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Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

6th Floor East Butler Library
535 West 114th Street
New York, NY 10027, USA
rbml@library.columbia.edu
The Rare Book & Manuscript Library is Columbia University’s principal repository for special collections. We collect, preserve, describe, promote, and provide access to the material evidence of diverse individuals and activities in alignment with the University’s research and teaching mission. We build and steward deep collections in select subject areas and connect them to a global audience through reference, teaching, exhibitions, publications, and public programs.

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Alexis Goldenweiser Papers, 1900-1974

36000 items (36000 items 114 boxes)
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The collection chiefly consists of Goldenweiser's American legal case files. There are also case files from his German years, and substantial materials on his research into the condition of Russian refugees and refugee problems in general in the 1930s. Much of the correspondence from the late 1930s and early 1940s concerns Jews in Germany and occupied Europe. Correspondents in the collection include Mark Aldanov, Abraham Cahan, Antal Dorati, Georgiĭ Florovskiĭ, Tatʹi︠a︡na Frank, Vladimir and Vera Nabokov, and Mikhail Karpovich; there are 1 or 2 items each from Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eleanor Roosevelt, Herbert Lehman, and Nikolaĭ Losskiĭ. Letters, manuscripts, and documents by Vera Nabokova contain considerable information on her and her husband's lives in Germany and in the United States. Many of the American case files concern (as does much of the Nabokova material) individual claims for reparations from Germany after World War II.

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Alex Goldfarb collection, 1990-2006

13.75 Linear Feet (11 record cartons)
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Alex Goldfarb Collection consists of correspondence, records, printed matters, and photos related to the Boris Berezovsky foundation. Just a brief descriprion of two programs reflected in these records: From 1998 to 2001 an epidemic of drug-resistant TB ravaged the Russian prison system. Goldfarb directed a program by the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) in New York to combat TB in Russian prisons. The program was funded by a $13 million grant from George Soros. The Archive includes documents and correspondence between Goldfarb and PHRI Moscow office, officials of the Soros Foundation, the Russian Federal Prison Administration, Dr. Paul Farmer of Harvard Medical School and Jim Yong Kim of the World Bank, among others.

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Alex Goldfarb collection, 1990-2006 13.75 Linear Feet (11 record cartons)

Alexander W. Greiner Papers, 1918-1958

250 items (1 box)
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Correspondence, documents and photographs primarily relating to Greiner's years spent as a secretary for the American YMCA in the Soviet Union. There are numerous photographs of Greiner's family and friends in the U.S., and his summerhouse in Claverock, N.Y.

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Alexander W. Greiner Papers, 1918-1958 250 items (1 box)

Alexander von Freedericksz Papers, 1936-1965

56 items (1 box)
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Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, diaries, and printed materials. There are letters and telegrams from Field Marshal Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim of Finland; two brief memoirs, one by E.L. Miller about Freederichsz and his wife, the other by the wife, entitled"Le salon de ma tante, la Baronne de Witte;" Freedericksz's diaries from 1938-40; and newspaper clippings about Mannerheim.

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Alexander von Freedericksz Papers, 1936-1965 56 items (1 box)

Alexander Sumerkin Papers, 1977-2006

27.5 linear feet (31 boxes)
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This collection is comprised of books, correspondence, documents, drafts, manuscripts, periodicals, photographs and printed material. These papers document the life and work of Alexander Sumerkin (1943-2006), a noted member of the Russian émigré literary community in New York City.
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Alexander Pope poem, undated

1 folder ((1 page, autograph manuscript signed))
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Autograph manuscript poem "An Inscription On A Groto of Shells".

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Alexander Pope poem, undated 1 folder ((1 page, autograph manuscript signed))

Alexander M. Goren Collection of Tallone materials, 1930-1999

0.42 linear feet (1 MS box)
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Collection of materials related to Tallone family of printers (Stemperia di Alberto Tallone; Tallone, Alberto (1898-1968); Tallone, Enrico. These materials came with the book collection in 2015 and includes articles, correspondence, invoices, exhibition materials and Tallone ephemera.

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Alexander M. Goren Collection of Tallone materials, 1930-1999 0.42 linear feet (1 MS box)

Alexander McMillan Welch bookplate collection, 1700-1930

2 linear feet (4 boxes)
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American, English and French bookplates from private and institutional libraries. Box four contains some related correspondence concerning Welch's collecting and exchanging of bookplates. Four letters are from the English painter-etcher, Charles William Sherborn, who designed a bookplate for Welch's wife, Fanny Fredericka Dyckman Welch. The original etched plate is also enclosed.

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Alexander McMillan Welch bookplate collection, 1700-1930 2 linear feet (4 boxes)

Alexander Krondauz Collection, 1918-1922

0.1 linear feet (1 folder)
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Printed materials related to the Russian Civil War.

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Alexander Krondauz Collection, 1918-1922 0.1 linear feet (1 folder)

Alexander I Manuscripts, 1826

100 pages bound (100 pages bound)
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Volume with handwritten text signed "M." (ca.100 pp.) Title:"Sovremennaia istoriia o konchine Gosudaria Imperatora Aleksandra I-ogo" Also included are printed annexes with documents concerning the succession question under Alexander I and the accession of Nicholas I.

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Alexander I Manuscripts, 1826 100 pages bound (100 pages bound)

Alexander II Letters to A. I. Bariatinskii, 1857-1864

2 folders (1 bound manuscript, 1 typescript)
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Copies of letters from Alexander II to Prince Aleksandr Ivanovich Bariatinskii, Russian viceroy in the Caucasus and boyhood friend of Alexander II. The letters are written in an unknown, but apparently contemporary hand, and are in a single letterbook (with typed copies).

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Alexander II Letters to A. I. Bariatinskii, 1857-1864 2 folders (1 bound manuscript, 1 typescript)

Alexander Hamilton Papers Publication Project records, 1700-1981

160 linear feet (321 boxes including 282 microfilm reels, 32 card file drawers in a black filing cabinet on stack 14 near 53e.)
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Correspondence, typescripts, photocopies, microfilms, card files, and notes of the Alexander Hamilton Papers Publication Project, 1955-1981. The correspondence files of the editor, Harold C. Syrett, and his staff concerning the operations, activities, gathering of data, photocopies, and microfilm reproductions of letters, manuscripts, and documents by, to, and about Alexander Hamilton and selected and edited for publication by Columbia University Press as THE PAPERS OF ALEXANDER HAMILTON (New York, 1961-1970). Also, the corrected typescript copies of texts to be published, photocopies of letters, manuscripts, and documents by, to, and about Alexander Hamilton; microfilms of manuscript materials in a variety of repositories; and photocopies of newspaper articles relating to Hamilton.

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Alexander Hamilton letters and documents, 1789-1804

2 linear feet (4 boxes)
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Letters and documents of Alexander Hamilton dealing chiefly with political subjects and Hamilton's activities as Secretary of the Treasury.

