Inventory of the Fedor Fedorovich Foss papers

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Title: Fedor Fedorovich Foss papers
Date (inclusive): 1890-1923
Collection Number: 36006
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: Russian
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 2 oversize boxes, 21 envelopes (3.3 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Photographs and memorabilia, relating to engineering and industrial development in tsarist Russia. Includes material relating to the engineering career of Fedor Andreevich Foss, father of F. F. Foss.
Creator: Foss, Fedor Fedorovich
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 1936.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Fedor Fedorovich Foss papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Russian-American engineer.

Scope and Content of Collection

Photographs and memorabilia, relating to engineering and industrial development in tsarist Russia. Includes material relating to the engineering career of Fedor Andreevich Foss, father of F. F. Foss.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Engineers
Engineering -- Russia
Mines and mineral resources -- Russia
Industries -- Russia
Foss, Fedor Andreevich

envelope mA

15 prints, 2 negatives, depicting buildings, machinery, staff and surrounding area of the Aleksandrovskii Zavod (Alexandrovsky Plant) 1890-1900

envelope mB

SAME AS mA, 6 prints undated

envelope mC

SAME AS mA and mB, 21 prints undated

envelope mD

12 prints depicting buildings, machinery, staff and surrounding area of the Lyssva Mining District and the Lys'venskii Zavod (Lyssva Plant)/ 1900-1917

envelope mE

SAME AS ABOVE, 11 prints undated

envelope mF

SAME AS ABOVE, 18 prints undated

envelope mG

SAME AS ABOVE,, 36 prints, 2 negatives undated

envelope mH

SAME AS ABOVE, 20 prints, 3 negatives undated

envelope mI

13 prints depicting buildings, machinery, staff and surrounding area of the Lyssva Mining District and the Lys'venskii Zavod (lyssva Plant) 1900-1917

envelope mJ

SAME AS ABOVE, 11 prints undated

envelope mK

22 prints depicting buildings, machinery, staff and surrounding area of the Kolomna Works and Kolomna Village undated

envelope mL

9 prints, 1 negative, depicting the construction of a school for manual training (machine shop, smithshop, tinsmith's shop) in rural Russia undated

envelope mM

7 prints depicting scenes at the All-Russian Exposition, Nizhnii-Novgorod 1896

envelope mN

5 prints depicting the Lyssva Mining District and Lys'venskii Zavod pavilion at the Architectural Exhibition, St. Petersburg, 1910, and the booth at Iron and Steel Exhibition, St. Petersburg, 1903

envelope mO

22 prints, 1 negative, depicting Count Paul P. Shuvalov, proprietor of the Lys'venskii Zavod, and the erection of his monument after his death in 1901

envelope mP

16 prints, 1 negative, depicting buildings, staff, machinery and surrounding area of the Sormovo Works and Prince Khilikov 1897-1900

envelope mQ

SAME AS ABOVE, 10 prints, 2 negatives undated

envelope mR

10 prints depicting buildings, machinery, staff and surrounding area of the Sormovo Works 1897-1900

envelope mS

SAME AS ABOVE, 9 prints undated

envelope mT

SAME AS ABOVE, 8 prints undated

envelope mU

4 prints, 1 negative, depicting the Baltic Government Navy Yard and 1 print depicting the People's House in Petrograd undated

box 1

Album fV. Album of school graduation photographs 1893-1895

Scope and Contents

Includes 43 prints of school classmates, captioned on the back of each print. Album includes a handwritten inscription from Foss describing the contents of the album.
box 2

Album fW with 19 prints depicting places of interest in Kiev 1946 Febuary 15

box 2

Album fX with 40 prints depicting places of interest in Kiev 1946 February 15

envelope m*Y

8 oversize photos depicting Shuvalov's monument, the Lyssva Mining District, F. F. Foss, and Lys'Venskii Zavod undated