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The memoirs of Smugge, nʹee Gori︠a︡chkina, which cover the 1880-1955 period, begin with a vivid description of her early life in Irkut︠s︡k. She then chronicles the years she lived and studied in Geneva and Paris before returning to Siberia and thence moving to Harbin, Port Arthur and, in 1902, to Vladivostok. The next section of the manuscript deals with her marriage to Evgeniĭ M. Smugge, a railroad engineer, and their life and work in Turkestan (1907-1910) and Odessa (1910-1911 and 1916-1920). The memoirs then turn to the Civil War period and the Smugges' evacuation via Constantinople to Yugoslavia where they lived until 1925. Following a description of the 1926-1944 period, when the Smugges lived in Riga, the memoirs end with the evacuation to Germany and their life there. A few revised sections are appended to the very end of the manuscript. The memoirs are in 5 notebooks and total ca. 250 pages.

Martynov's typescript memoirs (in all 1000 p.) discuss the Civil War and his life in China in 1923-1948. There are also Martynov's diaries from the early 1950s. Printed materials include issues of emigre periodicals published in China in the 1930s ("Parus," "Rubezh"), and issues of "Chasovoĭ" from the 1950s.

The papers consist of business records, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and maps. Most of the business records (financial records, lists of employees, incorporation of papers, etc.) concern the company, "Torgovyĭ Dom I.P. Kolokolńikova Nasledniki", in 1917-1919. The company was based in Ti︠u︡men ́and dealt in such commodities as flour, tea, and sugar. Also included are materials on the Teti︠u︡khi Mining Company (silver and lead mines), and on a project to build a network of grain elevators in Manchuria in the early 1920s. There are maps and statements concerning a dispute over land property borders in the Ti︠u︡men ́region in the late 19th century.