Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Golder, Frank Alfred, 1877-1929
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, writings, diaries, memoranda, transcripts of documents from Russian archives, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Russian American Company in Alaska, conditions in Russia during the Russian Revolution and Civil War, and American Relief Administration work in Russia.
- Extent:
- 38 manuscript boxes, 1 card file box, 1 oversize box, 12 envelopes (17.0 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Frank Alfred Golder papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, writings, diaries, memoranda, transcripts of documents from Russian archives, printed matter, and photographs, relating to Russian history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the Russian American Company in Alaska, conditions in Russia during the Russian Revolution and Civil War, and American Relief Administration work in Russia.
- Biographical / historical:
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Date Event 1877, August 11 Born, Odessa, Russia1880 Arrived in the United States1898 Ph.B., Bucknell University1900-1902 Teacher in U.S. public schools in Alaska the Aleutian Islands1903 M.A., Harvard University1904-1908 Studied in Berlin, Paris and St. Petersburg1908-1909 Instructor in history, University of Missouri1909 Instructor in history and economics, Boston UniversityPh.D., Harvard University1910 Instructor of history, University of Chicago1910-1914 Assistant professor of history, Washington State College1914 Author, Russian Expansion on the Pacific1915-1920 Professor of history, Washington State College1917 Conducted research in Russian archives for Carnegie Institute and American Geographical SocietyAuthor, <title render="italic">Guide To Materials for American History in Russian Archives</title>1917-1919 Member, Colonel House Commission of Inquiry1918 Author, The Russian Revolution1920-1923 Member, American Relief Administration1921-1929 Associate Professor and Professor of history, Stanford University1922 Author, Bering's Voyages1925 Author, History of Russia1927 Author, Documents of Russian History, On the Trail of the Russian Famine and Paul Jones in Russia1928 Author, March of the Mormon Battalion1929 Died, Stanford, California - Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
International relief - Names:
- American Relief Administration
RossiÄsko-amerikanskai͡a kompanii͡a - Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief
Alaska -- Description and travel
Russia -- History -- Nicholas II, 1894-1917
Soviet Union -- Social conditions
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Boxes 1-40 closed. Microfilm use only except photographs; 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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Frank Alfred Golder papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563