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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, organizational records, and accounts of the Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Pisateleĭ i Zhurnalistov v Parizhe (Union of Russian Writers and Journalists in Paris). The correspondence (ca. 1920-1951) primarily deals with organizational subsidies and events, and includes letters from such writers as Mark Aldanov, Ivan Bunin, Mikhail Fedorov, Mikhail Osorgin, Alekseĭ Remizov, Nadezhda Teffi, Marina T︠S︡vetaeva and Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev (the president of the organization) among others. There are manuscripts by Vladimir Zeeler and Sofii︠a︡ Anichkova-Taube as well as photographs of several members of the organization. The financial records include receipts for subsidies and general financial statements covering the 1920-1950 period. The organizational records concern Union balls, publications, and other activities. There are also folders of miscellaneous notes and clippings.

Correspondence, photographs, minutes, financial records, subject files, printed material and membership files of Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Shofferov (the Union of Russian Chauffeurs) founded in Paris in 1926 and incorporated in 1945 into the French drivers union, Cochers et Chauffeurs de Voitures de Place as a Russian local. The organization functioned both as a fraternal society and a labor union; it operated a credit union, a summer resort, a dining hall and a library, and also interceded on behalf of its members (ca. 1,000 in 1945) before French governmental authorities. The bulk of the collection is comprised of membership records, minutes of meetings, financial records and subject files. There is also correspondence between members and the union office, and photographs taken at the summer resort in 1934 and 1936.

More than 2000 titles of periodicals and newspapers (many of them complete runs), as well as thousands of leaflets, broadsides and posters. Titles includes: Antisovetskaia Pravda, Armianskii Vestnik, Atmoda, Azadlyg, Baltiiskoe Vremia, Belarusskaia Tribuna, Chernoe Znamia, Demokraticheskaia Gazeta, Demokraticheskaia Rossiia, Edalet, Ekspress-khronika, Evrei i Perestroika, Evreiskaia Gazeta, Golos Kurda, Romania Libera, Carpatische Rundschau, to name just a few.

Russian Newspapers of the 20th Century: The birth of "Pravda" in Russia (1912); The Death and Funeral of Stalin (1953); and Khrushchev's Visit to North Africa (1964)

A letter, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of members of the Sozonovich family. The letter is by Vladimir Frant︠s︡ev. Manuscripts consist of lectures by Ivan Sozonovich and poems by his wife. There are photographs of the Sozonovich family; of Konstantin Bestuzhev-Ri︠u︡min, founder of a program of higher education for women in St. Petersburg; and of several professors at Warsaw University--Vladimir Frant︠s︡ev, Konstantin Grot, and Ivan Filevich. Printed materials include periodicals with items by Marii︠a︡ Sozonovich-Kozhina.

Letters by Spichukov-Zabolotnyĭ to his wife. The letters date from the 1920's and were written from Leningrad to his wife in Finland. They deal with Spichukov-Zabolotnyĭ's unsuccessful attempt to emigrate to Finland, and give an account of the period of War Communism and of NEP. The collection includes an explanatory note (43 p.) by Ekaterina Maĭdel ́on the correspondence.

Velinsky's typescript "The Raise (sic) and Fall of the Teacher's Social Status under the Impact of Communism in Czechoslovakia" was prepared for the Rockefeller Foundation.

Correspondence and manuscripts of memoiristic and religious character, and news clippings. There is one letter each from Dmitrii Shakovskoi (Bishop Ioann of San Francisco) and Aleksandra Tolstaia.

The papers consist of business records, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and maps. Most of the business records (financial records, lists of employees, incorporation of papers, etc.) concern the company, "Torgovyĭ Dom I.P. Kolokolńikova Nasledniki", in 1917-1919. The company was based in Ti︠u︡men ́and dealt in such commodities as flour, tea, and sugar. Also included are materials on the Teti︠u︡khi Mining Company (silver and lead mines), and on a project to build a network of grain elevators in Manchuria in the early 1920s. There are maps and statements concerning a dispute over land property borders in the Ti︠u︡men ́region in the late 19th century.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files and printed materials of Vostrotin. The correspondence dates from 1919 to 1942. The manuscripts are chiefly by Vostrotin, and primarily consist of memoirs. Among the subjects he treats in his memoirs are: the building of the Chinese-Eastern railroad, gold mining along the Eniseĭ River in Siberia, the creation of the North Sea route, various Siberian explorations, the Civil War in the Far East, and Russian emigration to the Far East, with reference to the Russian newspaper "Russkiĭ golos" in Harbin, of which Vostrotin was editor of the 1920's. There are a few documents and subject files relating to the same topics. The printed materials contain several dozen maps.