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Most of the papers, which consist of correspondence and documents, concern the period 1911-1913 when Halle, then a student at the Kunsthistorisches Institut of the University of Vienna, went to Russia to study art history. The cataloged correspondence in this collection consists of letters from the following scholars: Boris Denike, Louis Rʹeau, Iakov Smirnov, Praskov'ia Uvarova, Josef Strzygowski, and Valentin Zubov. Arranged correspondence includes letters from various people and organizations, such as Imperatorskoe Moskovskoe Arkheologicheskoe obshchestvo, Imperatorskoe Stroganovskoe Tsentral'noe khudozhestvenno-promyshlennoe uchilishche, Kunsthistorisches Institut. Among documents are library IDs, including Biblioteka Istoricheskogo muzeia and Imperatorskaia Publichnaia biblioteka; member card of the Piatnadtsatyi Arkheologicheskii s"ezd v Novgorode; credential of the Vladimirskaia Dukhovnaia Konsistoriia; and list of publications provided by Imperatorskaia Akademiia Khudozhestv.

The papers consist primarily of the Kosatkin-Rostovskiĭ's memoirs. His manuscript memoirs (150 p.) discuss his life up to 1906. Her typescript memoirs (440 p.) discuss her childhood, career as an actress in St. Petersburg, 1917-1918 in Petrograd, and the emigration in France. Also included are his diary for June-July 1940; a few letters written to him; clippings of his newspaper articles (many signed with the pseudonym "Antar"); and a book with his poetry and with essays dedicated to him; "Krestnym putem k voskresenii︠u︡" (Paris, 1948).

Most of the collection consists of carbons of Linnik's outgoing correspondence promoting brotherhood, and subject files related to this topic. The cataloged item is a letter from Robert Oppenheimer.

Papers of the Gagarin family, consisting of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, invitations, drawings, and photographs. The correspondence includes letters to Prince Gagarin, Russian Ambassador in Rome in the 1820s and 1830s; letters to Prince Aleksandr A. Gagarin; and one letter each from R.W. Gilder and Fedor Shali︠a︡pin to Princess (Marii︠a︡?) Gagarina. The documents chiefly concern Prince Aleksandr A. Gagarin. There are photographs of the Emir of Bokhara and his son from about 1900.

Correspondence and memoirs of Vigand. The correspondence dates from 1925 to 1937 and primarily consists of letters from her daughter and other relatives and friends in the Soviet Union. The memoirs describe Vigand's life in the Soviet Union from 1920-1925 during which time she lived in the Northern Caucasus and in Novorossiĭsk. The memoirs end with her emigration to France in 1925.

Correspondence, manuscripts and documents of Staal. Cataloged correspondence consists of a few items by Aleksandr Gorchakov and Philippe, Comte de Paris. There are many letters to Staal from Marie, Duchess of Wurtemberg, and Olga, Queen of Wurtemberg. There is a long series of drafts of letters by Staal to N.K. Giers, another high ranking Russian diplomat. Manuscripts consist of diplomatic reports, chiefly on Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt and Russia in the 1870's. Documents include items signed by Tsar Alexander II and King George I of Greece, and Staal's personal financial records.

The collection consists of correspondence, a diary, manuscripts, memoirs, notes, a subject file, photographs and printed materials. Correspondence is primarilly addressed to Orlov and his wife. Manuscripts and memoirs, chiefly by Orlov, deal with Civil War topics. Orlov's diary covers the years 1918-1921. Notes are on World War II, and the subject file concerns the death of Orlov. Photographs include a group picture of a Gallipoli Society meeting in Prague. Printed materials include clippings, mimeographed materials, pamphlets and copies of periodicals, all relating to the Gallipoli Society.

Eight letters and one photograph sent to I︠A︡kimovich. The letters were mostly written by White general Aleksandr P. Kutepov in 1926-29. The letters are brief and not very specific, except when Kutepov claims that all Bolsheviks are Jews. The photograph, of Kutepov, is autographed.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, personal documents, subject files and printed materials. Almost half the correspondence is from Varvara (Vali︠a︡) Shakhovskai︠a︡, his wife, from whom he was divorced in 1932 but whose friendship he enjoyed until his death in 1961. A large portion of the manuscripts is in the form of a diary which, for the years 1919-1920, relates the activities of the Cuirassiers during the Civil War. The subject files deal exclusively with the Cuirassier Regiment and its veterans' organization in emigration. They include minutes, official mailings, regiment songs and poems and copies of the regiment publication, "Vestnik," for the period 1928-1931.