Lot: - Visitors' book issued to Stéphane Leonidovich Nicolaeff (1865-1958) in memory of the 10th anniversary of the founding of the Asylum for Russian Children of the Grand Duchess Hélène Vladimirovna of Russia (1882-1957), which he directed, circa 1929 with numerous autograph signatures, folio format, 4 pages, ribbon in the colors of the Order of St. George. - A handwritten directory of this asylum, including annual membership cards. 1930s. - Lot of archives on the Nicolaeff family including : - a photographic portrait of Stéphane Leonidovich Nicolaeff (1865-1958), aged 1937, with autograph signature and dedication. - 19 cabinet photographic prints of members of his family, postcards of the imperial family. - Various small-format photographic prints, including one showing him in the company of Grand Duchess Hélène. - an autograph letter from Michel Bagration, dated 1945, to Louis Nicolaou (a French name for Nicolaeff, Stéphane's son?) - a Suvorovets newspaper dated November 4, 1950, printed in Argentina. - An 18th-century certificate on the situation of the Nicolaeff family in Crimea and various old manuscripts written in Russian. Provenance: Stephan Leonidovich Nicolaeff (1865-1958), major general of the Imperial Russian Army, commander of the 4th Regiment of Lancers in Kharkov. After emigrating to France, he was director of the Asile pour enfants russes du Pecq, near Saint Germain en Laye, founded by Grand Duchess Hélène Vladimirovna of Russia (1882-1957), and president of the Amicale du 4eme régiment des lanciers (uhlans) de Kharkov in France.