COLLECTIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS. Imperial Family; 1917 Revolution and Civil War; Emigration France, England

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1 COLLECTIONS OF CORRESPONDENCE AND MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS NAME OF COLLECTION: Qi* ga Ivanovna SUBBOTINA Papers. SOURCE: Purchase, 1965,1967; deposit by M.M. Cooke, 1969 SUBJECT: Imperial Family; 1917 Revolution and Civil War; Emigration France, England DATES COVERED: ca ^0 NUMBER OF ITEMS: C&# STATUS: (check appropriate description) Cataloged: x Listed? x Arranged: x Not organized: CONDITION: (give numbef of vols., boxes, or shelves) Bound: Boxed: g^^stored:jfoyc/jz,? «/<?/ll/ y ' 6<&*f f' ff «/ V LOCATION: (Library) BAR CALL-NUMBER Ms,, oll/subbotina RESTRICTIONS O N USE One folder of correspondence closed until 1990 ("box 5); deposit V materials'closed except with permission of M.M. Cobke. * waf PAeAfJ *A DESCRIPTION: Correspondence, manuscripts, documents, photographs, subject, files and printed materials of Ol'ga I, Sufbotina (or Soubbotine; ) and her grandmother, Mariia S. Benckendorff (Mary), and, her sister, Elizabeth Taube (Mrs. Harold Roberts). The correspondence includes letters and, telegrams of Aleksandra Fedorovna, Tsaritsa of Russia. The letters of Mariia Benckendorff f s son, Vasilii Dolgorukov, also provide informatioa about'; thei Imperial Family in-19l6~19l8. Manuscripts include a diary and calendar: of Mariia Benckendorff ( >> calendars of Subbotina ( , 193U-1936), and notebooks ofboizabethetaube. Among the documents are birth and marriage certificates, passports and wills. There are catalogued photographs of Nicholas II and several other photographs of the Imperial household and of Subbptina 1 s extended family,, Subject files deal primarily withv Mariia Benckendorff f s financial matters. She pursued claims to. assets lost as a result of the 1917 Revolution. The subject file entitled "Clam against the National Bank of New York" includes material about the exile of the Imperial 'family to Tobolsk and Ekaterinburg, as do other folders. The printed materials include a 1917 Imperial Almanac and typed excerpts from the Soviet press in For box list see verso and following page. IH 8/82

2 The collection vas acquired in two purchases and one deposit and has been arranged accordingly. SUBBOTINA (I965) BOX LIST Box 1. Catalogued and Arranged Correspondence; Photographs; Printed Materials; Catalogued Correspondence Aleksandra Fedorovna, Tsaritsa of Russia Arranged Correspondence Dolgorukov,. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Dolgorukov, Vasilii Aleksandrovich Unidentified >,.,:' ( 1 Photographs Tobolsk Printed Materials Imperial Almanac Clippings Pamphlets Magazines One folder of memorabilia, one box, two albums, one leather case SUBBOTIN/S (I967) BOX LIST ; /. v ' - ' - * - :- ( y Box. Catalogued Photographs; Arranged Correspondence x ') Catalogued Nicholas II, Tsar* of Russia^ j g.correapc-nde.nce f, ' J *.. i Various Family Members to Marila Sergeevna Berickeridorff (2 folders') Various Persons to Mariia Sergeevna Benckendorff Various Family Members to 01 f ga Ivanovna Subbotina (2 folders) Various Persons to 01 ga Ivanovna Subbotina Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Dolgorukov to Elizabeth Taube (Mrs. Harold Roberts)- : / Various Family Members to Elizabeth Taube (Mrs. Harold Roberts) Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Dolgorukov to ; unidentified Relating to the Apponyi Affair Calling Cards > Drafts of Letters ^ : Unidentified *, { '

