Correspondence, 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.

Typescript memoirs discuss Ili︠́u︡shkin's army career, including his role in the supression of the 1905 Revolution.

Manuscript memoirs (69 p.) of Vasilév. The 10 short manuscripts, chiefly autobiographical in nature, deal with such topics as Vasilév's experiences during the 1905 and 1917 revolutions and the Civil War.

Mimeographed typescript "The Revolution of 1905 as Reported in the Russian Press 50 Years Ago" compiled by Varshavskiĭ (Varsavsky) with the assistance of Donald Urquidi, edited by George Denicke. It was published by the American Committee for Liberation from Bolshevism in 1955.