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The collection includes a three-part typescript copy of a diary by Kuzḿina-Karavaeva concerning the arrest of her husband by the Soviets and her years spent in Finland awaiting his return (1945-1954). Kuzḿin-Karavaev's memoirs include a four-part typescript memoir concerning his experiences as a prisoner in Soviet prison camps, a typescript memoir about his return to Finland, and memoirs on his childhood and Russian military education.

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Daragan, Dmitriĭ Iosifovich, 1884-

Collection includes correspondence of family and personal letters from 1902-1973, including typed excerpts of letters written by Daragan to his wife from the Murmansk-Arkhangelśk region during 1919-20. The remainder of the correspondence deals with Daragan's business and naval and religious topics. Manuscripts consist primarily of Daragan's memoirs of his youth, family and naval experiences in northern Russia. There are family documents, the earliest of which dates from 1762, and family financial records. Other printed materials include two pre-World War I theater programs from St. Petersburg and Moscow. There are also photographs of the Daragan family, dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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Li︠u︡bimov, Dmitrīĭ Nikolaevich, 1863-1942

Papers of Dmitrii Nikolaevich Liubimov, consisting of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Correspondents include Vasilii Maklakov and Boris Zaitsev, and there is a document signed by Boris Savinkov. Manuscripts include Liubimov's memoirs of his years in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, "Russkaia smuta nachala deviatisotykh godov (1902-1906)", and others by him on many topics, often based on his personal experiences. Liubimov scrapbooks from the emigration include notes and clippings on various topics. There are materials relating to the activities of his wife, Liudmila Ivanovna, as representative of the Russian Red Cross in Poland in 1919-1922, including correspondence and a photograph album.

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Efimovskiĭ, Evgeniĭ Amvrosévich, 1884-1964

The papers consist of manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials. Among the manuscripts are his typescript memoirs entitled "Vstrechi na zhiznennom puti" (53 pp.), which discuss his youth, student days in the history faculty of Moscow University, his work in the Constitutional Democratic (Kadet) Party, and the 1917 Revolution; and manuscripts of articles, some concerning the emigre monarchist movement. There are four photographs of Efimovskiĭ. Printed materials include offprints of his articles.

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Maĭdelʹ, Ekaterina Ippolitovna, 1890-1971

Papers include corespondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, a subject file, and printed materials. Correspondence includes a letter by Frank A. Golder. Manuscripts consist chiefly of extensive memoirs by Maĭdel,́ with many related documents, photographs, and other items appended. Her memoirs discuss her life up to 1919 in detail, with a great deal of coverage of her education. She studied at the Kronshtadskai︠a︡ Aleksandrinskai︠a︡ Zhenskai︠a︡ Gimnazii︠a︡, and then at the Imperatorskiĭ Zhenskiĭ Pedagogicheskiĭ Institut in St. Petersburg. Another memoir discusses her experiences in Petrozavodsk in 1941-44. There is a subject file concerning the Helsinki Aleksandrovskai︠a︡ Gimnazii︠a︡, with which Maĭdel ́was associated, in 1917-23. Printed materials include a book by E. Eĭkhgolt́s, "Ti︠u︡remnyĭ vrach i ego pat︠s︡ienty" (1916).

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Mitrofanova, Elisaveta Evgenévna

Mitrofanova's manuscripts consist of four bound typescripts: memoirs about her son, Oleg P. Mitrofanov, and the Preobrazhenskiĭ Regiment in World War I; and two essays on the White Cross, entitled "Beloe dvizhenie i Belyĭ Krest"́ and "Belyĭ Krest ́v izgnanii." Also included is Oleg Mitrofanov's diary, which covers his service in the Preobrazhenskiĭ guard in January-July 1917.

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Miller, Elizaveta Leonidovna, -1970

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files and printed materials. Correspondence consists mostly of letters to Elizaveta Miller. Memoirs and manuscripts are mostly by Miller and cover topics ranging from her childhood in St. Petersburg to her emigration to South Africa. Subject files include materials concerning her brother, Grigoriĭ Lozinskiĭ, a poet, translator and literary critic. Documents and photographs concern the Lozinskiĭ and Miller families. Printed materials consist of books, clippings, periodicals, and pamphlets; included is an "Almanach de St. Petersburg" (1911), with directories and a listing of names.

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Chevdar, Ėrast

Typescript memoirs: "Donbass" (59 p.) concerns the Civil War in south Russia; "Moi berlinskie vpechatleniia. Aprel' 1945-iiul 1946" (74 p.) with Germany at the end of and after the World War II. There is also an open letter (6 p.) by Chevdar to the leaders of the Russian-American Aid Society (Russko-Amerikanskii Soiuz Pomoshchi).