Preliminary Inventory of the Benjamin O. Johnson papers

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Title: Benjamin O. Johnson papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1923
Collection Number: 73070
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, diplomatic dispatches and instructions, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps in Siberia, the Inter-Allied Technical Board, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Photocopy.
Creator: Johnson, Benjamin O., 1878-

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Benjamin O. Johnson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

American engineer; colonel, Russian Railway Service Corps, 1917-1923; president pro tempore, Inter-Allied Technical Board, 1920-1921.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, reports, memoranda, diplomatic dispatches and instructions, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps in Siberia, the Inter-Allied Technical Board, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Photocopy

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Engineers
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
World War, 1914-1918 -- Transportation
Railroads -- Soviet Union
Railroads -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Velikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ
United States. Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia
Inter-Allied Technical Board

 

Inter-Allied Technical Board

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Reports to John F. Stevens, President of the Inter-Allied Technical Board, from B. O. Johnson serving as President-pro tempore November 1920 -May 1921

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Diplomatic correspondence with the U.S. Department of State while B. O. Johnson served as President-pro tempore of the Inter-Allied Technical Board November 1920 -May 1921

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Official correspondence

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Minutes of the conference on resumption of train movement, between the Inter-Allied Technical Board and the Chinese Eastern Railroad December 14, 1920

 

Russian Railway Service Corps

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Appointment and promotions

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Correspondence and notes concerning service with the Russian Railway Service Corps

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Passes and passports

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Honors and awards

 

Writings

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"American Railway Engineers in Siberia"

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"New Light on Railroading in Siberia"

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"The Trans-Siberian Railways"

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"What Ivan Thinks of Bolshevism"

 

Miscellany

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Clippings and printed matter

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Personal correspondence