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Alexander Hamilton letters and documents, 1789-1804 2 linear feet (4 boxes)

Alexander Erlich papers, 1953-1985

0.42 linear feet (1 document box)
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Regarded by his peers as an expert in the field, Professor Alexander Erlich devoted more than three decades to the study of the economic conditions and policies of the Soviet Union. This collection consists primarily of correspondence, manuscripts, and research notes relating to his work and his career at Columbia University.
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Alexander Dallin Papers, 1934-1955

63 items (2 boxes)
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Almost all the materials concern World War II in the Soviet Union. Materials include reports, two diaries, documents, and printed materials. There are photocopies of reports concerning the German occuation of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, written by German military staff, and a mimeographed research report by Alexander Dallin entitled "Kaminsky: The History of an Experiment (1941-1945)." One diary is by Otto Bräutigam, a German Foreign Ministry official who worked in the Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories; the other diary is by one Linge, apparently a secretary to Hitler, for his diary is a record of Hitler's daily appointments from 1934-1943. Both diaries are photocopies. The printed materials include issues of a number of titles published mostly in the German-occupied parts of the Soviet Union; they are mostly single issues. Two pamphlets published by the Russian Liberation Army (ROA). There are photocopies of documents, cartoons, and leaflets concerning the partisan movement in the Soviet Union.

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Alexander Dallin Papers, 1934-1955 63 items (2 boxes)

Alexander Anderson Diary, 1793-1799

0.42 linear feet (3 volumes)
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Anderson's connections to Columbia are many. He received an M.D. from Columbia's College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1796, engraved Columbia's commencement ticket in 1794, and a bookplate for the College Library. As noted in his diary, he began sketching the design for the bookplate on March 14, 1795, delivered the finished work to President Johnson on March 25th, and was, after some effort on his part, paid £2, 8s on May 7th.

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Alexander Anderson Diary, 1793-1799 0.42 linear feet (3 volumes)

Aleksei V. Laptev Papers, 1921-1971

17 items (17 items)
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The papers include Laptev's typescript memoirs (23 p.); two letters to Walter L. Bell, who headed the American Relief Administration's office in Ufa, and one from Bell to Laptev; reports of A.R.A. activities, in tabular form; and photographs.

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Aleksei V. Laptev Papers, 1921-1971 17 items (17 items)

Aleksei Vladimirovich Shvarts Papers, 1914-1960

.5 linear feet (1 box)
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The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, a photograph (Trabzon, 1914-1915) and clippings. The correspondence dates from 1914-1915 and includes letters both to and from Shvart︠s︡, mostly dealing with World War I campaigns in the Trabzon region. There are military telegrams from 1914-1915 concerning events in Ivangorod, Kars and Stalʹt︠s︣ev. Shvart︠s︡' biography of Alexander III is the first volume of a planned two-volume work. It chronicles the 1845-1881 period and includes excerpts from a variety of contemporary sources, (approximently 200 pages of uncollated text) primarily describe World War I events on the Baltic, Belorussian and Caucasian fronts. "Na fronte i v tynu" is an excerpt from the memoirs of Antonina V. Shvart︠s︡, his wife. The clippings concern events in the Trabzon region during 1916.

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Aleksei Vasil'evich Obolenskii Photographs & Printed Materials, 1900-1961

0.5 Linear Feet (500 items (1 manuscript box))
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The photographs, taken before 1917, belonged to the Obshchestvo Okhrany Pami︠a︡tnikov Iskusstva i Stariny, and are mostly of Georgian religious art and architecture. The printed materials consist of a map of the Caucasus region and of Obolenskiĭ's memoirs: "Moi vospominanii︠a︡" (1953), and "Moi vospominanii︠a︡ i razmyshlenii︠a︡" (1961). Memoirs were cataloged and transfered to SEEC: see SEEC 1641gb (1953 edition) and SEEC 1642gb (1961 edtition).

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Aleksei Vasil'evich Obolenskii Photographs & Printed Materials, 1900-1961 0.5 Linear Feet (500 items (1 manuscript box))

Aleksei Sergeevich Matveev Memoirs, 1917-1953

7 items (7 items)
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Matveev's manuscript memoirs (16 p.) discuss the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II and events relating to it. Also included are copies of related correspondence and documents and a brief biographical and explanatory note by Anatoliĭ Velḿin.

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Aleksei Sergeevich Matveev Memoirs, 1917-1953 7 items (7 items)

Aleksei Sergeevich Bekhteev Memoirs, 1950

4 items (1 folder)
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The memoirs of Bekhteev consist of three stories which are apparently fictionalized history. The stories (ca.190 p.) deal with the period ca.1902-1917. The collection also includes an explanatory letter.

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Aleksei Sergeevich Bekhteev Memoirs, 1950 4 items (1 folder)

Aleksei Petrovich Arkhangel'skii Papers, 1903-1959

2500 items (5 boxes)
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Papers of General Alekseĭ Petrovich Arkhangelśkiĭ, consisting of correspondence, manuscripts, financial records, membership lists, photographs and miscellaneous printed materials. Most of the documents in the collection pertain to the activities of ROVS and its divisions and member organizations, especially its Fifth Section (Belgium), in the late 1920s and the 1930s and 1940s. The correspondence (1924-1954) is primarily between Arkhangelśkiĭ and other military officers, including A.I. Denikin, P.P.N. Krasnov, E.K. Miller, P.N. Wrangel, V.K. Vitkovskiĭ, I.A. Kholḿsen, P.A. Kusonskiĭ, P.K. Kondzerovskiĭ, E.S. Imnadze, etc. The manuscripts encompass official orders and pronouncements, information bulletins, speeches, announcements, manifestos, emigre military course instruction manuals and reports. Many of the latter deal with Soviet internal affairs and foreign policy. The collection also includes photographs, chiefly of White Army personnel in Yugoslavia in the early 1920s, miscellaneous printed materials, ROVS financial records for the period 1924-1926, various membership lists as well as 24 separate subject files, including materials on the founding of ROVS Fifth Section, ROVS activities in North America, Australia, and the Far East, the ROVS Court of Honor, the Russian Defense Corps (Russkiĭ Okhranyĭ Korpus) in Yugoslavia in World War II, the "Vnutrenni︠a︡i︠a︡ Linii︠a︡" and others.

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Aleksei Petrovich Arkhangel'skii Papers, 1903-1959 2500 items (5 boxes)

Aleksei Nikolaevich Polianskii Memoirs, 1958-1971

3 items (3 items)
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The larger part of Poli︠a︡nskiĭ's memoirs is entitled "Russkiĭ Korpus v Serbii, 1941-1945" (343 p.), and concerns the Russian Defense Corps in Yugoslavia. This body, in which Poli︠a︡nskiĭ served all through the war, fought on the German side. Two shorter manuscripts by Poli︠a︡nskiĭ are entitled: "Chto vspomnilos ́o passazhirskom parokhodstve po reke Volge" (17 p.), and "Chto sokhranilos ́v pami︠a︡ti o Nizhnem-Novgorode i ego zhizni, 1908-1917 gg." (38 p.).

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Aleksei Nikolaevich Polianskii Memoirs, 1958-1971 3 items (3 items)

Aleksei Mikhailovich Remizov Manuscripts, 1930-1950

100 items (4 boxes)
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Most of the manuscripts are from the late 1940s. They are chiefly organized into collections of memoirs, essays, and dreams. Many were published, albeit in somewhat different form and order, in Remizov's later books, such as "Pli︠a︡shuschiĭ demon" "Myshkina dudochka" and "Martyn Zadeka." Some of the manuscripts are in one or more handwritten drafts; some are in typescript, or consist of corrected clippings appended to pieces of paper; and some are rather chaotic notes and scraps. Also included are clippings and offprints of several of Remizov's shorter works.

