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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.

Part of the collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, military diaries, maps and printed materials that pertain to World War I. Some materials deal with the Civil War, Polish history, medieval Russia and Lithuania, and the history of Russian education. Several folders contain military orders, "prikazy", dating from the early 1900s to about 1925. There are also genealogical materials concerning Russian nobility and Goshtovt's family. The maps primarily concern World War I and the Civil War; also included are a postal map of Russia in 1860, and a map of transportation routes in 1887. The printed materials include clippings, and bulletins published by various emigre military organizations. Most of the books in the collection pertain to the German army during World War I.