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Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files and printed materials of Urusov. Urusov began his diplomatic career at the Vatican, and subsequently served in Bucharest (1880-1886), Brussels (1886-1898), Paris (1898-1903), Rome (1903-1904), and Vienna (1904-1910). The collection includes letters from Thʹeophile Delcassʹe, Nikolaĭ Giers, Aleksandr Gorchakov, Aleksandr Izvolśkiĭ, Vladimir Lamzdorf, King Leopold II, Alekseĭ Tolstoĭ, and Pauline Viardot-Garcia. There is a photocopy of a poem by Pushkin. The arranged correspondence primarily concerns Urusov's professional affairs, but also includes family letters. There are manuscripts by a number of people; most (including Urusov's own) relate to Russian diplomacy. The manuscript by P.V. Vogak discusses his service with the Red Cross during World War I, and includes material by I.N. Urusova (Urusov's wife), who was a Red Cross nurse. There are a number of documents Urusov received during his diplomatic service. Among the printed materials are two folders of clippings (some of which discuss Urusov) and several booklets and pamphlets.

Manuscripts by Josef Korbel, who has written books on the politics of Eastern Europe, most recently his book "Twentieth Century Czechoslovakia" (New York, 1977). The four essays were written in 1949 for a study group of Philip Mosely's. They are entitled: "Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Trade Relations"; "Memorandum on the conflict Tito-Cominform: Conversation with A. Bebler"; Memorandum on Czechoslovak-Yugoslav Political Relations"; "Memorandum on J. Korbel's Conversation with Mr. V. Clementis." These essays include memoiristic information.

Polushkin's typescript"Rossiĭskiĭ Rodoslovynĭ Sbornik" (205 p. with 10 page supplement) is a survey of the Russian nobility throughout the Russian Empire. It primarily deals with noble families from the 17th-19th centuries, but also traces some families back to Ri︠u︡rk. The manuscript is indexed. The document is a table listing the Imperial Foreign Ministry staff in Europe from 1878 to 1917.

Correspondence, manuscripts and documents of Staal. Cataloged correspondence consists of a few items by Aleksandr Gorchakov and Philippe, Comte de Paris. There are many letters to Staal from Marie, Duchess of Wurtemberg, and Olga, Queen of Wurtemberg. There is a long series of drafts of letters by Staal to N.K. Giers, another high ranking Russian diplomat. Manuscripts consist of diplomatic reports, chiefly on Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt and Russia in the 1870's. Documents include items signed by Tsar Alexander II and King George I of Greece, and Staal's personal financial records.

Collection consists of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, maps, and printed materials, mostly dealing with Gulḱevich's service in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Cataloged correspondents are Roman Gul,́ Ekaterina Kuskova (over 200 letters), Sergeĭ Prokopovich, and Petr Savit︠s︡kiĭ. Manuscripts are reports on Turkey, Armenia and Panislamism. Documents and awards are from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and foreign governments. Printed materials consist of clippings and also printed circulars of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dating from 1886-1896.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject files, and printed materials. The bulk of the correspondence consists of copies of reports and dispatches sent by Botkin to the Council of Ambassadors (in Paris) in 1919-1935. Also included are many letters to Botkin by Baron V. Osten-Saken, and Botkin's letterbooks for 1930-1934. Manuscripts include Botkin's memoirs. Extensive subject files concern Russian prisoners of war in World War I, the Civil War in the Baltic region, and the emigration in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. Also included are miscellaneous materials relating to the Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the 19th and early 20th centuries, including consular correspondence, departmental circulars, passports, and texts of treaties. There is a letter signed by the painter Orest Kiprenskii, and letters and documents signed by such officials as Aleksandr Izvol'skii, V. N. Lamzdorf, Ivan Paskevich, Sergei Sazonov, and Sergei Uvarov. These items were collected by Botkin.

Letters from Egan to Henry Goddard Leach. These concern the stories and poems of both men, United States-Scandinavian affairs, President Wilson, Danish theater and literature, and the effect on Denmark of the American embargo during the first World War.

Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, clippings, and printed materials dealing with Kuhn's published books, book reviews, editorials, lecture notes, magazine and newspaper stories, and teaching materials.