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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed materials of Volzhanin. The correspondence includes two letters from Aleksandra Tolstai︠a︡. The manuscripts are all by Volzhanin himself, and include memoirs describing his World War I military service, his service in the White Army in Siberia, his arrest and imprisonment until about 1937, his service with the Germans during World War II, and his eventual emigration to the United States. Other manuscripts deal with noted figures in Russian history, the emigre press, and literature. There are a few photographs of Volzhanin and a number of clippings.

The papers contain correspondence that dates from the 1950s to the 1970s, and concern emigre Cossack affairs as well as the career of Skrylov's son, Valerian. There are essays on the Kuban Cossacks, political events in 1964 and on the Cossack dictionary Skrylov was compiling. There is a photocopy of a 1948 cerificate Skrylov received from the "Soi︠u︡z pervago kubanskago pokhoda" in Munich. The cataloged photograph is of General Lavr Kornilov in 1916, shortly before his escape from a military hospital in Köszêg, Hungary, and there are photographs of both Skrylov and his son.

The papers include correspondence, photographs, and articles written by I︠U︡zefovich on the defense of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. Also included are scrapbooks relating to his life and career; and printed material.

The collection chiefly consists of Goldenweiser's American legal case files. There are also case files from his German years, and substantial materials on his research into the condition of Russian refugees and refugee problems in general in the 1930s. Much of the correspondence from the late 1930s and early 1940s concerns Jews in Germany and occupied Europe. Correspondents in the collection include Mark Aldanov, Abraham Cahan, Antal Dorati, Georgiĭ Florovskiĭ, Tatʹi︠a︡na Frank, Vladimir and Vera Nabokov, and Mikhail Karpovich; there are 1 or 2 items each from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Lehman, and Nikolaĭ Losskiĭ. Letters, manuscripts, and documents by Vera Nabokova contain considerable information on her and her husband's lives in Germany and in the United States. Many of the American case files concern (as does much of the Nabokova material) individual claims for reparations from Germany after World War II.

from the period of the Russian Civil War. Printed materials include posters from the Civil War Period.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence consists of letters written to Beklemishev and his wife in the 1950s. Manuscripts include his extensive fictionalized memoirs ("Potonuvshai︠a︡ Atlantida"), items apparently written for emigre

The collection includes correspondence, memoirs, organizational records, and printed materials. The correspondence -- which covers the 1923-1963 period -- concerns the activities of a number of emigre Cossack groups, scout groups and anti-Communist organizations throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. There is a two volume memoir written by P.P. Cherepanov, a member of the Tiflis Cadet Corps. The organizational records include accounts, membership lists, poems and songs, protocols and receipts, chiefly for the Tiflis Cadet Corps. Among the printed materials are issues of emigre and Cossack publications (such as "Bodrost,́" "Mikhaĭlovt︠s︡y" and "Rodimyĭ kraĭ") and ten folders of clippings about Cossack events and members. One of the scrapbooks contains guest lists of various events, clippings and photographs (including photographs from the filming of a 1920s production of "Khadzhi Murat"), while the other scrapbook has records of Cossack events and a number of original watercolors.

The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Among the correspondents are Boris Bakhmeteff, Pavel Mili︠u︡kov, Ivan Shmelev, and Petr Wrangel. There is a manuscript of General Denikin's entitled, "Ocherki russkoĭ smuty," and of some of his other writings. Subject files deal with the Civil War and the emigration. Extensive printed materials include General Denikin's library and a collection of chiefly Russian emigre periodicals. Boxes 51, 52, 56, 61 have been integrated in the SEEC periodical collection.

Photographs of various people and on various topics. There are a number of major groups: late 19th century Russian revolutionaries; the wreck of Alexander III's train in 1888; Russian families in the early 20th century; nurses in Petrograd in World War I (Kononova); Aleksandr Kerenskiĭ at the front, 1917; St. Tikhon's Monastery in Pennsylvania; and American cultural and political figures in the USSR in the 1950's (such as Van Cliburn, W.A. Harriman, Richard Nixon, Carl Sandburg, and Isaac Stern).

