Manuscript of Grigorovich's memoirs (ca. 250 pages) which begin with his childhood in St. Petersburg and conclude with his emigration to France in 1923. He primarily discusses his military experiences in the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, and the 1917 Revolution. He also describes his travels to the United States, England, and the Far East on various naval vessels and his service as naval attache in London from 1896-1898. The related materials include an essay about Grigorovich by A. de Loukine, two letters discussing the Grigorovich and Loukine manuscripts and an unsigned essay entitled "LʹOubli" which concerns Grigorovich.

The collection contains Ivan's memoirs, written in Russian, from that period. Valentyna Shali is represented in the collection by a published anthology of Ukrainian folk tales in French translation and by an unpublished Ukrainian manuscript on the political and economic history of modern-day Eastern Europe.

Manukhin's papers consists of correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials, and a photograph. The bulk of the papers are manuscripts, in particular Manukhin's memoirs and a medical work, "Auto-Dʹefense de lʹOrganisme." The memoirs deal with Manukhin's medical studies at the Military-Medical Academy in St. Petersburg (Voenno-Medit︠s︡inskai︠a︡ Akademii︠a︡); his medical practice (among his patients was Maksim Gorḱiĭ); the period of the Revolution and Civil War in Petrograd; and his emigration to France. Printed materials consist of works by Manukhin. Manukhin's wife, Tatʹi︠a︡na, was editor of Metropolitan Evlogiĭ's memoirs ("Puti moeĭ zhizni"), and some of the correspondence touches on that work.

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"

The bound typescript memoirs "Illiuzii i deistvitel'nost'. Chast' 1. 17 let v SSSR" discuss Minishki's life in Bulgaria up to the 1923 insurrection, after which he emigrated. He discusses in more depth his life in the Soviet Union up to 1940.

Eryzhenskiĭ's manuscript memoirs entitled "Moi︠a︡ Odisseii︠a︡" (42 p.), with a photocopy and typed copy of the memoirs. The memoirs concern his experience during and immediately after the Civil War.

The papers consist of two letters to Ksenii︠a︡ V. Denikina and two manuscript memoirs. One memoir is entitled "Velikoe pereselenie i sudb́y kresti︠́a︡nstva" (9 p.), and concerns the peasant migration to Siberia at the end of the 19th century and its fate in the Soviet period: the other is entitled "Puti︠a︡mi gibeli i strakha" (7 p.), and deals with Rozhnovskiĭ's experiences at the end of World War II.

Lopukhin's bound manuscript "Zapiski nekotorykh obstoiatel'stv zhizni i sluzhby Deistvitel'nogo Tainogo Sovetnika, Senatora I.V.Lopukhina, sochinennye im samim." and an engraving dated 1809, from the journal "Vestnik Evropy" of Lopukhin's estate.

Correspondence, manuscripts, notes, photographs, and printed materials concerning the Leĭb-Gvardiĭ Izmaĭlovskiĭ Polk (the Izmaĭlov Regiment of the Imperial Guard), and of its emigre veterans' association, the Soi︠u︡z Izmaĭlovt︠s︡ev (Union of "Izmaĭlovt︠s︡y"). There are materials concerning the War of 1812, the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78, World War I, the Civil War, and the emigration. Most memoirs by veterans of the regiment cover World War I and the Civil War. There are biographical notes on members of the regiment from its formation in the 1700s into the 20th century, and also photographs and engravings. Printed materials include histories of the regiment, the oldest dating from 1830, and 14 bound volumes of the "Izmaĭlovskai︠a︡ Starina" (1930-40).

Manuscripts by Josef Korbel, who has written books on the politics of Eastern Europe, most recently his book "Twentieth Century Czechoslovakia" (New York, 1977). The four essays were written in 1949 for a study group of Philip Mosely's. They are entitled: "Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Trade Relations"; "Memorandum on the conflict Tito-Cominform: Conversation with A. Bebler"; Memorandum on Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Political Relations"; "Memorandum on J. Korbel's Conversation with Mr. V. Clementis." These essays include memoiristic information.

The papers consist of correspondence, a report, and subject files. Correspondence includes requests for financial aid from Russian citizens; there is a report on credit operations of the Russian government in Japan; and subject files on the Russian Red Cross in the Far East and on closing down of the Russian Embassy and consulates in China.

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.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, memoirs, minutes of meetings, documents, maps, photographs, and printed materials, mostly relating to World War I. Correspondence, mostly to Owie, includes a letter from Grand Duke Gavriĭl Konstantinovich. Memoirs are by Sergeĭ Konoplev concerning World War I, and manuscripts appear to be by Owie on the war and anti-Communist topics. Minutes are from the Society of Officers of the 3rd Infantry Regiment of the Life Guard (Leĭb-Gvardiĭ 3-iĭ strelkovyĭ polk). Maps, documents, and photographs deal mostly with Owie's service during World War I. Among the photographs is one of Nicholas II from 1913.