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Aleksei Mikhailovich Remizov Manuscripts, 1930-1950 100 items (4 boxes)

Aleksei Mikhailovich Iuzefovich Papers, 1895-1975

250 items (1 box; 1 oversized folder)
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The papers include correspondence, photographs, and articles written by I︠U︡zefovich on the defense of Port Arthur during the Russo-Japanese War. Also included are scrapbooks relating to his life and career; and printed material.

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Aleksei Mikhailovich Iuzefovich Papers, 1895-1975 250 items (1 box; 1 oversized folder)

Aleksei Maksimovich Ivanov Diary, 1958

1 item (1 box)
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Typescript copy of Ivanov's diary describes his service in the Caucasus and Caspian regions and the Crimea in 1919-1920.

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Aleksei Maksimovich Ivanov Diary, 1958 1 item (1 box)

Aleksei Konstantinovich Koriakov Manuscript, 1968

239 pages (239 pages)
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Typescript of "Za Rossiiu i svobodu," a novel by Alekseĭ K. Kori︠́a︡kov that concerns the Civil War. The novel was serialized in "Novoe Russkoe Slovo" (June-July 1968), with the author writing under the name Alekseĭ Kiri︠́a︡kov.

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Aleksei Konstantinovich Koriakov Manuscript, 1968 239 pages (239 pages)

Aleksei Ivanovich Skrylov Papers, 1916-1973

10 items (1 box)
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The papers contain correspondence that dates from the 1950s to the 1970s, and concern emigre Cossack affairs as well as the career of Skrylov's son, Valerian. There are essays on the Kuban Cossacks, political events in 1964 and on the Cossack dictionary Skrylov was compiling. There is a photocopy of a 1948 cerificate Skrylov received from the "Soi︠u︡z pervago kubanskago pokhoda" in Munich. The cataloged photograph is of General Lavr Kornilov in 1916, shortly before his escape from a military hospital in Köszêg, Hungary, and there are photographs of both Skrylov and his son.

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Aleksei Ivanovich Skrylov Papers, 1916-1973 10 items (1 box)

Aleksei Ivanovich Pliushkov Papers, 1887-1968

110 items (1 box)
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This collection includes approximately 75 stories, several collections of poems, and two novels by Pli︠u︡shkov; there are also about 25 essays by him on literary topics, and a brief autobiography. Photographs are chiefly of Pli︠u︡shkov and his wife. In addition, there is a photocopy of a document concerning the medical treatment given to Maksim Gorḱiĭ in 1887 by Pli︠u︡shkov's father after Gorḱiĭ attempted suicide.

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Aleksei Grigorenko Printed Materials, 1914-1957

79 items (3 boxes)
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The collection consists of 26 scrapbooks of clippings, mostly concerning military and naval history and the Imperial family. There are issues of "Morskoĭ zhurnal" from 1930-39, and several books on military and naval history.

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Aleksei Grigorenko Printed Materials, 1914-1957 79 items (3 boxes)

Aleksei Fedorovich Malinovski Manuscript, 1806

882 pages (882 pages)
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The manuscript "Upravlenie vserossiiskoi imperii vo vremia byvshego verkhovnogo tainogo soveta s 1726 po 1730 god (iz podlinnykh del v Moskovskom [sic] gosudarstvennoi kollegii inostrannykh del khraniashchikhsia,sokrashchenno iz'iasnennoe Statskim Sovetnikom Alekseem Malinovskim" consists of copies of documents form 1726-1730, in various contemporary hands.

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Aleksei Fedorovich Malinovski Manuscript, 1806 882 pages (882 pages)

Aleksei Fedorovich and Liubov Aleksandrovna Girs Papers, 1913-1963

0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript box)
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One letter, manuscripts, and printed materials of Aleksei Fedorovich Girs and of his wife, Liubov' Aleksandrovna Girs. The letter, dated 1914, when Girs was governor of Minsk, is addressed to N. A. Maklakov. Aleksei Gir's memoirs cover such topics as his service in Estland; Petr Stolypin; the "Jewish question;" Tsar Nicholas II; and independent Estonia, where he lived in 1918-1924. There are also two reports by Girs from the time of his service in Minsk. ́Liubov Girs is represented by diaries and memoirs from 1901-1918, particularly on Odessa in 1905-1906; Stolypin's murder in 1911; and Nizhny Novgorod in 1917.

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Aleksei Evgen'evich Chichibabin Memoirs, 1950

1 item (1 folder)
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Typescript memoirs (26 p.).

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Aleksei A. Varzukevich Memoirs, 1960

29 pages (29 pages)
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Typed memoirs of Varzukevich. The memoirs cover the period from 1904 to 1914, during which Varzukevich's regiment was stationed in the Far East and then in Odessa and Yalta. Varzukevich describes the end of the war with Japan, revolutionary agitation in the armed forces in 1905-1906, and military life up to World War I.

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Aleksei A. Varzukevich Memoirs, 1960 29 pages (29 pages)

Aleksei Alekseevich Ziablov Papers, 1883-1971

64 items (1 box)
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Papers of Zi︠a︡blov. Included is a copy of a letter from Moscow in 1919 by Zi︠a︡blov to his daughter, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and other miscellaneous items. Manuscripts include Zi︠a︡blov's travel diary of a trip from Moscow to the Black Sea and the Crimea in 1886, his memoirs, and lectures on engineering. The memoirs discuss his childhood and education (he graduated from Moskovskoe Tekhnicheskoe Uchilishche (Moscow Technical Institute)) in 1887; his work as a teacher and engineer; the 1905 revolution in Kolomna, where he was director of a machine works; and his continued engineering career through World War I and the early Soviet period. There are family photographs and photographs of unidentified groups, including Zi︠a︡blov, standing around locomotives. Also included is a pamphlet by Zi︠a︡blov"K voprosu o nemet︠s︡kom zasilí: Illi︠u︡strat︠s︡ii iz parovozostroĭtelńoĭ praktiki" (Petrograd, 1919).

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Aleksei Alekseevich Ziablov Papers, 1883-1971 64 items (1 box)

Aleksei Alekseevich Smagin Memoirs, 1940

46 pages (46 pages)
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The memoirs concern Smagin's experiences in the period 1917-1919; they were composed with the assistance of L.P. Dzhunkovskiĭ.

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Aleksei Alekseevich Smagin Memoirs, 1940 46 pages (46 pages)

Aleksei Alekseevich Litvinov Papers, 1794-1970

34 items (1 box; 2 oversized folders)
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The collection consists of manuscripts and documents. It includes a manuscript (16 p.) by Litvinov on the Civil War in Kiev in 1918; and a handwritten autobiography (36 p.) by Aleksandr Narkizovich Litvinov, a colonel in the Imperial Guard Izmailov Regiment (Leĭb-Gvardiĭ Izmaĭlovskiĭ Polk). Documents mostly concern Litvinov family history and span the years 1794-1918. Cataloged materials consist of two documents signed by Alexander I (1802, 1808), and one signed by Nicholas I (1834).

