Nikolai Nikolaevich Shebeko Papers, 1910-1946
3 linear feetThe collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files and printed materials. Although most of the correspondence is among family members (from 1921 to 1946), there are three folders of letters concerning the publication of Shebeko's memoirs. The manuscripts include Shebeko's diary from 1918-1919 as well as English, French and Russian versions of his memoirs which were published in French in 1936: "Souvenirs -- Essai historique sur les origines de la guerre de 1914." There are documents relating to rentals, mortgages and repairs of the Shebeko's homes, estates and apartments, primarily dating from 1910-1914. The subject files include Shebeko's reports on the Balkan situation in 1913 and 1914 and the Russkiĭ soedinennyi klub in Paris. Among the printed materials are clippings and a copy of the published version of Shebko's memoirs.
Nina Sergeevna Don Memoirs, 1965-1974
10 itemsTypescript memoirs (220 p.) concerning pre-revolutionary Russia, her experiences during the Revolution and Civil War, and in the emigration in France.
Pavel Afanas'evich Buryshkin Manuscripts, 1944, 1951
2 itemsThis collection consists of two typescripts. The first is Buryshkin's doctoral thesis for an unidentified French institution in 1944, entitled "Les Sociʹetʹes Russes Nationalisʹees." The second is his memoirs about S. N. Tret'iakov, who became a Soviet agent in the emigration, entitled "S. N. Tret'iakov. Glava iz vospominanii".
Semenovskii Polk Records, 1720-1967
7500 itemsThe bulk of the collection concerns the last three decades of the Regiment's existence and the emigration. Cataloged items consist of 3 photographs of Tsar Nicholas II and a receipt signed by one Captain Lanta, dated 1720. The correspondence is almost all after 1917. The manuscripts include a history of the Regiment from its formation and some other historical pieces by Viktor I. Meshchaninov. Most of the other manuscripts -- chiefly officers' memoirs -- concern the period of WWI, the Revolution, and the Civil War. Of other materials relating to the Imperial epoch, mention may be made of the lists of members of the Regiment since its formation compiled by some regimental historian; biographical sketches of many officers; field orders, topographical maps, certificates awarding medals, etc. The Association of former officers generated much material: accounts, minutes, souvenirs of commemorative dinners, etc. A rich store of photographs forms part of the collection. These include both individual and group portraits of members of the Regiment and of the Imperial family. Especially fine photos of the last 2 tsars, their families, and various urban landscapes are found in the album "Photographies du comte Nostitz.".
Sergei Vsevolodovich Simonovich Papers, 1911-1967
600 itemsThe collection contains Simonovich's correspondence, manuscripts, doucments, subject files, and printed materials. There are letters to Simonovich from a friend who had settled in Yugoslavia, A. S. Poplavskiĭ, and Belgian postcards from before World War I. Manuscripts deal with Simonovich's experiences in the Imperial army on the Caucasian front and in the White army under general Slashchev. There are also essays devoted to the Russian emigre colonies in Belgium and in France. The subject files concern the Belgian section of the Gallipolian Society (Obʺshchestvo Gallipolit︠s︡ev) and Russian emigre events in Belgium. The printed materials include chiefly miscellaneous journals and clippings, some with articles by Simonovich.
Simon Lissim Papers, 1919-1982
1500 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files and printed materials of Simon Lissim. Among the correspondents are Aleksandr Benois, Mikhail Larionov, Georgiĭ Lukomskiĭ and Saveliĭ Sorin. There are many manuscripts by Lissim himself including the tests for a number of lectures and speeches, sections of his memoirs and essays on aesthectics. The documents include passports documenting his emigration from Russia to France and the United States, and several awards and certificates. There are many photographs of Lissim as well as dozens of photographic reproductions of his work, uncluding Lenox and Sèvres porcelain, textile designs, silver work and graphic arts. There are subjecxt files relating to two books for which he did the illustrations, and there are many folders of clippings documenting his career.
Sofiia Il'inichna Iakovleva Memoir, 1961
39 pagesManuscript memoir ""Posle vtoroi mirovoi voiny: polozhenie starikov v katolicheskikh monastyriakh Petites Soeurs des Pauvres" that discusses the situation of elderly Russian emigres in France after World War II.
Soiuz Russkikh Shofferov Records, 1926-1970
6000 itemsCorrespondence, photographs, minutes, financial records, subject files, printed material and membership files of Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Shofferov (the Union of Russian Chauffeurs) founded in Paris in 1926 and incorporated in 1945 into the French drivers union, Cochers et Chauffeurs de Voitures de Place as a Russian local. The organization functioned both as a fraternal society and a labor union; it operated a credit union, a summer resort, a dining hall and a library, and also interceded on behalf of its members (ca. 1,000 in 1945) before French governmental authorities. The bulk of the collection is comprised of membership records, minutes of meetings, financial records and subject files. There is also correspondence between members and the union office, and photographs taken at the summer resort in 1934 and 1936.
Viktor Borisovich Oks Papers, 1914-1968
1.5 linear feetPapers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials. Correspondents include Nadezhda Teffi and Pierre Fresnay. There are manuscripts of stories, novels, plays, scenarios, and memoirs by Oks. Oks' memoirs touch on his legal career in Russia and meetings with Sarah Bernhardt and Fedor Shali︠a︡pin; the memoirs of his wife, Lidii︠a︡ Borshch, concern the period of the Revolution and Civil War in Russia and meetings with Maksim Gorḱiĭ in Italy in the 1920s. Among the printed materials are the first issue of the emigre literary journal "Chisla," theatrical newspapers from Petrograd in 1914-16, and issues of French periodicals with Oks' memoirs about his legal career in Russia, including contacts with Lenin and Trotsky.
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- Tėffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna), 1872-19522
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- Shmelev, I. S. (Ivan Sergeevich), 1873-19503
- Tėffi, N. A. (Nadezhda Aleksandrovna), 1872-19523
- Balʹmont, Konstantin Dmitrievich, 1867-19422
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