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Adrian Ksenofontovich Kharkevich Memoirs, 1927-1956, 1927-1956
7 itemsTypescript memoirs that cover especially 1903-1941. Also included are copies of letters and manuscripts mostly on religious themes.
Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, 1858-1959
600 itemsSvitich's papers, which consist of manuscripts, photographs, subject files, and printed materials, chiefly concern the Orthodox church in interwar Poland. The papers also include Svitich's diaries, written in Poland between 1939 and 1940. Also included is an essay, in an unidentified hand, which Svitich attributes to V.V. Rozanov. There are photographs of Mikhail Artsybashev and Vladimir Burt︠s︡ev. Subject files concern: the Orthodox church in the Vilnius region in the late 19th century; meetings of various Russian organizations in 1917; many aspects of Orthodoxy in Poland in the 1920's and 1930's, including government persecution and in World War II. Among printed materials are issues of "Russkiĭ Golos"(Lwʹow) confiscated by the Polish government in 1939, and issues of Russian newspapers from World War II, including "Vestnik Russkago Komiteta v General-Gubernatorstve" (Warsaw).
Dmitrii Mikhailovich Mikhailov Memoirs, 1970-1973
4 itemsMikhaĭlov's largely typescript memoirs discuss his experiences in the early part of the Civil War, his education, Grodno in 1905, and the Orthodox Church in China (including two photographs).
Evgenii Vasil'evich Sablin Papers, 1886-1949
29.5 linear feetThe collection includes copies of official communiques sent and received by the Russian Imperial Embassy in London for the period 1886-1890 and 1919-1922; copies of reports forwarded by E.V. Sablin to the Council of Ambassadors in Paris, for the period 1922-1937; correspondence grouped around specific subjects; "case files" containing letters from and on behalf of individual Russian emigres wishing to enter Great Britain or to adjust their immigrant status; and letters received by E.V. Sablin and his wife Nadezhda Ivanovna from various persons, together with carbon copies of their replies. The most voluminous correspondence is between E.V. Sablin and V.A. Maklakov, V. Dobuzhinskiĭ, Joseph P. Kennedy, Aleksandr F. Kerenskiĭ, Vladimir V. Nabokov, Fedor I. Shali︠a︡pin, Petr and Gleb Struve, Adri︠a︡na V. Trykova-Williams etc. The remainder of the collection consists of manuscripts of articles and speeches both by Sablin and by others; public statements issued by Sablin in mimeograph form; miscellaneous mimeo material; clippings from both the Russian emigre press and British and French newspapers of articles by and about Sablin; as well as miscellaneous clippings, books, booklets, leaflets, performance programs, newsletters, Russian language newspapers published in England, photographs and several drawings and watercolor sketches.
Georgii Isakievich Novitskii Papers, 1937-1967
1300 itemsThe papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, a sound tape, and printed materials. There are many letters from Anton Kartashev; other correspondents include Mikhaĭl Karpovich, Philip Mosely, and Vasiliĭ Zenḱovskiĭ. There are manuscripts by Kartashev, Karpovich, and George Vernadsky, as well as by Novit︠s︡kiĭ himself on the Orthodox Church and the emigration. Subject files touch on his organizational activities. There are photographs of Novit︠s︡kiĭ with Dwight Eisenhower, Nelson Rockefeller, and Jacob Javits, and also of Zenḱovskiĭ. The sound tape is an interview with Novit︠s︡kiĭ on Voice of America about his father-in-law, Georgiĭ Shavelśkiĭ. Some of the materials concern Novit︠s︡kiĭ's brother, Evgeniĭ, and wife, Marii︠a︡.
Grigorii Lomaka Memoirs, 1950
7 itemsLomaka's memoirs describe his flight from South Russia in 1920 in the wake of Denikin's defeat and his wanderings during the next year or so, which took him to Greece, Mount Athos, Bulgaria, and Constantinople. Lomaka's impressions of the various monastic communities on Mount Athos consitute a considerable portion of the manuscript.
Iurii Il'ich Lodyzhenskii Papers, 1924-1973
1000 itemsThe collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, and printed materials. The majority of the collection consists of anti-communist printed materials, primarily on religious persecution in the U.S.S.R. Among the printed materials there is a memoir by Lodyzhenskiĭ on Gorkiĭ, Korolenko and Shmelev in the almanac, "Sbornik literaturno-istoricheskogo kruzhka v San Paulo (1951-61)." Manuscripts include a typescript by Lodyzhenskiĭ, "Pro-Christo: Povest"́ (227 p.), his memoirs, "Zapiski vracha (iz epokhi rossiĭskogo smutnogo vremeni)" (66 p.) and a manuscript on the emigre anti-communist movement, "Mezhdunarodnoe anti-kommunisticheskoe dvizhenie (1924-1950)" (255 p.). There is also a letter by Dmitriĭ Merezhkovskiĭ.
Ivan Nikolaevich Efremov Papers, 1917-1936
29 itemsCollection includes three chapters apparently from the manuscript of a book by Efremov on the causes of the Revolution of 1917 in Russia; memoranda, notes, and clippings on attempts made in the 1920s and 1930s to bring about a rapprochement between the Russian Orthodox, Catholic, and Anglican churches (these materials were prepared for the Carnegie Endowment, apparently in 1935-36); and a 1917 menu from a restaurant in Petrograd.
Konstantin Nikolaevich Nikolaev Papers, 1950-1960
55 itemsPapers 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.
