The collection consists of Leo Tolstoy letter to William L. Kantor; original envelope; typescript of the translation of the letter with translator's note; typescript of Kantor's recollections with handwritten notes. Also included is a related correspondence of Avrahm Yarmolinsky and V. Chertkov with William L. Kantor dated 1928-1930 and Kantor's biographical note. Tolstoy's letter and one copy of translation are in the bound album.