Preliminary Inventory to the William Sidney Graves papers
Finding aid prepared by W. S. Sworakowski
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: William Sidney Graves papers
Date (inclusive): 1914-1932
Collection Number: 60009
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3 manuscript boxes
(1.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, reports, monographs, and photographs, relating to the Allied intervention in Siberia, 1918-1919. A table of
contents listing each document begins each folder.
Creator:
Graves, William Sidney, 1865-1940
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 1960.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], William Sidney Graves Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Officers
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
United States. Army
General Graves' Personal Communications except his reports to the Adjutant General on the Siberian Situation
box 1, folder 1
From Items 1-27 (Table of Contents).
Sept. 1, to October 31, 1918.
box 1, folder 2
From Items 28-49 (T.o.C.).
November 1, to Dec. 31, 1918.
box 1, folder 3
From Items 50-80 (T.o.C.).
Jan. 1, to Feb. 28, 1919.
box 1, folder 4
From Items 81-116 (T.o.C.).
March 1, to April 30, 1919.
box 1, folder 5
From Items 117-156 (T.o.C.).
May 1, to June 30, 1919.
box 1, folder 6
From Items 157-158 (T.o.C.).
July 1, to August 31, 1919.
box 1, folder 7
From Items 159-174 (T.o.C.).
Sept. 1 to October 31, 1919.
box 1, folder 8
From Items 175-191 (T.o.C.).
Nov. 1, to Dec. 31, 1919.
box 1, folder 9
Various letters received by General Graves and copies of reports prepared by him. Items numbered 192-218 plus two items not
numbered. (T.o.C.)
General Graves' Personal File of Cables to AGWAR
box 2, folder 10
From Items 1-82 (T.o.C.).
Aug. 1918 to July 31, 1919.
Scope and Contents
7 folders in box, beginning with folder number 10.
box 2, folder 11
General Graves' Personal File of Cables to AGWAR; from Items 83-184 (T.o.C.).
Aug. 1, 1919 to Jan. 31, 1920.
Reports to the Adjutant General of the Army
box 2, folder 12
From Items 1-24 (T.o.C.).
October 5, 1918 to November 5, 1919.
box 2, folder 13
Nos. 23-2 to 35 (t.o.C.)
Sept. 19, to December 26, 1918.
box 2, folder 14
Nos. 1-33 (T.o.C.).
Feb. 22, 1919 to Dec. 4, 1919.
box 2, folder 16
Nos. 1-61 (T.o.C.).
August 21, to Dec. 30, 1918.
box 2, folder 17
Nos. 1-96 (T.o.C.).
Jan. 4 to December 30, 1919.
box 3, folder 18
Nos. 1-25 (T.o.C.).
Sept. 16 to Dec. 30, 1918.
Scope and Contents
10 folders in box, beginning with number 18.
box 3, folder 19
Nos. 1-8 (T.o.C. incomplete).
Jan. 3, to June 26, 1919.
box 3, folder 20
An Account of the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia. Prepared in the Office of the Chief of Staff, American Expeditionary
Forces, Siberia. From the Official Records. By Laurence B. Packard, Captain, USA. At head of title page: CONFIDENTIAL.
August 1918 to March 1919. April 1919.
General Physical Description note: Typewritten, 118 pages; 3 maps.
box 3, folder 21
Report of Operations of Engineer Detachment A.E.F.S.; from
January 1, 1919 to June 30, 1919.
General Physical Description note: Typewritten, 5 pages, 5 maps.
box 3, folder 22
Earle W. Jennings, Major, Corps of Engineers; Chief Engineer Officer, American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia; Report on the
Land Defenses of Vladivostok, Siberia.
(No dates.)
General Physical Description note: Typewritten, 14 pages; one map; numerous photographs.
box 3, folder 23
Report of the Operations of the Medical Department from Beginning of the A.E.F. -S. to (Submitted by James S. Wilson, Colonel,
Medical Corps, USA.
June 30, 1919.
General Physical Description note: Typewritten, 59 pages. (No date.)
box 3, folder 24
The Czechoslovaks in Russia. Prepared in the Office of the Chief of Staff, American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia; by Laurence
B. Packard, Captain, USA. At head of title page: CONFIDENTIAL.
August 1914 to February 1919. April 15, 1919.
General Physical Description note: Typewritten; 114 pages.
box 3, folder 25
Military Monograph on Siberia containing information and Route Notes; From Vladivostok to Irkutsk. Volume 2, containing the
illustrations to this Monograph. Bound volume, not paginated.
box 3, folder 26
Mintz, I.:
The United States in Intervention; a translation of the Introduction to the Russian edition of General Graves'
America's Siberian Adventure, published in Moscow
1932.
General Physical Description note: (Typewritten, 27 pages) (pages 19-21 missing).
box 3, folder 27
Folder containing 20 photographs of leading American and Japanese officers from the Command of both Intervention Armies.
box 3, folder 28
Temporary Folder. Contains loose papers found in the box received from Mrs. W. R. Orton. These are documents which partially should be added
to preceding folders and the remainder should be organized. This should be done before the collection is made available to
scholars for use.
