Collections : [Rare Book & Manuscript Library]

Clippings gathered into scrapbooks, chiefly from American newspapers, on various subjects relating to the Soviet Union and communism.

Mimeographed typescripts, entitled "Istorii︠a︡ Markovskoĭ Artilleriĭskoĭ Brigady." They were prepared and published by the Historical Commission of the veterans' organization of the Markov Artillery Division, which was a White Army unit in the Civil War. The editors were Vadim Shchavinskiĭ, Colonel Zholondkovskiĭ, and Captain Vinogradov. The two-volume history, with three later additions, discusses the history of the unit.

Typescript memoirs of Totomi︠a︡nt︠s︡. The longest piece "Iz moikh vospominaniĭ" (156 p.), is a copy of Totomi︠a︡nt︠s︡'s memoirs under the same title (Sofia, Bulgaria, 1943). It discusses his studies in Western Europe; his years as a journalist in Russia around the turn of the century; his work with the cooperative movement in Russia and Europe; and his years in emigration after the 1917 revolution. Also included is a short essay entitled "Kooperativnaia poezdka v Rumynii︠u︡" and four other brief pieces on major economists and scholars whom he knew: Werner Sombart, Luigi Luzzatt, Charles Gide, and Aleksandr A. Chuprov. There is a clipping of an article from a French periodical about Totomi︠a︡nt︠s︡.

Most of the materials concern the Russian emigration in France in the 1920s, in particular such organizations as the Federatsiia soiuzov russkikh inzhenerov za granitsei (Federation of Unions of Russian Engineers Abroad) and the Rossiiskii zarubezhnyi s"ezd (Russian Congress Abroad) of 1926. There is also a file of materials on railroads in Russia and the Soviet Union.

Vladimir Werstman 's personal papers: books, correspondence, photographs, ephemera. Writing and research materials consisting of Wertsman' 25 published books, over 200 articles, EMIE Round Table quarterlies edited by Vladimir Wertsman, annotated bibliographies, book reviews and cassettes, encyclopedias with his articles, and other materials, covering the following ethnic groups: Romanians, Russians, Ukrainians, Armenians, Georgians, Bulgarians, Albanians, Estonians, Latvians, Germans, Poles, Czechs, Arabs, Jews, Hispanic Americans, Slavic Americans.

Shelepina's manuscript memoirs chiefly concern her service as a nurse in military hospitals at the time of the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. Shelepina was in Petrograd in 1917-1918, and then went south to join the White army.

The memoirs discuss Lekhno's experiences in the Soviet Union, Europe and Latin America. Also included are printed ephemera from Yugoslavia and Brazil.

Levitskiĭ's typescript memoirs concern primarily World War I on the Caucasian front, and also the Revolution of 1917.

The collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, and carbon copies of memoirs about Gureev's experiences in World War I and in the White Army in the Crimea and during the Ekaterinoslavsk Campaign from approximattely 1914 until 1920.

Collection includes family and official correspondence; reports on the "Polish question" in the 1860s; notes by Platonov, in part apparently for his memoirs; a photograph of Platonov and his family; and an engraving of his father, Platon Zubov, one of the favorites of Catherine II.