Photocopis of typescript memoirs of Klavdiia Nikolaevna Bugaeva "Vospominaniia" and of E. N. Kezel'man (Bugaeva's sister) "Vospominaniia: Zhizn v Lebediani letom letom 32-go goda." There are corrections and proofreaders' and typesetters' corrections and notes (made by the editor and publisher). The manuscripts were published, in abridged form, in 1981 as "Vospominaniia o Belom", ed. John E. Malmstad.

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.

Kramarenko's five-part manuscript memoirs (79 pages) include material on the structure and purpose of trade unions, industrial safety workers, propaganda of the industrial sanitation and safety industries in the USSR, and the activity of national courts in questions of equipment safety. Also included is a chart showing the structure of the Soviet trade union system.

The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, documents, printed materials and photographs -- most of which principally concern Fedor Shali︠a︡pin. There are twelve letters and postcards from Shali︠a︡pin, and one or two items each from Aleksandr Grechaninov, Olǵa Knipper-Chekhova, and Sergeĭ Rakhmaninov. There are manuscripts by Strakhova-Ermans, entitled "Vospominanii︠a︡ starogo professora penii︠a︡" and "Penie: Ego tekhnika i iskusstvo." There are photographs of Shali︠a︡pin in his operatic roles and with his family; and photographs of Olǵa Knipper-Chekhova, Aleksandr Glazunov, and of Sergeĭ Rakhmaninov and Aleksandr Grechaninov (with the faculty of the Russian Conservatory in Paris). Printed materials include programs of concerts by Shali︠a︡pin and others, and a copy of Strakhova-Ermans' book, "Le chant"(1946).

Katin's memoirs are in a series of letters to Ksenii︠a︡ Denikina. The memoir covers Katin's experiences in World War I and in the Civil War in the Ukraine, and his emigration to Yugoslavia.

Typescript memoirs give a detailed account of events in Petrograd in the period 1914-1920.

Papers of Konstantin K. Troĭt︠s︡kiĭ and of his wife Natalii︠a︡. Included are Konstantin Troĭt︠s︡kiĭ's memoirs of his education and years of government service, entitled "Iz vospominaniĭ Chinovnika Osobykh Porucheniĭ V-ogo Klassa pri Ministre Vnutrennykh Del" (151 p.); two short typescripts by Natalii︠a︡ Troĭt︠s︡kai︠a︡ discussing women's education in pre-revolutionary Russia and the Russian School in Indianapolis, near Saõ Paulo; and photographs and printed items relating to the Troĭt︠s︡kiĭ family and the emigration in Brazil.

Papers contains correspondence, writings, photographs, subject files, biographical materials, maps, notebooks.

Typescript memoirs that cover a broad range of topics, including St. Petersburg before the Revolution, World War I, the railroads in the Russian Far East and China, the Civil War, and the emigration.

The memoirs are both in manuscript (68 notebooks, over 3,800 pages), and in a typescript copy (944 p.). They cover Khagondokov's youth and military education; service in the Far East and in Central Asia; service in World War I, mostly on the Caucasian front; his experiences during 1917 in the Far East and Petrograd (where he met with A.I. Guchkov and other members of the Provisional Government); and the Civil War in the Caucasus region, Georgia, and Azerbaidzhan.

Mandrazhi's typescript memoirs "Begin at the Beginning" discuss such topics as his military education, the Corps of Pages, the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, the 1917 Revolution, and the Civil War in the South.

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.".

Papers include correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials. Correspondence mostly concerns the Obʺedinenie in the 1950s. One of the manuscripts by Nikolaev is entitled"Ukrainsko-polśkie otnoshenii︠a︡ vo vremi︠a︡ sovet︠s︡ko-polśkoĭ voĭny 1920-1921 gg." Nikolaev's memoirs largely concern his activities as legal consultant to the Orthodox Church in Poland. Printed materials deal mostly with the Obʺedinenie.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts and memoirs, documents, minutes of meetings, financial records, photographs, maps, and printed materials. Cataloged correspondents include Grand Duke Nikolaĭ Nikolaevich and General Petr Wrangel. Manuscripts include memoirs by Konstantin Rozen on his military service from 1902-1917, and a memoir by F. N. Bui︠a︡k entitled "Vospominanii︠a︡ starogo kavalergarda 1885-1902." Subject files are on Kadry Voĭsk Ofit︠s︡erov (Cadres of Military Officers) in Belgrade and Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Ofit︠s︡erov (Union of Russian Officers), emigre Russian military organizations. Documents concern Rozen's family and estate in Vitebsk province. Minutes of meetings concern the Kavalergardskai︠a︡ Semi︠́a︡ (Cavalry Guard Family). Financial records cover the fundraising activities of Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Ofit︠s︡erov and the estate. Photographs are of the estate, and maps are of the Vitebsk region and the estate grounds. Printed materials concern the estate and the above mentioned military organizations, and include copies of the news bulletin"Vestnik Kavalergardskoĭ Semí.".

