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Notebook with manuscript stories and memoiristic essays by Envald́.

There are two separate memoirs: the first written under the name I. Idelev and entitled"Li︠u︡di vne zakona (zapiski sovetskogo voennoplennogo v Germaniĭ)" (215 p.); the second is entitled "O sebe i o drugikh. Avtobiograficheskie zapiski. Chast' l: 1904-1942" (266 p.). There is also a bibliography of Dawletschin's writings.

The memoirs cover 1912-1922, but concentrate on 1918-1920.

Typescript memoirs of Totomi︠a︡nt︠s︡. The longest piece "Iz moikh vospominaniĭ" (156 p.), is a copy of Totomi︠a︡nt︠s︡'s memoirs under the same title (Sofia, Bulgaria, 1943). It discusses his studies in Western Europe; his years as a journalist in Russia around the turn of the century; his work with the cooperative movement in Russia and Europe; and his years in emigration after the 1917 revolution. Also included is a short essay entitled "Kooperativnaia poezdka v Rumynii︠u︡" and four other brief pieces on major economists and scholars whom he knew: Werner Sombart, Luigi Luzzatt, Charles Gide, and Aleksandr A. Chuprov. There is a clipping of an article from a French periodical about Totomi︠a︡nt︠s︡.

Shelepina's manuscript memoirs chiefly concern her service as a nurse in military hospitals at the time of the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. Shelepina was in Petrograd in 1917-1918, and then went south to join the White army.

The memoirs discuss Lekhno's experiences in the Soviet Union, Europe and Latin America. Also included are printed ephemera from Yugoslavia and Brazil.

Levitskiĭ's typescript memoirs concern primarily World War I on the Caucasian front, and also the Revolution of 1917.

The collection includes V. P. Zubov's memoirs "Souvenirs de la revolution russe (1917-1925)"; Zubov's biography of Paul I "La fin de l'Empereur Paul". There is also the original manuscript of "Istoriia zhizni Ivana Iakubovskago" (ca. 1850) by Ivan Iakubovskii, and Zubov's foreword, comments and name index prepared for publication of the manuscript. There are two books and one offprint by Zubov in the collection: Zar Paul I: Mensch un Schicksal; Karlik favorita: Istoriia zhizni Ivana Iakubovskogo; and a portion of Zubov's memoirs about the Institut istorii iskusstv, from almanac "Mosty".

The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, and carbon copies of memoirs about Gureev's experiences in World War I and in the White Army in the Crimea and during the Ekaterinoslavsk Campaign from approximattely 1914 until 1920.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, subject files, photographs and printed materials, primarily booklets and clippings. The correspondents include Ivan and Vera Bunin, Mark Slonim and Petr Struve. Also included are photocopies of letters by Ivan A. Goncharov. By far the largest part of the collection is in the form of memoirs written by Valeriĭ P. Semenov-Ti︠a︡nʹ-Shanskiĭ, in which he dwells in detail on his ancestors, on the social and political life in Russian during the second half of the 19th century and on his public life in the emigration. The subject files deal primarily with Russian emigre organizations in Finland.