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Register of the Alexandre 78055 1 Georgievich Tarsaidze papers Title: Alexandre Georgievich Tarsaidze papers Date (inclusive): 1648-1977 Collection Number: 78055 Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives Language of Material: English, Russian, French, German and Georgian Physical Description: 30 manuscript boxes, 7 oversize boxes, 39 envelopes, 1 album box, 11 motion picture film reels, 5 sound discs(28.5 Linear Feet) Abstract: Correspondence, speeches and writings, research notes, printed matter, photographs, engravings, lithographs, maps, and sound and video recordings relating to the history of Georgia (Transcaucasia), the Romanov family, Russian-American relations, and the Association of Russian Imperial Naval Officers in America. Includes photocopies of Romanov family letters, photographs of Russia during World War I by Donald C. Thompson, and a documentary film of Tsar Nicholas II. Creator: Tarsaidze, Alexandre Georgievich, 1901-1978 Creator: Thompson, Donald C. Hoover Institution Library & Archives Access Collection is open for research. Use copies of some motion picture film and all sound recordings in this collection are available for immediate access. To view other films during your visit, please contact the Archives at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible. Publication Rights For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives. Acquisition Information Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1978. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Alexandre Georgievich Tarsaidze papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives. 1901 Born, Tiflis, Russia, into family of old Georgian nobility 1918 Graduated, Imperial Naval Academy, Petrograd 1918-1921 Worked with Allied High Commissioner, Col. W. Haskell, in Tiflis 1921 Worked for American Relief Administration Escaped from Bolsheviks to Constantinople 1923-1941 Director, Caucasian Society "Allaverdy" Member, Georgian Society in the U.S.A. Member, Association of Former Russian Imperial Naval Officers Worked for Matchabelli Perfumes, R. H. Macy Co., Parfum Chevalier Garde, and other retailers in cosmetic and

jewelry business Immigrated to the United States 1941-1944 Worked for U.S. Army intelligence 1944 Author, Morskoi Korpus za CHetvert' Veka, 1901-1925, N.Y. 1945-1958 Director of Public Relations, Serge Obolensky Associates 1958 Author, Czars and Presidents 1969 Author, CHetyre mifa 1977 Author, Katia: Wife Before God 1959-1978 Freelancer, public relations 1978 Died, New York City Scope and Content of Collection Correspondence, speeches and writings, research notes, printed matter, photographs, engravings, lithographs, maps, and sound and video recordings relating to the history of Georgia (Transcaucasia), the Romanov family, Russian-American relations, and the Association of Russian Imperial Naval Officers in America. Includes photocopies of Romanov family letters, photographs of Russia during World War I by Donald C. Thompson, and a documentary film of Tsar Nicholas II.

Register of the Alexandre 78055 2 Georgievich Tarsaidze papers Subjects and Indexing Terms Russians -- United States Video tapes Sound recordings Russia -- Emigration and immigration Motion pictures World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia Russia -- Court and courtiers Georgia (Republic) -- History Russia -- Foreign relations -- United States United States -- Foreign relations -- Russia Romanov, House of Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, II, 1868-1918 Alexander, Emperor of Russia, II, 1818-1881 Association of Russian Imperial Naval Officers in America

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1851-1977 Scope and Contents note Correspondence, genealogical material, family papers and miscellaneous printed matter relating to the life, writings, and social activities of Alexandre Tarsaidze and the Eristov family, arranged alphabetically by physical form.

General, society Scope and Contents note Russian-American and other social events, especially charity.

box 1, folder 1 Calling cards and personal notes box 1, folder 2 Programs and invitations 1964-1976

Business records

General box 1, folder 3 Ermitage Restaurant 1960 box 1, folder 4 Southampton Hospital 1976-1977 Correspondence box 1, folder 5 General 1938-1976 box 1, folder 6 Publishing 1956-1976 box 1, folder 7 Memoranda 1976-1977

Correspondence

Personal box 1, folder 8 Undated box 1, folder 9 1943-1959 box 1, folder 10 1960-1969 box 1, folder 11 1970-1977 box 1, folder 12 Duke, A. B. 1977 Scope and Contents note Includes file on Panama Canal Treaty.

box 1, Eristov family 1921-1970 folder 13-14

Genealogical material

box 2, folder 1 L'Histoire et genealogie complete des Tarsaidj-Tarsaidze depuis XIII siecle de J-C., bound tearsheets 1851-1916 box 2, folder 2 Eristov (Eristavi) family, miscellaneous material, typescript and handwritten 1941-1944 box 2, folder 3 Eristov, Prince G., Moi Vospominaniia, 1875-1946, N.Y. 1954 box 2, folder 4 Tarsaidze, G., miscellaneous printed matter 1957 box 2, folder 5 Family crest and stamp undated

Personal and family documents

box 2, folder 6 General box 2, folder 7 Clippings box 2, folder 8 Curricula vitae box 2, folder 9 Documents relating to lawsuit against Martini & Rossi Corp. 1965-1967 SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1936-1977 Scope and Contents note Books, articles, letters to the editor, and incidental writings of Alexandre Tarsaidze, arranged chronologically and by alphabetically by title thereunder.

