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The collection consists of memoirs, manuscripts and a few related photographs. The memoirs cover Nevzorov's reminiscences of the 1905 Revolution through the 1917 Revolution.

The manuscripts, all of which are by Smolin, include his memoirs"Davnominuvshee--Vospominanii︠a︡ starogo ofit︠s︡era." These memoirs describe Smolin's childhood in I︠A︡kut︠s︡k, his military training, and his service in the Finli︠a︡ndskiĭ Polk, the Russo-Japanese War, the 1905 Revolution and World War I. The other, more minor manuscripts primarily deal with military themes. The printed materials consist of two articles by Smolin that appeared in the emigre press.

Mel'nikov's manuscripts include his memoirs, "19 let na zemskoi sluzhbe: avtobiograficheskie nabroski i vospominaniia" (371 p.), describing in detail his service in governmental posts. Several other manuscripts in the collection discuss general problems of Russian developments and also his views on a future, non-Soviet Russia.

Typescript memoirs consist of a bound volume and some loose pages (in all 361 p.). The memoirs cover Kisel-́Zagori︠a︡nskiĭ's childhood, education, his years as a provincial official, the Revolution of 1917 and Civil War, and emigration in Turkey. Also included are two photographs of him.

Manuscripts of Ukraint︠s︡ev. The manuscripts are chiefly autobiographical in nature, and cover the 1905-1955 period. Among the topics Ukraint︠s︡ev treats are: the 1905 Revolution; pogroms in Kishinev; the St. Petersburg-Petrograd Military District (Voennyĭ Okrug), with which Ukraint︠s︡ev was associated from 1914 to 1917; Ukraint︠s︡ev's service with the White Army on the southern front; his service as an interpreter for German troops in the USSR in 1941; Adolph Hitler; and the ten years Ukraint︠s︡ev spent in Soviet prison camps following his arrest by SMERSH in Poland, 1945.

Baranovskii's memoirs describe his youth in Chernigov province; the events of the revolution of 1905 there; his education at the Vil'no Military Academy; his peacetime military service and wartime service in East Prussia; the 1917 revolution and his service in the Volunteer Army during the Civil War; and emigration in Cyprus, Egypt, and Bulgaria.