Meier's typescript memoirs discuss: the emigration in Yugoslavia; the formation of the Russian Defense Corps (Russkiĭ Okhrannyĭ Korpus) in Yugoslavia during World War II; and KONR and the Vlasov army. Also included are copies of German reports (Ereignismeldungen) on the war against the USSR in the summer of 1941. In addition to the memoirs, there is a typescript by Meier, based on the Smolensk party archive, on party members in the Smolensk region, 1920-1940 ("Zhizn ́i nastroenii︠a︡ partiĭt︠s︡ev..", 194 p.).
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Kezar Bernard Memoirs, 1959-1965 1 folder
Manuscript memoirs (207 p.) that describe Bernard's experiences in the Soviet Ukraine between the Wars and the Second World War in the Vinnytsia area.
Popov's typed manuscripts include his memoirs of his family through the Revolution, his work in Soviet factories from 1928 to the outbreak of World War II, and his analysis of the Vlasov movement.
Papers consist of diaries, documents, and photographs. Most of the diaries are from the post-war period; a few concern the 1917 Revolution and World War II. There are many photographs from the interwar Soviet Union, when Gavrilov lived in Stalingrad. Among the documents are Gavrilov's personal documents from the Soviet period, from the Second World War, and from the post-war years, when he was a displaced person in Germany.
Duvings memoirs, "Velikaia Skorb'", primarily concern his experiences in General Vlasov's Russian liberation army (Russkaia Osvoboditel'naia Armiia) during the World War II.
Meyer Schapiro letters and manuscripts of Whittaker Chambers and James Thomas Farrell, 1923-1991 3 linear feet
Autograph and typed letters from James Thomas Farrell to Schapiro, concerning Farrell's personal life, his writings, and current social and political affairs. There are also eight of Farrell's manuscripts from the 1960s. The long friendship of neighbors is seen in Farrell's personal letters about his private life and his family and in the discussions of whichever novel he was working on at the time. The main body of the correspondence is from the World War II period and shows much concern for current events in the Soviet Union as well as in the U.S. and Europe. The author also made a few forays into Irish humor, as in the use of his pseudonym, Jonathan Titelescu Fogarty. There are autograph drafts of Prof. Schapiro's replies to and notes about Farrell, and letters and post cards from Farrell's actress wife, Hortense Adler. Also, a letter from Frances Mitchell on her book, THE AWAKENING - LE REVEIL, 1950.
Michael Schatoff Papers, 1945-1980 67 boxes
Part of the collection concerns Schatoff's bibliographical studies. Other materials consist of the Archives of the Russian Liberation Army (Arkiv Osvoboditelńogo Dvizhenii︠a︡ Narodov Rossii), and records of the Union for the Struggle to Liberate the Peoples of Russia (Soi︠u︡z Borb́y za Osvobozhdenii︠a︡ Narodov Rossii).
Manuscript and typescript memoirs that describe Saratov in 1917, the Crimea in 1920, refugee camps in Turkey in 1920-21, Vienna during World War II, the repatriation of Cossacks at Lienz in 1945, and displaced persons after World War II. There are also three photographs.
Manuscripts, photographs, and a document of Mikhail Fedorovich Vasil'ev. The manuscripts are chiefly autobiographical in nature, and concern Vasil'ev's participation in the Vlasov movement in World War II. There is also an essay on the Soviet oil industry. List of manuscripts: "Iz vospominanii M. F. Vasil'eva," "Neftianaia promyshlennost' v SSSR," "Pravda o bol'shevizme," "Voenno-podryvnaia deiatel'nost' SSSR v stranakh svobodnogo mira," "Vospominaniia" (5 folders), manuscript fragments (5 folders). Clippings and typed additions have been interspersed throughout many sections of the manuscripts. Also included are two photographs of Vasil'ev, a copy of a photograph of General Vlasov, and Vasil'ev's military service record from the ROA, to which a service pin has been affixed.
The collection consists of a photograph of Sergeĭ M. Lifaŕ correspondence, a diary, manuscripts and memoirs, subject files, documents, military service records and questionnaires, membership registers of the Union of the Knights of St. George (Soi︠u︡z georgievskikh kavalerov), photographs and printed materials. The collection mostly concerns the Russian General-Military Union and the Union of the Knights of St. George. The diary is by Lev L. De-vit on the Civil War. Subject files include materials on the Union of the Knights of St. George and Major-General Ippolit V. Savit︠s︡kiĭ. Service records, military service questionnaires, membership records and photographs deal with members of both organizations. Printed materials include mimeographed bulletins of these organizations and a book listing the recipients of the Order of St. George, dated November 26, 1916.