Description
Writings, correspondence, clippings, and photographs, relating to the Romanian royal family and to the Romanian Orthodox Church
in the United States. Includes photocopies of correspondence of Queen Marie of Romania.
Background
Mother Alexandra was born in 1909 as Princess Ileana of Romania, the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I and Queen Marie.
Ileana married Archduke Anton of Austria and lived in Sonnberg, Austria. She gave birth to six children, whom she moved in
1944 to Romania. She founded a hospital there in memory of her mother, Queen Marie and worked with the war-wounded and the
surrounding population until 1948, when the Romanian royal family left the country for exile.
Extent
4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 6 phonotape cassettes
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
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.