Inventory of the William N. Haskell memoirs

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Title: William N. Haskell memoirs

Date (inclusive): 1932

Collection Number: 89026

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1 item (1 manuscript box) (0.4 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Relates to relief activities of the American Relief Administration in Romania and especially in Russia in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Civil War, and to political, social and economic conditions in Russia. Includes observations on conditions in the Soviet Union, especially economic conditions, made on return visits to that country in 1925 and 1930. In part,photocopy.

Creator: Haskell, William N. (William Nafew), 1878-1952

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1989.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], William N. Haskell memoirs, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Lieutenant general, United States Army; chief, American Relief Administration missions to Romania, 1919, Transcaucasia, 1919-1920, and Russia, 1921-1923.

Scope and Content of Collection

Relates to relief activities of the American Relief Administration in Romania and especially in Russia in the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Civil War, and to political, social and economic conditions in Russia. Includes observations on conditions in the Soviet Union, especially economic conditions, made on return visits to that country in 1925 and 1930. In part,photocopy.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief

Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945

Officers

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief

International relief

Soviet Union -- Social conditions

World War, 1914-1918 -- Romania

Caucasus, South -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921

United States. Army

American Relief Administration

box 1, folder 1

Memoirs, Volume 1

Scope and Contents

Contents: The Armistice and the Balkans; Queen Marie, Bratianu, and Others; The Allied High Commissioner The Journey from Bucharest to Tiflis; Chaos in Transcaucasia; Georgians, Tartars, and Armenians; The American Mandate for Armenia; English and French, Pirates and "Reds"; Hoover and the Russian Relief; Moscow (1921) and the "NEP"; The Russian Famine; Skirmishing with the Commisars; Dzherzhinsky and "Comrade" Eiduk; Our Unofficial Consulate; Help for the Declassed; America's Medical Victory; Famine Fighters in the Field; Our Friends and Associates; Soviet Suspicions and Obstructions

box 1, folder 2

Memoirs, Volume 2

Scope and Contents

Contents: Lenin, Trotzky, and Some Others; The Terror, Art, and Religion; Fridtjof Nansen; Red Cross Commissioner; A Trip to Angora; Final Days in Moscow; A Visit: Two Years Later; Moscow in 1925; Kameneff, Trotzky, and Litvinoff; An Interim

box 1, folder 3

Memoirs, Volume 3

Scope and Contents

Contents: Changing Russia