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Aleksei Alekseevich Gering Manuscripts, 1930-1975

340 items (3 boxes)
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The collection is composed almost exclusively of manuscripts submitted to Gering for publication in "Voennai︠a︡ Byl"́. These are mostly short memoirs of battles and campaigns, of life in military school, or of peacetime garrison life, by former tsarist officers. These naturally relate chiefly to the last few decades of the tsarist regime, and to the period of the Revolution and Civil War. Some contributions are more scholarly in tone; these include articles on the earlier history of the Russian army and of individual regiments, etc. Few of the manuscripts are more than 40 pages long; most are 1-20 pages. Not all of these manuscripts were published in "Voennai︠a︡ Byl"́; those that were not formed part of Gering's "archive" and have been arranged separately.

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Aleksei Alekseevich Bobrinskoi Papers, 1898-1969

57 items (57 items)
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Papers of Aleksei Alekseevich Bobrinskoi include correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, postcards and printed materials. Correspondence include five postcards addressed to A. A. Bobrinskoi. Manuscripts consist of typescripts of A. A. Bobrinskoi's writings, including bio and memoir piece about his father; his radio scripts, article and letter of protest. Among the documents there are materials relating to the reimbursement to British citizens for debts and losses contracted in Russia, Russkii Natsional'nyi Komitet v Londone, medical prescriptions, business cards. Photographs include pictures of Benckendorff and Dolgorukii family members. Printed materials include genealogy of the Bobrinskoi family, periodicals, flyers, poster, clippings.

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Aleksei Alekseevich Bobrinskoi Papers, 1898-1969 57 items (57 items)

Aleksei Alekseevich and Nadezhda Vladimirovna Brusilov papers, 1880-1940

300 items (1 box)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials of General Aleksiei Alekseevich Brusilov and his wife Nadezhda Vladimirovna. The correspondence is largely copies of their letters from 1914-1918 and her correspondence after his death. The manuscripts include part of his memoirs and several of her minor manuscripts, including an incomplete memoir. There are family photographs as well as photographs of Brusilov in military dress. Printed materials relate to Brusilov's career in the Imperial and Red armies and his rehabilitation by the Soviets in the Khrushchev era.

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Aleksei Aleksandrovich von Lampe Papers, 1777-1969

15000 items (54 boxes; 5 oversized folders)
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Most of the materials are from the years after World War II, and concern the organizations with which Lampe was affiliated. There is correspondence from members of the Romanov family, especially Grand Prince Vladimir Kirillovich, and from Alekseĭ Arkhangelśkiĭ, Ivan Ilín, Vasiliĭ Orekhov, and others of Lampe's emigre military and monarchist colleagues. Photographs deal with such topics as the Romanov family, the Civil War, the emigration, World War II, and with Lampe himself. Besides the post-1945 materials in the collection, smaller groups of materials concern 18th and 19th century Russian military history (including a letter signed by General Aleksandr Suvorov), the interwar period, and ROVS in Germany during World War Il.

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Aleksei Aleksandrovich Spasskii-Odynets Memoirs, 1965-1966

4 items (1 box)
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"Gosudar* Imperator Nikolai Il-oi, graf S. Witte, Manifest 17-go Oktiabriai gody pervoi revoliutsii," 1905, pages 1-70. "Prodolzhenie vospominanii A.A. Spasskago," pages 71-129. "Graf Witte, Karatelfnye otriady - ekspeditsii i ego, Witte, Otvetstvennost1," pages 130-205. "Vozvrashchenie: A.I. Guehkov i ego fGolos Moskvy1," pages 206-350."Chetyre reki i odno more; vospominaniia, obnimaiushchiia vremia s1883-go goda (s piatiletniago vozrasta) po noiabr' 1920-go goda(Tom Chetvertyi)," pages 351-510

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Aleksei Aleksandrovich Spasskii-Odynets Memoirs, 1965-1966 4 items (1 box)

Aleksandr Zlinchenko Manuscripts, 1948-1964

5 items (5 items)
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Typed poems of Zlinchenko. Included are typed copies of four groups of poems: "Teni schasti︠́a︡" "Volnui︠u︡shchai︠a︡ taĭna" "Nesbyvshai︠a︡si︠a︡ mechta" and "Vzdokhi sveta." Also in the collection is a copy of Zlichenko's book.

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Aleksandr Zlinchenko Manuscripts, 1948-1964 5 items (5 items)

Aleksandr Zhukovskii Manuscript, 1800-1900

4 items (4 items)
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Brief manuscripts on the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878 in the Caucasus region, on military discipline, and on gymnastics in the military.

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Aleksandr Zhukovskii Manuscript, 1800-1900 4 items (4 items)

Aleksandr Vozniuk-Burmin Memoirs, 1956-1958

2 items (2 items)
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Typescript memoirs of Vozni︠u︡k-Burmin. The memoirs concern the activities of the NKVD in the late 1930's in the USSR. The first typescript (35 p.) is untitled and written under the name A Dneprovet︠s︡; it deals with events in the city of Dnepropetrovsk. The second typescript, entitled "Kak sozdai︠u︡t︠s︡i︠a︡ 'Sputniki'" (18 p.), discusses the NKVD's supervision of scientific research; it is written under the name A. Lunin.

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Aleksandr Vozniuk-Burmin Memoirs, 1956-1958 2 items (2 items)

Aleksandr Vladimirovich Maliuga Letters, 1915-1945

16 items (16 items)
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Letters primarily by relatives of Aleksandr V. Mali︠u︡ga. They were written in 1915-1931; there is one clipping from about 1945.

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Aleksandr Vladimirovich Maliuga Letters, 1915-1945 16 items (16 items)

Aleksandr Vasilievich Zen'kovskii Manuscripts, 1951-1966

17 items (2 boxes)
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Manuscripts, chiefly memoirs, of Zenḱovskiĭ. In these manuscripts are discussed, in particular, Petr Stolypin; the Kiev zemstvo; the 1917 revolution; the Ukraine in 1918, including a zemstvo congress in Kiev; and the Civil War in 1919-1920, when Zenḱovskiĭ worked provisioning the White Army and civilians in the Crimea.

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Aleksandr Vasilievich Zen'kovskii Manuscripts, 1951-1966 17 items (2 boxes)

Aleksandr Vasil'evich Suvorov Letters, 1788

1 items (1 bound)
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Photocopies of 39 letters from Suvorov. The letters, which are in a bound volume, were written to various persons in 1788.

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Aleksandr Vasil'evich Suvorov Letters, 1788 1 items (1 bound)

Aleksandr Vasil'evich Serapinin Collection, 1965-1968

23 items (1 box)
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The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, and printed materials. There are drafts of letters from Serapinin to the "Novoye Russkoye Slovo." The manuscripts include essays by Serapinin about the 1917 Revolution, the Orthodox Church, the emigre press, the Zhdanov Cossack Choir, and "Doctor Zhivago." There is also a book-length manuscript entitled "Vozdushnai︠a︡ gvardii︠a︡" which describes early Russian aviation with particular reference to Igor ́Sikorskiĭ. The printed material consists of a copy of "Pervye Shagi," a children's magazine.

