Accession Inventory of the Graf family papers
Finding aid prepared by Lucy Hernandez
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Stanford University
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Title: Graf family papers
Date (inclusive): 1920s-2004
Collection Number: 2020C54
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, French, and Russian
Physical Description:
12 manuscript boxes, 1 video recording, digital media
(4.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Garal'd Karlovich Graf was a Russian naval officer. In 1921 he became the head of the Chancery of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich
and was arrested by the Germans in 1941, before settling in Pennsylvania in 1950. The Graf family papers (1920s-2004) contain
Graf's typescript memoirs, writings, correspondence, and photographs. There is also correspondence and various papers of Graf's
son, Vladimir, and a typescript of Captain Boris Aprelev's diary of service at the General headquarters in 1915.
Creator:
Graf family
Creator:
Graf, G. K. (Garalʹd Karlovich), 1885-1966
Creator:
Graf, Vladimir
Creator:
Apri︠e︡lev, B.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
Box 1 and Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research;
materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the
collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2020.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Graf family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Garal'd Karlovich Graf was a Russian naval officer. He achieved the rank of captain. Born in Vyborg in 1885, he graduated
from the Naval Cadet School and served in the Russo-Japanese War, participating in the Battle of Tsushima. Thereafter, he
served on various ships in the Baltic fleet, including the most advanced Russian destroyer, the Novik. He published "Na Novikie
" (On the Novik ), in Germany in 1922. The book was translated into five languages. In 1913 he graduated from the Naval Academy.
After the revolution he lived for a time in Finland. In 1921 he moved to Germany where he joined the monarchist movement.
Ultimately, he became the head of the Chancery of Grand Duke Kirill Vladimirovich (and later his son, Vladimir Kirillovich),
effectively acting as chief of staff to the claimant to the Russian throne. In 1929 he moved to Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, France,
where the Grand Duke established his court. In 1941, in France, he was arrested by the Germans and spent 14 months in a concentration
camp. In 1950 he resettled in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he taught Russian and penned his memoirs of life as an émigré.
These memoirs, originally titled by the author "Bor'ba za vosstanovlenie svergnutogo prestola" (The struggle to re-establish
the lost throne), filled two bound volumes in final typewritten form. The memoirs were published as "Na sluzhbe Imperatorskomu
domu Rossii," 1917–1941, in St. Petersburg in 2004. He died in Pittsburgh in 1966.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Graf family papers (1920s-2004) contain Graf's typescript memoirs and writings. These include drafts of "Na Baltiiskom
flotie" (memoirs of service in the Baltic fleet from 1906 to 1914) in 2 volumes; and "Bor'ba za vosstanovlenie svergnutogo
prestola" (memoirs as chief of staff to Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich, claimant to the Russian throne, in Germany and France,
1920s-1940s) in 2 volumes in various drafts and copies, including drafts of a translation into English. There is a handwritten
diary from 1938 and correspondence with fellow naval officers and monarchists (Gen. Aleksei Olekhnovich, A.P. Volkoff and
others). The papers also contain correspondence and various papers of Graf's son, Vladimir, which relate top family matters
and publications of his father's writings. In addition, the papers include a typescript of Captain Boris Aprelev's diary of
service at the General headquarters in 1915 ("Dnevnik. Stavka Verkhovnogo glavnokomanduiushchego, 1915"). There are also photographic
prints and negatives that depict episodes of Graf's life, émigré monarchist meetings and events, and the life of grand dukes
Kirill Vladimirovich and Vladimir Kirillovich.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905
Russians -- Foreign countries -- Biography
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Refugees
Emigration and immigration
Russia
Typescripts
Diaries
Personal correspondence
Photographs
Russia. Voennyĭ flot
Accession Inventory
Processing Information
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box 1, folder 1-3
H.G. Graf, "On the Baltic Sea," authors original in Russian
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Box 1 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 1, folder 4-6
H.G. Graf, "On the Baltic Sea," original in Russian (2 volumes)
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Box 1 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 4, folder 1
H.G. Graf, "On the Baltic Sea," original in Russian (2 volumes)
undated
Conditions Governing Access
Box 4 may not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 2, folder 4
[?] This is for you, to get acquainted
circa 1994
box 2, folder 7-8
[Untitled filed, "The Imperial Baltic Navy, from 1906-1914"
1958
box 2, folder 9
[Untitled file with Graf's address]
circa 1958
box 3, folder 1
[Untitled file for manuscript of historical memoirs]
1998
box 3, folder 2
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 1]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 3
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 2]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 4
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 3]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 5
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 4]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 6
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 5]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 7
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 6]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 8
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 7]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 9
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 8]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 10
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 9]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 11
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 10]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 12
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 10]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 13
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 11]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 14
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 12]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 15
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 13]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 16
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 14]
circa 1998
box 3, folder 17
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 15]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 1
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 16]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 2
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 17]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 3
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 18]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 4
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 10]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 5
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 11]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 6
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 12]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 7
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 13]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 8
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 14]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 9
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 15]
circa 1998
box 5, folder 10
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 16]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 1
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 17]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 2
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 18]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 3
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 1]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 4
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 2]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 5
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 3]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 6
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 4]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 7
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 5]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 8
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 6]
circa 1998
box 6, folder 9
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 7]
circa 1998
box 7, folder 1
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 8]
circa 1998
box 7, folder 2
[Manuscript of historical memoirs, chapter 9]
circa 1998
box 7, folder 4
[Untitled file manuscript]
undated
box 7, folder 5
[Untitled file manuscript]
undated
box 7, folder 6
[Untitled file manuscript]
undated
box 7, folder 7
[Untitled file manuscript]
undated
box 7, folder 8
[Russian language title]
undated
box 8, folder 6
[Russian language title]
1917-1957
box 8, folder 7
[Untitled file]
1930s-1960s
box 9, folder 1
[Untitled file]
1930s-1960s
box 9, folder 2
[Russian language title]
1960s
box 9, folder 3
[Russian language title]
1960s
box 9, folder 4
[Untitled file]
1960s-1970s
box 9, folder 5
[Russian language title]
2000s
box 9, folder 6
Photos for full version, English subtitles, Xerox copies
undated
box 10, folder 1
[Chapter XX, the Last Romanovs]
undated
box 10, folder 2
[Untitled journal]
undated
box 10, folder 3
"Coburg-Saint Briac (Autobiography)" volume I by H. Graf
1963
box 11, folder 1
"Coburg-Saint Briac (Autobiography)" volume II by H. Graf
1963
