Collections of the Museum-Archive

• Exhibition Hall
• Archival Library, which contains thousands of books published in pre-revolutionary Russia and by Russian emigrants, mostly in the Russian language. Some are very limited editions
• Periodicals Department with a collection of Russian newspapers and magazines published all over the world by Russian emigrants
• Archival Materials:
  • Materials reflecting life in Russia prior to the revolution: documents of the Russo-Japanese War and World War One, materials regarding the Romanov dynasty, the Russian Spiritual Mission in China, and the Chinese Eastern Railway.
  • Documents on the Russian Revolution and Civil war, the majority of which are materials on Siberia and the Far East.
  • Materials concerning history of Russian emigration all over the world. Archives of emigre organizations, and personal archives.
  • A collection of over 3000 musical recordings, including 78 rpm records made in the Russian Empire (before 1917), Soviet Union (before 1939), Manchuria, Western Europe, and the United States.

A portion of the materials in the archive have been microfilmed or scanned. Unfortunately, more than half of stored documents remain inaccessible owing to shortage of financial aid. The Museum Board thanks the continuing work of all present volunteers in solving this issue – to Z. Avagova, E. Andreev, L. Andreeva, N. Ananieva, N. Bogdan, O. Borisova, A. Chernyshov, M. Chernyshov, N. Dragomiretzky, I. Dragomiretzky, N. Diachkov, V. Fedulov, E. Filimonov, L. Filimonov, Y. Franquien, G. Gladkov, R. Gourley, A. Gourley, Z. Gradova, A. Hansa, N. Hidchenko, A. Izmailova, E. Ivannikova, A. Ivanovskya, S. Izumova, A. Kaputerko, E. Kolosovich, N. Koretsky, G. Kumansky, A. Kustov, K. Kustov, V. Kustova, A. Marechek, L. Marechek, S. Marechek, M. Meniailenko, V. Meniailenko, M. Perkrestenko, E. Phemister, A. Ranskaya, V. Reboy, I. Savine, T. Savine, L. Shpadaruk, G. Sikorskaya, K. Stakhovskaya, G. Tarala, V. Tinina, O. Tinina, P. Tcherniaev, N. Tereshchenko, T. Thomas, M. Tolstoi, L. Tern, A. Tremsin, L. Tremsin, E. Tremsin, G.Venglevska, N. Vorontsova, L. Zavirukha, F. Zeibot.

Available Resources:

• The current list of available archival inventories of our Museum (in Russian and by Russian alphabet).

• A portion of periodicals and books from our collection at the Museum-archive has been microfilmed within the limits of the joint project with the Library of the California University in Berkeley during the 1980’s. These editions can be found in the library’s catalogue by entering the keyword ‘Museum of Russian Culture’. We offer for your convenience these direct links – a collection of books of our Museum and a collection of the periodical press of our Museum

• Inventories of 85 archival collections of our Museum. They have been microfilmed within the limits of a joint project with the Hoover Institution in 1999-2001. The brief description of this project and each collection is here.
• Список периодических изданий Русского Зарубежья, хранящихся в Музее русской культуры в Сан-Франциско (1668 наименований.) Правление Музея благодарит Сашу Рейзор, Ph.D, за коллосальную работу по преобразованию каталога в удобный для прочтения формат.
• Роспись оглавлений журнала “Родные дали” (Лос-Анджелес) за период 1954-1980 годы. Составлена Сашей Рейзор, Ph.D, в январе 2021 года.
• Rare Russian publications from the Museum of Russian Culture in San Francisco.
• Books for kids.
• A selection of 78 rpm recordings digitized for the first time by Ryan Gourley as part of a project funded by the National Recording Preservation Foundation, now available on the Internet Archive and Russian-Records.com.