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Thirty one photographs by the Soiuzphoto agency, showing scenes in Livadia, Tadzhistan and Moscow (including the Metro, the Park of Culture and Rest and factories), as well as farms, libraries and schools.

M.Phil thesis submitted to Nottingham University by Garth M Terry entitled "The origins and development of the Macedonian revolutionary movement with particular reference to the Tayna Makedonsko-Odrinska Revolutsionerna Organizatsiia from its conception in 1893 to the Ilinden Uprising of 1903", 1974.

Draft typescript by Peter Unwin entitled "Voice in the wilderness: Imre Nagy and the Hungarian revolution", 1991.

Text of a lecture on early literary contacts between France and Bohemia by Maurice O'Connell Walshe, c 1955.

Letters to Johannes Wilde, 1920-1968, mostly from his brother Dr Ferenc Wilde in Budapest and other family members. The correspondence mostly relates to personal matters but there are also references to the art world and to political events including the Hungarian revolution of 1956. Also contains a diary of events in Budapest during the Second World War written by Wilde's sister Margit Wilde.

Two volumes entitled "Frantisek Palacky: an introduction to his life and work, with special reference to his ideas regarding nationality and government" by Dr J Emlyn Williams, written at Vienna, 1928.

Two pieces of campaign literature from Boris Yeltsin's campaign for the Presidency of the Russian Federation, 1996.

Press cuttings from the British press, arranged in date order, on the war in the former Yugoslavia, 1991-1994. Also a large envelope of printed material and correspondence relating to Yugoslav affairs and the war.

Papers of Evgenii Semenovich Mollo, comprising:
writings on Imperial Russian orders and military equipment, c 1960, 1979; documents and notes on Russian military orders and uniforms, c 1958-1982l; correspondence, mainly concerned with Russian military history and related interests arising out of his collection of Russian militaria, orders and objets d'art, 1958-1982, correspondents include the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; genealogical papers including family trees on the Veselitskii and Gol'tgoer (de Holthoer) families, including a number of letters in French from Michael de Holthoer, member of the Council of the Empire, to his niece Felicia de Holthoer in England (1882-1896). Also some letters (1856-1864) from other sources

Papers of Robert Gerard Allen, 1919-1940, comprising:
notebook of poetry presumably by Allan, c.1930-1940; photographs and postcards of interwar Prague, the Sokal gymnastics movement and T G Masaryk c 1919-1939; prints of Prague; maps of Czechoslovakia, 1930, 1937; collection of Six linocuts by a Czechoslovak soldier - somewhere in England 1940. The artist was probably Dr V Vanderlik; collection of ten linocuts Cesta (the trail), depicting various scenes from Europe and the middle east by Dr V Vanderlik "a Czechoslovak soldier"; typescript entitled Repetitorium ceske literatury v otazkachi i odpovedich by Prof J Maly, 1936; typescript Czech-English dictionary of engineering terms, probably by Allan

Two files of correspondence mostly concerning Aleksandr Valentinovich Amfiteatrov's membership of the anti-Soviet secret society, Bratstvo Russkoi Pravdy [Brotherhood of Truth], 1927-1936. The letters are from the society's leader, Sergei Alexandrovich Krechetov and another member known only as "Izyumets". The box also contains a typescript article giving background and commentary to the collection.

BBC/1
Scripts of BBC radio broadcasts in Czech and Polish, 1951, with English translations, comprising:
Radio Astronomy Polish programme 31 Jan 1951; Measure of exploitation - step three Polish programme 8 Feb 1951; The breakup of Czech democracy by Dr Otto Friedman reviewed by Betty S Nicholls Czech programme 20 Feb 1951; World affairs by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, Czech programme 23 Feb 1951

BBC/2
BBC Current Affairs Research and Information Section's files on Soviet personalities, 1928-1991 (mainly 1948-1991); containing material from BBC monitoring reports, news agency reports, BBC correspondents' despatches, commentaries by BBC staff and cuttings from newspapers and specialist journals on individuals in the fields of cinema, music, theatre, economics, literature, press and broadcasting, from the Russian Federation and from the republics of Azerbaijan, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Tajikstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, subjects include Abel Aganbegian, economist, 1971-1986; Kirghiz writer Chingiz Torekulovich Aimatov, 1981-1984; journalist Viktor Berkhin, 1986-1987; biologist Trofim Denisovich Lisenko, 1928-1965; theatre director Iuri Petrovich Liubimov, 1983-1986; writer Boris Leonidovich Paternak particularly the publication of "Dr Zhivago" and Pasternak's subsequent refusal of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1957-1961; cellist Mstislav Leopol'dovich Rostropovich and his wife, opera singer Galina Vishnevskaia, 1963-1977; writer Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov, 1956-1991; film director Andrei Arsenovich Tarkovski, 1962-1990; poet and editor Aleksandr Trifonovich Tvardovski, 1968-1979; economist Evgenii Samoilovich Varga, 1948-1970; poet Evgenii Evtushhenko, 1972-1983; economist Tatiana I Zalavskaia, 1983-1987.

