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V. Ryndin Manuscript, 1950
240 pagesThis manuscript "Rabota NKVD" by V. Ryndin and an unidentified co-author, discusses the composition, functions, and methods of the Soviet state security agency. It is much more a rough draft than a finished manuscript.
Vserossiiskii Zemskii Soiuz Records, 1916-1945
3000 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, drawings and printed material of the Vserossiiskii zemskii soiuz (All Russian Zemstvo Union). The correspondence, spanning the years 1920-1944, is for the most part addressed to Porfirii N. Sorokin, Executive Secretary of the organization's Vremennyi glavnyi komitet (Temporary Executive Committee), the coordinating unit for all the institutions of the Zemstvo Union. The manuscripts include writings by N. I. Astrov, V. D. Kuz'min-Karavaev, and others. The documents are almost exclusively minutes of the Temporary Executive Committee's meetings from the period 1919-1924. The photographs, for the most part unidentified, are of Russian refugee settlements and White Army encampments in the area of Constantinople and Gallipoli, ca. 1921. The subject files include some financial records, and the printed material include the Vserossiiskii zemskii soiuz bulletin from 1916-1921 as well as publications about the Rossiiskii Zemsko-gorodskoi komitet and the Vserossiiskii soiuz gorodov.
Vsevolod Dmitrievich Perovskii Manuscripts and Printed Materials, 1925-1933
16 itemsThe manuscripts primarily concern calendar reform, including Perovskiĭ's calculations and ideas on how to proceed with this reform. The printed materials consist of eight copies of "T︠S︡erkovnyĭ Vestnik" seven with articles by Perovskiĭ, and one with his obituary.
Wladimir S. Woytinsky manuscripts, 1906-1907
1 boxTypescripts in Russian and English of PETERBURGESKII SOVET BEZRABOTNYKH, 1906-1907 (THE SOVIET OF THE UNEMPLOYED IN PETERSBURG..). Both copies have handwritten corrections, probably in the hand of Woytinsky's wife, Emma S. Woytinsky. In addition there is one folder of photocopies of miscellaneous printed materials, mostly in Russian.
World War II Russian posters, 1939-1945
6 portfoliosA series of numbered Russian war posters issued by the Soviet news service, TASS. An English translation of the poster's titles, texts, authors, and artists are listed by the Tass number in a separate loose leaf binder
YMCA France records, circa 1930s-1960s
4 linear feetYMCA Press Institutional records, correspondence with prominent public figures.
Yurii Gudim-Levkovich Manuscripts, 1957
3 itemsThe collection consists of a carbon copy and a photocopy of essays entitled"O politicheskoĭ napravlennosti i soderzhanii antibolśhevistskoĭ propagandy v svi︠a︡zi s sovremennym polozheniem kresti︠́a︡n v SSSR", and "Rost khlebnogo proizvodstva v kolkhozakh stepnykh i lesostepnykh raĭonov evropeĭskoĭ chasti SSSR." There is also a brief summary, in English, of the latter essay by one Joseph A. Baclawski.
Zernov Family Papers, 1919-1976
3100 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials of members of the Zernov family, especially Nikolaĭ M. Zernov. Correspondence includes letters from Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev, Archimandrite Kiprian, Alekseĭ Remizov, Vasiliĭ Zenḱovskiĭ, and copies of many letters from Gustave Kullmann to his wife Marii︠a︡, nʹee Zernova. Manuscripts include: memoirs by Sofii︠a︡ A. Zernova about her childhood, youth, and family; Sofii︠a︡ M. Zernova's albums, poems, diaries and memoirs about the Civil War and the emigration in Europe; manuscripts by Nikolaĭ Zernov on religious and literary themes; a report by a Lt. Shokotov on his White Army detached service in 1917-1919; a brief manuscript by Vladimir M. Zernov claiming that syphillis was a contributing factor in Lenin's death; and manuscripts and speeches by Kullmann. Subject files include biographical information collected by Nikolaĭ Zernov on many emigre Orthodox churchmen and religious writers, and materials relating to Kullmann and the Zernov family.
Zinaida Aleksandrovna Rzhevskaia Manuscript, 1965
1 itemThe recollections are primarily about her husband and contain references to his arrest, exile in Siberia and execution.
Zinaida Andreevna Melik-Ogandzhanova Papers, 1935-1961
20 itemsThe papers consist of a memoir and printed materials. The memoir (22 p.) is by Melik-Ogandzhanova and covers her husband's life. Printed materials consist of uncirculated postcards from Manchuria under Japanese rule in 1935, copies of Harbin Russian newspapers from 1935, clippings, and a medical pamphlet by Melik-Ogandzhanova's daughter Tamara.