Preliminary Inventory of the Felix Vladimirovich Volkhovskii Papers

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Preliminary Inventory of the Felix Vladimirovich Volkhovskii Papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

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Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Phone: (650) 723-3563
Fax: (650) 725-3445
Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

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Descriptive Summary

Title: Felix Vladimirovich Volkhovskii papers,

Date (inclusive): 1875-1914

Collection number: 67046

Creator: Volkhovskii, Felix Vladimirovich, 1846-1914

Extent: 24 manuscript boxes (10 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, writings, photographs, periodicals, and clippings, relating to revolutionary movements in Imperial Russia.

Language: Russian.

Administrative Information

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Felix Vladimirovich Volkhovskii papers, [Box no.], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1967.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biographical Note

Russian revolutionist and journalist; Socialist Revolutionary Party leader; editor, Free Russia (London).

Scope and Content Note

Correspondence, writings, photographs, periodicals, and clippings, relating to revolutionary movements in Imperial Russia.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog.

Subjects

Partiia sotsialistov-revoliutsionerov.

Revolutionaries--Russia.

Socialism--Russia.

Russia.

Russia--History.

Container List

Box 1

Letters.

Scope and Content Note

Includes some other materials

Box/Folder 1 : 1

Aitov, D., 1910

Box/Folder 1 : 2

Alisov, P., 1894

Box/Folder 1 : 3

Amfiteatrov, A., 1910-1912

Box/Folder 1 : 4

Argunov, A., 1914

Box/Folder 1 : 5

Balamez, G., 1894.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 1 note

Box/Folder 1 : 6

Bakh, A., 1905-1910

Box/Folder 1 : 7

Belogolovyi, Mr., 1894

Box/Folder 1 : 8

Bervi-Flerovskii, V., 1894

Box/Folder 1 : 9

Breshko-Breshkovskaia, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1904-1905.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 1 clipping from American press and letter from Helma S. Dudley to Breshkovskaya

Burtsev, Vladimir

Box/Folder 1 : 10

Manuscripts

Box/Folder 1 : 11

Notes on Bakunin, 1895. Various notes, 1895

Box/Folder 1 : 12

Letters, 1894-1904

Box/Folder 1 : 13

Various letters and telegrams relating to Burtsev's arrest in England, 1897-1898

Box/Folder 1 : 14

Letter, n.d., articles and court papers relating to Burtsev's arrest in England, 1897-1898

Box/Folder 1 : 15

Varshavskii, A., 1896

Box/Folder 1 : 16

Vodovozov, V., 1912

Box/Folder 1 : 17

Voinich, V., 1892-1894

Box/Folder 1 : 18

Volkhovsky, F., 1890-1893.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 2 notes

Box/Folder 1 : 19

Volkov, E., 1912-1914

Box/Folder 2 : 1

Goldenberg, L., 1891-1895

Box/Folder 2 : 2

Goncharenki, Agapii, 1890

Box/Folder 2 : 3

Gorki, M. and Pechkova, E., n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Includes manuscript

Box/Folder 2 : 4

Gots, M., 1904

Box/Folder 2 : 5

Grozovskii, L. , 1894

Box/Folder 2 : 6

Gronkovskii, K., 1894-1896; Beitner, L., 1894-1899; Kuznetsoff, A., 1894

Box/Folder 2 : 7

Gurvich, I., 1893-1894

Box/Folder 2 : 8

Debagorii-Mokrievich, V., 1894-1895

Box/Folder 2 : 9

Dobrodjanu, K., 1894

Box/Folder 2 : 10-11

Dragomanov, M., 1894; Pavlik, Mikhailo, 1894-1903.

Scope and Content Note

Includes notes by E. Lazarev and S. Krasnopol'skii about Dragomanov's brochure, Nevolia Very

Box/Folder 2 : 12

Evalenko, A. M., 1894-1895

Box/Folder 2 : 13

Zhitlovskii, Kh., 1894-1897

Box/Folder 2 : 14

Zhuk-Baturinskii, Vasilii, 1894-1904

Box/Folder 2 : 15

Zasulich, V. I., 1894.

Scope and Content Note

Includes letter to her sister, I. I. Uspenskii, and letters from unknown persons about creating a common organ, with Plekanov, etc.

