Scope and Content Note
The papers of Victor Franklin Blakeslee (1898-1947) and Irina Skariätina (1898-1962) span the years 1930-1944. The collection consists of holograph and typewritten drafts of novels, short stories, and plays about the Russian revolution, the military, and other topics by Blakeslee and his wife, Irina Skariätina, the former Countess Wladimirovna Keller.