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  • Title: Burle Bramhall collection
    Date (inclusive): 1973-1976
    Collection Number: 77023
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: Russian
    Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Reminiscences of several of the 781 Russian children known as the Petrograd Children's Colony, who were sent by their parents from Moscow and Petrograd in 1918 because of wartime shortage, were stranded in the Ural Mountains, evacuated from the war zones via Vladivostok by the American Red Cross, and restored to their families in 1920 following a global ocean voyage. Includes a description of the reunion of American Red Cross staff members and members of the Petrograd Children's Colony in Leningrad, 1973. Photocopy.
    source: Bramhall, Burle
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1977.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Burle Bramhall collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American Red Cross business manager in Siberia, 1919-1920.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Reminiscences of several of the 781 Russian children known as the Petrograd Children's Colony, who were sent by their parents from Moscow and Petrograd in 1918 because of wartime shortage, were stranded in the Ural Mountains, evacuated from the war zones via Vladivostok by the American Red Cross, and restored to their families in 1920 following a global ocean voyage. Includes a description of the reunion of American Red Cross staff members and members of the Petrograd Children's Colony in Leningrad, 1973. Photocopy.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Refugees
    International relief
    Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Refugees
    American National Red Cross
    Bramhall, Burle