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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.

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.