General

box 3, folder 1-4 Catalog undated Scope and Contents note Includes émigré publications related to history, handwritten.

box 4, folder 1-3 Catalog Letters to the editor, typescript box 5, folder 1 Undated box 5, folder 2 1940-1949 box 5, folder 3 1950-1959 box 5, folder 4 1960-1969 box 5, folder 5 1973 box 5, folder 6-8 Notebooks undated Periodical press, writings, including articles and letters to the editor box 5, folder 9 Undated box 5, folder 10 1936-1937 box 5, folder 11 1940 box 5, folder 12 1941 box 5, folder 13 1943 box 5, folder 14 1944 box 6, folder 1-10 1945-1947 Scope and Contents note Includes "Rokovye dni."

box 6, folder 11 1948 box 6, 1949 folder 12-13 box 6, 1950 folder 14-15

box 7, folder 1 1951 box 7, folder 2 1952 box 7, folder 3 1954 box 7, folder 4 1955 box 7, folder 5 1956 box 7, folder 6 1957 box 7, folder 7 1958 box 7, folder 8 1959 box 7, folder 9 1960-1961 box 7, folder 10 1965 box 7, folder 11 1966 box 7, folder 12 1968 box 7, folder 13 1970 box 7, folder 14 1971 box 7, folder 15 1973 box 7, folder 16 1974 box 7, folder 17 1975 box 7, folder 18 1976 box 7, folder 19 1977

"Alexandrina and Alexander," undated

box 7, folder 20 Draft, typescript box 7, folder 21 Notes and correspondence

box 7, folder 22 "Magdeburg Affair," outline for book, typescript undated

box 7, folder 23 Morskoi Korpus za chetvert' veka, printed copy 1944.

"Fanny Lear"

box 7, folder 24 Draft and research material, handwritten undated box 7, folder 25 Legal agreements re publication 1950

Czars and Presidents 1958

Correspondence box 7, folder 26 General 1938-1959 box 7, folder 27 Business 1957-1962 Research material box 7, folder 28 Miscellany 1862-1942 Scope and Contents note Includes material re Russian exploration of New Guinea and general correspondence.

box 7, folder 29 Clippings box 8, folder 1-3 General box 8, folder 4 Explorers box 8, folder 5 Railroads 1939-1950 box 8, folder 6 Russian diplomatic corps in the U.S. 1944 box 8, folder 7 Photographic reproductions, explorers box 8, folder 8 Legal contract for publication 1957 box 8, folder 9-10 Drafts, typescript undated box 8, folder 11 Film script, typescript draft undated

box 8, folder 12 Scrapbook of reviews and letters to the author 1958

box 8, folder 13 Russia's Rich Husbands, reprints 1955.

CHetyre mifa, [See also: SUBJECT FILE/World War I] 1969

Correspondence box 9, folder 1 Personal 1965-1974 Business 1969-1970 box 9, folder 2 General box 9, folder 3-7 Book orders box 9, folder 8 Draft, handwritten undated box 9, folder 9 Advertisements and reviews

Katia: Wife Before God 1977

Correspondence box 9, folder 10 General 1949-1977 box 9, folder 11 Business 1967-1970 Research material box 10, folder 1 Unidentified (B. Nermi-Ergunov?), manuscript undated box 10, folder 2 Gernet, L. von, memoirs and correspondence, typescript and handwritten 1949 box 10, folder 3 Klap'e, O. de, "Kniaginia Mariia Tenisheva," tearsheet undated box 10, folder 4 Nikitin, D., memoirs re "Goga" IUr'evskii, printed copy 1945 box 10, folder 5 Genealogical material, typescript and handwritten undated box 10, folder 6-8 Clippings and miscellany Scope and Contents note Includes material re Emperor Alexander II, Ekaterina Dolgorukova-IUr'evkaia and family.

box 10, folder 9 Photo reproductions [same as above] box 10, Drafts, typescript undated folder 10-14 box 11, folder 1-3 Drafts box 11, folder 4 Publicity material SUBJECT FILE 1876-1977 Scope and Contents note Correspondence and printed matter relating to the Caucasus, Transcaucasus, and Russia. Includes material about the Imperial Russian Army, Navy, and Air Force, especially in World War I. Also includes material related to the Russian Imperial family and especially the film Emperor Nicholas II, Last Czar of Russia produced by A. Tarsaidze. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

Armenia

box 11, folder 5 General, miscellaneous material on Mt. Ararat and Noah's Ark 1967 Scope and Contents note Includes correspondence of A. Tarsaidze.