3 SUBBOTINA BOX LIST -2- Box 3. Arranged Manuscript Benckendorff, Mariia S., Calendar and Diary Benckendorff, Pavel' K., Notebooks (2 items) Subbotina, Ol'ga S., Calendars (7 items) Taube, Elizabeth (Mrs. Harold Roberts), Notebooks (2 items) Box 4. Documents; Documents Family Identity Papers Wills of Mariia S. Benckendorff Photographs Russian Imperial Family's Members and Household; Imperial Palaces' Interior and Exterior views - 25 photographs, prints and postcards (some inscribed) Family photographs (5 folders) Folder 1: 1s (some inscribed) and prints Folder 2: 10 photographs (some inscribed) and prints Folder 3: 36 photographs, prints and postcards (some inscribed) and 1 peace of drawing Folder 4: 69 photographs and postcards (some inscribed) Folder 5: 1s Box 5. Subject Files; Clippings and Excerpts Subject Files Benckendorff Finances in Petrograd (3 items) Benckendorff Finances in Western Europe Claim Against RSFSR for Assets in Russia Claim Against the National Bank of New York (2 folders) Naturalization Papers for Great Britain Clippings and Excerpts (from Soviet newspapers, Feb.-March 1921)

4 SUBBOTINA BOX LIST -3- SUBBOTINA (1969) BOX LIST Box 6. Cataloged Photographs: (Boxes 6 and 7 stored at 81W) Cataloged Photographs Nicholas II. Tsar' of Russia Tsarevich Aleksei; Aleksandra Fedorovna, Tsaritsa of Russia, et al (Arriving of the Tsar's Train) <? data of deposit> Eugenia, Queen of Spain, with children Nicholas II, Tsar 1 of Russia, with Tsarevich Aleksei (postcard) Group Photograph: Daughters of Nicholas II and Aleksandra Fedorovna, Tsar 1 and Tsaritsa of Russia, Princesses Mariia, Tatiana, Anastasiia and Ol'ga (postcard) Dolgorukoff, <Valentin>, prince Group of unidentified people Group of unidentified people (3 persons) Group Photograph: Scneider, MLLE Tatichtchev, general Gilhard,M.Pierre Hendrikov, countess Dolgorukii, prince Taube. Ivan with wife, baron and baroness (2 items) Taube, Elizabeth, baroness Box 7. ; Taube, Elizabeth (group photograph) Grand Duchess Serge Princess Elizabeth of Hesse Keppel, Sir Henry Dolgorukii, Alexis, princess Irena, princess, <water-colour? pastel?> "Russian scene", winter landscape, 1909 <water-colour>

5 SUBBOTINA BOX LIST -4- Box 8. Oversized Materials; Cataloged Photo graphs (Boxes 8-11 with oversized materials stored at oversized section) Cataloged Photographs Edward VII Queen Alexandra, Prince Alexis Dolgorukii, Princess Frances Dolgorukii, et al Edward VII and Queen Alexandra Mariia Fedorovna, Tsaritsa of Russia (Dowager Empress Marie of Russia) Grand Duchess Xenia, et al. Box 9. Oversized Materials: ; Taube, Ivan with wife, baron and baroness Benkendorff, Pavel Konstantinovich, count Benkendorff, Mariia Sergeevna, countess Funeral of Countess Benkendorff (2 items) "Askol'd", Russian Cruiser in 1905 Nicholas II, Tsar' of Russia, <lithography> Maria, Queen of Romania, portrait and 2 related clippings Dolgorukii, Alexis Sergeevich, prince portrait Box 10. Oversized Materials: ; File of the "Times" Supplements" and Newspapers and Magazines Clippings; Frames; Passe-partout Wilson, Pellew Fleetwood File of the "Times" Supplements" and Newspapers and Magazines Clippings "The Times Russian Supplement" ( ) "Country Life"(1912) "The Graphic" (1917, 1919) "The Illustrated London News". January 1, 1921 Various newspapers clippings 1910*-1920 th Frames - 4 items Passe-partout Devenport Service Rugby Football Club Box 11. Oversized Materials: Parasol; Cushion Parasol -1 item Cushion - 1 item