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Manuscripts, a document, photographs and printed material of Voront︠s︡ev-Veli︠́a︡minov. The memoirs cover the 1917-1920 period, including his work in armament factories, his travels throughout Russia, and his eventual emigration to Serbia. There is a detailed curriculum vitae dated 1924, a number of photographs of Belgium, and several clippings and handwritten excerpts from newspaper articles.

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Anderson, Paul B., 1894-1985

Photographs and a privately published memoir collected by Paul B. Anderson, YMCA official. Included are seven albums with photographs, taken by Charles Riley, from the YMCA mission in Siberia in 1920; and a privately published memoir Shifting Scenes in Siberia by Gail Berg Reitzel, discussing her experiences with the YMCA in Siberia in 1919-1920. Riley's albums specifically concern: the Czech legion, 1920; and YMCA service in Manchuria, Vladivostok, and Tomsk, 1920.

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Artamonova, Olǵa Mikhaĭlovna, 1903-

Manuscripts and photographs of Ol'ga Mikhailovna Artamonova including her memoirs, entitled "Moia sem'ia", and family photographs from the early 20th century. The memoirs concern the Depreradovich family, Siberia in the early 20th century, the Revolution and the Civil War, and the emigration in the Far East and the U.S.

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Bakunina, Sofii︠a︡ Markovna, 1889-approximately 1974

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and photographs of Bakunina. Most of the collection consists of letters from the period 1945-1974 by Bakunina's friends and relatives. Cataloged correspondence is from George Vernadsky (Bakunina's cousin), Vadim Rudnev, Sofii︠a︡ Panina, Petr Bit︠s︡illi, and Nikolaĭ Astrov; some of the letters are addressed to Bakunina's husband, Mikhail A. (d. 1962). Manuscripts include brief memoirs by Bakunina and her husband.

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Bark, Petr Lv́ovich, 1869-1937

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, subject files, and printed materials of Bark. Cataloged materials in this collection include letters from Metropolitan Evlogiĭ, Boris Bakhmeteff, and Petr Struve, and Bark's extensive memoirs. Much of the correspondence concerns the Civil War and attempts to gain Allied support for the White forces, and also Bark's career as an English in the 1930's. Subject files concern White governments in south Russia, and Bark's life. There are also two photographs of Bark.

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Bernat︠s︡kīĭ, M. V. (Mikhail Vladimirovich), 1876-

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. Cataloged correspondence consists of letters by Petr Struve. There are Bernatskii's memoirs of 1917, and copies of several publications by him. Subject files concern: the finances of the Provisional Government and of the Whites in the South and in Siberia and the Far East; and the settlement of White Army veterans in European countries in the 1920s.

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Bobrinskoĭ, Alekseĭ Alekseevich, 1893-1971

Papers of Aleksei Alekseevich Bobrinskoi include correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, postcards and printed materials. Correspondence include five postcards addressed to A. A. Bobrinskoi. Manuscripts consist of typescripts of A. A. Bobrinskoi's writings, including bio and memoir piece about his father; his radio scripts, article and letter of protest. Among the documents there are materials relating to the reimbursement to British citizens for debts and losses contracted in Russia, Russkii Natsional'nyi Komitet v Londone, medical prescriptions, business cards. Photographs include pictures of Benckendorff and Dolgorukii family members. Printed materials include genealogy of the Bobrinskoi family, periodicals, flyers, poster, clippings.

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Bocharnikova, M. (Marii︠a︡)

Collection consists largely of Bocharnikova's memoirs (typescript with holograph notes), which deal with World War I, the Revolution and Civil War, and her participation in the "Women's Death Battalion." There are also printed materials on female soldiers and sailors in World War I ("Voennaia byl'" - publication of the Obshche-Kadetskoe Ob'edinenie, No. 95, Jan. 1969; clippings from "Niva", 1917), personal photographs (1932, 1933), and picture postcards with 1917 scenes.