The collection consists of manuscripts and memoirs dealing with the history of the 97th Livland Infantry Regiment and the Vilnius Military Academy. The memoirs concern the 6th Hussar Regiment of Major-General Iakov P. Kuliev, and Colonel Nikolai Nikolaevich Alekseev, commander of the 97th Livland Regiment. Included in the manuscript on the 97th Livland Regiment are photographs, drawings and clippings.

The collection includes cataloged photographs (Nicholas II, Grigoriĭ Semenov) and arranged correspondence to both Semchevskiĭ and his wife. The main item in the collection is Semchevskiĭ's eight-part memoir which describes his childhood in Tbilisi, his service as kamer-pazh (page of the bedchamber) to Nicholas II and his military career in World War I and the Civil War. It also describes Semchevskiĭ's life as an emigre in Berlin, where he ran a bookstore, in England, where he manufactured motorcycles, in Austria, where he worked at an oil refinery, and eventually in the United States. There are also documents (such as military records and passports) and a photograph of Semchevskiĭ and his wife taken in 1921.

Memoirs of the Koshko family, specifically Ivan Frantsevich, his brother Arkadiĭ, his son Boris, and his daughter Olǵa. Almost all of the memoirs are in the hand of Olǵa Koshko. Ivan's memoirs (partially published) touch on his government service in Samara, Novgorod, Penza, and Perḿ and his experiences during the 1917 Revolution and Civil War. The excerpt from Arkadiĭ's memoirs concern the Beilis ritual murder case. Boris Koshko's memoirs concern his experiences as an Imperial and Provisional government official during World War I. Olǵa Koshko's memoirs deal with her father and with life in the emigration in Europe.

The papers include Grundt's memoirs, a play, and correspondence. The memoirs are in two series: "Baletnye vospominanii︠a︡ (4 notebooks, 392 p.), and "Moi︠a︡ anekdoticheskai︠a︡ zhizn"́ (3 notebooks, 288 p.). The memoirs deal with her career in the ballet in Russia and, after she emigrated in 1920, in Yugoslavia and France; emigre cultural life in Europe; and her personal life. Also included are two poems and two stories by Nikolaĭ D. Rudich, which he sent to Grundt.

Two typed memoirs of Zvereva. The larger (49 p.) discusses her family, childhood, and youth up to the time she emigrated. She discusses in some detail rural life around the turn of the century, including her father's estate and the 1905 revolution in the area. The shorter memoir (6 p.) concerns the aftermath of the murder of King Alexander of Yugoslavia in 1934. Also included are a handdrawn diagram and a photograph of Zvereva's father's house.

The papers comprise Leonid Cherepe'nkin's recollection about bombing of Dresden during World War II, his poetry, postcards, and family photographs.

The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, clippings, books and periodicals. There are two letters from Aleksandr Glazunov and one each from Aleksandr Grechaninov and Nikolaĭ Metner. The manuscripts deal with both cultural affairs and the Russian Revolution. Among the cultural topics are essays on music, Isadora Duncan, Maksim Gorḱiĭ and literary affairs. There are articles about general aspects of the Revolution and about such individuals as Lenin, Stalin, Chicherin, Dzerzhinskiĭ and Kamenev. Many of the articles are memoiristic in nature, particularly those about life in Moscow and in the provinces during the Revolution, Dzerzhinskiĭ and Kamenev. There are clippings of articles written by Sabaneev and a number of books and periodicals either written by Sabaneev or containing articles by him.

Handwritten text and typescript copy of a memoir by L. M. Andreev "Eto bylo tak... (rasskaz starogo kavalerista)" discussing incidents during the Russo-Japanese War and the revolution (7 handwritten and 3 typed pages).

The Leslie H. Dingyan Chen's Collection of Historiographic Materials for a Biography of Chen Chiung-Ming is a typescript publication published in 1988 documenting the life of Chen Jiongming as a revolutionary figure in the Guangdong province before and during the Republican period in China.

Duvings memoirs, "Velikaia Skorb'", primarily concern his experiences in General Vlasov's Russian liberation army (Russkaia Osvoboditel'naia Armiia) during the World War II.

