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The papers include correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and printed materials. Among the correspondents are Sergeĭ Bulgakov, Nikolaĭ Losskiĭ, and Marina T︠S︡vetaeva, and there are one or two letters each from Nina Berberova, Georgiĭ Florovskiĭ, and Semen Frank. There is substantial family correspondence, primarily letters from Fedotov to his wife and daughter. Manuscripts include articles and lectures by Fedotov, and a draft of his translation of the Book of Psalms into Russian; there is also a poem by Marina T︠S︡vetaeva, "M.V." (1932). Printed material consists of off-prints of many of Fedotov's articles. There are subject files on Nikolaĭ Berdi︠a︡ev and on the Bogoslovskiĭ Institute conflict in the late 1930s.

The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts of her diary, published under the title "Dnevnik, 1899-1906" (New York, 1951), documents (primarily personal), photographs chiefly taken in Manchuria at the turn of the century, and printed materials, especially clippings. The clippings include articles by Rossolimo, articles about her and members of her family, and about subjects of interest to her. The correspondence spans the years 1845-1952 but concentrates around 1951, the year of the publication of "Dnevnik, 1899-1906." Among the correspondents are Georgiĭ V. Adamovich, Vera N. Bunina, Anton and Ksenii︠a︡ Denikin, Georgiĭ P. Fedotov, Vasiliĭ A. Maklakov, among others. The diary raises issues of feminism and describes in detail the life of Russians in Manchuria, especially during the Russo-Japanese War.