Printed matter box 11, folder 6 General, KHatissian, A., The Memoirs of a Mayor,tearsheets undated box 11, folder 7 Clippings

Caucasus and Transcaucasus

Maps [See: OVERSIZE FILE] Printed matter box 11, folder 8 General, Zakavkaz'e, Tiflis 1907-1908 box 11, folder 9 Clippings

Georgia

General Bagratids, Royal House of Georgia, printed matter [See also: Nicholas II/Romanov Family genealogy] General box 11, folder 10 Lang, D., "Prince Ioan of Georgia and His 'Kalmasoba'", The American Slavic and East European Review, Reprint 1953. Tumanov, Prince K. box 11, folder 11 Miscellaneous offprints 1947 box 11, folder 12 "Materialy k genealogii Bagratidov", Novik, Typescript 1950. box 11, folder 13 "Kniaz'ia Bagration-Mukhranskie", Novik, Typescript 1951. box 11, folder 14 "Poslednie tsari Imeretii i ikh potomstvo", Novik, Typescript 1953. box 12, folder 1 Clippings box 12, folder 2 Genealogical records box 12, folder 3-4 Nobility and public figures, miscellany Scope and Contents note Includes genealogical material and writings of A. Tarsaidze. See also: Russia/Nobility.

box 12, folder 5 Pretenders to the Georgian throne, "M. Grousinski," miscellaneous material 1968 Correspondence box 12, folder 6 General 1949-1975 box 12, folder 7 Iraklii of Georgia 1971 box 12, folder 8 Tumanov, Prince K. 1949-1958 box 12, folder 9 Letters to the editor 1973 Printed matter General box 12, folder 10 Dadeshkeliani, I., The Autocephaly of the Orthodox Church of Georgia 1922 box 12, folder 11 Mordovtsev, D., "ZHelezom i krov'iu", Novoe Russkoe Slovo undated box 12, folder 12 Solov'ev, S., "Vostochnyi vopros 50 let nazad," Drevniia i novaia Rossiia 1876 box 12, Clippings, tearsheets and miscellany folder 13-16

Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia

Imperial Family box 13, folder 1 General, genealogy undated Scope and Contents note Includes list of Romanovs in the U.S.

Correspondence box 13, folder 2 General 1944-1975 box 13, folder 3 Romanov family 1976

Moving pictures, Emperor Nicholas II, Last Czar of Russia Scope and Contents note Also under titles Emperor Nicholas II - Last Monarch of Russia and Emperor Nicholas II.

box 13, folder 4-5 Clippings 1966-1975 Correspondence Personal box 13, folder 6 Eastman, Max 1944 box 13, folder 7 Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallace, Duchess of Windsor 1968 box 13, folder 8 Lied, J. and viewing by Norwegian Royal family 1958 box 13, folder 9 Massie, R. and S. 1968 box 13, folder 10 Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten 1957, 1967 box 13, folder 11 Post, Marjorie Merriweather 1967-1972 box 13, folder 12 Tuchman, B. 1964 box 13, folder 13 Vladimir, Grand Duke of Russia and Madrid showing 1966 Business General box 13, folder 14 1944-1959 box 13, folder 15 1961-1976 box 13, folder 16 Axelbank, Herman 1969-1975 box 13, folder 17 Holmquist, N., AB Europa Film 1970-1973 Invitations, announcements and advertisements General box 14, folder 1 Undated-1960 box 14, folder 2 1961-1969 box 14, folder 3 1971-1974 box 14, folder 4 1975-1977 box 14, folder 5 Biarritz Benefit, France 1968-1969 Narration box 14, folder 6 Draft, typescript undated box 14, folder 7 Notes undated box 14, folder 8 Andrian, B., "Poslednie dni Imperatora Nikolaia Vtorogo," typescript 1967 box 14, folder 9 Kalantar, M., narration for "Tsar Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution," typescript undated Printed matter General box 15, folder 1 "A Christmas Hymn written by His Imperial Majesty Nicholas II...", San Francisco Examiner 1903 box 15, folder 2 ZHizn'i TSarstvovanie Imperatora Nikolaia II, "Vestnik" Obshchestva Russkikh Veteranov Velikoi Voiny 1970 Clippings, tearsheets box 15, folder 3-7 Imperial family Scope and Contents note Includes memoirs about them.