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Aleksandr Vasil'evich Miakin Memoirs, 1962-1964

1 item (1 item)
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Mi︠a︡kin's memoirs discuss his journalistic career; acquaintances, including the Suvorins and the actress Nadezhda Plevit︠s︡kai︠a︡; the Civil War; the emigration, including the Union of Russian Writers and Journalists in Yugoslavia; horse racing in Russia; and his experiences as a displaced person in Austria after World War II.

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Aleksandr Vasil'evich Miakin Memoirs, 1962-1964 1 item (1 item)

Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kuksin Papers, 1900-1966

600 items (2 manuscript boxes)
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The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, diaries (1941-1966), documents, printed materials, photographs, and appointment books (1925-1965). The bulk of the material concerns Kuskin's activities in emigration. Included is a copy of a treaty drawn up in 1921 among various anti-communist political groups in Turkey, including the Vseukrains'ka natsional'na Rada (All-Ukrainian National Rada) and the Krest'ianskaia narodnaia partiia (Peasant National Party), pledging cooperation against the Communists. Several of the family photographs in the collection pre-date the Revolution.

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Aleksandr Vasil'evich Kuksin Papers, 1900-1966 600 items (2 manuscript boxes)

Aleksandr Vasil'evich Krivoshein Letters and Manuscripts, 1919-1969

9 items (9 items)
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Letters to and about Aleksandr V. Krivosheĭn. Correspondence includes photocopies of letters to Krivosheĭn from Denikin, Wrangel, and representatives of the French and British governments, in 1919-1921. There are two biographical manuscripts about Krivosheĭn by his son, Kirill.

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Aleksandr Vasil'evich Krivoshein Letters and Manuscripts, 1919-1969 9 items (9 items)

Aleksandr Shteinberg papers, 1956-2005

3 Linear Feet (6 manuscript boxes)
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Correspondence, books with inscriptions, and research notes of Aleksandr Shteinberg. He was a Russian immigrant from Leningrad/St. Petersburg who befriended many Russian dissident poets such as Joseph Brodsky, Lev Losev, Aleksand Kushner, among others.

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Aleksandr Sergeevich Sannikov Memoirs, 1926

48 pages (48 pages)
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This typed copy of Sannikov's memoirs cover his period of command in Odessa, from January to the White and Allied evacuation of Odessa in March 1919.

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Aleksandr Sergeevich Sannikov Memoirs, 1926 48 pages (48 pages)

Aleksandr Sergeevich Gershel'man Memoirs, 1956-1977

54 items (1 box)
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Typescript memoirs (315 p.) that discuss in particular Gershelḿan's service in World War I, in the White army during the Civil War, and his life in the emigration in Europe. Also included are excerpts from the memoirs and writings of numerous other Russians.

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Aleksandr Sergeevich Gershel'man Memoirs, 1956-1977 54 items (1 box)

Aleksandr Semenovich Kovalevskii Letters, 1824-1860

400 items (1 manuscript box; 0.5 linear feet)
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Five bound volumes containing letters of Aleksandr Semenovich Kovalevskiĭ to his wife; to his eldest son, Mikhail; and letters by his children and by other persons. Most of the letters are from 1845-1846 and 1853-1860, many being from the time of his military service in the Crimean War. There are also a few items from the mid-1820s (a letter to A. S. Kovalevskiĭ, a few class notes). Four of the volumes are stamped"Perepiska moego ottsa s mamashei︠u︡..", the fifth "Pisḿa s 1855-1860 g." The volumes were bound by Mikhail Kovalevskiĭ.

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Aleksandr Semenovich Kovalevskii Letters, 1824-1860 400 items (1 manuscript box; 0.5 linear feet)

Aleksandr Petrovich Lukin Papers, 1917-1975

1100 items (3 boxes)
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The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, military reports and clippings. The majority of the collection consists of clippings from the emigre newspapers "Poslednie Novosti" and "Illi︠u︡strovannai︠a︡ Rossii︠a︡," and mostly contain Lukin's memoirs about his service in the Black Sea Fleet. The manuscripts are largely comprised of Lukin's memoirs and include a manuscript (20 p.) on the Krondstadt uprising, "Vo vlasti Kronshtadtskikh matrosov." There is also a manuscript (28 p.) by the widow of Admiral Viren entitled "O sobytii︠a︡kh v Kronshtadte."

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Aleksandr Pavlovich Kutepov Papers, 1918-1931

2200 items (8 boxes; 1 oversized folder)
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Correspondence consists chiefly of consolatory letters to his wife after his abduction; there are also letters to Kutepov from other White generals, such as Petr Wrangel and Pavel Shatilov. The financial records appear to be of the Military Union in 1924-29. Subject files concern such topics as Ataman Semenov and the Civil War in the Far East, the Civil War in the south, and the remnants of the White Army in Gallipoli and Bulgaria in 1921-22. Printed materials include emigre books and periodicals, a number of them concerning the Eurasian movement (evraziĭstvo).

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Aleksandr Pavlovich Kutepov Papers, 1918-1931 2200 items (8 boxes; 1 oversized folder)

Aleksandr Pavlovich Iordanov Collection, 1707-1929

10 items (1 box)
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The collection consists of 8 photographs of documents and 2 books. The documents, which include patents (gramoty) and decrees (ukazy), date from 1707-1812. There is also an almanac"Pami︠a︡tnai︠a︡ knizhka" dated 1855; and "Pami︠a︡tnai︠a︡ knizhka Lit︠s︡eĭstov za rubezhom" (Paris, 1929).

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Aleksandr Pavlovich Iordanov Collection, 1707-1929 10 items (1 box)

Aleksandr Pavlovich Bragin Manuscript, 1920-1950

300 items (3 boxes)
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The collection consists primarily of manuscripts by Bragin, including his memoirs, which describe his military service during the Boxer Rebellion, the Russo-Japanese War, World War I, the 1917 Revolution and the Civil War. The documents and subject file relate to his service as head of the White military mission to Iran in 1920. Printed materials are largely clippings from and copies of emigre periodicals, with articles by Bragin.

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Aleksandr Pavlovich Balk Diary, 1923

1 item (1 folder)
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Typed copy of A. P. Balk's diary, with handwritten additions and corrections. The diary is entitled "Poslednie piat' dnei tsarskogo Petrograda (23-28 fevralia 1917 g.). Dnevnik poslednego Petrogradskogo Gradonachal'nika" (22 p.). This copy was apparently prepared by Balk while in Yugoslavia in 1923.

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Aleksandr Pavlovich Balk Diary, 1923 1 item (1 folder)

Aleksandr Os Papers, 1952

21 pages (21 pages)
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The author's name is given as Aleksandr Os., and the manuscript "Po lageriam i lesam Suomi" describes his experiences in the Soviet army and as a prisoner of war in Finland during the Second World War.

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Aleksandr Os Papers, 1952 21 pages (21 pages)

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Shuberskii Manuscripts, 1948-1956

16 items (16 items)
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The manuscripts include an outline, in 6 notebooks, of Shuberskiĭ's memoirs for 1875-1948; and, in 10 notebooks, notes on the reign of Nicholas II.

