The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials. Among the correspondents are Nikolaĭ Arsenév, Anton Kartashev, William K. Matthews, and Aleksandr Meyendorff. There are manuscripts by Kolemin on religious topics. Also included are papers of Kolemin's stepfather, Vasiliĭ Bakherakht, last Imperial ambassador to Switzerland. These consist of correspondence, drafts, and notes by Bakherakht, and the reports of a Russian commission investigating alleged German atrocities in World War I.