The memoirs, which recount L. P. Sukachev's military career from 1917 through 1947, are recorded in two versions: an abbreviated typescript text, mounted in the form of a scrapbook and interspersed with original photographs; and an amplified mimeographed version clipped from the Russian-American emigre publication "Vestnik Pervopokhodnika" (Los Angeles) where it was serialized during the 1960's. Incorporated into Sukachev's memoirs is an account by a fellow officer, Colonel Vladimir Vladimirovich Berestovskii, entitled "Russkii Otriad v Albanskoi Armii."

Manuscripts of businessman and Southern political writer Lewis Harvie Blair.

Neustroeva's typescript memoirs describe her life in Petersburg until her emigration to the United States following the 1917 Revolution. The memoirs include reminiscences of Neustroeva's travels throughout Europe with her family, and the 1917 Revolution and its aftermath. Her husband graduated from the Petersburg music conservatory under the direction of Anton Rubinstein.

Typed memoirs that chiefly concern the events of 1904-05 in St. Petersburg. The longest memoir (42 p.) is entitled "Aus den Erinnerungen eines Augenzeugen: Der Blutsonntag vom 9/22 Januar in St. Petersburg: Der Pope Gapon." Gerby, at the time a Social Democrat, became acquainted with Gapon while working in workers' groups in St. Petersburg. There is also a brief French summary of the German manuscript. The other brief memoir concerns Gerby's encounters with Pavel Mili︠u︡kov in 1906 and 1940-41. Finally, there are clippings of two articles by Gerby (as A. Zherbi) from "Russkai︠a︡ Mysl"́, entitled "I︠U︡nosheskie vstrechi s Leninym.".

The bound memoirs "Russian Experience 1910-1917" discuss Michael's adventures in Russia in 1910-1917. In 1910 he was hired by the Bessarabian provincial zemstvo to help landlords and peasants in that province improve their corn yields; he stayed there until 1916, when he returned to the United States. The first half of the memoirs covers these years, including extensive commentary on Bessarabian peasants, gentry, zemstvo politics, and some information on World War I. In 1917 he returned on a mission to study the Russian grain trade. He sailed across the Pacific with the American Red Cross Mission, spent August in Petrograd, and then travelled around Russia's Black Sea ports in September-November. In early November, he returned to Petrograd, and finally left Russia by the Trans-Siberian railroad in December. While the first half of these memoirs includes much first-hand information, the second half, on 1917, is more derivative in nature.

The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials. Correspondence includes 82 letters from Maksim Kovalevskiĭ to the mathematician Sofii︠a︡ Kovalevskai︠a︡; 69 letters from Petr Lavrov to Kovalevskiĭ; and letters to Kovalevskiĭ from Anton Chekhov (typed copies), Nikolaĭ Mikhaĭlovskiĭ, Pavel Mili︠u︡kov, Petr Struve, and Ivan Turgenev (typed copy). Manuscripts consist of Kovalevskiĭ's handwritten memoirs, with a typed copy and some printed excerpts. Documents consist of Kovalevskiĭ's diplomas from the University of Berlin (1873), the Russian Imperial Academy of Sciences (1899), and the Deputazione Veneta di Storia Patria (1901).

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials. There are manuscripts for his books, short stories, articles, and other writings. The printed materials include books written, edited, and translated by Komroff, as well as his contributions to anthologies and periodicals. There are also a number of books by other authors inscribed to him. Most of the photographs are portraits of literary figures, the majority of which were taken by Komroff.

Collection includes 5 bound typescript collections of her plays and verse for children and of her poetry, a copy of the journal "Pravoslavnai︠a︡ Rus"́ with a poem she wrote, two autobiographical letters, and a bound typescript collection of poems by her brother, Oskar O. Gild́e (1896-1969).

Manuscript memoirs (26 p.) of Marianna A. Davydova. They are in three sections, discussing the last years of her grandfather, Ivan Orlov; the 1905 Revolution in the Ukraine, and the events of late 1916-early 1917.

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.

Memoirs of Vasilćhikova. The memoirs include a nineteen-page essay about the Tsarina and a twelve-page essay about Tsar Nicholas II. Both essays are handwritten and in French. Included with the essays are two postcards: one with a photograph of Marii︠a︡ Vasilćhikova and one with a portrait of her.

The Slivinskai︠a︡ memoir consists of a bound volume (ca. 100p.) covering the 1917-1947 period. Slivinskai︠a︡ describes her life in emigration--primarily in Yugoslavia--as well as that of several relatives living in France. She also mentions some Civil War events and discusses her cousin, Marii︠a︡ Tarnovskai︠a︡, née Countess O'Rourke. There is also a 1938 clipping from "Nedeli︠a︡" relating to Slivinskai︠a︡'s family.

The memoirs are entitled"Peace, War, and Revolution" (72 p.); they chiefly concern 1917-1920. Also included is a photograph of her and her English husband in 1920.