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Two typed memoirs of Zvereva. The larger (49 p.) discusses her family, childhood, and youth up to the time she emigrated. She discusses in some detail rural life around the turn of the century, including her father's estate and the 1905 revolution in the area. The shorter memoir (6 p.) concerns the aftermath of the murder of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. Also included are a handdrawn diagram and a photograph of Zvereva's father's house.

Correspondence, manuscripts, research files, drafts, memoranda, etc.

The collection includes V. P. Zubov's memoirs "Souvenirs de la revolution russe (1917-1925)"; Zubov's biography of Paul I "La fin de l'Empereur Paul". There is also the original manuscript of "Istoriia zhizni Ivana Iakubovskago" (ca. 1850) by Ivan Iakubovskii, and Zubov's foreword, comments and name index prepared for publication of the manuscript. There are two books and one offprint by Zubov in the collection: Zar Paul I: Mensch un Schicksal; Karlik favorita: Istoriia zhizni Ivana Iakubovskogo; and a portion of Zubov's memoirs about the Institut istorii iskusstv, from almanac "Mosty".

Bound memoirs "S polkom pradedov i dedov v velikuiu voinu 1914-1917 gg." by Zubov.

Uncorrected Proofs; Foul Matter; Books; Corrected Drafts; Catalogs + Promotional Material; Foreign Editions/Publicity and Correspondence.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files and printed materials of Zolotarev. The correspondence includes letters from Petr P. I︠U︡renev, Aleksandr I. Konovalov, and Geroid T. Robinson. There are photographs of two actors from the Moscow Art Theater: Vasiliĭ Luzhskiĭ and Ivan Moskvin. The correspondence dates from 1879 to 1950 and includes some miscellaneous items apparently unrelated to Zolotarev. There are manuscripts by various authors on religious and political themes. The subject files include materials relating to several Russian emigre organizations, the White Navy, and Columbia University. Among the printed materials are booklets, journals, clippings and posters.

The Thelma Rankin Zoller Papers date from circa 1920-1949. Materials relate to her time in high school and at the University of Rochester as an undergraduate and as an employee, as well as to her personal life. They consist largely of correspondence, including invitations and holiday cards; photographs; and newspaper clippings. The collection is organized into a scrapbook, correspondence, and other personal items.

Typed poems of Zlinchenko. Included are typed copies of four groups of poems: "Teni schasti︠́a︡" "Volnui︠u︡shchai︠a︡ taĭna" "Nesbyvshai︠a︡si︠a︡ mechta" and "Vzdokhi sveta." Also in the collection is a copy of Zlichenko's book.

Papers of Zi︠a︡blov. Included is a copy of a letter from Moscow in 1919 by Zi︠a︡blov to his daughter, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and other miscellaneous items. Manuscripts include Zi︠a︡blov's travel diary of a trip from Moscow to the Black Sea and the Crimea in 1886, his memoirs, and lectures on engineering. The memoirs discuss his childhood and education (he graduated from Moskovskoe Tekhnicheskoe Uchilishche (Moscow Technical Institute)) in 1887; his work as a teacher and engineer; the 1905 revolution in Kolomna, where he was director of a machine works; and his continued engineering career through World War I and the early Soviet period. There are family photographs and photographs of unidentified groups, including Zi︠a︡blov, standing around locomotives. Also included is a pamphlet by Zi︠a︡blov"K voprosu o nemet︠s︡kom zasilí: Illi︠u︡strat︠s︡ii iz parovozostroĭtelńoĭ praktiki" (Petrograd, 1919).

The Paul J. Zimmer papers includes his extensive correspondence, published and unpublished poems, essays and articles, as well as audio and video tapes of his interviews and readings.

A collection of letters written to Zimmermann. Most of the letters relate to a group of German artists called "Der Blaue Reiter" ("The Blue Rider"). Zimmermann assisted in the planning for the exhibition of the group, held at the Curt Valentin Gallery, December 7, 1954-January 8, 1955, and much of the correspondence relates to the exhibition. Included are letters from Albert Bloch, David Burliuk, Mrs. Nina Kandinsky, Paul Klee, and Gabriele Münter. Also, important files of correspondence from John B. Flamagan and George Grosz.

Sermons, lectures, research notes, publications, scrapbooks, photographs, audiovisual materials covering the wide range of Zikmund's interests both in her work with associations and her writings.