Box/Folder 2 : 16

Kashintsev, I., 1893-1903

Box/Folder 2 : 17

Klementz, D., 1875-1876

Box/Folder 2 : 18

Kolosov, E., 1908

Box/Folder 2 : 19

Kornilov, S., 1908

Box/Folder 2 : 20

Korolenko, V., 1893.

Scope and Content Note

Includes English translation of the manuscript "The Forest Blusters"

Box/Folder 2 : 21

Kotziubinskii, M., 1912

Box/Folder 2 : 22

Kochenkova, A., 1894-1895

Kropotkin, P.

Box/Folder 2 : 23

Letters, 1880-1913

Box/Folder 2 : 24

Newspaper clippings, 1893

Box/Folder 2 : 25

Kurnatovskii, V., 1895

Box 3

Lazarev, E.

Box/Folder 3 : 1

Various letters, 1890-1914.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 2 to Plekhanov, Georgii Valentinovich, 1896

Box/Folder 3 : 2

Archive of his American period, 1890-1894

Lavrov, P. L.

Box/Folder 3 : 3

Letters, 1896.

Scope and Content Note

Includes copy of his letter to Tverkoi, May 14, 1896

Box/Folder 3 : 4

Manuscript of his article, "Istoriia I Russkie Revoliutsionery"

Box/Folder 3 : 5

Lebedev, V., 1907-1914.

Scope and Content Note

Includes many letters concerning the publication of za Narod

Box/Folder 3 : 6

Lopatin, German, 1905-1914; Lopatin, Vsevolod, 1893-1913; Lopatin, N., 1914; Bart, Bruno (son of G. Lopatin), 1897

Box/Folder 3 : 7

Lukashewicz, A., 1913

Box/Folder 3 : 8

Luxemburg, R., 1893-1895

Box/Folder 3 : 9

Liadov, I., 1894

Box/Folder 3 : 10

Martov, L., 1913

Box/Folder 3 : 11

Minor, O., 1904

Box/Folder 3 : 12

Miroliubov, V., 1912

Box/Folder 3 : 13

Moinsenko, B., 1914

Box/Folder 3 : 14

Nogorskii, V., 1895-1896

Box/Folder 3 : 15

Natanson, M., 1913-1914

Box/Folder 3 : 16

Osinov, V., 1892-1894

Box/Folder 3 : 17

Perekrestov, N. , 1891-1894

Box/Folder 3 : 18

Polivanov, P., 1903 (letter about his suicide)

Box/Folder 3 : 19

Preluker, Y., n.d.

Box/Folder 3 : 20

Prisbylev, A., 1908

Box/Folder 4 : 1

Rakitnikov, N., 1911-1912

Box/Folder 4 : 2

Ralli-Arbore, Z., 1902.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 5 letters about Potyomkintsy in Romania

Box/Folder 4 : 3

Rappoport, Ch., 1892-1897

Box/Folder 4 : 4

Rubanovich, I., 1904-1914

Box/Folder 4 : 5

Russel'-Sudzilovskii, N., 1891-1903

Box/Folder 4 : 6

Sabsovich, G. K., 1890-1891

Box/Folder 4 : 7

Savinkov, V., 1912

Box/Folder 4 : 8

Semenov, E. P., 1903-1904

Box/Folder 4 : 9

Sinegub, L., 1904-1909

Box/Folder 4 : 10

Smirnov, V. N., 1893

Box/Folder 4 : 11

Soskis, David, n.d., 1895-1911

Stepniak-Kravchinskii, S.

Box/Folder 4 : 12

Letters, 1894

Box/Folder 4 : 13

Various letters and telegrams relating to his death in 1895

Box/Folder 4 : 14

Various letters and newspaper articles relating to his death in 1985

Box/Folder 4 : 15

Correspondence between Kropotkin and Volkhovsky re S-K, 1896.

Scope and Content Note

Includes letters from Kravchinskii, Fanni; Chaikovskii, N. V.; Krigorino, P.; Krapotkin I, P.; Volkhovsky, F., books and copies; Shishko, L.; Teplov, A. L.

Box/Folder 4 : 16

Stone, N., 1893-1894

Box/Folder 4 : 17

Sun Yat-Sen, 1897

Box/Folder 4 : 18

Tan-Bogoraz, V., 1907

Box/Folder 4 : 19

Tverskoi-Dementev (Demens), 1895-1896

Box/Folder 4 : 20

Tolstoy, L., 1895.

