Author's note:

This paper represents some conclusions drawn from a continuing examination of the subject, and it is by no means conclusive. Continuing research may lead to other results, however, so far, I believe that these pronouncements are fairly sound - further research may reveal more details and more exhaustive justification for some findings. This is a life long examination, and throughout, I have found the following useful, in addition to well known and well published bibliographical sources and I recommend these writings for general reading on the subject. The following is a compilation of general references which occasionally mention Doukhobors with specific cultural references:

Published and personal letters of Clifford Sifton, public records of the Department of the Interior, notes of James Smart, the James Mavor Collection in the Thomas Fischer Rare Books Library of the University of Toronto, letters of Aylmer Maude etc. As well, interviews with scholars, journalists and Doukhobors. Other written material included newspapers of the period; various histories of Canada, ethnic journals, different biographies of Leo Tolstoy, one of Nicholas II, writings of James Elkinton, Tregoubov, Biryukov, Chertkov, Khilkov, Maude, Prince Peter Kropotkin's In Russian and French Prisons, etc. Other sources included the Royal Archives, Berkshire Castle and the Colonial Land Office, London. In addition there are other writings by Canadian authors and others wherein Doukhobors appear, as well as specific literary journals published by the Quakers [The Friend, 1907] and early Canadian journals which closely observed the early settlement of the Doukhobors. There are also travel books from 1900 on which include references to the Doukhobors; magazines such as Century Magazine [feature on the Doukhobors in issue Jan.,1923], Life of William Allen, pub. 1846, Palmieri in The Harvard College Library, BC Digest, May 1948 examines the contemporary state of Doukhobors. In Russia, I was permitted the use of the resources at Yasnaya Polyana wherein I also benefited from conversations with resident scholars. The Leo Tolstoy Museum in Moscow contained the Peter Verigin letters to Tolstoy and others, [this before the publication of the collection], the Museum of the Moscow Art Theatre which contains the letters and photographs of Leopold Sulerzhitsky; the collected works of Doukhobor songs by Anna Chertkova, interviews and discussions with scholars of history and anthropology in Russia; some archaic writings including those of the Masons, Rosicrucians, The Orthodox Church, and other 'sectarian' groups such as the Molokans. The history of the Purleigh Colony and the Free Age Press was also useful. In addition, there were many letters from this period which were marginally interesting.]

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