Assorted posters, periodicals, clippings, photos and correspondence that arrived together with a set of books cataloged into the RBML principal Rare Book collection under the Library of Congress classification. The set of books can be found in CLIO by searching for the Added Entry "Lester Ziffren Collection of Tauromachia"

The collection centers on Zierold's book, LITTLE CHARLEY ROSS, 1967, a re-examination of the first American kidnapping for ransom. Included are notes, research materials, illustrations, typescripts, proofs, reviews, and correspondence. Zierold has added the drafts, manuscripts, and typescripts of several of his plays and writings about Hollywood, including THE CHILD STARS, BABY MADGE, SWINGING FROM A CHANDELIER, DEATH IN HOLLYWOOD, THREE WOMEN IN BLACK, THE SEX GODDESSES, and NOT BEFORE BREAKFAST.

Brief manuscripts on the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878 in the Caucasus region, on military discipline, and on gymnastics in the military.

Typescript memoirs, 3 copies.

Typescript "Dvenadtsat' let v Afganistane" by Zhestovskiĭ and his wife Evgenii︠a︡. The typescript includes memoirs, observations, historical information, and illustrations.

Memoirs of Zheleznov. The memoirs, in ten handwritten notebooks and one typed copy, cover the years 1915-1918, and give a detailed account of the formation of the 13th army during World War I, as well as a description of the commanders in charge at that time. Other issues described include : the situation at the Northern Front in the fall of 1915 (Riga-Dvinsk), the Romanian front, the formation of Latvian units in the 13th army, and the army's disintegration in 1917. The memoirs end with the author's participation in the White Army movement in South Russia.

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, documents, artwork, calligraphies, study materials, photographs published manertal, and clippings, detailing the various stages of the life of Peter and Edith Chang.

Composite photographs of RPI's Zeta Psi fraternity. Four photos are approximately 23 x 18", and the other two measure roughly 29 x 23".

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials of members of the Zernov family, especially Nikolaĭ M. Zernov. Correspondence includes letters from Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev, Archimandrite Kiprian, Alekseĭ Remizov, Vasiliĭ Zenḱovskiĭ, and copies of many letters from Gustave Kullmann to his wife Marii︠a︡, nʹee Zernova. Manuscripts include: memoirs by Sofii︠a︡ A. Zernova about her childhood, youth, and family; Sofii︠a︡ M. Zernova's albums, poems, diaries and memoirs about the Civil War and the emigration in Europe; manuscripts by Nikolaĭ Zernov on religious and literary themes; a report by a Lt. Shokotov on his White Army detached service in 1917-1919; a brief manuscript by Vladimir M. Zernov claiming that syphillis was a contributing factor in Lenin's death; and manuscripts and speeches by Kullmann. Subject files include biographical information collected by Nikolaĭ Zernov on many emigre Orthodox churchmen and religious writers, and materials relating to Kullmann and the Zernov family.

Manuscripts, chiefly memoirs, of Zenḱovskiĭ. In these manuscripts are discussed, in particular, Petr Stolypin; the Kiev zemstvo; the 1917 revolution; the Ukraine in 1918, including a zemstvo congress in Kiev; and the Civil War in 1919-1920, when Zenḱovskiĭ worked provisioning the White Army and civilians in the Crimea.

Typescript memoirs of Zenḱovskiĭ. This collection consists of ten memoirs by Zenḱovskiĭ. In them he discusses such topics as his participation in the 1918 Ukrainian government; his participation in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe from the 1920's to the 1960's; and his participation in the Russian Christian Student Movement.

The Sergei A. Zenkovskii Papers reflect professional activities of a prominent Russian scholar in exile. They consist of correspondence, writings, personal documents, bibliographic cards, and other research material related to the scholarship on Russia in the United States.

Collection of eight automatons. Samuel "Sam" Zell. Billionaire investor and chairman of Equity Group Investments, an investment firm focused on transportation, real-estate, energy, media and healthcare industries. Mr. Zell has 675 automatons made each year and gives them out as New Year's presents. The automatons are freestanding sculptural objects that represent a different topic each year. They are charged with an AC adaptor and then started by the push of a button. They begin by playing a new year's message from Sam Zell and then continue with a song parody, generally about the economy (although the 2004 automaton is about the election). The automatons move at the same time as they play the message and song.

Collection contains the staff subject files that June Zeitlin created during her tenure as Deputy Director of the Ford Foundation's Rights and Social Justice Program. Records consist solely of Zeitlin's chronological correspondence. In addition to the files Zeitlin created when she served in the Rights and Social Justice Program, there is also some material that originates from Zeitlin's time as a Program Officer in the Human Rights and Governance Program. The responsibilities of the Human Rights and Governance Program transferred to the Rights and Social Justice Program in June 1991.