University of London D.Phil thesis by Alan Charles Berson entitled Changes in structure and personnel in the Soviet State and Communist Party from 1953 to 1959: a study of party-state relations, 1962.

Draft chapters 2 and 3 for a SSEES Ph.D thesis by Anne Branfoot entitled A critical survey of the Russian Narodnik movement 1861-1881, 1926

D.Phil thesis submitted by D E Budgen to the University of Oxford entitled The world of F A Emin (1735-1770): literary and intellectual transition in eighteenth-century Russia

Essay by Kathleen M Gardiner entitled "Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, an interpretation", c 1925

Papers of Dorothy Galton mainly relating to Sir Bernard Pares and the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), c 1929-1985, comprising:
Papers on SSEES (formerly the School of Slavonic Studies, King's College London) and former staff members, particularly Sir Bernard Pares, including notes on the history of the School, 1929-1981
Papers on Galton's visit to report on Slavonic studies in the United States and Canada, including diary of visit and Report to the Rockefeller Foundation, 1945;
Notes on the history of the Anglo-Russian Literary Society, c 1935-1960;
Translations by Galton, 1963;
Photographs of Russian Orthodox Chapel at Fort Ross, California c 1975-1985

Ph.D thesis of Dr Bertha Malnick entitled "The origin and the early history of the theatre in Russia, 1672-1756", 1935.

Bibliography, compiled by Baron Alexander Felixovich Meyendorff of English books on Russia, covering a variety of wide subject areas such as literature, history, politics, economics and religion, c 1921-1933

Papers of Margaret Stevenson Miller, 1929-1975, comprising:
papers on research into the economy of the Soviet Union, 1929-1941, including pamphlets and cuttings on finance, papers on transport in the Soviet Union, c 1934, papers on transport, agriculture, finance and housing in the Soviet Union c 1939-1952, papers on the clothing industry in the Soviet Union, 1941-1950, papers on the economic regions of the Soviet Union, 1044-1947, papers on trade unions in the Soviet Union, 1945-1946, lecture notes on the economics of the Soviet Union, for lectures given by Miller at George Washington University, c 1946-1947, papers on town population in the Soviet Union, 1961-1964, papers ion agriculture in the Soviet Union, 1961-1964, papers on trade between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1970-1971, papers on economic reform in the Soviet Union, 1945;1961-1975, papers on Conference of representatives of the British and Soviet public, Armenia, 1974, papers on Miller's visit to the Soviet Union, Aug 1968;
papers on School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Old Students' Association, 1951, 1950-1962,including "Memorandum of evidence: submitted on behalf of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies Old Students' Association - To the Committee of Enquiry into the future policy of the School", Apr 1971

Typescripts entitled "The Yugoslav History" and "A history of Yugoslav Letters", written by Paul Mitrovich at Sarajevo, 1965, and a letter from Mitrovich's daughter Milica Kirk Mitrovic to Hugh Seton Watson, which she sent him with the typescripts.

Photocopies of letters written by Aleksei Semenovich Musin-Pushkin while Russian Ambassador to London to Count ?N I Panin, Empress Catherine II and Baron Fredr. Nolikens Chiffrerade

Picture postcards and some postcard sized illustrations, 1806-1946 (mainly 1898-1914). Most of them depict Russian scenes and people but there are also cards from Estonia, Finland and Britain. Some of the cards had been sent to Edmund W Richardson as editor of "The Picture Postcard". Relatively few however have been used and sent through the post. Subjects include Russian peasants and farming scenes, 1901; Russian military forces, 1905; Anti-Bolshevik propaganda postcards c 1918; Russian cities, Kiev, St Petersburg, Yaroslav and Streln, 1898-1909; street scenes in Moscow and Petrograd after the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917; Kiev, 1946

Album of illustrations from the "Illustrated London News" entitled "Russo-Turkish War, 1876"

Dafts of chapters V, VI and conclusion of a PhD thesis by Harold Gordon Skilling presented to SSEES entitled "The German-Czech national conflict in Bohemia, 1879-1893".

