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The 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.

Correspondence and financial and organizational records that relate to the Obʺshchestvo Bystrai︠a︡ Pomoshch.́ Most of the materials, including correspondence from aid petitioners or recipients or other organizations, and financial records, reports, date from 1945-1947.

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, documents, subject files and printed materials of Sergei Grigor'evich Svatikov (1878/1880?-1942), Russian lawyer, historian, publicist, and public figure. The correspondence includes letters from Mark Aldanov, Vladimir Burtsev, Ivan Efremov, Georgii Grebenshchikov, Grigorii Lozinskii, Sergei Mel'gunov, Nikolai Rubakin, George Vernadsky and Mark Vishniak. There is a notebook that belonged to Vera Zasulich. Among the photographs are pictures of Prince Adam Jerzy Czartoryski, Sergei Mel'gunov, and Aleksander Wielopolski. The manuscripts include several by Svatikov as well as many notes, lists and bibliographical compendia relating to his oeuvre. The subject files cover such areas as the Russian Reading Hall in Heidelberg, the Turgenev Library in Paris, and the Russkii akademicheskii soiuz (Groupe academique russe), also in Paris. The printed materials include clippings, materials from the Institute d'ʹetudes slaves, and a number of books by Svatikov.

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, subject files and printed materials of Burt︠s︡ev. The correspondence includes letters from Mark Aldanov, Anton Denikin, Sergeĭ Melǵunov, Boris Nikolaevskiĭ, Maurice Paleòlogue, Sergeĭ Shtern, I︠A︡kov T︠s︡vibak, Mark Vishni︠a︡k and Vladimir Zeeler. Among the manuscripts are two essays by Burt︠s︡ev as well as numerous notes and manuscript fragments. There are several photographs of Burt︠s︡ev. The subject files include materials on "Byloe", items concerning Burt︠s︡ev's own archive, and materials on "Obshchee delo.".