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Boi︠a︡rint︠s︡ev, Mitrofan Ivanovich, 1894-1971

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Most of the correspondence dates from the 1950s and early 1960s, when Boi︠a︡rint︠s︡ev was head of the Ob'edinenie chinov Kornilovskago udarnago polka, an emigre veterans' organization, and relates to the affairs of this and similar groups. The manuscripts include campaign memoirs and a memoir called, "Epokha 1937-1965 gg." dealingwith events in the world of the White veteran's groups written by Boi︠a︡rint︠s︡ev; and a memoir of the First World War by a Captain I︠A︡. G. Shinin. Official documents relating to the military service of both Boi︠a︡rint︠s︡ev and Shinin are found in the collection, as well as some regimental and army orders of the Revolution-Civil War period. There is a photograph of Genral L.G. Kornilov; a large number of photographs of the White Army encampment at Gallipoli, of the Imperial family, White officers' reunions, funerals, dedication ceremonies etc. Printed materials include: a folder of printed engravings of varied content (portraits of the Imperial family, White officers, members of the White Russian community in Shanghai; and illustrations of various incidents in the Civil War; a complete set through 1965 of the emigre newsletter "Kornilovt︠s︡y" (Nos. 1-6; 1952_65); 7 issues of the "Vestnik pervopokhodnika" (Nos. 82-91; Aug. '68-May '70); and books, pamphlets, and jubilee volumes concerning Tsar Nicholas II, the White movement, General Kornilov, and the Mladorossy.

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Bri︠u︡nelli, Evgenii︠a︡ Mikhaĭlovna, 1873-

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of Evgenii︠a︡ M. and Pavel A. Bri︠u︡nelli. The bulk of the collection consists of Mrs. Bri︠u︡nelli's 35 diaries, covering the years 1891-1956. The correspondence consists of letters from Mrs. Bri︠u︡nelli's sister in Leningrad from 1922 to the early 1940s. Pavel Bri︠u︡nelli's memoirs are on the emigration in France in the 1920s and 1930s. The printed materials are made up largely of his writings.

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Brusilov, Alekseĭ Alekseevich, 1853-1926

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of General Aleksiei Alekseevich Brusilov and his wife Nadezhda Vladimirovna. The correspondence is largely copies of their letters from 1914-1918 and her correspondence after his death. The manuscripts include part of his memoirs and several of her minor manuscripts, including an incomplete memoir. There are family photographs as well as photographs of Brusilov in military dress. Printed materials relate to Brusilov's career in the Imperial and Red armies and his rehabilitation by the Soviets in the Khrushchev era.

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Chechulin Family

The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and photographs, chiefly form the third quarter of the nineteenth century. There are also letters from Fedor Chechulin to his wife, from 1856-1865, in Swedish with later Russian translations; documents and other correspondence from 1847-1877; a manuscript about the family by Ekaterina Maĭdel;́ several family photographs; and a memoir by Polina Petrovna Chechulina about her experiences as a physical development instructor for the family of Grand Prince Konstantin Konstantinovich from about the end of the nineteenth century to World War I.

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Chizhov, Pavel Nikolaevich, 1882-1961

The bulk of the collection consists of memoirs and manuscripts on historical military themes by Pavel Nikolaevich Chizhov. The memoirs deal with such topics as Chizhov's military education, his military service (garrison duty in Warsaw, the Far East, World War I, and the Civil War in the south), and his life in the emigration.

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Columbia University. Chinese Oral History Project
The Chinese oral history project collection (中國口述歷史項目檔案) provides a wealth of information on the development of the project and its interviews with eminent Chinese political figures abroad in the United States and Hong Kong from 1958 to 1980s. The highlights of the collection consist of the administrative subject files, correspondence, interview photographs and reports, transcript drafts, collected autobiographies and manuscripts, audio recordings, and card files of names mentioned in the transcripts.
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Dakhov, Nikolaĭ Trofimovich, 1893-

The collection includes letters of an autobiographical nature; memoirs concerning the Civil War and emigration, the largest part of them entitled "Ot Gallipoli do Brazilii"; copies of photographs and drawings from the Civil War and the Russian emigre fascist movement in the 1930's; and one issue of Russkaia Gazeta (Saõ Paulo, 1935), edited by Dakhov. Oversized materials: One folder, front fold of Russkaia Gazeta, January 26, 1935.

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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.