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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs and printed materials of Unkovskiĭ. The correspondence includes letters from such individuals as Emile Baës, Vladimir Burt︠s︡ev, Nikolaĭ Evreĭnov, Galina Kuznet︠s︡ova, Boris Lazarevskiĭ, Alekseĭ Remizov, Ivan Shmelov, Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev, and Leonid Zurov. Nearly all the manuscripts are by Unkovskiĭ, and include essays, stories, and excerpts from his memoirs, many of which were published in emigre journals. There are a number of scrapbooks containing clippings of his articles. In addition, the collection contains galleys of books by Unkovskiĭ, and copies of some of his full-length works, including "Ikary" (1942) and "Andreĭ Klinskiĭ" (1940).

The 30-page typescript provides an account of the events of 1917 from the point of view of a cadet in the Nikolaev Cavalry School in Petrograd, where Velikotnyĭ studied in 1916 and 1917. It also describes in detail Velikotnyĭ's experiences as an officer in the Volunteer Army from late 1917 until the evacuation of the White Army in Nov. 1920.

The collection consists of a typescript copy of a fragment of a diary (14 p.) by Vladimir Pavlovich dated 1903, a typescript copy of his memoirs (71 p.) dated 1910, and a typescript (15 p.) of the memoirs of I︠U︡stina Kruzenshtern, Vladimir's daughter, concerning the years 1906-1914. The memoirs primarily concern Russian military expeditions, military life in Manchuria and Russian relations with the native population.

Bound typescript memoirs entitled "Vospominanii︠a︡ i materialy dli︠a︡ istorii" (37 p. plus appendices). The memoirs concern the East Prussian campaign of 1914. There are photographs interspersed throughout the text, and a reel of microfilm of maps of the campaign.

Mylńikov's manuscript and typescript memoirs concern World War I and the Civil War.

The memoirs describe the final days, in the Fall of 1917, of the Supreme Commander's Headquarters and his own subsequent mission to the Ukrainian government in Kiev on behalf of the Cossacks, especially the Don Cossacks.

Khoromanskiĭ's manuscripts and memoirs concern such topics as his childhood and his father's work as an official in Saratov; World War I; White attempts to combat Makhno's forces; and Russian refugees on Malta and Capri. There is a subject file on the Russkoe Trudovoe Khristi︠a︡nskoe Dvizhenie, and a photograph of Petr Stolypin in 1904. Printed materials include a decree by the Ukrainian government in 1918 and several by the White army in Elisavetgrad and Ekaterinoslav in 1919. In addition, there are the memoirs of Khoromanskiĭ's father, Venedikt M. Khoromanskiĭ, concerning 1918-22.

Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and documents of Vladimir Vladimirovich Vladimirov. The collection consists of one letter, a handwritten memoir in the form of short sketches on specific topics, several personal and military photographs, and four personal documents.

Manuscripts of Vostokov. Following the 1917 revolution, Vostokov served as a chaplain for the White Army, and was later sent abroad by General Wrangel because he was preaching that the Jews were responsible for the revolution. The manuscripts in the collection are chiefly memoirs and pertain not only to the revolution and Civil War, but to a number of important church figures as well. The printed materials consist of two copies of Vostokov's pamphlet"Rozy i shipy" (San Francisco, 1953).