Search

Collection includes two postcards written by the Grand Duchess Tati︠́a︡na; part of a letter by an unidentified person; and three manuscript memoirs by Fedchenko. The memoirs discuss the Archbishop Feofan of Poltava; Fedchenko's aunt, Marii︠a︡ F. Geringer, lady-in-waiting to Empress Alexandra; and General Dmitriĭ D. Fedchenko.

The memoirs primarily concern aristocratic life and the Imperial court in St. Petersburg in the early 20th century. A version of Geiden's memoirs has been published as Heyden, Marina de "Les rubis portent malheur", Monte-Carlo, Regain [1967], 315 pp.

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.

Correspondence, documents, and a photograph of members of the Nabokov family. Included are 6 letters, a photograph, and 4 school documents of Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich Nabokov; birth, school, and marriage documents of his daughter, Sofii︠a︡ Dmitrievna Nabokova (Fasolt); letters to his brother Konstantin Dmitrievich Nabokov, 1 each from Sergeĭ Witte and Viscount Alfred Milner (photocopies); an autographed letter (1885) from Tsar Alexander III to Dmitriĭ Nikolaevich Nabokov (1827-1904); father of Dmitriĭ Dm. and Konstantin Dm.) asking for his resignation as Imperial Minister of Justice; and copies of an 1895 letter by Tsar Nicholas II to Dmitriĭ N. Nabokov.

Poggenpohl's diary is in French, and concerns the visits of the German Kaiser Wilhelm II and the French President Felix Faure to Russia in July and August, 1897. There is also a typed transcription of the diary.

The memoirs discuss Epanchin's military service under Tsars Alexander II, Alexander III, and Nicholas II, from the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-88 through the Civil War, and the emigration in Europe. Also included is a photocopy of the memoirs.

These typescript memoirs mainly concern the Imperial family and Petr A. Stolypin. Titles of the longer pieces are: "Moi vospominanii︠a︡ o E.I.V. Gosudare Imperatore Nikolae II;" "Svetloĭ pami︠a︡ti Imperatrit︠s︡y Aleksandry Fedorovny;" and "Pami︠a︡ti Petra Arkadévicha Stolypina." Also included is a letter by a French general, dated 1941, and a typescript by an unidentified woman, entitled"Nikolaĭ II kak i︠a︡ ego znala.".

Polushkin's typescript"Rossiĭskiĭ Rodoslovynĭ Sbornik" (205 p. with 10 page supplement) is a survey of the Russian nobility throughout the Russian Empire. It primarily deals with noble families from the 17th-19th centuries, but also traces some families back to Ri︠u︡rk. The manuscript is indexed. The document is a table listing the Imperial Foreign Ministry staff in Europe from 1878 to 1917.

Correspondence, documents, diaries and notebooks, photographs, printed materials and memorabilia of Olga Ivanovna Subbotina (or Soubbotine, 1886-1963), her grandmother, Mariia Sergeevna Benckendorff, and her sister, Elizaveta Ivanovna Taube (Mrs. Harold Roberts). The correspondence includes letters and telegrams of Aleksandra Fedorovna, Empress of Russia. The letters of Mariia Benckendorff's son, Vasilii Dolgorukov, provide information about the Imperial family in 1916-1918. There are diaries and notebooks of Marii Benckendorff, Pavel Konstantinovich Benkendorff, Ol'ga Subbotina and Elizaveta Taube. Among the documents are IDs, birth and marriage certificates, passports, wills, etc. Financial and legal documents include a file entitled "Claim against the National Bank of New York", which contains material about the exile of the Imperial family to Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg, as do other folders. There are photographs of immediate and extended family members, Nicholas II and his family and European royalty. There is also family and Alexandra Fedorovna's, Empress of Russia, memorabilia.

The great majority of the collection consists of correspondence between family members in the period 1820-1874. There are many letters by the following: Nikita Petrovich Panin, diplomat; his wife Sofii︠a︡ Vladimirovna; their sons, Aleksandr Nikitich and Viktor Nikitich, Minister of Justice in 1841-61; and Viktor's daughters Leonilla Komarovskai︠a︡ and Olǵa Levashova. There are also several brief essays by Nikita Panin. Items by non-family members include a photocopy of a letter by Mikhail Golit︠s︡uyn (1714), a letter by Sergeĭ Uvarov, and two letters by Moscow Metropolitan Filaret.