Scope and Content Note

Includes copy of a letter to Lazarev, copies of 3 letters by Lazarev to Tolstoy, and 1 letter by a Tolstovets (follower), n.d.

Box/Folder 4 : 21

Figner, Vera, 1908-1914

Box/Folder 4 : 22

Frederickson, N. C., 1903-1904

Box/Folder 4 : 23

Khristoforov, A. X., 1897-1898.

Scope and Content Note

Includes manuscript obituary written by Volkhovsky

Box/Folder 4 : 24

Tsebrikova, M., 1888-1889

Box/Folder 4 : 25

Chaikovskii, Nikolai, 1893-1910.

Scope and Content Note

Includes pamphlet on his arrest in Russia, 1908

Box/Folder 4 : 26

Chertkov, V., 1895

Box/Folder 4 : 27

Chudnovskii, S. L., 1912

Shishko, Leonid E.

Box/Folder 4 : 28

Letters, 1893-1910

Box/Folder 4 : 29

Drafts on "Fund of Free Russian Press", 1894

Box/Folder 4 : 30

Biographical data on Shishko

Box/Folder 4 : 31

Elpidin, M., 1894-1896

Box/Folder 4 : 32

Yakubovich, P., 1908

Box 5

Finland

Box/Folder 5 : 1

Aminov, P., 1903

Box/Folder 5 : 2

Zilliacus, Konni, 1902-1904

Box/Folder 5 : 3

Neoviduz, A., n.d.

Box/Folder 5 : 4

Various letters, 1905-1908

Ukraine

Box/Folder 5 : 5

Kassacz, Larissa (Lesa Ukrainka), 1902-1903

Box/Folder 5 : 6

Various letters, 1890-1910.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 1 leaflet

Box/Folder 5 : 7

The Ruthenian Question, 1912

Poland

Box/Folder 5 : 8

Bohdanowicz, Floryan, 1893-1894

Box/Folder 5 : 9

Czarlinski, V., 1892

Box/Folder 5 : 10

Grigorjev, Mr., 1894

Box/Folder 5 : 11

Jodko, V., 1895

Box/Folder 5 : 12

Lutoslawskii, Wincety, 1895

Box/Folder 5 : 13

Dombrowskii, P. Manuscript of his biography

Box/Folder 5 : 14

Kaniowsky, J. Acknowledgement of a contribution for the benefit of striking workers

Military School for Russian Socialists

Box/Folder 5 : 15

Ovich, S., 1913

Box/Folder 5 : 16

Letters of Vigen (Armenian Socialist), 1913; Pilsudskii, I., 1913; Filipowicz, T., 1913; visiting card of Wronski, A. (Jodko), 1913

Russian Volunteers in Balkan War, 1912-1914

Box/Folder 5 : 17

Astafev, A., 1913

Box/Folder 5 : 18

Ykatev (?) 1912

Box/Folder 5 : 19

Libert, A., 1912-1913

Box/Folder 5 : 20

Petrov, A., 1912-1913

Box/Folder 5 : 21

Tarasenka, N., 1913

Box/Folder 5 : 22

Vultur. Leaflet-poem

Box/Folder 5 : 23

Project Platform Voennago Soiuza, 1910.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript

Box/Folder 6 : 1

Disputes between S-R and S.D., 1902-1904.

Scope and Content Note

Includes manuscript by Chaikovskii, N.

Box/Folder 6 : 2

S-R documents, 1903-1910.

Scope and Content Note

Includes document on Vladivostok Uprising, 1907

Box/Folder 6 : 3

Preparation for Uprising, 1905.

Scope and Content Note

Documents

Box/Folder 6 : 4

Izvestiia Oblastnogo Komiteta Zagranichnykh Organizatsii Sotsialistov Revolutsionerov, Paris, 1908, Nos. 2 and 6

Box/Folder 6 : 5

Kornev, A., editor of Golos Truda, Kiev, 1913

Box/Folder 6 : 6

S-R party. Various materials

Box/Folder 6 : 7

International Socialist Congress, Copenhagen, 1910.

