Overview of the George H. Emerson papers

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Overview of the George H. Emerson papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2008
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: George H. Emerson papers

Dates: 1918-1919

Collection Number: 58003

Creator: Emerson, George H.

Collection Size: 1 manuscript box, 1 envelope (0.5 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives .

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Correspondence, reports, maps, photographs, and clippings, relating to the activities of the Russian Railway Service Corps, the political situation in Russia during the Russian Civil War, and the Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: English

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], George H. Emerson papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1958.

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the library catalog is larger than the number of boxes listed in this finding aid.

Biographical/Historical Note

Colonel, United States Army; commanding officer, Russian Railway Service Corps.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, reports, maps, photographs, and clippings, relating to the activities of the Russian Railway Service Corps, the political situation in Russia during the Russian Civil War, and the Czechoslovak Legion in Siberia.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Russia. Armiia. Ceskoslovenský strelecký pluk.

United States. Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia.

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces.

Railroads--Russia--Siberia.

Railroads--Soviet Union.

Siberia (Russia)--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921.

Soviet Union--History--Allied intervention, 1918-1920.

Engineers.

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