Correspondence and papers of Bela Ivanyi-Grunwald, comprising:
notes and typescripts on Lajos Kossuth, an exile from the 1848-1849 Hungarian War of Independence, c 1939-1965; notes and typescripts of biography of Count Istvan Szechenyi, notes on Szechenyi's Anglo-Hungarian literary connections, c 1936-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on nineteenth and twentieth century Hungarian history and politics, c 1939-1965; writings, correspondence and papers on eighteenth and nineteenth century British history, particularly eighteenth century dissenters, c 1939-1965; draft typescripts and manuscripts on nineteenth century European history

Essay by Alexander Block on the consequences of the Russian revolution entitled Russia's contribution to the New Social Order, [1944-1945]

Papers of Lt Col Alfred Claude Bromhead, 1915-1918, comprising:
typescript copies of Bromhead's diaries of his work with the British Military Cinematographic Mission to show British propaganda films to Russian troops, 1916-1918, Bromhead and his mission made visits to the Finnish, Baltic, Ukrainian, Caucasian, Turkish and Romanian Fronts. There is also a diary for Bromhead's Italian mission from May-December 1918; correspondence between Bromhead and the Government Committee for Propaganda, supervising his activities, correspondence received by Bromhead from British and Russian contacts in Russia, memo on Russian affairs by Sir Bernard Pares, Russian printed material; photographs (probably) taken by Bromhead while on his mission to Russia, the main subjects of the photographs are Russian troops and the work of the Mission, 1916-1917

Photograph albums of Natalia Sergeevna Cheremtevskaia (later Countess Brasova), depicting her life with Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich during the early years of their life together 1909-1913. Most of the albums date from before their marriage in 1912 and contain informal photographs of the Grand Duke and Brasova and their family and friends. Some of the photographs were taken during the couple's European travels.

Typescripts sbmitted to the Hungarian and Russian divisions of the Economic and Social History of the World War series, 1922-1930

Viktor Frank's Ph.D thesis Russische Fern-Ost-Politik im XVIII. und XVIII. Jahrh. [Russian Far East Politics in the 17th and 18th centuries] presentedto Frederick Wilhelm University, Berlin, 1936.

Papers of Lev Sergeevich Loewenson, comprising:
card index for Lowenson's Russian-English military dictionary, 1940-1945; papers on Loewenson's studies of Russia and Eastern Europe, including photocopies of manuscripts on Russia from the Bodleian Library, Oxford and the British Museum Library, card indexes and bibliographies of works on Russia and the Balkans in particularly those in SSEES and the British Museum Library, papers on lecture given by Loewenson on Russia and a Russian-English military vocabulary, 1648-1968; papers on Loewenson's studies of British history, including photocopies of manuscripts from the Bodleian Library, correspondence on Loewenson's appointment as assistant editor of "Writings on British History, 1901-1933" and annual reports of the Institute of Historical Research and the London Library, 1631-1963

Copies of documents relating to Romanian foreign policy, c 1932-1936 made in the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These papers were used by Dov Lungu in preparing his Ph.D thesis, presented to Queen Mary College, London in 1976 entitled "The problem of Soviet-Romanian relations in Romanian foreign policy under Nicolae Titulescu, 1932-1936".

Manuscript draft of parts of George, Earl Macartney's work "An account of Russia MDCCLXVII" [1767] The order of the sections differs considerably from the published version which also includes chapters on history and arts and sciences as well as tables of exports and imports. There are various textual differences, usually minor.

Texts of lecture given by King Michael I (former King of Romania) at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1991; "Romania: moral and economic renewal" and vote of thanks given by Anthony J Bailey; list of guests present at the visit.

Articles by Prince Dmitry Petrovich Svyatopolk-Mirsky, entitled "Jane Ellen Harrison (died 15 April 1928)" and "Tolstoy Centenary Edition", 1929