Manuscripts and photographs of Boris Georgievich Berg. There is an unpublished biography by B. G. Berg of Fedor Fedorovich Berg, "Feld́marshal Graf F. F. Berg i ego sovreminniki." The memoirs of B. G. Berg cover his youth, theatre career, World War I and its aftermath, and the emigration in France and the United States. There are also photographs of members of the Berg family.

The collection consists primarily of biographical materials, including a draft of an autobiography and of a biography. There are also a small number of subject files, some personal documents and correspondence for the years 1935-1975.

This collection includes Papers of the Committee for the Education of Russian Youth in Exile, and its predecessors, Refugees in Russia and the Committee for the Rescue and Education of Russian Children, and Papers of the Committee' Director, Thomas Whittemore. The collection, which consists of correspondence, files on students supported by the Committee, financial records, photographs, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials, with the bulk dates 1914-1936.

Collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. Much of the correspondence and other materials relate to the United Committee to Aid Russians in Europe, which helped displaced persons; Kapat︠s︡inskiĭ chaired this body. Other materials concern the Russkoe Obʺedinennoe Obshchestvo Vzaimopomoshchi v Amerike (Russian Consolidated Mutual Aid Society of America -- ROOVA). Cataloged materials consist of 2 letters by Sofii︠a︡ Panina and 1 by Igor ́Sikorskiĭ.

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, subject files and printed materials. The correspondence includes letters from Michael Florinsky, Mikhail Karpovich, Bernard Pares, Geroid Robinson and George Vernadsky as well as one each from Lidii︠a︡ Lopukhova, Lewis Mumford and George Orwell. There is abundant correspondence relating to the Cunard Whitestar Line, notably from Anthony Cunard. The manuscripts include drafts of several of Fedotoff-White's books as well as copious notes and book reviews. There are subject files relating to his curriculum vitae, financial affairs, and his university studies. Among the printed materials are books (including several of his own), clippings, pamphlets, and brochures.

Seven letters (five handwritten originals and two typed copies) written by E. K. Breshko-Breshkovskaia to Arthur and Ethel Bullard.

Typescript memoirs: "Donbass" (59 p.) concerns the Civil War in south Russia; "Moi berlinskie vpechatleniia. Aprel' 1945-iiul 1946" (74 p.) with Germany at the end of and after the World War II. There is also an open letter (6 p.) by Chevdar to the leaders of the Russian-American Aid Society (Russko-Amerikanskii Soiuz Pomoshchi).

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject file, and printed materials of Evgenii︠a︡ I. Vagner and her husband, I︠U︡liĭ N. Vagner. While most of the correspondence is personal, some of it relates to I︠U︡liĭ Vagner's scientific research. There is a manuscript by an unknown person about Ivan D. Sytin, and a number of notebooks with entries by Evgenii︠a︡ Vagner. The documents, which include passports, travel documents, service records, and diplomas of both Evgenii︠a︡ Vagner and her husband, mainly concern their lives in emigration in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and, at the end of World War II, in Germany. There are three folders of photographs, a subject file concerning Evgenii︠a︡ Vagner's post cards and copies of two editions of a book by I︠U︡liĭ Vagner"Nachalńyĭ kurs prirodovedenii︠a︡" Kiev, 1908, and Belgrade, 1924.

The 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.

The papers include letters of introduction, documents, photographs, picture postcards, and a wallet. There are cataloged photographs of Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskai︠a︡, Ili︠́a︡ Erenburg, and Elena V. Nabokova, and Sergeĭ Kni︠a︡zḱov. Oversized folder: diplomas, official documents, photograph of Russian Extraordinary Mission, New York, 1917.

Materials relating to the history of the Finland Regiment of the Imperial Russian Guards and to the activities of the emigre Finland Regiment Association (Obe̋dinenie Finli︠a︡ndskago Polka), an organization of former officers of the regiment, including correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Although the regiment was founded in 1806, almost all the materials date from the 20th century. The voluminous correspondence largely consists of letters to Dmitriĭ I. Khodnev and leaders of the regimental association in the emigration. Manuscripts include a long memoir by Khodnev concerning his service in the regiment