Russian Archives Started

A White Russian Archives, designed for the preservation of valuable documents relating to the pre-Soviet era of Russia, has been established at the Baker Memorial Library of Dartmouth College, under the direction of Nathaniel L. Goodrich, librarian. A committee of prominent exiled Russians, headed by the former Grand Duchess Marie, will undertake an exhaustive search for White Russian material to be stored in the Archives at Dartmouth and placed at the disposal of future research students in history.

The general committee, of which the Grand Duchess Marie is head, has already been formed in New York to direct the work of gathering the material now in the possession of exiled Russians throughout the world. Its members include Princess Nina of Russia, Princess Xenia of Russia, Prince George of Russia, Prince Paul Chavchavadze, General Imnadze, Professor Homer Lindgren of New York University, and Ivan I. Chernikoff, head of the Russian Information Center in the United States. Mr. Chernikoff, a graduate of the Amos Tuck School of Administration and Finance at Dartmouth College, is the originator of the Archives plan and will act as secretary of the general committee. Plans call for the formation of assisting comnrittees in the principal cities of Europe, South America and the Far East.

Mr. Chernikoff is the son of a former general in the Russian Imperial Army, and made his way to this country after a series of exciting adventures in which he was captured by the Reds and condemned to death. He is co-author of the well-known volume Russia Today.