Scope and Contents: The collection consists of the personal correspondence, photographs and papers, including manuscripts, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and printed materials, of Princess Zoia Sergeevna Obolensky (1828-1897), her granddaughter, Zoia Alekseevna Bakéeff (1895-1956), and her great-granddaughter, Zoé André Bakéeff Petersen (1922-2015). It documents the history of a prominent family of the Russian imperial aristocracy over a period of approximately 150 years and six...

Scope and Contents: Series I includes background information on the Dadiani and Kazbegi families, largely compiled by Elena (Helene/Elou) Kazbegi Gamrekeli, the sister of Konstantin Kazbegi and Marina’s aunt, for Marina’s two children, Nina (Nino) and Konstantin (Tito). These manuscripts and typescripts in Russian and English feature a brief history of the Kazbegi family dating to the turn of the 19th century as well as Elena’s own recollections from her childhood. This series also includes unpublished chapters...

Scope and Contents: Series IV consists of two original photo albums, four albums reconstructed from loose pages, and an assortment of other photographs that have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the photographs are either of the area around the family estate in Kazbek or of various family members and largely date from the pre-revolutionary period. Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Romanov family are featured in the folders “photographs of Kazbek church and Tarskoe selo” and “Green album.” This...

Scope and Contents: Series IV consists of two original photo albums, four albums reconstructed from loose pages, and an assortment of other photographs that have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the photographs are either of the area around the family estate in Kazbek or of various family members and largely date from the pre-revolutionary period. Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Romanov family are featured in the folders “photographs of Kazbek church and Tarskoe selo” and “Green album.” This...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of the personal correspondence, photographs and papers, including manuscripts, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and printed materials, of Princess Zoia Sergeevna Obolensky (1828-1897), her granddaughter, Zoia Alekseevna Bakéeff (1895-1956), and her great-granddaughter, Zoé André Bakéeff Petersen (1922-2015). It documents the history of a prominent family of the Russian imperial aristocracy over a period of approximately 150 years and six...

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of the personal correspondence, photographs and papers, including manuscripts, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and printed materials, of Princess Zoia Sergeevna Obolensky (1828-1897), her granddaughter, Zoia Alekseevna Bakéeff (1895-1956), and her great-granddaughter, Zoé André Bakéeff Petersen (1922-2015). It documents the history of a prominent family of the Russian imperial aristocracy over a period of approximately 150 years and six...

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of the personal correspondence, photographs and papers, including manuscripts, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and printed materials, of Princess Zoia Sergeevna Obolensky (1828-1897), her granddaughter, Zoia Alekseevna Bakéeff (1895-1956), and her great-granddaughter, Zoé André Bakéeff Petersen (1922-2015). It documents the history of a prominent family of the Russian imperial aristocracy over a period of approximately 150 years and six...

Scope and Contents: The collection consists of the personal correspondence, photographs and papers, including manuscripts, genealogical research materials, newspaper clippings, and printed materials, of Princess Zoia Sergeevna Obolensky (1828-1897), her granddaughter, Zoia Alekseevna Bakéeff (1895-1956), and her great-granddaughter, Zoé André Bakéeff Petersen (1922-2015). It documents the history of a prominent family of the Russian imperial aristocracy over a period of approximately 150 years and six...

Scope and Contents: Series II contains documents involving the inheritance of property, business dealings, certificates of naturalization, immigration papers, and a list of graduates from the Imperial Page Corps in St. Petersburg. Also contains limited correspondence, including a telegram from Grand Duke Mikhail informing General Kazbegi of the death of his son during the First World War, and two letters from Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg, the last German ambassador to the Soviet Union before the...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

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Series III contains newspaper clippings related to family history, several articles and brochures relating to the White Russian emigre experience, and three Intourist travel brochures on the Black Sea, Tbilisi, and the Caucasus. This series also includes four postcards produced by the Comité Anti-Bolcheviste in Paris.

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...

Scope and Contents: Series IV consists of two original photo albums, four albums reconstructed from loose pages, and an assortment of other photographs that have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the photographs are either of the area around the family estate in Kazbek or of various family members and largely date from the pre-revolutionary period. Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Romanov family are featured in the folders “photographs of Kazbek church and Tarskoe selo” and “Green album.” This...

Scope and Contents: Series IV consists of two original photo albums, four albums reconstructed from loose pages, and an assortment of other photographs that have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the photographs are either of the area around the family estate in Kazbek or of various family members and largely date from the pre-revolutionary period. Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Romanov family are featured in the folders “photographs of Kazbek church and Tarskoe selo” and “Green album.” This...

Scope and Contents: Series IV consists of two original photo albums, four albums reconstructed from loose pages, and an assortment of other photographs that have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the photographs are either of the area around the family estate in Kazbek or of various family members and largely date from the pre-revolutionary period. Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Romanov family are featured in the folders “photographs of Kazbek church and Tarskoe selo” and “Green album.” This...

Scope and Contents: Series IV consists of two original photo albums, four albums reconstructed from loose pages, and an assortment of other photographs that have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the photographs are either of the area around the family estate in Kazbek or of various family members and largely date from the pre-revolutionary period. Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Romanov family are featured in the folders “photographs of Kazbek church and Tarskoe selo” and “Green album.” This...

Scope and Contents: Series IV consists of two original photo albums, four albums reconstructed from loose pages, and an assortment of other photographs that have been arranged chronologically. The bulk of the photographs are either of the area around the family estate in Kazbek or of various family members and largely date from the pre-revolutionary period. Tsar Nicholas II and other members of the Romanov family are featured in the folders “photographs of Kazbek church and Tarskoe selo” and “Green album.” This...

Scope and Content: The collection documents HTDW's activities and experiences in Russia between 1898 and 1920, as well as her activities in Washington, D.C. between 1920 and 1950. Most notably, it contains an unpublished memoir, My Homes in Russia, 1898-1920, in which HTDW describes everyday life in the Russian countryside, in ...