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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
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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