Overview of the Alexander Monro Barton papers

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Title: Alexander Monro Barton papers

Date (inclusive): 1919-1980

Collection Number: 92107

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: English

Physical Description: 1 folder (0.1 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Writings, letters, clippings, and miscellany, relating to conditions in Transcaucasia and Turkey after the end of World War I; and to the death of Major Robert Whitney Imbrie, American vice consul in Teheran, at the hands of a mob in Teheran in 1924. Includes correspondence with and a printed article by Imbrie.

Creator: Barton, Alexander Monro

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 1992.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Alexander Monro Barton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Captain, United States Army; member, American Military Mission to the Caucasus, ca. 1919-1921.

Scope and Content of Collection

Writings, letters, clippings, and miscellany, relating to conditions in Transcaucasia and Turkey after the end of World War I; and to the death of Major Robert Whitney Imbrie, American vice consul in Teheran, at the hands of a mob in Teheran in 1924. Includes correspondence with and a printed article by Imbrie.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Turkey -- History -- Revolution, 1918-1923

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

Iran -- History -- 20th century

United States. Army

Imbrie, Robert Whitney, 1884-1924