

Further, the subject file contains a file of essays, photographs, and printed matter pertaining to Transcarpathia during the interwar period.

The photograph series contains, among other subjects, prints of Cadets Corps events, Cadet Corps schools, and church life,

The postcard series contains late-nineteenth and twentieth century postcards depicting pre-Revolutionary Russia, the Imperial Russian Army, churches, and artworks.

The oversize file consists of a subject file containing letters of thanks written by White Russian refugees to Anna V. Mitchell, a philanthropist, as well as two albums of photographs of the Akhtyr Hussar Regiment. The audio-visual material contained in this file consists of a commemorative vinyl record from the 3rd Conference of the Association of Russian Cadets.