Romanov family box 15, General, including monarchism folder 8-10 box 15, folder 11 Ol'ga Aleksandrovna, Grand Duchess 1959-1960 box 15, folder 12 Nikolai Nikolaevich, Grand Duke Photographic reproductions Imperial family box 15, General folder 13-14 Scope and Contents note Includes Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.

box 15, folder 15 Alexandra, Consort of Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia box 15, folder 16 Alexis Nikolaevich box 15, folder 17 Olga, Tat'iana, Maria, Anastasia, Grand Duchesses of Russia box 15, folder 18 Romanov family Abdication and exile of Nicholas II Correspondence box 16, folder 1 General, including re publication of letters below 1943-1970 box 16, folder 2 Erdeli, M. 1949 Letters from TSarskoe Selo, Stavka and Tobol'sk to Margarita (Rita) Erdeli, nee KHitrovo Typescript copies box 16, folder 3 Alexandra, Empress of Russia 1916 July - 1918 January box 16, folder 4 Ol'ga, Grand Duchess 1914 September - 1918 April box 16, folder 5 Tat'iana, Grand Duchess 1916 - 1918 February box 16, folder 6 Facsimiles of above box 16, folder 7 Printed matter, journals, clippings, and tearsheets from emigre press 1952-1957 Death of Imperial Family box 16, folder 8 Correspondence 1956 Printed matter box 16, folder 9 Fashist 1938 July box 16, Clippings folder 10-13 Relics of Imperial Family box 16, folder 14 Correspondence 1943-1971 Printed matter box 16, folder 15 Tarsaidze, A., miscellaneous newspaper articles 1958-1971 box 16, folder 16 Clippings and tearsheets 1930-1958 Rasputin box 16, folder 17 Correspondence 1976 Printed matter box 16, folder 18 General, Solovieff-Rasputine, M., Mon Pere Grigory Raspoutine, photocopy 1925 box 17, folder 1-2 Clippings box 17, folder 3 Photographic reproductions Pretenders General box 17, folder 4 "Alexei," Michael Goleniewski, clippings "Anastasia" box 17, folder 5 Correspondence 1955-1968 box 17, folder 6 Clippings box 17, folder 7 Clippings box 17, folder 8 Correspondence 1953-1976 Scope and Contents note Includes material re "Alexei," Michael Goleniewski.

Russia

General, printed matter General box 17, folder 9 Fine Bindings from the Libraries of the Tzars of Russia, Plaza Book Auction Corp., N.Y. 1933 box 17, folder 10 Goebbels, J., Teoriia i praktika bol'shevizma, translation of speech delivered at Nurenberg 1936 September box 17, folder 11 Okul'tizm i ioga, Asuncion 1967

box 17, folder 12 Russia, Russian-American Semi-Monthly Magazine 1944-1945 Scope and Contents note Includes articles by A. Tarsaidze.

box 17, folder 13 Clippings box 18 Notebooks (1-5), clippings from emigre and foreign press Scope and Contents note Includes material on monarchism, World War I, Civil War and Soviet Union. Book 5 includes material re female soldiers and sailors in Russian Army, 1922-1927.

box 19 Notebooks (6-8) box 20, folder 1 Notebooks (9-10) Photographic reproductions 1890s-1917 box 20, folder 2 General Scope and Contents note Includes cities (St. Petersburg and Moscow) and Imperial palaces.

box 20, folder 3 Political figures box 20, folder 4 Society figures Air Force, printed matter box 20, folder 5 Clippings box 20, folder 6-8 Miscellany re G. Sikorsky 1964-1972 Army General box 20, folder 9 Program-menus for official dinners of Guards regiments 1874-1875 box 20, folder 10 Orders, decorations and coats of arms box 20, folder 11 Correspondence 1964, 1974 Printed matter General box 20, folder 12 Danil'chenko, Col. P., Poslednii TSarskii smotr voiskam na Marsovom Pole, typescript 1950 box 20, folder 13 KHolmnsen, Lieut.-Gen. I., Na voennoi sluzhbe v Rossii, N.Y. 1953 box 20, folder 14 Images de l'armée russe, 1683-1917 undated box 20, folder 15 Russkii Invalid 1964, 1966, 1972 box 20, folder 16 Suvorovtsy, Izdanie Ob"edineniia b. kadet Suvorovskago Kadetskago Korpusa undated box 20, folder 17 Vestnik kavalergardskoi sem'i 1951-1969 box 20, folder 18 Voennaia Byl' 1968 November box 20, folder 19 Voenno-istoricheskii zhurnal, Moscow 1964 Clippings and tearsheets box 21, folder 1 General box 21, folder 2 Obituaries of former officers box 21, folder 3 Photographic reproductions box 21, folder 4 Automobiles, clippings Civil War, printed matter [See also: Revolution of 1917] box 21, folder 5 General, Pervopokhodnik 1971 Clippings box 21, folder 6 General box 21, folder 7-8 Kolchak, Adm. A. Corporal punishment and prisons box 21, folder 9 Clippings 1965-1972 box 21, folder 10 Correspondence and letters to the editor 1951-1974 Cossacks, printed matter General. Eliseev, F. box 21, folder 11 Nash polk v mesiatsy revoliutsii 1917-1918 godov, N.Y. 1961 box 21, folder 12 Pesni Kubanskikh Kazakov 1960 box 21, folder 13 Reid Sotnika Gamaliia v Mesopotamii v mae 1916 goda, N.Y. 1957

