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Collection includes 19 manuscript notebooks of poetry and prose; 42 titled articles in typescript form on religious, political, literary and autobiographical topics; several published collections of her poetry; and a folder of original drawings. Also included are three biographical articles by K. Mochulśkiĭ, M. Vishni︠a︡k and her mother Sofii︠a︡ Borisovna Pilenko, as well as her own childhood and that of her mother and grandmother during the era of Alexander I, Nicholas I, and Alexander II.

Collection consists of manuscripts, documents and printed materials. Manuscripts include two memoirs by Dubakina, one on her experiences in the Crimea, the other on a visit of Nicholas II there; and a personal memoir by Evgenii︠a︡ Tuli︠a︡kova-Danilovskai︠a︡, entitled "Pervyĭ god v Germanii." There is also a copy of a poem attributed to Vladimir Purishdevich. There are personal documents of Dubakina from 1918-1920. Printed materials consist of newspaper clippings concering A. I. Tuli︠a︡kova.

The four typescript essays concern the Ukrainian Nationalist movement. Three are written by N. Grigorév: "Ukrainskai︠a︡ Demokratii︠a︡ i reakt︠s︡ii︠a︡" (n.d., 25 p.); "Kak nemt︠s︡y obmanyvali ukraint︠s︡ev" (n.d., 14 p.). One is a summary of articles written by N. Grigorév: "Zadachi Ukrainskoĭ Demokratii" (1939, 8 p.). Grigorév treats his topic from a historical perspective as well as in specific regard to World War II.

The collection consists of six handwritten memoirs concerning the ROA in Italy in 1945 (plus related items): "Bez 5 minut 12" (16 p.); "Gosti iz Dabendorfa" (89 p.); "Mart︠s︡abotto" (63 p.); "Posledni︠a︡i︠a︡ boevai︠a︡ operat︠s︡ii︠a︡ brigady ROA v Italii" (5 p.); "Tolé" (31 p.); and "Voenno-polevoĭ sud" (12 p.).

Memoirs of Tereshchenko. These extensive, uncollated manuscript memoirs discuss Tereshchenko's service in the Russian army in World War I; inthe White Army in the Ukraine and southern Russia in the Civil War; in the French Foreign Legion in the 1920's; and, in World War II, with German auxiliary forces, the NTS, and the Vlasov movement.

The memoirs "Zheltye zvezdy" describe how Prokofév-Pylaev and his friends helped save Jews during the war, and how Jews served in Vlasov's army.

Maryshev'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.

Milovskiĭ's memoirs discuss primarily the Civil War in the Baltic region and on the Northwest Front, and the occupations of Vilnius by the Soviet and then the Lithuanian army in 1939. Milovskiĭ uses the pseudonym Aleksandr Sushkevich in these memoirs.

Shilo-Nudzhaevskai︠a︡'s five brief manuscript memoirs (in all 28 p.) discuss the Civil War in the Ukraine and the Crimea, meetings with White general Shkuro, the evacuation of refugees to Turkey, the emigration in Bulgaria and France, and attempts to avoid the Soviet forces and return to France at the end of World War II.

Typescript memoirs "Svet i teni moei zhizni". The memoirs are edited and introduced by Mikhail Karachevskiĭ-Karateev. They touch upon her youth, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War, emigration in Poland, World War II, emigration in the United States, and her subsequent round-the-world travels.