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Boris Aleksandrovich Bakhmeteff Papers, 1914-1951

34000 items 86 boxes 53 volumes 2 awards 1 oil painting
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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files and printed materials. The greater part of the collection concerns the period 1917-22, with a substantial amount of material on the Humanities Fund and Bakhmeteff's friendships with prominent Americans. Cataloged materials include 50 or more letters from John Spargo, Vasilii Maklakov, Ekaterina Kuskova, Frederic Coudert, Georgii L'vov and Michael Karpovich (the last largely concerning the Humanities Fund); there are also a few items by Louis Brandeis, John Foster Dulles, Samuel Gompers, Colonel Edward House, Charles Lindbergh, and Thomas Masaryk. Extensive files of arranged materials include hundreds of letters by Arkadii Zak (who headed the Russian Information Bureau in New York, 1917-22), items to and by Sergei Uget, and official telegrams from 1917-22. There are manuscripts in the collection by Bakhmeteff, Spargo, Uget and Sergei Prokopovich. Subject files chiefly cover the Civil War period, the Paris Peace Conference, the Humanities Fund and Soviet Russia in the early 1920s. Printed materials include pamphlets, journals and clippings. There are also bound reports by different departments of the Russian embassy and mission from 1917 through the 1920s. In addition, the collection contains an oil portrait of Bakhmeteff by the artist Nicolas Becker.

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Boris Aleksandrovich Bakhmeteff Papers, 1914-1951 34000 items 86 boxes 53 volumes 2 awards 1 oil painting

Nikolai Platonovich Vakar Papers, 1930-1980

175 items 1 box
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Correspondence, manuscripts, and newspaper clippings of Nikolaĭ P. Vakar. The correspondence includes numerous letters by Aleksandr Konovalov and Anatoliĭ Velʹmin and one letter by Grand Duke Dimitriĭ Pavlovich. Among manuscripts are a short autobiography by Vakar, and the originals and copies of his diary from 1938-1940. The diary concerns such topics as emigre politics in Paris in this period. There are numerous clippings of newspaper pieces by Vakar. In addition, there is a long obituary of Vakar by Paul Friedrich.

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Nikolai Platonovich Vakar Papers, 1930-1980 175 items 1 box

Ol'ga Mikhailovna Artamonova Papers, 1970s

10 items 2 folders
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Manuscripts and photographs of Ol'ga Mikhailovna Artamonova including her memoirs, entitled "Moia sem'ia", and family photographs from the early 20th century. The memoirs concern the Depreradovich family, Siberia in the early 20th century, the Revolution and the Civil War, and the emigration in the Far East and the U.S.

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Ol'ga Mikhailovna Artamonova Papers, 1970s 10 items 2 folders

Shevel Tumarkin's The Tumarkin Family Collection, 9999

0.42 linear feet 1 document box
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Correspondence, personal documents, photographs, ledger of Sheve Tumarkin and his Family, Jewish Russian emigres to the United States.

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Shevel Tumarkin's The Tumarkin Family Collection, 9999 0.42 linear feet 1 document box

Viktor Gorenko Papers, 1890s-1990s

.42 linear feet 1 document box
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The papers are comprised of documents, photographs, correspondence and an audio recording relating to the life of Viktor Gorenko and the literary legacy of his elder sister, Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966). They document the life in emigration of Viktor Gorenko and his naturalization as a US citizen.
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Viktor Gorenko Papers, 1890s-1990s .42 linear feet 1 document box