box 21, folder 14 Clippings Émigrés box 21, folder 15 Memoirs of A. Chicherin, typescript undated Printed matter box 21, folder 16 General, bicentennial of the U.S. Clippings box 21, folder 17 Biographical material box 21, folder 18 Obituaries box 22, folder 1 Inventors, clippings [See also: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS/ General. Letters to the editor] Jews in Russia box 22, folder 2 Correspondence, including letters to the editor 1956-1965 box 22, folder 3 Clippings 1939-1973 box 22, folder 4 Karaims, Zajanczkowski, A., "Karaims," printed copy [See also: PHOTOGRAPHS] undated box 22, folder 5 Money and government bonds 1899-1924 Music box 22, folder 6 "Baian," Obshchestvo peniia... v g. Rige, program 1887. box 22, folder 7 Russian National Anthem and "Marsh gvardeiskago ekipazha," sheet music undated Navy [See also SPEECHES AND WRITINGS and OVERSIZE FILE] General, Obshchestvo Russkikh Morskikh Ofitserov v Amerike box 22, folder 8 Bulletin 1944, 1948, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975-1977 box 22, folder 9 Correspondence of A. Tarsaidze 1971-1973 box 22, folder 10 Lists of former Russian Imperial Naval officers 1944, 1952 box 22, folder 11 Programs, invitations, and clippings related to social events 1935-1975 Correspondence box 22, General 1943-1976 folder 12-13 box 22, folder 14 Letters to the editor 1939-1969 box 22, folder 15 Material related to U.S.S. Whipple 1950-1973 Printed matter General box 22, folder 16 Biulleten' Morskogo Uchilishcha Vypusk 1920 1966, 1967 box 22, folder 17 Pravila dlia kadet Morskogo Ego Imperatorskago Vysochestva Naslednika TSesarevicha Kadetskago Korpusa, Sevastopol' 1916 box 22, folder 18 Imperial Navy uniforms, 19th century, lithographs Clippings box 23, folder 1-9 General box 23, Navy and Revolutions of 1905 and 1917 folder 10-11 box 23, folder 12 South Pacific and Hawaiian Islands 1935 box 23, folder 13 Photographic reproductions of Morskoi Korpus Nobility box 24, folder 1 General, Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Knights of Malta, miscellaneous material 1967-1975 box 24, folder 2 Correspondence, including re imposters 1957-1971 Printed matter General box 24, folder 3 Dvorianstvo, Paris 1960, 1964-1965, 1969 box 24, folder 4-6 Novik. Istoriko-genealogicheskii ZHurnal, N. Pleshko ed., New York 1942, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1958, 1959, 1961 box 24, folder 7 Russian Nobility Association in U.S.A., miscellaneous material 1953 box 24, folder 8 Soiuz Dvorian, Paris 1954, 1961, 1964 box 24, folder 9 Staryi Peterburg, iubileinyi sbornik vospominanii 1953 Clippings box 25, folder 1 General, including obituaries box 25, folder 2 Imposters

box 25, folder 3 Social events Genealogies Obolensky, Princes box 25, folder 4 Pleshko, N., Russkoe Istoriko-Rodoslovnoe Obshchestvo v Amerike 1959 box 25, folder 5 Miscellany 1905-1970 box 25, folder 6 Clippings 1968-1971 box 25, folder 7 Sverbeev, Pleshko, N., Russkoe Istoriko-Rodoslovnoe Obshchestvo v Amerike 1951 box 25, folder 8 Urussov, Princes, Pleshko, N., Russkoe Istoriko-Rodoslovnoe Obshchestvo v Amerike 1955 box 25, folder 9 Ob"edinenie Russkikh IUristov b. Di Pi v Amerike, Vestnik 1959 Orthodox Church box 25, folder 10 General, Trifono-Pechengskii Monastery, miscellaneous material undated Clippings and tearsheets box 25, folder 11 Church in America box 25, folder 12 Church abroad [See also: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS] 1930s-1970 box 25, folder 13 Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia, miscellaneous material re Donizetti opera "Il borgomastro di Saardam," 1973 box 26, folder 1-2 Pushkin, A., clippings 1937-1975 box 26, folder 3 Revolution of 1905, clippings Revolution of 1917 Correspondence box 26, folder 4 General 1943-1969 box 26, folder 5 Mel'gunov, S. 1952-1957 Memoirs, typescript box 26, folder 6 Anitchkoff, V. 1917-1922 box 26, folder 7 SHvetsov, D. undated Printed matter, clippings and tearsheets box 26, General folder 8-10 Scope and Contents note Includes biographical material re Communists.