The collection is comprised of George Zeidenstein's professional correspondence, spanning his seventeen years of service to the Population Council. Records include internal Population Council memoranda and reports, as well as travel notes and drafts of speeches for public appearances.

A large collection of the letters and manuscripts of Rafael de Zayas Enriquez, as well as a miscellaneous collection of letters and bills of sale pertaining to the activities of Marius de Zayas. The Rafael de Zayas Enriquez papers include letters, manuscripts, books, and clippings. His writings reflect his many and varied talents and interests: history, poetry, sociology, novels, and plays. His manuscripts and books comprise the bulk of this collection. The photocopies of letters to Marius de Zayas pertain to the magazine "291" and the Modern Gallery. There is correspondence from Pablo Picasso, Diego Rivera, Paul Guillaume, Max Jacob, Agnes Meyer, Alfred Stieglitz, Tristan Tzara, and Max Weber. The majority of these letters are unpublished although some of the most important ones appear in Michel Sanouillet's Francis Picabia et "291" (Paris, 1966).

Correspondence and manuscripts of Zaĭt︠s︡ev. This collection covers from the 1920's into the 1960's. There is correspondence from many other emigre writers. The largest groups of cataloged letters are by Mark Aldanov (105 items), Ivan Bunin (161), Archimandrite Kiprian (104), Alekseĭ Remizov (48), and Nadezhda Teffi (101). There are also items by Boris Bugaev (Andreĭ Belyĭ), Vi︠a︡cheslav Ivanov, Vladislav Khodasevich, Sergeĭ Lifaŕ and Boris Pasternak. Zaĭt︠s︡ev's manuscripts in the collection include some of his major works, such as "Puteshestvie Gleba" "Dom v Passi" "Zhizn ́Turgeneva" and "Zhukovskiĭ". In addition, the collection has a book and a pamphlet, both inscribed by Zaĭt︠s︡ev.

Three scrapbooks of correspondence, documents, and clippings of Zanetti. Scrapbook, 1929-1941, containing clippings about ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND by Lewis Carroll and the Lewis Carroll centenary in 1932; and other unrelated clippings. Scrapbook, 1940-1952, containing correspondence, documents, and memorabilia dealing with Zanetti's World War II Army service with the Chemical Warfare Service in London. Among the correspondents are Omar N. Bradley, Nicholas Murray Butler, W. Averell Harriman, and the 9th Duke of Portland. Scrapbook, 1917-1940, containing correspondence, documents, and memorabilia dealing with Zanetti's World War I Army service with the Chemical Warfare Service in France and his later work with the Army Reserve; and his military medals, 1919-1945.

Papers of E.I. Zami︠a︡tin. The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and clippings. There are 9 letters by Konstantin Fedin, 3 by Boris Grigorév, and 1 or 2 each by Henri Barbusse, Cecil B. DeMille, Andrʹe Maurois, Alekseĭ Remizov, and Zami︠a︡tin himself. The manuscripts are chiefly brief or fragmentary works, including film scenarios, summaries of plays, essays, lectures, notes, and fragments. Longer works include the "Afrikanskiĭ gost́" lectures on prose given in 1920, and the posthumously published novel "Bich bozhiĭ" and "Lit︠s︡a". Also included are clippings on Zami︠a︡tin, chiefly from Soviet, Czech, French and Russian emigre periodicals, also transcripts of selected correspondence and manuscripts in the collection.

Manuscripts of Zambrzhitskiĭ. The manuscripts primarily are studies of World War II, including events in North Africa, France, the Balkans and Finland. Also discussed is the psychological preparation of the Soviet Army and the image of World War II as a world revolution. In addition, there are two brief memoirs on World War I ("Ocherki bylogo") and on an army mutiny in Kiev in 1907 ("Sapernyĭ bunt").

This doctoral dissertation of Larissa Onyshkevych, "Existentialism in Modern Ukrainian Drama," written for the University of Pennsylvania in 1973, discusses works by the following: Lesi︠a︡ Ukrainka, Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Mykola Kulish, I︠U︡riĭ Kosach, Eaghor Kostetzhy, Li︠u︡dmila Kovalenko, and Bohdan Boichuk.

Family correspondence, deeds, wills, genealogical data, travel mementos, patents, clippings,and scrapbooks of Charles F. Zabriskie (CFZ) and his son Charles Lemaire Zabriskie (CLZ) of Cooperstown. Also documents of Jean LeMaire, an immigrant from France.