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Shuberskii Manuscripts, 1948-1956 16 items (16 items)

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Rozhdestvenskii Papers, 1900-1968

600 items (2 boxes)
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The collection contains correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, and printed materials. The correspondence chiefly covers from the 1920s to the 1960s. Manuscripts include an extensive autobiography; a memoir about his work before World War I as a prosecutor in the Tbilisi region"Desi︠a︡t ́let sluzhby v prokurskom nadzore na Kavkaze;" and notes and manuscripts on many topics, including history and his years in Georgia and the emigration. Included are Rozhdestvenskiĭ's personal documents from both Russia and the emigration, and photographs of him and of members of emigre organizations. Among the printed materials are clippings and several early twentieth century political pamphlets.

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Rozhdestvenskii Papers, 1900-1968 600 items (2 boxes)

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev Manuscripts, 1800

2 items (1 bound)
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Bound manuscript of Radishchev's "Puteshestvie iz Peterburga v Moskvu"; the title"Kniga prichinivshai︠a︡ neschastii" is used in this manuscript instead of the usual title. The manuscript is in an unknown contemporary hand. Appended is a note indicating its provenance: "Pod vysochaĭshim ego imperatorskogo velichestva pokrovitelśtvom rossiĭsko-amerikanskoĭ kompanii glavnogo pravlenii︠a︡, ot akt︠s︡ionera kollezhskoĭ sovet" [sic]. The manuscript is numbered as the 16th copy. The title page gives the date 1790, but it seems likely that this manuscript was actually prepared later, under Tsar Paul.

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Radishchev Manuscripts, 1800 2 items (1 bound)

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kalishevskii Manuscript, 1955

13 pages (2 copies)
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In his manuscript ""Prisiazhnaia advokatura dorevoliutsionnoi Rossii i aivokstura SSSR" Kalishevskiĭ discusses the legal profession under both Tsarist and Soviet regimes.

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Kalishevskii Manuscript, 1955 13 pages (2 copies)

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Iskander Papers, 1890-1966

17 items (1 box)
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The collection consists mostly of Iskander's memoirs, including a typescript entitled "Videnii︠a︡ proshlogo" (457 p.), which discusses his years in Turkestan during the Civil War. There are also several notebooks containing other memoirs by Iskander. In addition, there are clippings about him, and several photographs, including one of Iskander's father.

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Aleksandr Nikolaevich Iskander Papers, 1890-1966 17 items (1 box)

Aleksandr Nikolaevich Gasler Papers, 1917-1963

36 items (2 boxes)
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The collection consists primarily of Gasler's 26-part manuscript memoirs (ca. 1,350 p.), which discuss his family, his military career, World War I, the emigration in France, and interwar Latvia. The collection also includes Gasler's service record and passport, several postcards, and several clippings.

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Aleksandr Naumovich Zak Papers, 1917-1952

1 Linear Feet (ca.1500 items, 7 boxes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, a document, subject files and printed materials of Sack. The collection chiefly concerns American claims against Soviet Russia, and the currency of Estonia and other successor states. The collection contains a 1928 document signed by George F. Kennan. The manuscripts include essays and memoranda concerning currency exchange, tax laws and a number of American court cases involving financial affairs immediately after the 1917 revolution. There are subject files relating to diplomatic claims concerning debts, and the Soviet-Estonian peace conference of 1920. Among the printed materials are clippings and various American statutes and laws.

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Aleksandr Naumovich Zak Papers, 1917-1952 1 Linear Feet (ca.1500 items, 7 boxes)

Aleksandr M. Volkonskii Manuscript, 1930-1935

4 items (4 items)
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Manuscript and printed materials of Volkonskiĭ. The 22-page handwritten manuscript (unfinished) concerns the history of the Russian Orthodox Chruch. The printed materials consist of three volumes of Volkonskiĭ's book"Katolichestvo i svi︠a︡shchennoe predanie Vostoka" (Paris, 1933-1934). All three volumes are extensively annotated in Volkonskiĭ's hand.

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Aleksandr M. Volkonskii Manuscript, 1930-1935 4 items (4 items)

Aleksandr Mortimerovich Brofel'dt Memoirs, 1957

1 item (1 folder)
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Typescript memoirs by A. M. Brofel'dt, entitled "Moi vospominaniia o sluzhbe v stavke verkhovnogo glavnokomanduiushchego: s avgusta 1916 goda po mart 1917 goda" (24 p.).

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Aleksandr Mortimerovich Brofel'dt Memoirs, 1957 1 item (1 folder)

Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Volzhenskii Papers, 1920-1930

17 items (17 items)
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Correspondence and manuscripts of Volzhenskii. The correspondence dates from the 1920's and primarily concerns Red Cross affairs in Harbin and Japan. There is an untitled manuscript by an anonymous author concerning collectivization in the Saratov area, and there are reports discussing Red Cross activities during the Civil War in the Far East and the Crimea. Also included is a photograph and an engraving.

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Aleksandr Mitrofanovich Volzhenskii Papers, 1920-1930 17 items (17 items)

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Nikolaev Papers, 1899-1967

10 linear feet (20 boxes)
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The collection includes correspondence, manuscripts, memoirs, diaries, notes, subject files, documents, photographs, and printed materials. Most of the material in the collection concerns Nikolaev's tenure as military attachʹe at the Russian embassy in Washington. Cataloged correspondents include Mikhail T. Florinsky and Geroid T. Robinson. There is a typescript by Vasiliĭ O. Kli︠u︡chevskiĭ, "Kratkoe posobie po russkoĭ istorii." Among the correspondence are cablegrams and official communications to the Russian embassy during World War I and the revolutionary period. Manuscripts, mostly by Nikolaev, concern contemporary and historical military topics. Diaries and memoirs deal with Nikolaev's travels to Europe during World War I and his activities as military attachʹe. Among orders granted to Nikolaev is the "Order of the Sacred Treasure," signed and sealed by the Japanese Emperor Meiji (1911). Printed materials include many articles by Nikolaev.

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Aleksandr L'vovich Bert'e-Delagard Papers, 1902-1918

23 items (5 folders)
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This collection includes a short typed biography of Bert'e-Delagard (titled "Autobiographical note") with holograph edits; photographs of Bert'e-Delagard, his sister Sofiia L'vovna and Aleksandra Karlovna Barantsova; lists and photographs of ancient jewelry items found in the Greek cities on the shores of the Black and Azov seas from Bert'e-Delagard collection; architectural plans of Bert'e-Delagard house; 1918 issue of Izvestiia︡ Tavricheskoĭ Uchenoĭ Arkhivnoĭ Kommissiĭ dedicated to Bert'e-Delagard; publication of Bert'e-Delagard article "Proshloe Koreiza."

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Aleksandr L'vovich Bert'e-Delagard Papers, 1902-1918 23 items (5 folders)

Aleksandr Leonidovich Nosovich Papers, 1910-1968

18 items (18 items)
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The collection consists of memoirs, notes and photographs. The memoirs mostly concern Nosovich's service in the Imperial Army during World War I and military education in Russia. Notes contain explanations to his memoirs. Photographs mostly are of Nosovich: included among them is a photograph of Grand Prince Mikhail Aleksandrovich in a group picture.