box 27, folder 1-6 General box 28, folder 1 Gumberg, A. 1953 box 28, folder 2-4 Lenin, V., biographical material box 28, folder 5 Reilley, Sidney box 28, folder 6 Stalin, I. and Stalinists box 28, folder 7 "Zinov'ev letter," 1966-1970 box 28, folder 8 Russian-American Information Bureau, letter of A. Tarsaidze, introducing organization, typescript undated box 28, Russo-Japanese War, clippings folder 9-10 box 28, folder 11 Rossica, Society of Russian Philately Journal 1955 box 28, Siberia and the Far East, clippings folder 12-13 box 29, folder 1-5 Solzhenitsyn, A., clippings [See also: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS and SUBJECT FILE/ World War I] box 29, folder 6 Stolypin, A., clippings

World War I

General Association of Russian War Invalids of the First World War box 29, folder 7 Printed matter, Russkii Invalid 1973 May

box 29, folder 8 Miscellany 1957-1960 Scope and Contents note Includes correspondence and legal papers.

box 29, folder 9 Jagow, Gottlieb von (?), miscellaneous correspondence, typescript copies 1914-1915 box 29, folder 10 Miasoedov, Col., clippings [See also: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS] 1965 Navy "Magdeburg Affair," including material re naval intelligence and codes box 29, folder 11 Clippings box 29, folder 12 Correspondence 1959-1975 Printed matter box 29, folder 13 General, Timirev, Rear-Adm. S., Baltiiskii Flot vo vremia voiny i revoliutsii 1961 box 29, folder 14 Clippings box 29, folder 15 Ruzskii, Gen. V., clippings [See also: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS] box 29, Sukhomlinov, Gen. V., clippings, tearsheets, photographic reproductions and folder 16-18 other printed matter [See also: SPEECHES AND WRITINGS and SUBJECT FILE/Russia/Air Force/Navy] 1924-1966 Correspondence box 29, folder 19 General 1943-1974 box 29, folder 20 Kerensky, A. 1944 Printed matter General box 29, folder 21 Andolenko, Gen., La Guerre 1914-1918 sur le front russe 1965 box 29, folder 22 Budberg, Lieut.-Gen. Baron A., Vooruzhennyia sily Rossiiskoi Imperii v ispolnenii obshchesoiuznykh zadach i obiazanostei vo vremia voiny 1914-1917g. 1939 box 30, folder 1 Dartigues, L., La mission sanitaire chirurgicale française du Caucase 1er Juillet 1917-13 Juillet 1918, Paris 1919 box 30, folder 2 Eristov, Prince A., "Velikii Kniaz' Sergei Mikhailovich," typescript excerpt, Russkii Invalid 1939 box 30, folder 3 Headquarters of the Military Representative...of the Russian Army, Russia in the War, 1914-1918 1919 box 30, folder 4 Konnaia gvardiia na voine, photograph album 1914 Clippings and tearsheets box 30, General folder 5-14 box 30, folder 15 German spies in Russia Scope and Contents note Includes A. Tarsaidze's letters to the editor.

box 30, folder 16 Photographic reproductions Scope and Contents note Includes document changing name of St. Petersburg to Petrograd, 1914 August 18.

box 30, folder 17 World War II, clippings

OVERSIZE FILE 1780s-1960 Scope and Contents note Printed matter, including prints, posters, chromolithographs, books, and albums of Caucasians in national dress; Georgian royalty, nobility, and national monuments; Russian tsars and emperors, Russian nobility, Russian Imperial Army and Navy; and miscellany related to St. Petersburg. Arranged alphabetically by subject.

General, printed matter

box 31 Harper's Weekly 1866 box 31 New York Times Mid-Week Pictorial 1919

box 32 Caucasus and Transcaucasus, tearsheets from album, prints, and posters 1850s Scope and Contents note Caucasians in national dress and historical group scenes.

Georgia

Printed matter box 32 "Genealogicheskaia tablitsa gruzinskago tsarskago doma s Bagrata III," 1853 box 32 Berzhe, A. and Bakradze, D. eds., Zapiski obshchestva liubitelei kavkazskoi arkheologii, Tiflis, 175 Prints and posters box 32 Gagarin, G., Chromolithographe Lemercier, chromolithographs of watercolor drawings of Georgian frescos in churches and palaces, 19th century Portraits of Georgian royalty and nobility box 32 Iraklii II, lithograph undated box 32 IUlon, Ioan and David, prints and copies of prints undated box 32 Gurieli, Princes, "Nekotorye iz deputatov Aziatskikh narodov...," 1856

Russia

General box 33 Novoe Vremia, photocopy 1916 March box 33 Tsars and Emperors of Russia, miscellaneous prints undated box 33 Miscellany 1848-1969 Scope and Contents note Includes posters, prints, drawings and programs.

