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V. Linden Memoirs, 1968
64 pagesLinden's manuscript memoirs discuss women's education in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg; Russian youth in the 1890s; the Crimea and Odessa in 1917-1919; Aleksandr Kerenskiĭ; her husband and family; and the situation of Jews in the Russian Empire. With typed transcript.
Roman Romanovich Raupakh Papers on the Kornilov Uprising, 1917-1960
700 itemsThe collection concerns the "Kornilov uprising" of August 1917 and the subsequent investigation. Raupakh was a member of the commission set up by the Provisional Government to investigate the uprising. Most of the collection consists of files with correspondence, manuscripts, and testimony gathered by the commission. Also included is a chapter from Raupakh's memoirs concerning the uprising; a memoir of Raupakh's life up to 1918, by Ekaterina Maĭdel;́ descriptions by Maĭdel ́of the collection, with brief comments on other related papers that have not survived; a file of correspondence from the 1920s concerning the uprising; a photograph and an autograph of Raupakh; and a book by A.R. Kerenskiĭ on the uprising, "Delo Kornilova" (1918).
Gay Humphrey Matthaei and Francis B. Randall Collection of Photographs, Films, and Clippings, 1954-2010
3.15 linear feetTwelve reel of 16mm film and two cans of edited out footage, as well as article, clippings, letters, photographs, ephemera, and a thesis.
Bakhmeteff Archive General Manuscripts-Photographs, 1880-1960
230 itemsPhotographs of various people and on various topics. There are a number of major groups: late 19th century Russian revolutionaries; the wreck of Alexander III's train in 1888; Russian families in the early 20th century; nurses in Petrograd in World War I (Kononova); Aleksandr Kerenskiĭ at the front, 1917; St. Tikhon's Monastery in Pennsylvania; and American cultural and political figures in the USSR in the 1950's (such as Van Cliburn, W.A. Harriman, Richard Nixon, Carl Sandburg, and Isaac Stern).
Il'ia Nikolaevich Kovarskii Papers, 1922-1967
200 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, photographs, and printed materials. Cataloged correspondents in the collection include letters from prominent figures, including Mark Aldanov, Mark Vishniak, and others. Among the manuscripts are A. Argunov's, "Iz perezhitogo," on Russian socialists in 1914-1917; a report by Kovarskii read to the Society of Russian Doctors in France, 1940 (Obshechestvo Russkikh Vrachei im. Mechnikova); and items on Soviet themes by Mark Vishniak, dated 1965-67. There is a photograph of Il'ia Fondaminskii, of Aleksandr Kerenskii, and of members of the Russian Constituent Assembly in France, 1922. One subject file concerns the death of Vladimir Zenzinov. Printed materials include catalogs and book lists from "Rodnik."
Vladimir Mikhailovich Zenzinov Papers, circa 1900-1953
30 Linear FeetMikhail Mikhailovich Karpovich Papers, 1900-1959
17 linear feetAnatolii Vasil'evich Baikalov Papers, 1918-1959
6200 itemsCorrespondence, manuscripts, and documents created during Baikalov's sojourn in England, from about 1918 on. There is correspondence with major Russian emigres such as Aleksandr Guchkov, Aleksandr Kerenskii, Boris Nikolaevskii, and Marc Slonim, and with British figures such as Malcolm Muggeridge, the Duchess of Atholl, Sir Bernard Pares, and Sidney Webb.