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Papers of Boris N. Levenet︠s︡, and of his wife E.N. Levenet︠s︡. Included is a typescript copy of Boris' diary of military action in Romania in the fall of 1916; a folder of copies of military telegrams and documents concerning the surrender of the Tallinn (Reval or Revel)́ fortress to the Germans in February 1918 (one of the telegrams, dated 20 February, is signed by Lenin and Trotsky); and E. N. Levenet︠s︡ memoirs, which are mostly typed and in French. The memoirs deal with her youth, World War I, the Civil War, and emigration in Egypt.

The collection consists of two manuscripts, entitled "Istoricheskie tainy I︠A︡ponskoi voiny 1904-1905 gg. (Alexandria, Egypt, 1925) and "Zapiski, vospominani︠a︡, kritika, melkii︠a︡, Tom VIII, Mysli vosnikavshchii︠a︡ pri chteniĭ byvshago Frant︠s︡uzkago posla v Rossiĭ, Morit︠s︡a Paleologa: "T︠S︡arskai︠a︡ Rossii︠a︡ vo vremii︠a︡ bolʹshoi voiny." (Alexandria, Egypt, 1928). Also included is a list naming Russians buried in the Orthodox cemeteries of Alexandria, Egypt, from 1880-1975.