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David J. Dallin Collection of Soviet Displaced Persons manuscripts, 1947-1951
21 itemsManuscripts collected by David J. Dallin consists of autobiographical essays in English and Russian by Soviet displaced persons, discussing their lives in the USSR and why they chose not to return there. There are also essays in English telling the stories of Soviet displaced persons from the point of view of another unidentified narrator. Also included is a letter dated 2 Aug. 1943 from Povilas Zadeikis, a representative of Lithuania in the United States in 1934 – 1957.
Konstantin Nikolaevich Gavrilov Papers, 1917-1963
1500 itemsPapers consist of diaries, documents, and photographs. Most of the diaries are from the post-war period; a few concern the 1917 Revolution and World War II. There are many photographs from the interwar Soviet Union, when Gavrilov lived in Stalingrad. Among the documents are Gavrilov's personal documents from the Soviet period, from the Second World War, and from the post-war years, when he was a displaced person in Germany.
Iakob Glasse Diary, 1950
194 pagesTypescript copy of Glasse's diary which deals with the interwar USSR, World War II, his emigration to western Europe during the war and his life there afterwards.
Fiodor Gorb Memoir, 1955
172 pagesTypescript memoirs "Chernyi Uragan" describe experiences of Gorb and his family in the Soviet Union before and during the Second World War.
Albert Ford Hinrichs Papers, 1930-1978
2 itemsThe papers consist of an autobiography and photocopies of letters, in two loose-leaf binders. The letters, which are often very detailed, concern his visits to the Soviet Union in 1930 and 1932.
Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kalishevskii Manuscript, 1955
13 pagesIn his manuscript ""Prisiazhnaia advokatura dorevoliutsionnoi Rossii i aivokstura SSSR" Kalishevskiĭ discusses the legal profession under both Tsarist and Soviet regimes.
G.G. Karpov Manuscript, 1945
258 pagesCarbon typescript "Le Drame d'un Grand Peuple. La Russie et le Systeme Sovietique"
Evgeniia Semenovna Khmel'nitskaia Papers, 1928-1956
200 itemsThe papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials. Correspondence includes 3 letters from Mikhaĭl Karpovich, and letters from Khmelńit︠s︡kai︠a︡'s son Sergeĭ, a writer in the Soviet Union. Among the manuscripts is Khmelńit︠s︡kai︠a︡'s autobiography, which discusses her childhood in Odessa and her education; and her translation of the letters of William Frey, a Russian immigrant in Kansas in the 1870s.
Nikolai Dmitrievich Khomutov Memoir, 1930
89 pagesThe manuscript "Iz dalekoso proshlogo" concerns Khomutov's trip to the USSR in the 1920s.
Andrei Vasil'evich Kravtsov Letters, 1924-1932
61 itemsLetters written by Andreĭ V. Kravt︠s︡ov from the Soviet Union to friends and family in the West. Most of these letters were written to Aleksandr K. Vrangeĺ a fellow Kadet, in 1924-28; also included are letters by Kravt︠s︡ov to his son Vadim. There are clippings on various topics, mostly from Soviet newspapers.