Alexander II, Emperor of Russia. Printed matter box 33 TSarstvovanie Imperatora Aleksandra II (v kartinakh), St. Petersburg 1882 box 33 "Konchina Imperatora Aleksandra II," lithograph 1881. box 33 "Pamiatnyi list po sluchaiu iubileia...Aleksandra Nikolaevicha," St. Petersburg 1880 box 33 Army, "Trubach. L. Gv. Kirasirskago... polka," color print 1855 Navy box 33 Sailor from ship Variag, fragment of poster undated box 33 Miscellany related to Russian-American naval relations 1863 Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia General box 33 "Iz moego al'boma," personal family album of Empress Alexandra box 33 Krasnyi Arkhiv, "Dnevnik Nikolaia Romanova," tearsheets undated box 33 Posters, Emperor Nicholas II and Russian Imperial Army Nobility box 33 "Carte des ordres de chevalerie de sa Majeste Czarine...," 1780s box 33 Spiski titulovannym rodam i litsam rossiiskoi imperi, Tipografiia pravitel'stvuiushchago senata, St. Petersburg 1892 St. Petersburg box 34 Maps 1911, 1958 Printed matter box 34 General, "Le palais imperial d'hiver," 19th century

box 34 Dobuzhinskii, M., Peterburg v Dvatsat' pervom godu 1923

Tarsaidze, A., scrapbooks of clippings

box 34 "Russian Naval Ball," 1934 November box 34 Social life, miscellany 1935 box 34 Emperor Nicholas II - Last Monarch of Russia, announcements and reviews of film 1956 box 35 Politics (especially Russophobia and misinterpretation of Russian history), clippings and letters to the editor 1936-1956 box 35 "Bal Blanc" and other social and charitable events 1956-1960 MAPS 1648-1958 Scope and Contents note Maps of the South Pacific and the Russian Empire, including Georgia, arranged by subject.

box 36 General Scope and Contents note Rand McNally, "War-Planning Map of the World," undated; New Guinea and Papua, 1934; Oceania, 1840(?).

Russia

box 36 General, including Russian Empire, South Russia, Black Sea and Caucasus, Siberia and Maritime Provinces 1648-1958 Georgia box 37 Enlarged photographs of maps 1905-1915 box 37 Tiflis, city plan, 19th century PHOTOGRAPHS 1880s-1960s Scope and Contents note 404 prints, 51 postcards, 40 duplicates, 2 color transparencies, and 2 albums. Includes photographs of the Tarsaidze family; the Russian Imperial Army and Navy; World War I, the Revolution of 1917, and the Russian Civil War; Emperor Nicholas II, the Imperial family, and the Romanov family; and Georgia and the Transcaucasus. Arranged by subject.

envelope A 8 prints and 12 duplicates depicting A. Tarsaidze 1905(?)-1920 envelope B 24 prints depicting the Tarsaidze and Eristavi families 1900-1950s envelope C 5 prints depicting Russian Imperial Air Force undated Scope and Contents note Includes group photos of officers with Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia. Also includes portrait print of I. Sikorsky.

envelope D 29 prints depicting Russian Imperial Army 1880s-1917 Scope and Contents note Includes Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia.

envelope mE 39 prints depicting Russian Imperial Navy 1865-1917 envelope F 1 print depicting Lieut.-Gen. N. IUdenich with a group of Imperial Army officers 1915 envelope mG 33 prints depicting Russia in World War I 1914-1917 Scope and Contents note Includes battle scenes, Red Cross work, street scenes, female soldiers of the Battalion of Death with their commander Maria Bochkareva, and portrait prints of soldiers, peasants, and nurses. Reproductions of Donald C. Thompson photographs.

envelope H 4 prints and 4 duplicates depicting the Russian Army of the Trans-Caucasus 1914-1917(?) Scope and Contents note Includes Dikaia Diviziia and the Emir of Bukhara.

envelope mI 24 prints depicting street scenes in Petrograd during the Revolution of 1917 Scope and Contents note Includes A. Kerensky. Reproductions of Donald C. Thompson photographs, originally published in Blood Stained Russia, Leslie -Judge Co. Publishers, New York, 1918.

envelope J 33 prints depicting scenes of the Russian Civil War in the Caucasus 1917-1918 envelope mK 34 prints depicting Georgia 1853-1922 Scope and Contents note Includes "Deputatsiia gruzinskago dvorianstva po povodu 100-letiia prisoedineniia Gruzii" and portrait prints of Prince G. Bagration, Prince I. Amilakhviri, and Prince Gurielli.

album fL Photograph album of Georgia 1900s envelope M 2 prints depicting Karaims 1913, 1916 Scope and Contents note Includes the delegation to the celebration of the tricentenary of Romanov rule.

envelope N 19 prints and 7 duplicates related to G. Tarsaidze's book Katia: Wife Before God 1880s-1950s Scope and Contents note Includes portrait prints of Alexander II, Empress Maria, Ekaterina Dolgorukova, Ol'ga, Katia, and Georgii IUr'evskii.

