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CollectionJohann Carl Philipp von Krafft papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, journal (1770-1791), military records, travel notes, and writings chiefly relating to von Krafft's career as a mercenary soldier. Includes material on his service for the British during the American Revolution. The papers also reflect his travels in Russia, the Netherlands, and Québec, his interest in astronomy, geometry, literature, mathematics, and philosophy, his fluency in several languages, and his work on a perpetual calendar.
- Contributor: Krafft, Johann Carl Philipp Von
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CollectionAlexis Vasilevich Babine papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence; lectures and articles concerning the Bolsheviks; Russian manuscript of Babine's history of the United States; notes and typescript of a journal (1917-1922) recording his experiences during the Russian revolution as superintendent of schools for the Vologda Territory, as instructor at the Saratov State University (Saratovskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ universitet im. N.G. Chernyshevskogo), and as assistant to the American mission in Moscow; his translations of short...
- Contributor: Babine, Alexis Vasilevich
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CollectionDmitriĭ Antonovich Volkogonov papers, Catalog Record Only Copies of correspondence, memoranda, articles, texts of speeches, interviews, personal testimonies, investigative and other reports, official protocols, directives, resolutions, schedules, logs, inventories of archival material, printed material, film scenarios, and photographs reproduced from records in thirteen Russian archives as well as the originals of some of Volkogonov's personal papers. Reflects Volkogonov's study of significant events and individuals of modern Russian history beginning in the...
- Contributor: Volkogonov, D. A. (Dmitriĭ Antonovich)
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CollectionEleanor Lord Pray papers, Catalog Record Only Chiefly correspondence of Pray with family members relating to her daily life in Vladivostok, Russia; family affairs; social life of the expatriate community; her surroundings in and around Vladivostok; and historic events. Also includes transcripts of a portion of Pray's correspondence prepared by her granddaughter, Patricia D. Silver; correspondence of Eleanor's husband, Frederick S. Pray; photographs; and miscellanous material. Subjects include the "American Store,"...
- Contributor: Pray, Eleanor Lord
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CollectionPeter A. Demens papers, Catalog Record Only Correspondence, articles, notebooks, scrapbooks, and other papers relating primarily to Demens's authorship of articles for the Russian journal Viestnik Evropy (Saint Petersburg, Russia) and for Russian and American newspapers. Subjects include American politics and presidential campaigns; the annexation of Hawaii; Cuba; Dukhobors and their immigration to Canada; treatment of Jews in Russia; the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905; Bloody Sunday, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1905; Molokans in...
- Contributor: Demens, Peter A. - Tverskoĭ, P. A.