Correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, photographs, and two note books of a well-known Russian symbolist poet Samuil Kissin, a close friend of Vladislav Khodasevich.
The papers are comprised of documents, photographs, correspondence and an audio recording relating to the life of Viktor Gorenko and the literary legacy of his elder sister, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966). They document the life in emigration of Viktor Gorenko and his naturalization as a US citizen.