envelope O-P 25 prints and 6 duplicates depicting the Imperial family, including scenes of military manoeuvres and ceremonies 1910-1917 Scope and Contents note Includes original prints by K. E. von Gan & Co., TSarskoe Selo.

envelope Q-mR 67 prints depicting Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia 1870s-1917 Scope and Contents note Includes original prints by K. E. von Gan & Co., TSarskoe Selo.

envelope S-mT 9 prints and 1 duplicate depicting Alexandra, consort of Nicholas, Emperor of Russia 1900s-1917 Scope and Contents note Includes original prints by K. E. von Gan & Co., TSarskoe Selo.

envelope U-mV 32 prints and 2 duplicates depicting Tsesarevich Aleksei Nikolaevich 1908(?)-1917 envelope W-mX 32 prints and 1 duplicate depicting the Grand Duchesses Ol'ga, Tat'iana, Maria, and Anastasiia, 1905-1917(?) Scope and Contents note Includes scenes of their hospital work and a portrait print of Grand Duchess Tat'iana.

envelope Y-Z 30 prints depicting the Romanov family 1880s-1960s envelope mAA 1 print depicting Grand Duke Mikhail Aleksandrovich and group of British noblemen 1900s envelope BB 1 print depicting Count V. Adlerberg undated envelope mCC 1 print depicting King Ferdinand I of Romania arriving in St. Petersburg 1914 envelope DD 1 print depicting Princess E. Obolenskaia in court dress undated

envelope mEE 1 print depicting G. Rasputin in the company of society women undated envelope FF 1 print depicting Suliman Pasha Shapshal, Regent of Persia 1907-1915 envelope GG 2 prints depicting P. Stolypin 1911 envelope HH 1 print and 7 duplicates depicting ball in St. Petersburg, 1910(?) envelope mII 2 prints and 2 color transparencies of paintings by E. Vigee-Lebrun, one depicting Elizaveta Alekseevna, consort of Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, the other Princess Tatiana IUsupova 1790s envelope JJ 3 unidentified prints album fKK Photograph album of St. Petersburg, 1910s(?) envelope LL 36 postcards of St. Petersburg and Leningrad 1890s-1960s envelope MM 15 miscellaneous postcards envelope NN Print negatives envelope OO 35 mm. black and white negatives film shelf MOTION PICTURE FILM 1944-1977 Scope and Contents note Emperor Nicholas II, Last Czar of Russia and other films related to monarchy.

reel 1 Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Castle Film Productions, 16 mm., sound 1954 reel 2 "News Parade of the Year" and "Old Time Movies," Castle Film Productions, 16 mm., sound 1939 reel 3 Memorial service (panikhida) for Russian Imperial Family at cathedral of Russian Church Abroad in New York, WCBS News, 16 mm., sound 1968 reel 4 Coronations of British monarchs up to George IV and coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Pathegrams footage, 16 mm., silent and sound reel 5 Russia in World War I, composite of still photographs in Tarsaidze collection, 16 mm., silent Scope and Contents note Includes nursing activities of Grand Duchesses.

reel 6 Emperor Nicholas II, Last Czar of Russia, sound Scope and Contents note Also under title: Emperor Nicholas II - Last Monarch of Russia and Emperor Nicholas II. Includes incomplete duplicate, 2 copy negatives, 2 silent answer prints, and 1 incomplete lab test. Alternate Forms Available Videocassette (3/4" U-Matic)

reel 7-10 Original footage of Emperor Nicholas II, Last Czar of Russia, Embassy Films, 16 mm., silent 1956 Access Use copy (DVD made from VHS copy) available on-site for immediate use. Use copy reference number: 78055_001_r2016. Scope and Contents note Includes Imperial family, miscellaneous footage. Alternate Forms Available Videocassette (VHS)

reel 11 Miscellaneous 35 mm. and 16 mm. fragments record cabinet SOUND RECORDINGS 1955-1968, undated Scope and Contents note Includes Russian Imperial Cavalry march, memorial service for Imperial family, Soviet anthem, and recordings of interviews with A. Tarsaidze and others.

Sound recording of Anthems, Vol. I, Folkways Records, FP 88-1 1955 Scope and Contents note These are chiefly instrumental performances of the national anthems. Access Use copy reference number: 78055_a_0006924

Sound recording of "Cavalry March of Her Majesty's Regiment," 78 speed disc undated Scope and Contents note There are numerous scratches throughout this disc. Access Use copy reference number: 78055_a_0001774

Sound recording of interview with A. Tarsaidze, I. Obolensky, and Adlerberg, 78 speed discs undated Scope and Contents note Describes the men's lives. In English. Access Use copy reference number: 78055_a_0001775

Sound recording of "The Solemn Funeral Service for the Russian Imperial Family and all the Victims of Communist Terror," Brussels 1968 July 17 Scope and Contents note The item title is culled from the heading of the back cover notes. In Russian. Access Use copy reference number: 78055_a_0006923