Scope and Content Note

Includes manuscript "Doklad Sotsialistov Revolutsionerov" and resolutions

Box/Folder 6 : 8

Manuscript on the history of the S-R party

Box/Folder 7 : 1

Various letters, 1900-1913

Box/Folder 7 : 2

Various letters and documents, 1890-1914

Box/Folder 7 : 3

Transfer of illegal literature, relating to financing the escape of political prisoners, 1900's

Box/Folder 8 : 1

Hard labor camps and exiles, 1888-1908.

Scope and Content Note

Letters and manuscripts

Box/Folder 8 : 2

Irkutsk massacre, 1889.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript and documents

Box/Folder 8 : 3

Case of Paris bombists, 1892-1893

Box/Folder 8 : 4

Student movements, 1890.

Scope and Content Note

Various letters and documents

Box/Folder 8 : 5

Dukhobory, 1895.

Scope and Content Note

Letters

Box/Folder 8 : 6

Potemkintsy, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Various letters

Union of Black Sea Fleet, Seamen

Box/Folder 8 : 7

Adamovich, M. D. (Karl), 1911-1913.

Scope and Content Note

Various letters and documents. Includes letters from Anichkin, 1912

Box/Folder 8 : 8

Arrest of Adamovich, M. D., 1913.

Scope and Content Note

Letters and clippings

Box/Folder 8 : 9

Manuscript about the union, 1912

Box/Folder 8 : 10

Famine in Russia, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript and document

Box 9

Society of Friends of Russian Freedom

Box/Folder 9 : 1

Baker, John, 1893

Box/Folder 9 : 2

Barrows, J. C., 1905

Box/Folder 9 : 3

Beard, Mary S., 1894

Box/Folder 9 : 4

Blackwell, Alice Stone, 1903.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 1 clipping

Box/Folder 9 : 5

Braitsford, H. N., 1905

Box/Folder 9 : 6

Ferreri, G., 1894

Box/Folder 9 : 7

Fraser, Scott, 1894

Box/Folder 9 : 8

Frost, George, 1890

Box/Folder 9 : 9

Galsworthy, J., n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 10

Galvani, William, 1890

Box/Folder 9 : 11

Green, J. P., 1905

Box/Folder 9 : 12

Heater, M. R., 1893-1894

Box/Folder 9 : 13

Hyndman, M., 1908

Box/Folder 9 : 14

Kennan, George, 1891-1911.

Scope and Content Note

Includes portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Kennan and photograph of their cottage

Box/Folder 9 : 15

King, J., 1908

Box/Folder 9 : 16

King, Mackenzi, 1911

Box/Folder 9 : 17

Macdonald, Mr. (Presbyterian Minister), 1896

Box/Folder 9 : 18

Macdonald, James Ramsay, 1905

Box/Folder 9 : 19

Mallet, Gertrude, 1893-1902

Box/Folder 9 : 20

Perris, H., 1892-1908

Box/Folder 9 : 21

Perris, G. H., n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Manuscript about Tolstoy in England

Box/Folder 9 : 22

Peters, M. R., 1904

Box/Folder 9 : 23

Prescott, Constance, 1903

Box/Folder 9 : 24

Roper, Reginald E., 1894

Box/Folder 9 : 25

Scott-Saxton, Mrs., 1890-1894

Box/Folder 9 : 26

Spence-Watson, R., 1892-1909.

Scope and Content Note

Includes 1 photograph

Box/Folder 9 : 27

Sidgewick, Charlotte, 1890-1900

Box/Folder 9 : 28

Thomas, Elizabeth, 1894-1896

Box/Folder 9 : 29

Thompson, Herbert, 1894

Box/Folder 9 : 30

Travers, Rosalind, 1913

Box/Folder 9 : 31

Wells, H. G., 1908

Box/Folder 9 : 32-36

Various letters (in English), 1891-1913

Box/Folder 9 : 37

Banquet to Liebknecht, London, 1899

Box/Folder 9 : 38

Schweizerischer Gewerkschaftsbund, Zurich, 1894

Box/Folder 9 : 39

Various letters and documents, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 40

Manuscript of a history of the Society of Friends of Russian Freedom in London, and other notes

Box 10

Editorial office of Za Narod

Box/Folder 10 : 1

Efimov, N., n.d.

Box/Folder 10 : 2

Mandel'berg, V., 1914

Box/Folder 10 : 3

Rubakin, A. N., n.d.

