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Osobyi Komitet po Delam Russkikh v Finliandii Records, 1881-1964
2500 itemsThe Osobyi Komitet po Delam Russkikh v Finliandii Records (Special Committee on Russian Affairs in Finland records) consists of correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, financial records, subject files, bulletins, news announcements, and printed materials (including a detailed history of the Committee); the majority of the collection dates from 1919. Correspondents include Anton Kartashev, president of the Committee in 1919-1920, and I︠U︡denich. There are materials on the northwest front, reports on the status of Russian refugees in Finland, the proposed takeover and rehabilitation of Petrograd, and records of the Committee's financial activities. Substantial materials concern its Political Committee and I︠U︡denich's Northwest government.
Liubov Artemovna Drazhevska Papers, 1947-1979
19.5 linear feetThe collection consists primarily of Voice of America transcripts, dating from 1950-1963. (There are also six notebooks containing notes taken during interviews). The subject files include materials of "Asotsiïatsiï Ukraïnsḱykh Universytetsḱykh Z︠h︡inok na Emihratsiï." The printed materials consist of clippings with articles by Drazhevsḱa (1947-1963), brochures, periodicals and books. The later 1-box addition contains materials from 1960s and 1970s.
Committee for the Education of Russian Youth in Exile Records, 1914-1939
35000 itemsThis collection includes Papers of the Committee for the Education of Russian Youth in Exile, and its predecessors, Refugees in Russia and the Committee for the Rescue and Education of Russian Children, and Papers of the Committee' Director, Thomas Whittemore. The collection, which consists of correspondence, files on students supported by the Committee, financial records, photographs, manuscripts, documents, and printed materials, with the bulk dates 1914-1936.
Georgii Isakievich Novitskii Papers, 1937-1967
1300 itemsThe papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, documents, subject files, photographs, a sound tape, and printed materials. There are many letters from Anton Kartashev; other correspondents include Mikhaĭl Karpovich, Philip Mosely, and Vasiliĭ Zenḱovskiĭ. There are manuscripts by Kartashev, Karpovich, and George Vernadsky, as well as by Novit︠s︡kiĭ himself on the Orthodox Church and the emigration. Subject files touch on his organizational activities. There are photographs of Novit︠s︡kiĭ with Dwight Eisenhower, Nelson Rockefeller, and Jacob Javits, and also of Zenḱovskiĭ. The sound tape is an interview with Novit︠s︡kiĭ on Voice of America about his father-in-law, Georgiĭ Shavelśkiĭ. Some of the materials concern Novit︠s︡kiĭ's brother, Evgeniĭ, and wife, Marii︠a︡.
Julius Samuel Wulbert Papers, 1916-1919
1 Linear FeetPapers of Wulbert. Most of the materials concern the activities of the Chicago-based Russian-American Educational Association in 1918. Also included is a manuscript by Wulbert entitled"The Hebrew Institute Affair" concerning a conflict within the Chicago Jewish community in 1915-16.
Irina Sergeevna Volkonskaia Letters, 1951-1969
114 itemsLetters sent to Volkonskai︠a︡. Among the correspondents are outstanding musical figures, including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Geraldine Farrar, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Eugene Ormandy, and Svi︠a︡toslav Stokowski. There are also letters from the writer Ivan Bunin.
Program for Soviet Emigre Scholars Records, 1974-1983
40000 itemsThe papers include office files and individual case files. The office files provide information on such topics as contacts with professional societies (such as AAASS and AATSEEL), grants and finances, particular professions, special projects, publicity, and conferences. There are also individual case files on the people who came to the Program.
Erast Chevdar Memoirs, 1949-1958, undated
3 itemsTypescript memoirs: "Donbass" (59 p.) concerns the Civil War in south Russia; "Moi berlinskie vpechatleniia. Aprel' 1945-iiul 1946" (74 p.) with Germany at the end of and after the World War II. There is also an open letter (6 p.) by Chevdar to the leaders of the Russian-American Aid Society (Russko-Amerikanskii Soiuz Pomoshchi).
Il'ia L'vovich Tolstoĭ papers, 1920-1930
2 boxesCorrespondence of I.L. Tolstoĭ. Nearly all the correspondence is between Il'ia Tolstoĭ and his wife, Nadezhda Klementévna Tolstai︠a︡. It primarily dates from the 1920s and concerns the lecture series Il'iaTolstoĭ gave throughout the United States and in Paris. There is one letter from Aleksandra L. Tolstai︠a︡ and a folder of official correspondence relating to the lecture series, including several letters from Tolstoĭ's manager. There is a brief essay by Tolstoĭ entitled "A Democratic Peace" and an unidentified photograph, presumably of Nadezhda Tolstai︠a︡.
Anatolii Pavlovich Brailovskii Papers, 1919-1939
150 itemsfrom the period of the Russian Civil War. Printed materials include posters from the Civil War Period.