Overview of the Burle Bramhall collection

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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

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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

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