Typescript memoirs that cover Kefeli's student years in Paris around the turn of the century, World War I in the Caucasus region, the 1917 revolution in Petrograd, and the revolution and Civil War in Odessa. Also included is a collective memoir of the siege of Port Arthur, compiled by Kefeli and other veterans of that seige.
Typescript memoirs entitled "Vospominaniia i vpechatleniia" (159 p.) of B. M. Brofel'dt that touch on his service in World War I and with the White Army in Ukraine. Also covered is emigration in Berlin, England and France.
The memoirs of Ivan Mikhailovich Shadrin. Manuscripts — Miscellaneous; "Odisseia Russkoi Eskadry s Russ. Bezhentsami ot Kryma do Bizerta"; "Prazdnovanie 300 letlia Imp. Doma Romanovykh"; "Pridvornaia Pevcheskaia Kapella i Imperatorskii Dvor"; "Velikaia Voina, 191U-191T"
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.
Levitskiĭ's typescript memoirs concern primarily World War I on the Caucasian front, and also the Revolution of 1917.
The memoirs discuss Epanchin's military service under Tsars Alexander II, Alexander III, and Nicholas II, from the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-88 through the Civil War, and the emigration in Europe. Also included is a photocopy of the memoirs.
The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, a photograph and printed materials. Several of the manuscripts deal with World War I, noting campaigns in Austria and Poland, the Lubenskiĕ Gusary unit, and such individuals as General Rennenkampf and the ballerina Kshesinska, to whom Sakhno-Ustimovich was related. Other manuscripts concern the Civil War. There is one copy of "Rossiĭskoe edinstvo" (New Jersey, 1966) which contains Sakhno-Ustimovich's article"Vozvrashchenie s fronta.".
Memoirs and manuscripts of Sokolov. The memoirs pertain to his military service in 1914-1920. The most detailed account is "Kak ono bylo" describing primarily World War I. Shorter works include: "I︠U︡g Rossii" which describes the founding of the State Guard (Gosudarstvennai︠a︡ Strazha), which was supposed to replace the Imperial Police (1915); "Dobroarmii︠a︡--k sorokaletii︠u︡ kont︠s︡a vooruzhennoĭ Beloĭ Borb́y" which describes the 1917 Revolution and the formation of the White Army in Moscow, Kiev and Odessa; a lecture read in Paris, on March 12, 1929, entitled "Svi︠a︡tokrestovskiĭ Partizanskiĭ otri︠a︡d--v borb́e protiv krasnykh v 1920 godu i otkhod otri︠a︡da v Gruzii︠u︡." Also included is a typed copy of an unpublished novel entitled "Valerii︠a︡ and Vera" under his pseudonym Sokolovsky.
The collection consists of manuscripts by Seĭfullin and printed materials. Among the manuscripts are essays on such topics as the Aleksandrovskoe Voennoe Uchilische, early Slavic tribes, Seĭfullin's military career during World War I and the Civil War, the Russian emigre colony in Shanghai and religious themes. The printed materials include a leaflet and two clippings dealing with Russian military history.
Nikolaev's memoirs discuss his service in the White Army, the Russian Defense Corps, and the camp in Kellerberg, Austria after World War II. Another manuscript is entitled"Deĭstvii︠a︡ Russkago Okrannago Korpusa v Serbii, 1941-45 gg." Manuscripts and memoirs by others largely concern General Lavr Kornilov. There is a subject file on the "Sodruzhestvo Lient︠s︡" (Lienz agreement). Printed materials include a mimeographed pamphlet"Kratkiĭ obzor zhizni i dei︠a︡telńosti russkoĭ gruppy v lagere Kellerberg.".