Box/Folder 10 : 4

Rubanovich, I., 1913

Box/Folder 10 : 5

Rodshtein, L., 1913-1914

Box/Folder 10 : 6

Serzhant, 1912

Box/Folder 10 : 7

Shtakhel'berg, S., 1914

Box/Folder 10 : 8

Dal'nii, A., n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Poems

Box/Folder 10 : 9

Zatermtogo, A. (?) (Novikov-Priboi).

Scope and Content Note

Two manuscripts

Box/Folder 10 : 10-17

Numerous manuscripts and archival material

Box/Folder 11 : 1-6

Numerous manuscripts

Box 12

Fund of Free Russian Press

Box/Folder 12 : 1

Material on the history of the Fund.

Scope and Content Note

Includes report

Box/Folder 12 : 2

Archive material on the Fund, 1800 (?)

Box/Folder 12 : 3

Freies Russland (German edition of Free Russia), 1893-1894.

Scope and Content Note

Includes letters and documents

Box/Folder 12 : 4

Society of Popular Lectures in Eastland, London, 1903

Box/Folder 12 : 5

Case of Mendelson-Kasprzak, St., 1892-1895

Box/Folder 13 : 1-7

Numerous manuscripts

Box/Folder 14 : 1

Pamphlets

Narodnyi Universitet v g. Tomsk

Kapital Sel'skikh Bezplatnyk Bibliotek v Sibiri

Gordovita Para opovidannia Petra Zabotsnia

S. M. Stepniak-Krawtschinski

Volkhovsky, F., At the Mercy of Every Official

Volkhovskoi, Skazka pro Tsaria Semena

Shishko, Chego khochet dobit'sia pravitel'stvo zakonom 9 noiabria

Gonenia na Dukhobortsev s zakliucheniem grafa L. Tolstogo

Box/Folder 14 : 2

Koe-chto o Nashikh zadachakh, Po Voennym Voprosam

Dragomanov, M., Povisti Osipa Fed'kovicha

Pis'ma T. G. Shevchenka k B. Zaleskomu M. T. Simonov (Nomis) Rasskasy

Box/Folder 14 : 3

Narodovolets: Numbers 1 -3, (2 copies of issue no. 3)

Box/Folder 14 : 4-8

Various periodicals.

Scope and Content Note

Includes other material

Box 15

Correspondence on transportation of illegal literature to Russia (1893-1897)

Box/Folder 15 : 1

Stepanov, P. (Pernskoy)

Box/Folder 15 : 2-5

Various correspondence with the Fund of Free Russian Press, 1890's

Box/Folder 15 : 6-13

Various letters, 1890's

Box 16

Volkhovsky, Felix

Box/Folder 16 : 1-2

Numerous manuscripts

Box/Folder 16 : 3

Manuscripts and notes

Box/Folder 17 : 1

Photographs

Box/Folder 17 : 2

Various personal notes and receipts

Box/Folder 17 : 3-7

Various personal notes and family papers

Box/Folder 17 : 8

Letters to Volkhovsky from his daughter Vera, 1893-1913

Box/Folder 18 : 1

Letters from F. Volkhovsky to his daughter Vera

Box/Folder 18 : 2

Various letters to Vera

Box/Folder 18 : 3

Various documents

Box/Folder 19 : 1-2

Various photographs of revolutionaries.

Scope and Content Note

Includes postcards

Box/Folder 19 : 3

Various photographs of revolutionaries

Box/Folder 19 : 4-5

Various photographs and artwork

Box/Folder 19 : 6

Figure study book

Box/Folder 20 : 1-6

Newspaper clippings, 1900-1905

Box/Folder 21 : 1

Admissions card to Basel Socialist Congress, November 24-26, 1912. Two telegrams regretting F. F. Volkhovsky's being unable to attend Breshkovskaia's 70th birthday in Paris, January 1914 (in French and Russian)

Box/Folder 21 : 2

Biographical sketches.

Scope and Content Note

Includes "Sketches", 9 pages in English; 4 pages in English and Russian; 2 1/2 pages in Russian; pamphlet At the Mercy of Every Official. Friends of Russian Freedom, London, 1890

Box/Folder 21 : 3

Poem on exile

Box/Folder 21 : 4

Correspondence between F. F. Volkhovsky and W. G. Fitzgerald, editor of Strand Magazine, Feb. 19, 1898 -May 20, 1898

Box/Folder 21 : 5

Proofs of "How a Russian Escaped from Siberia" with correspondence dated November 189 (?)

