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Collection includes two letters written by V. L. Davydov in 1826, one to his brother Petr and one to Nikolai Raevskii; there is also a third letter from 1826 by an unidentified person to Raevskii, concerning V. Davydov. Also included are prints - portraits of V. L. Davydov and his wife Aleksandra Ivanovna Davydova (nee Potapova), Davydov's estate in Kamenka, and others; a photograph of Vera Vasil'evna Dutakova (nee Davydova), grandmother of E. G. Garina; and biographical notes relating to Davydov and his family.

Memoirs include a bound contemporary manuscript copy of the second part of Lorer's memoirs, entitled "Zapiski moego vremeni. Vospominanie o proshlom" (84 p.). There are also typed copies of two other parts of his memoirs: "Kampanii︠a︡ 1814-go goda" in "Les oeuvres libres" n. 134. Aug. 1932); and "Moi vospominanii︠a︡" (82 p.). In addition the collection includes notes and other materials relating to Lorer, his descendents, and the Decembrist movement.