Metropolitan Evlogii Memoirs, 1940-1948
9 itemsMemoirs that cover Evlogiĭ's childhood to the 1930s. They were published, in a somewhat abridged form, as "Put ́moeĭ zhizni" (Paris, 1947). This typescript version (986 p.) includes many handwritten corrections and annotations by Evlogiĭ. Also included with the memoirs are copies of reviews of the book.
Nikolai Sergeevich Arsen'ev Papers, 1950-1965
125 itemsManuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of N. S. Arsen'ev. The collection consists primarily of manuscripts of his writings on theological topics, such as "Glimpses of Ultimate Reality" and "Vom Problem der religösen Uberwindung des Todes." Also included are several photographs of Arsen'ev, and offprints and pamphlets by him.
Nikolai Vital'evich Maryshev Papers, 1945-1964
100 itemsMaryshev's handwritten memoirs (200 p.) deal with his childhood and education as well as his later experiences. There are also materials relating to his work in the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe after the war.
Nina Evstaf'evna Illiasevich Papers, 1893-1975
0.25 Linear FeetPapers consist of correspondence, a manuscript, photographs, and printed materials. There is family correspondence and letters from members of the Orthodox hierarchy in fhe Soviet Baltic countries. A handwritten memoir entitled "Moe rannee detstvo" (7p.) discusses Illiasevich's childhood. In a photograph album and a folder of loose photographs there are family pictures, pictures of the village of Ianovo in Kovno (Kaunas) province, and pictures of members of the Orthodox hierarchy in Soviet Lithuania. Newspapers and clipping contain publications about E. Kalisskii and his sons Pavel and Dmitrii.
Russkii Natsional'nyi Komitet Records, 1917-1960
32000 itemsThe collection contains RNK correspondence, documents, photographs, subject files, organizational records and printed materials. There are letters from Boris Bakhmeteff, Pavel and Petr Dolgorukov, Zinaida Gippius, Aleksandr Kutepov, Dmitrii Merezhovskii, Bernard Pares, Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams, George Vernadsky, and Petr Vrangel. There is a short essay by Aleksandra Tolstaia about her father. The manuscripts relate to political, historical and sociological issues. Most of the subject files relate to emigre organizations other than the RNK, while those of the RNK are classified into files of financial records, bulletins, minutes and lists of names and addresses. Among the printed materials are brochures and pamphlets, clippings, newspapers, and books.
Sergei Aleksandrovich Malloi Papers, 1916-1971
600 itemsThe collection contains correspondence, documents, manuscripts, a diary, memoirs, subject files, photographs and printed materials, mostly pertaining to Bishop Sergii of Prague and the Russian Orthodox Church in emigration. Included is a manuscript (49 p.) entitled "Russkim russkii o russkikh delakh." The subject files on Bishop Sergii contain correspondence, manuscripts, memoirs, photographs and miscellaneous items by and about the bishop.
Sergei Dmitrievich Botkin Papers, 1830-1970
3500 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. The bulk of the correspondence consists of copies of reports and dispatches sent by Botkin to the Council of Ambassadors (in Paris) in 1919-1935. Also included are many letters to Botkin by Baron V. Osten-Saken, and Botkin's letterbooks for 1930-1934. Manuscripts include Botkin's memoirs. Extensive subject files concern Russian prisoners of war in World War I, the Civil War in the Baltic region, and the emigration in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. Also included are miscellaneous materials relating to the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including consular correspondence, departmental circulars, passports, and texts of treaties. There is a letter signed by the painter Orest Kiprenskii, and letters and documents signed by such officials as Aleksandr Izvol'skii, V. N. Lamzdorf, Ivan Paskevich, Sergei Sazonov, and Sergei Uvarov. These items were collected by Botkin.
Stepan Ivanovich Burian Papers, 1950-1974
100 itemsCorrespondence and manuscripts of memoiristic and religious character, and news clippings. There is one letter each from Dmitrii Shakovskoi (Bishop Ioann of San Francisco) and Aleksandra Tolstaia.
Valerii Frantsevich Salatko-Petrishche papers, 1930-1976
200 itemsThe papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts and printed materials. There are letters from N. P. Avtonomov and A. A. Bisk as well as copies of Salatko-Petrishche's letters to Lidiia Iulianovna Khaindrova. Salatko-Petrishche was in China from 1939-1943 as part of a Russian religious mission, and many of his manuscripts concern the Russian emigre colonies in Harbin, Shanghai and Peking. There is a bibliography of Salatko-Petrishche's works (including his own poetry and translations from both Chinese and Portugese poetry) and several essays discussing religious affairs in the Far East. In addition, there is a manuscript about the Toplovskii Monastery written by nun Paraskeva and a copy of Salatko-Petrishche's book "Ariel"́ (written under the pseudonym Valerii Pereleshin) a collection of poetry published in 1976.
Vasilii Mikhailovich Kliuzhin Memoirs, 1968-1976
5 itemsManuscript memoirs (15 p.) touch upon life in pre-revolutionary Russia and upon the Orthodox Church in Australia. Also included are several open letters and a pamphlet on the church.
Vasilii Vasil'evich Zen'kovskii Memoirs, 1951-1963
10 itemsTypescript memoirs of Zenḱovskiĭ. This collection consists of ten memoirs by Zenḱovskiĭ. In them he discusses such topics as his participation in the 1918 Ukrainian government; his participation in the life of the Russian Orthodox Church in Western Europe from the 1920's to the 1960's; and his participation in the Russian Christian Student Movement.