Box/Folder 21 : 6

Correspondence between Volkhovsky and Mr. and Mrs. Mallet, Oct. 6 and Oct. 7, 1896, and between F. V. and John R. Åström, Feb. 4 and Feb. 10, 1895

Box/Folder 21 : 7

Correspondence from Michel Michailovsky, n.d. (Moscow and Bedford Park)

Box/Folder 21 : 8

Letters and cards from Russia.

Scope and Content Note

Includes letter addressed to "Mr. G. George" (i.e., Egor Lazarev), dated Oct. 21, 1895; letter addressed to "Rev. John R. Fleming" (i.e., Mrs. E. L. Voynich), dated Oct. 12, 1894

Box/Folder 21 : 9

Manuscript drafts of tribute to Nikolai Konstantin Michailovsky (Populist Narodnic Patriarch), and Chaikovsky or Goldenberg on his "Jubilee", Nov. 28, 1900

Box/Folder 21 : 10

Documents and letters.

Scope and Content Note

Includes U.S. passport of Ida Rauh (dated Vienna, Aug. 30, 1906) left to be used by any suitable revolutionary or connection so long as it should not be for terrorist purposes, used by Vera Volkhovsky in 1906; certificate of recommendation, by a solicitor, Nov. 26, 1902; city of Glasgow permit for travel to Russia, June 21, 1893; legal opinion about "false pretences in obtaining a passport" dated May 31, 1895 (includes Foreign Office memorandum, 1901, and legal opinion about marriage of foreigners in U.K.); letter from J. Spiridion of Cardiff relating to false passport application, dated Feb. 8, 1895; letter from T. H. Sanderson of Foreign Office relating to imprisoned British subject Harry Williams of Central News Telgraphic Agency, dated May 29, 1895

Box/Folder 21 : 11

Personal souvenirs.

Scope and Content Note

Includes a lock of hair of F. Volkhovsky's hair; F. Volkhovsky's wife's wedding ring (made from iron of political prisoner's leg iron); F. Volkhovsky's key chain; "Sergias" (Stepniak-Kravchinsky's watchguard); piece of a calendar page, Oct 27; a Soviet commemorative stamp, 1917-1923, two post office seals

Box/Folder 21 : 12

Exercise books containing penciled writings by Vera Volkhovsky, with some addition by Felix Volkhovsky ("of one man's life") in Russian

Box/Folder 21 : 13

Pocket diaries, 1894-1898 (in English, with some Russian entries)

Box/Folder 21 : 14

Miscellaneous receipts, bills, notes and correspondence (sometimes addressed to Volkhovsky's pseudonyms)

Box/Folder 21 : 15

Correspondence from two firms of solicitors (Radford and Frankland, and Rowe and May), Jan. 11, 1898 - Feb. 5, 1898, relating to alleged slander by Inspector Melville

Box/Folder 21 : 16

Album dedicated to George Kennan.

Scope and Content Note

Inscribed "From a socialist to an American free-thinker and golden-hearted man, as a slight token of esteem. Do not forget us, George Kennan." 16 large pages comprising of autographed copy of F. Volkhovsky's poem "Our Oppressors", Peter and Paul Fortress, 1869; 6 1/2 full pages of print, extracted from the Siberian Gazette; a long manuscript tale (1883); and two poems, "Gold" of 1872 and "Patience" published anonymously 1871 (two pages missing). Apparently not presented to Kennan

Box/Folder 21 : 17

Various letters and correspondence

Box/Folder 22 : 1

Periodicals, 1886-1890

Box/Folder 22 : 2

Newspaper clippings, 1935-1938

Box/Folder 22 : 3-4

Photographs

Box/Folder 22 : 5-6

Magazines

Box/Folder 23 : 1

Newspaper clippings

Box/Folder 23 : 2

Photographs and illustrations

Box/Folder 24 : 1

Various articles and periodicals

Box/Folder 24 : 2-4

Various letters

Box/Folder 24 : 5

3 University certificates for Vera Volkhovsky, 1899

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