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Ermolov, Boris Nikolaevich

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, a subject file, and printed materials collected by Ermolov. The collection almost exclusively concerns the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. Correspondence includes items by Isabel Hapgood and Konstantin Nabokov. The manuscripts include English-language translations of Russian materials from the period. There are 2 photographs: 1 of Grigoriĭ Rasputin at a tea party in 1916, and the other of the State Duma in 1917. The subject file concerns the Orthodox Patriarch Tikhon in 1917-19. Printed materials include Russian, English, and American clippings, pamphlets, journals, posters, and fliers.

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Cunard, Anthony (Form subheading: Correspondence.)

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, subject files and printed materials. The correspondence includes letters from Michael Florinsky, Mikhail Karpovich, Bernard Pares, Geroid Robinson and George Vernadsky as well as one each from Lidii︠a︡ Lopukhova, Lewis Mumford and George Orwell. There is abundant correspondence relating to the Cunard Whitestar Line, notably from Anthony Cunard. The manuscripts include drafts of several of Fedotoff-White's books as well as copious notes and book reviews. There are subject files relating to his curriculum vitae, financial affairs, and his university studies. Among the printed materials are books (including several of his own), clippings, pamphlets, and brochures.

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Miller, Elena Aleksandrovna

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, a document, and printed materials. Cataloged materials include two poems by Igorʹ Severi︠a︡nin, Elena Miller, and letters from Nikolaĭ K. Roerich to Father Georgiĭ Spasskiĭ. Correspondence contains mostly letters to Elena Miller, and also includes letters to Archimandrite Afanasiĭ and others. There is also a letter dated 1919 from abbot (igumen) Serafim of the Belogorskiĭ monastery to Grand Prince Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich, describing the conditions and mood of the peasants in the Perm ́area. Manuscripts are by various persons on religious and political topics. Printed materials consist primarily of monarchist and religious mimeographed materials, fliers and pamphlets.

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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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Messner, Evgeniĭ Ėduardovich, 1891-1975

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts by Messner and others, memoirs by Messner, photographs and printed materials. Manuscripts by Messner include a typescript (275 p.) entitled "Nekotorye prichiny porazhenii︠a︡ Germanii v voĭnu 1939-1945 g.g." Messner's memoirs (3293 p. and 350 p.) cover the years 1914-1973. Included among them are clippings, photographs, mimeographed materials and pamphlets. The majority of his memoirs concern World War I and the Civil War. Photographs are mostly copies. Printed materials consist mostly of clippings of articles by Messner in South American monarchist periodicals.

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Orlov, Georgiĭ Aleksandrovich, 1895-1964

The collection consists of correspondence, a diary, manuscripts, memoirs, notes, a subject file, photographs and printed materials. Correspondence is primarilly addressed to Orlov and his wife. Manuscripts and memoirs, chiefly by Orlov, deal with Civil War topics. Orlov's diary covers the years 1918-1921. Notes are on World War II, and the subject file concerns the death of Orlov. Photographs include a group picture of a Gallipoli Society meeting in Prague. Printed materials include clippings, mimeographed materials, pamphlets and copies of periodicals, all relating to the Gallipoli Society.

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Platon, Metropolitan, 1866-1934

The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, a subject file, and printed materials. The correspondence includes a letter from Randall Thomas Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, and one from Nikolaĭ Roerich. There is an essay about Metropolitan Platon by I︠O︡ann Chepelev, and a number of photographs depicting church officials and White army leaders. There is a subject file concerning Platon's meeting in 1919 with President Wilson. The collection also contains articles and clippings by and about the Metropolitan, and there are several books and pamphlets as well. The materials were collected by his daughter and grandson; many of the items are photocopies.

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Nechvolodov, Mikhaĭl Dmitrievich

Papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials. Letters are to Nechvolodov and others. Manuscripts by various authors cover political and religious topics, including one by Vladimir Rudnev about the Imperial family. There are minutes of meetings of the Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Patriotov (Union of Russian Patriots) from 1918. Printed materials consist of monarchist mimeographed materials, pamphlets, and fliers.

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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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Nelidov, Nikolaĭ Dmitrievich

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, memoranda, and printed materials. Correspondence, mostly from the Soi︠u︡z nat︠s︡ionalńogo osvobozhdenii︠a︡ (Union for National Liberation) and the Sovet obʺedinennoĭ russkoĭ molodezhi (Council of United Russian Youth), concerns the establishment of a united monarchist movement in the 1920s. Manuscripts and memoranda describe the state of the monarchist movement in the emigration. Printed materials consist of monarchist pamphlets and circulars, and also printed directives dated 1919 from the commander of the Prishibskai︠a︡ and Graderfelśkai︠a︡ volosts.