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Correspondence and memoirs of Vereshchagin. Correspondence includes letters from a number of major emigre cultural figures, such as Ivan Bunin, Matild́a Ksheshinskai︠a︡, Vasiliĭ Nemirovich-Danchenko; there are also poems by Nemirovich-Danchenko and by Nadezhda Teffi. In addition, there are letters by members of the Imperial family in exile, particularly Grand Prince Vladimir Kirillovich. Vereshchagin's memoirs touch on such subjects as his childhood and family, the Imperial Corps of Pages, cultural life in St. Petersburg and Petrograd, and the early 1920's in Petrograd and Moscow. In addition, there is a pamphlet of poems by Vereshchagin"Stikhi" (1955).

Manuscript memoirs (15 p.) touch upon life in pre-revolutionary Russia and upon the Orthodox Church in Australia. Also included are several open letters and a pamphlet on the church.

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.

Typescript "the Truth about Tsarist Russia" presents a revisionist view of social and intellectual conditions in Russia before the Revolution.

Memoirs--mostly handwritten--of Vadbolśkai︠a︡. She spent several years in Persia with her husband, General Vadbolśkiĭ, who commanded Russian troops in northern Persia after the Russo-Japanese War. The memoirs focus on the personal and social life of Vadbolśkai︠a︡. With typed transcript of handwritten portions.

Collection includes Flige's memoirs, which discuss such topics as his childhood and education; ballet and theatre; Kiev and St. Petersburg; his great-uncle, N.Kh. Bunge, his father-in-law V.N. Kokovt︠s︡ov, and Sergeĭ Witte; and of the 1917 Revolution. There are also essays by him on such topics as insurance companies, on the business world of St. Petersburg, and on agrarian issues. Notes and materials collected by Flige evidently relate to a planned book on the fate of the Imperial family during the Revolution. Printed materials include M. Gert︠s︡enshteĭn's, "Agrarnyĭ vopros" (1906), and Aleksandrov's, "Nekotorye dannyi︠a︡ po agrarnomu voprosu" (1917).

Collection includes 19 manuscript notebooks of poetry and prose; 42 titled articles in typescript form on religious, political, literary and autobiographical topics; several published collections of her poetry; and a folder of original drawings. Also included are three biographical articles by K. Mochulśkiĭ, M. Vishni︠a︡k and her mother Sofii︠a︡ Borisovna Pilenko, as well as her own childhood and that of her mother and grandmother during the era of Alexander I, Nicholas I, and Alexander II.

Collection principally concerns Dolgorukov's father, Petr D. Dolgorukov and uncle Pavel D. Dolgorukov. There is a short essay on the family by M.P. Dolgorukov with a photograph of the two brothers; a photograph of a drawing of Pavel done in 1921; and newspaper clippings concerning Petr when he was vice-president of the first Russian State Duma (1906). There are also clippings with excerpts from the diaries of Father Nikolaĭ Ryzhkov's daughter concerning her father's life.

The memoirs primarily concern aristocratic life and the Imperial court in St. Petersburg in the early 20th century. A version of Geiden's memoirs has been published as Heyden, Marina de "Les rubis portent malheur", Monte-Carlo, Regain [1967], 315 pp.

These typescript memoirs discuss her childhood at diplomatic posts (Japan, Washington, Netherlands), and in France and Russia; and her adult life up to 1920. A great deal of attention is devoted to life in the Imperial court and aristocratic social circles.