The collection consists of a copy of Prints in the Desert, 1950, a limited edition book of fifteen prints and poems created by a group of artists and edited by Adja Yunkers (1900-1983). Yunkers was a painter, printmaker and collagist who taught at the New School for Social Research, 1947-1956 and at Parsons School of Design, 1957-1958. The book includes prints by Yunkers.

Correspondence, manuscripts, memorabilia, and printed material by and about George Udny Yule, English statistician. 17 letters are from Yule to John Wishart, who took over his chair in mathematical statistics at Cambridge University in 1931, with carbons of his letters from Wishart, and 2 letters from Sir Frank Leonard Engledow to Wishart concerning Yule. Letters in the late 1940's are of a more personal nature, because of his early retirement for health reasons. He was a man of many interests, seen in his manuscript poem, his early printed article for the Royal Statistical Society, and the various memorabilia

The collection contains 383 digital audio files recorded from 1948-1994, with music performances, radio programs, conferences, interviews, and lectures.

The Osobyi Komitet po Delam Russkikh v Finliandii Records (Special Committee on Russian Affairs in Finland records) consists of correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, financial records, subject files, bulletins, news announcements, and printed materials (including a detailed history of the Committee); the majority of the collection dates from 1919. Correspondents include Anton Kartashev, president of the Committee in 1919-1920, and I︠U︡denich. There are materials on the northwest front, reports on the status of Russian refugees in Finland, the proposed takeover and rehabilitation of Petrograd, and records of the Committee's financial activities. Substantial materials concern its Political Committee and I︠U︡denich's Northwest government.

Papers include correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, maps, and printed materials. Cataloged correspondents include Georgiĭ Lv́ov, Anton Kartashev, and Petr Struve. The correspondence concerns to a large extent I︠U︡denich's aid to fellow emigres in France during the 1920s and 1930s. Manuscripts include a memoir about I︠U︡denich by his widow, Aleksandra, and I︠U︡denich's diary from 1919. Included also are two sets of the files of the Northwestern Army from 1919-20, and additional subject files concerning the Civil War. There are financial records of both the Northwestern Army and of I︠U︡denich himself. The photographs are of the Caucasian front, which I︠U︡denich commanded in 1914-17. Maps are of both the Caucasian front in World War I and of the Baltic region and the campaigns of the Northwestern Army.

Includes minutes of the Y.W.C.A. from 1905-1935; treasurer records, 1909-1919; and material on the Katherine Duffield Chapel at Cutler Union (Prince Street Campus).

Correspondence, mimeographed material, etc., relating to planning for the Student Christian Conference at Silver Bay in 1951.

The Young Women's Christian Association of Rochester and Monroe County Collection is comprised of six series:

This small collection contains an autograph book with signatures collected by William H. Young, circa 1833 to 1892; one page of autographs from on board the U.S. steam frigate Niagara in 1857; and a memorial resolution from the RPI Board of Trustees following Young's death in 1904.

Correspondence, speeches, reports, testimony, press releases, and articles of Young. The files document Young's leadership in many social welfare and civil rights organizations, as well as his activities as a columnist and speaker. Cataloged correspondents include Robert F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Hubert H. Humphrey, Martin Luther King, Jr., Coretta Scott King, Roy Wilkins, and John W. Gardner.

Stark Young's own manuscripts. The complete manuscript of IMMORTAL SHADOWS, 1948. Each of the 65 essays is in a separate folder and most are the manuscripts which were originally printed in THE NEW REPUBLIC and show Young's extensive revisions of his earlier work. The final typescript of his autobiography, THE PAVILION, 1951, as well as a loose-leaf notebook of early drafts and a typescript copy of several reviews of this book. A printed copy of his play ARTEMIS, 1942, and his notes concerning the originality of his authorship. Also, one letter from Young to a playwright.

Minutes of the various Y groups, such as the Y Council, the Advisory Board, and the Executive Committee. Summary reports on the activities of the Y on campus are given.

This collection is made up of Margaret Young's professional papers, writings, personal and professional correspondence, biographical material, and photographs. A significant portion of the material, including a number of photographs, documents the career and commemoration of Whitney M. Young, Jr. There are several oversized items including photo albums, awards, and scrapbooks that relate to Margaret Young's professional activities and travels. The files span Margaret Young's lifetime, but most of the material documents her activities after Whitney Young's death in 1971.

Youngling's drawings of architectural decorations and ornaments for ceilings and walls in largely unidentified buildings, presumably in New York City.