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Aleksandr Leonidovich Nosovich Papers, 1910-1968 18 items (18 items)

Aleksandr Konstantinovich Shervashidze Papers, 1918-1933

2.5 linear feet (5 boxes)
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These papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, art works, printed materials, and a photograph, and relate chiefly to Russian artists and ballet personalities active in France in the 1920s and 1930s. Records of the Parisian World of Art (Mir Iskusstva) group, of which Shervashidze was the president, includes correspondence, documents, an exhibit program, clippings and a photograph of the artists involved. There is correspondence from Lev Bakst, Ivan Bilibin, Sergei Diagilev, Mikhail Larionov, Georgii Lukomskii, and Joan Mirʹo, and one letter each from Nikolai Roerich, and Nataliia Goncharova. There are also many letters from Shervashidze's family in the Soviet Union from the 1920s and 1930s. Illustrative materials by Shervashidze include programs, prints and water colors.

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Aleksandr Kazem-Bek Papers, 1898-2014

39.98 linear feet 19 document boxes, 16 flat boxes
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The Aleksandr Kazem-Bek Papers consist of correspondence, family and personal documents, writings, lectures, notes, manuscripts, photographs, printed materials, and research materials related to the life and professional and political activities of Aleksandr Kazem-Bek – Russian émigré social and political activist, founder and leader of the "Union of Young Russia" ("Mladorossy"), professor of Russian language and literature, and journalist. The collection contains significant documents of the "Mladorossy" movement.
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Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, 1858-1959

600 items (3 boxes; 1 oversized folder)
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Svitich's papers, which consist of manuscripts, photographs, subject files, and printed materials, chiefly concern the Orthodox church in interwar Poland. The papers also include Svitich's diaries, written in Poland between 1939 and 1940. Also included is an essay, in an unidentified hand, which Svitich attributes to V.V. Rozanov. There are photographs of Mikhail Artsybashev and Vladimir Burt︠s︡ev. Subject files concern: the Orthodox church in the Vilnius region in the late 19th century; meetings of various Russian organizations in 1917; many aspects of Orthodoxy in Poland in the 1920's and 1930's, including government persecution and in World War II. Among printed materials are issues of "Russkiĭ Golos"(Lwʹow) confiscated by the Polish government in 1939, and issues of Russian newspapers from World War II, including "Vestnik Russkago Komiteta v General-Gubernatorstve" (Warsaw).

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Aleksandr Kallinikovich Svitich Papers, 1858-1959 600 items (3 boxes; 1 oversized folder)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Makhonin Manuscript and Memoir, 1966

2 items (2 items)
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The collection contains a manuscript (10 p.) entitled"Velikai︠a︡ kni︠a︡gini︠a︡ Anastasii︠a︡" and a memoir (54 p.) that deals with Makhonin's education at the Naval Engineering Academy in Kronstadt, Makhonin's service in the navy during World War I, his mission to England to inspect the production of war materials for Russia, his service in the Volunteer Army in the south of Russia during the Civil War, his work with the American Red Cross in Crimea, and information on General Krasnov's Cossack Army, which collaborated with the Germans during World War II.

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Aleksandr Ivanovich Makhonin Manuscript and Memoir, 1966 2 items (2 items)

Aleksandr Ivanovich Chekan Papers, 1926-1938

2500 items (6 boxes)
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The collection comprises the archives of OROVUZ, and contains much correspondence, some manuscripts (chiefly constitutions of emigre organizations affiliated with OROVUZ; minutes of meetings of the governing bodies of OROVUZ itself); and some documents (membership lists and applications for membership). Included is correspondence exchanged by the officers of OROVUZ with the heads of the local branches of OROVUZ and of kindred organizations; with the League of Nations' refugee office; with potential employers of educated Russian refugees; and with unemployed and indigent members seeking assistance. Almost all the materials date from 1926-1932.

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Aleksandr Ivanovich Chekan Papers, 1926-1938 2500 items (6 boxes)

Aleksandr Il'ich Terskii Manuscript, 1971

18 pages (18 pages)
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The 18 page typescript by Terskii, "Bat'ko Makhno, provides a brief history of Nestor Makhno's forces in the Civil War. It is chiefly based on secondary sources, but occasional autobiographical notes are interspersed through the manuscript. Terskiĭ fought in Wrangel's White Army in the Crimea in 1920, and, in the late 1920's, was a transport engineer in the southeastern Ukraine, the area in which Makhno's forces were strongest. Appended to the manuscript is a copy of an appeal from General Shatilov to Makhno dated 18 June 1920.

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Aleksandr Il'ich Terskii Manuscript, 1971 18 pages (18 pages)

Aleksandr Gvidonovich Bol'to Papers, 1917-1970

17 items (1 box)
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Papers that largely consist of Bol' to's memoirs, entitled "Puti i pereput'ia" (ca. 500 p.), which discuss his childhood on an estate near Vilnius, education, World War I, the Revolution and Civil War, and the emigration in Europe and Africa up to 1937. Also included are photocopies of a number of his personal documents, and a typescript of various reminiscences entitled "Takaia byla starina.".

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Aleksandr Gvidonovich Bol'to Papers, 1917-1970 17 items (1 box)

Aleksandr Guchkov Manuscript, 1933

4 items (4 items)
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The manuscripts are essays by Guchkov, including one on a visit to the Soviet Union in 1933 by the American journalist Harry Lang.

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Aleksandr Guchkov Manuscript, 1933 4 items (4 items)

Aleksandr Gubarev Manuscripts, 1923-1976

29 items (29 items)
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There are three typescript memoirs relating experiences from Gubarev's youth and from the Civil War. There are also typescript copies of three fictional sketches and of 21 poems on various themes, one of which was published in "Novoe Russkoe Slovo" in 1974.

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Aleksandr Gubarev Manuscripts, 1923-1976 29 items (29 items)

Aleksandr Grigor'evich Fomin Letters about G.V. Iudin, 1898-1937

8 items (8 items)
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Three letters by Fomin concerning merchant and bibliophile Gennadiĭ V. I︠U︡din. The three letters, written by Fomin in Leningrad in Sept.-Oct. 1932, were apparently addresed to Ekaterina Nikanorovna Rozen. Included with the letters are photocopies of items on I︠U︡din: two letters by him to Semen Vengerov (1903 and 1912), a brief autobiography, a receipt, and a pamphlet entitled"Stoimost ́domashneĭ biblioteki G.V. I︠U︡dina.. Svedenie, sostavlennoe Vl.A. T︠S︡aplinym.".

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Aleksandr Grigor'evich Fomin Letters about G.V. Iudin, 1898-1937 8 items (8 items)

Aleksandr Feliksovich Meyendorff Papers on P. A. Stolypin, 1910-1950

100 items (1 box)
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Meyendorff's papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, notes, and printed materials. The papers concern Russian statesman Petr Stolypin. The manuscripts (which are in English) are grouped under the title "A Brief Appreciation of P. Stolypin's Tenure of Office," and touch upon many different aspects of his career. Notes and correspondence are also on this topic. Among the correspondents is Vladimir Kokovt︠s︡ov.