Papers of Gjenco Demetre Naçi, comprising:
Drafts of "From the Illyrians to the Shqiptars: an historical insight" in the form of both complete drafts and individual chapters; other articles by Naçi on Albania; other papers used in writing of "From the Illyrians..."; correspondence re proposed publication of "From the Illyrians...", 1945-1990; papers on other works by Naçi, including drafts of a work on King Zog's experiences during the Second World War up to 1944; Naçi's autobiography of his early life; draft for works on Albania's problems; articles on Albanian politics and affairs and Albania's international relations; Albanian émigré newspapers and other newscuttings and papers used in writing the works, 1932-1986; correspondence, 1940-1983, including correspondence received and copies of correspondence sent by Naçi as private secretary to King Zog and personal correspondence concerning his work and family; photographs of the Albanian royal family, the Naçi family and friends, 1922-1990; Naçi family memorabilia and certificates, 1923-1990; presscuttings, the majority of which are in date order and are from British newspapers, the subject matter is almost entirely Albania and international relations relating to Albania; Albanian émigré newspapers, 1942-1988 (mainly 1942-1947)

Minutes of meetings (1st to 48th) of the Paris Democratic Group of the Party of National Freedom; letters from the Group's secretary N K Volkov to Mikhail Vasilevich [?], 1921-1922

Copies of documents, newsletters, journal articles, reprints, press summaries and press cuttings re the political and economic situation in Poland during the rise of the independent trade union Solidarity, the imposition of martial law and its aftermath. The papers mainly come from non official Polish sources, many issued by Solidarity or by their support groups in the west but there are a few papers from the official Polish or the Western media, 1978-1989 (mainly 1980-1985)

Memoirs of a anonymous young Polish woman following the Soviet invasion of Eastern Poland and her subsequent deportation to Central Asia, entitled "Liberation - Russian style" and marked "for private circulation", 1944.

Memoir by Frank Gann Redwood, entitled "In Europe's boiling pot: memories of a salior turned diplomat". This provides an account of the inter-war years in Hungary and throw light on the general history of Central and South-East Europe.

Lantern slides, collected by William John Rose, mostly made in Poland, showing views of Poland and ancient and modern sculptures and buildings; death notices of Germans reproduced from the German press in Poland, October 1939; examples of fine printing from Czechoslovakia from the late 1930s.

Glass plate negatives of maps relating to the Russo-Turkish Wars of 1736-1739, 1768-1774 and 1787-1792, including plans of the towns of Azov, 1736, Otzakov, 1737-1740 and Hockzin, 1739

Typescript by B K Sokolov, entitled "Kamennougol'naia promyshlennost' Rossii v 1914-1917 godskh" [Coal and oil industry of Russia 1914-1917]

Correspondence and papers of Eric Ditmar Tappe, 1946-1979, comprising:
Correspondence and papers of Maria Golescu, 1946-1979, including correspondence with Tappe and other correspondents, publications sent to Golescu by Stefan Nenitescu and notebook containing excerpts from her correspondence. The correspondence is mainly personal in nature but some references to Romanian people and politics particularly the fate of political prisoners
Correspondence between Tappe and Professor Emil Turdeanu, Professor of Romanian Language and Literature at the Sorbonne, Paris, 1948-1972
Correspondence with other Romanian academics and exiles and general correspondence (1948-c1985)
Papers relating to the Romanian language, literature and history
General background notes on Romania
Papers relating to Tappe's publications and public lectures
Papers relating to SSEES and the University of London and Tappe's visits to Romania and international conferences

Photographs and postcards relating to visits made to Russia by the journalist Henry Foster Toogood in 1923 and 1925. Some photographs have handwritten captions in English probably by Toogood.

Correspondence relating to Lucien Wolf's editorship of "Darkest Russia" , 1911-1928. The correspondence is concerned with the financing, circulation and influence of the paper as well as to the gathering of articles; correspondence, pamphlets and press cuttings relating to the murder of the imperial family. This correspondence is concerned principally with the issue of the involvement of Jews in the murder and includes letters between Wolf and Reuben Blank and the British Government.

Invitation to event held in London organised by Zjednoczenie Polskie and Polska Macierz Szkolna to commemorate the bicentenary of the May 1791 Polish constitution, May 1991

Typescript by Martti Julkunen entitled "Tukikohta itään vai puolueeton pohjoismma? Kansallissosialistnen Saksa ja Suomi 1933-1939" [A base against the East or a neutral Scandinavian country? National Socialist Germany and Finland 1933-1939] (Turku, 1984).

Papers of Joseph Michael Kitch on eastern European history, 1951-1982, comprising:
General papers on Kitch's career, 1967-1977; papers on the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, c 1967-1978; papers on interpretations of the Cold War, c 1968-1979; papers on Romanian history, c 1953-1980; papers on European history, c 1962-1980; papers on the history of political thought, c 1967-1980; papers on Marxist philosophy, c 1968-1980; papers on economics, c 1952-1980.