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  • Title: Charles E. Stuart papers
    Date (inclusive): 1917-1942
    Collection Number: 80067
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 7 cubic foot boxes, 14 motion picture film reels (11.0 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and clippings relating to the fuel industries in the United States during and after World War I, coal mining in the United States and the Soviet Union, and economic planning; and motion picture film of social conditions and economic activities in the Soviet Union, 1926-1936. Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 
    Creator: Stuart, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1881-1943
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.

    Use

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1980.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Charles E. Stuart papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Alternate Forms Available

    Digital copies of select records also available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

    Biographical Note

    Charles Edward Stuart (1881-1943) was an American engineer who served as chief of the Power Conservation Bureau of the United States Fuel Administration during World War I and as a consultant to the Soviet government from 1926 to 1932.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Writings, correspondence, memoranda, reports, and clippings relating to the fuel industries in the United States during and after World War I, coal mining in the United States and the Soviet Union, and economic planning; and motion picture film of social conditions and economic activities in the Soviet Union from 1926 to 1936 titled Soviet Russia Through the Eyes of an American.
    The 35mm black and white print with sound motion picture film was preserved through a 1999 grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Motion pictures
    Engineers
    Economic policy
    Soviet Union -- Pictorial works
    World War, 1914-1918 -- United States
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects
    Soviet Union -- Economic policy -- 1928-1932
    Engineering -- Soviet Union
    Coal mines and mining -- Soviet Union
    Fuel -- United States
    Engineering -- United States
    Coal mines and mining -- United States
    United States. Fuel Administration