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Aleksandr Emil'evich Nol'de Biography of M. M. Speranskii, 1915-1920

239 pages (239 pages)
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Typescript of untitled and unpublished biography of Russian statesman Mikhail M. Speranskiĭ. The biography was apparently begun before 1917 and finished in 1920. The manuscript has numerous handwritten corrections and additions.

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Aleksandr Emil'evich Nol'de Biography of M. M. Speranskii, 1915-1920 239 pages (239 pages)

Aleksandr Efimovich Kotomkin Papers, 1917-1974

1500 items (2 boxes)
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Most of the collection consists of scraps of songs and poems by Kotomkin. Printed materials include copies of Kotomkin's books"I︠A︡n Gus" and "Aus dem alten heligen Russland.".

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Aleksandr Efimovich Kotomkin Papers, 1917-1974 1500 items (2 boxes)

Aleksandr Dmitrievich Belozerov Memoirs, 1964

1 item (1 folder)
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Manuscript memoirs that discuss such topics as the Civil War in the Smolensk region and Siberia; the NEP period in Moscow; the terror of the 1930s; and World War II. Belozerov began the war as a technician in the Soviet army; was captured by the Germans in 1941. He later served in Russian auxiliary units on the German side, and in 1943-1944 was sent to France where he joined the French Catholic partisans.

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Aleksandr Dmitrievich Belozerov Memoirs, 1964 1 item (1 folder)

Aleksandr Chesnokov Papers, 1926, undated

3 items (1 folder)
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Typed list of Aleksandr Chesnokov works; two photographs of a Russian student choir named after Arkhangel'skii.

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Aleksandr Chesnokov Papers, 1926, undated 3 items (1 folder)

Aleksandr Bakhrakh papers, 1922-1983

2500 items (8 manuscript boxes)
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Letters received by A. V. Bakhrakh which discuss 20th century Russian literature, contemporary Slavic studies, and Russian emigre publishing activities. Correspondents include Andrei Belyi (Boris Bugaev), Ivan Bunin, Kornei Chukovskii, Andre Gide and Boris Pilniak. There are over 300 letters by Gleb Struve wtitten from 1964 to 1983, which cover the above topics as well as Struve's personal and professional life. There are both letters and manuscripts by Vladislav Khodasevich, Aleksei Remizov and Marina Tsvetaeva.

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Aleksandra Vil'gel'movna Linden Memoirs, 1961

56 pages (56 pages)
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Linden's typescript memoirs "Vospominaniia o davno proshedshem" discuss life in the Crimea during the Civil War and the early years of Soviet rule, up to 1924.

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Aleksandra Vil'gel'movna Linden Memoirs, 1961 56 pages (56 pages)

Aleksandra Nikolaevna Belli Memoirs, 1957-1960

6 items (1 folder)
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Manuscript memoirs (125 p.). They largely concern the world of rural landlords in Chernigov province in the late 19th and early 20th century. There is also reminiscences about von Meck's family and people Belli saw in their home, including artist B. M. Kustodiev; actors L. V. Sobinov, A. V. Nezhdanova, I. A. Alchevskii; Ippolit Il'ich Tchaikovsky, brother of the composer, first leader of the boy scouts in Russia, and many others.

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Aleksandra Nikolaevna Belli Memoirs, 1957-1960 6 items (1 folder)

Aleksandr Andreevich Titov Papers, 1921-1958

2500 items (6 boxes)
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The collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, several photographs, documents, financial records, subject files and printed material. The correspondence is chiefly from the period 1925-1958 and includes letters from Mark Aldanov, Anton Denikin, Ivan Shmelev and one or two items each from Ivan Bunin, Pavel Mili︠u︡kov, Alekseĭ Remizov etc. The documents and financial records are primarily personal and the subject files include materials on a number of commemorative celebrations and on various exile organizations in France.

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Aleksandr Andreevich Titov Papers, 1921-1958 2500 items (6 boxes)

Aleksandra Mikhailovna Petrunkevich Papers, 1930-1960

250 items (3 boxes)
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Collection includes correspondence and manuscripts. There is one letter each from Anton Kartashev and Bernard Pares. The manuscripts consist of articles, lectures, and notes by Petrunkevich on a variety of topics, and a brief memoir on the period of the Revolution and the Civil War.

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Aleksandr Alekseevich Volzhanin Papers, 1950-1979

500 items (5 boxes)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, photographs and printed materials of Volzhanin. The correspondence includes two letters from Aleksandra Tolstai︠a︡. The manuscripts are all by Volzhanin himself, and include memoirs describing his World War I military service, his service in the White Army in Siberia, his arrest and imprisonment until about 1937, his service with the Germans during World War II, and his eventual emigration to the United States. Other manuscripts deal with noted figures in Russian history, the emigre press, and literature. There are a few photographs of Volzhanin and a number of clippings.

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Aleksandr Alekseevich Volzhanin Papers, 1950-1979 500 items (5 boxes)

Aleksandr Alekseevich Vannovskii Manuscripts, 1941-1954

4 items (4 items)
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One manuscript entitled "Burnye gody" deals with the events of 1905 (especially in Kiev), and the attitudes of various leaders after the failure of the 1905 revolution. The other manuscripts are about Japanese mythology and English literature.

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Aleksandr Alekseevich Vannovskii Manuscripts, 1941-1954 4 items (4 items)

Aleksandr Alekseevich Pleshcheev Papers, 1908-1944

100 items (1 box)
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The collection consists of correspondence from such ballet and theater personalities as Sergeĭ Khudi︠a︡kov, Sergeĭ Lifar,́ Nadezhda Nikolaeva-Legat, Alekander Sanin and Vera Trefilova. There is also one letter each from Zinaida Gippi︠u︡s, Nadezhda Teffi, Boris Zaĭt︠s︡ev and Vladimir Zeeler. In addition, there are several typed manuscripts by Pleshcheev, including his book-length biography of E.N. Roschina-Insarova, and clippings of newspaper articles by Pleshcheev.

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vetlits Papers, 1920-1971

53 items (1 box)
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Correspondence, manuscripts, printed materials and photographs of Vetlit︠s︡. The correspondence includes letter drafts by Vetlit︠s︡, and letters from R. Shubovich. The collection consists primarily of Vetlit︠s︡'s manuscripts pertaining to horse breeding and horse-racing in Russia, Yugoslavia, the First and Second World Wars, and the 1917 revolution in Russia. Some of the manuscripts describe Vetlit︠s︡'s childhood and family, and his memoirs are included in the form of a letter. The printed materials consist of clippings of articles by Vetlit︠s︡.

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vetlits Papers, 1920-1971 53 items (1 box)

Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Stakhovich Manuscripts, 1918-1957

200 items (1 box)
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Manuscripts and printed material of Stakhovich. The manuscripts include Stakhovich's memoirs as well as miscellaneous notes and copies of military circulars; the printed material is comprised of clippings, broadsides and booklets. The bulk of the documentation pertains to White Army activities in Siberia and the Far East.

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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Stakhovich Manuscripts, 1918-1957 200 items (1 box)