Overview of the Percival Farquhar papers

Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff

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Title: Percival Farquhar papers

Date (inclusive): 1922-1928

Collection Number: 54007

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (1.7 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to negotiations between P. Farquhar and associates and the Soviet government concerning the development of Russia's iron ore and steel resources, and to the work of American engineers in the Soviet Union. Includes reports on the Makeeva Steel Works, the Krivoy Rog Iron Ore District and Ekaterina and Donets Basin railway developments.

Creator: Farquhar, Percival, 1864-1953

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 1954.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Percival Farquhar papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

American engineer.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to negotiations between P. Farquhar and associates and the Soviet government concerning the development of Russia's iron ore and steel resources, and to the work of American engineers in the Soviet Union. Includes reports on the Makeeva Steel Works, the Krivoy Rog Iron Ore District and Ekaterina and Donets Basin railway developments.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Americans -- Soviet Union

Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945

Engineers

Industries -- Soviet Union

Railroads -- Soviet Union

Engineering -- Soviet Union

Coal mines and mining -- Soviet Union

Donets Basin (Ukraine and Russia)

Kryvyĭ Rih (Ukraine)