Sergei Iul'evich Witte Papers, 1884-1915
1000 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, photographs and subject files of Witte. The correspondents include Ivan S. Aksakov, Tsar Aleksander III, Tsar Nicholas II, Konstantin P. Pobedonost︠s︡ev, I︠U︡riĭ Samarin, Lev N. Tolstoĭ and Kaiser Wilhelm II. The manuscripts, which constitute over half of the collection, consist of Witte's memoirs and of his work on the Russo-Japanese War, and include a signed typescript essay by Lev N. Tolstoĭ. The photographs depict the signing of the Portsmouth Treaty ending the Russo-Japanese War (Portsmouth, N.H.). The subject files, which are primarily typescript copies of documents, refer to such topics as the various assassination attempts on the tsars, questions of agrarian reform, relations with Germany, and the siege of Port Arthur. There is also a framed pen and ink drawing depicting an event in Witte's public career.
Pavel Pavlovich Mendeleev Papers, 1900-1951
8 linear feetThe papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, and printed materials. Correspondence in the collection includes 1 item from Ivan Bunin, 2 from Vladimir Davydov, and many from G. A. Alekseev. Mendeleev's extensive memoirs, "Svet i teni v moei zhizni," discuss his childhood and youth, government service, World War I, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War, and life in the emigration up to 1933. Subject files in this collection concern the Prague Russian Archive, the Union of the Russian Nobility, the Russian Imperial family in the emigration, and other topics. Printed materials include an almost complete set of the weekly "Parizhskii Vestnik" (1942-1944).
Aleksei Vasil'evich Obolenskii Photographs & Printed Materials, 1900-1961
0.5 Linear FeetThe photographs, taken before 1917, belonged to the Obshchestvo Okhrany Pami︠a︡tnikov Iskusstva i Stariny, and are mostly of Georgian religious art and architecture. The printed materials consist of a map of the Caucasus region and of Obolenskiĭ's memoirs: "Moi vospominanii︠a︡" (1953), and "Moi vospominanii︠a︡ i razmyshlenii︠a︡" (1961). Memoirs were cataloged and transfered to SEEC: see SEEC 1641gb (1953 edition) and SEEC 1642gb (1961 edtition).
Sergei Efimovich Kryzhanovskii Papers, 1907-1940
500 itemsThe papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, and printed materials. Correspondence includes letters by Vladimir Kokovt︠s︡ov, and letters concerning the posthumous publication of Kryzhanovskiĭ's memoirs. Manuscripts include drafts of these memoirs and other items by Kryzhanovskiĭ. There are also manuscripts, chiefly memoirs, by other persons; most were evidently sent to Kryzhanovskiĭ as editor of the emigre journal "Russkai︠a︡ Letopis"́ in the 1920s, but were never published. They deal with such topics as the Imperial police and government and the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. There is a large group of manuscripts and related printed items, evidently prepared by Kryzhanovskiĭ, on the projected governmental system of a post-Bolshevik Russia. Subject files deal with the 1917 Revolution, emigre monarchism, and other topics.
Aleksei Fedorovich and Liubov Aleksandrovna Girs Papers, 1913-1963
25 itemsOne letter, manuscripts, and printed materials of Aleksei Fedorovich Girs and of his wife, Liubov' Aleksandrovna Girs. The letter, dated 1914, when Girs was governor of Minsk, is addressed to N. A. Maklakov. Aleksei Gir's memoirs cover such topics as his service in Estland; Petr Stolypin; the "Jewish question;" Tsar Nicholas II; and independent Estonia, where he lived in 1918-1924. There are also two reports by Girs from the time of his service in Minsk. ́Liubov Girs is represented chiefly by diaries from 1901-1918, particularly on Odessa in 1905-1906; Stolypin's murder in 1911; and Nizhny Novgorod in 1917. Among the printed materials are announcements of Gir's accession to the Minsk governorship in 1914-1915.
Arkadii Nikolaevich Iakhontov Papers, 1914-1936
35 itemsThe papers consist of correspondence and notes. The correspondence is made up of letters to I︠A︡khontov concerning his memoirs about the Council of Ministers from pre-revolutionary officials, including Vladimir Kokovt︠s︡ev, Pavel Ignatév, and Vsevolod Shakhovskoĭ. The notes are minutes taken at the meetings of the Council of Ministers; these exist as both the original handwritten notes and as typed copies. Finally, there is a brief memoir by I︠A︡khontov concerning World War I, and a printed copy of the announcement by Nicholas II that World War I had been declared.
Petr L'vovich Bark Papers, 1914-1937
1000 itemsCorrespondence, 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.
Dmitrii Nikolaevich Liubimov Papers, 1918-1954
2.5 linear feetPapers 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.
Igor' Mikhailovich Cherkasskii Papers, 1918-1973
100 itemsThe collection consists of Cherkasskii's memoirs of World War I and the Civil War; brief memoirs by his father, Mikhail Alekseevich Cherkasskii, who served in the Imperial central government and as governor of Simbirsk before the 1917 Revolution; and manuscripts by other people, particularly G. N. Odintsov. There are also documents of I. M. Cherkasskii and photographs.
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- A.D. Golitsyn Memoirs, 19501
- Aleksei Fedorovich and Liubov Aleksandrovna Girs Papers, 1913-19631
- Aleksei Vasil'evich Obolenskii Photographs & Printed Materials, 1900-19611
- Arkadii Nikolaevich Iakhontov Papers, 1914-19361
- Boris L'vovich Gershun Papers, 1926-19501
- Dmitrii Nikolaevich Liubimov Papers, 1918-19541
- E.A. Efimovskii Papers, 1953-19641
- Evgenii Mortimerovich Brofel'dt Memoir, 1952-19591
- Igor' Mikhailovich Cherkasskii Papers, 1918-19731
- Konstantin Nikolaevich Mandrazhi Memoirs, 1950-19511
- Kokovt︠s︡ov, Vladimir Nikolaevich, 1853-19432
- Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-19182
- Aksakov, I. S. (Ivan Sergeevich), 1823-18861
- Alexander III, Emperor of Russia, 1845-18941
- Bark, Petr Lv́ovich, 1869-19371
- Brofelʹdt, Evgenīĭ1
- Cherkasskiĭ, Igorʹ Mikhaĭlovich, 1895-1
- Efimovskiĭ, Evgeniĭ Amvrosévich, 1884-19641
- Evlogiĭ, Metropolitan of Western Europe, 1868-19461
- Gershun, Boris Lʹvovich, 1870-19541
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- Girs , Li︠u︡bovʹ A., -approximately 19652
- Girs, A. F. (Alekseĭ Fedorovich), 1871-19582
- Golit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Dmitrīevich, kni︠a︡zʹ, 1874-19572
- I︠A︡khontov, Arkadiĭ Nikolaevich, 1878-19382
- Kokovt︠s︡ov, Vladimir Nikolaevich, 1853-19432
- Maklakov, V. A. (Vasiliĭ Alekseevich), 1870-19572
- Aksakov, I. S. (Ivan Sergeevich), 1823-18861
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- Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-192111
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