Register of the Vladimir Vasil'evich Krat papers
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Title: Vladimir Vasil'evich Krat papers
Date (inclusive): 1889-2007
Collection Number: 2015C44
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
Russian
Physical Description:
5 manuscript boxes, 3 oversize boxes
(5.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, personal documents, printed matter, and photographs relating to the petroleum industry and to Russian
émigré affairs. Includes some papers of other family members.
Creator:
Krat, Vladimir Vasil'evich, 1889-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2015.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Vladimir Vasil'evich Krat papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
Russian mining and petroleum engineer; subsequently émigré in the United States.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Biographical File contains birth certificates, baptismal certificates, educational records, employment records, and military
service records pertaining to Krat and some of his family. The family file within this series contains correspondence between
Krat and his family members, including correspondence received by his wife, Daria Ivanovna, and their daughter, Olga. There
is also correspondence from Krat's brother, Agei Vasilevich.
The Writings series contains essays Krat wrote on various subjects, as well as associated correspondence.
The Correspondence series consists of letters received by Krat originating from émigré organizations and various prominent
people in the Russian diaspora. Many contain information about life in the diaspora and also efforts to secure the immigration
of Displaced Persons.
The Subject File contains many newspaper clippings about the Russian diaspora, as well as documents on mining and the oil
industry. The subject file on the oil industry contains a number of large blueprints of oil wells, as well as geological charts.
The Photographs series in this collection contains images of mining operations and Krat's life in Los Angeles, as well as
miscellaneous photographs from the nineteenth century.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians -- United States
Engineers
Petroleum industry and trade
Biographical file
1889-1974
Scope and Contents
Birth and baptismal certificates, correspondence from family members, educational records, employment records, genealogical
documents, passports, and other materials arranged alphabetically by physical form.
box 1, folder 1
Baptismal certificate
1889
Educational records
1911-1915
Employment records
1908-1924
box 1, folder 6
Certificates
1908-1924, undated
box 1, folder 7
Geological map
undated
Scope and Contents
See Oversize file.
box 1, folder 8
North Caucasian Oil-field Company
1918-1923
box 1, folder 9
Resumes
1918-1924, undated
Family file
1906-1974, undated
box 1, folder 11
Correspondence
1950
Scope and Contents
See also: Kamaikan, Rev. M.A.
Krat, Agei Vasilevich
1912-1937
box 1, folder 16
Krat, Aleksandra
1929-1933
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Krat, Daria Ivanovna
1928-1959
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 17
Krat, Daria Ivanovna
1928-1959
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 19
Holy Virgin Community of San Francisco
1958
box 1, folder 24
Parfentieff, Z.
1955-1959
box 1, folder 27
Ephemera
1936
Scope and Contents
Brochure from George Krat's high school graduation.
box 1, folder 27
Krat, J.
1946
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 28
Krat, M.
1938-1960
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 30
Krat, N.
1938-1939
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 31
Krat, Nikolai
1930
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 32
Krat, Nina
1946
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 36
Barba, Cesar Alvarez
1962
box 1, folder 41
Dunning, Vera
1965, undated
box 1, folder 47
Sides, Calvin O.
1957-1973
box 1
Krat, Pavel
1929
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 48
Krat, Varvara
1933
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 49
Krat, Vasilii
1922-1924
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Krat, Vasilii Ageevich
1906
box 1, folder 50
Krat, Vasilii Ageevich
1906
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 51
Krat, Z.
1950
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 52
Neidman
1955-1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to genealogical research.
box 1, folder 53
Niedman, Bertha B.
1938-1948, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, certificate of death, memorial pamphlet, and newspaper clipping.
box 1, folder 54
Niedman, Mary E.
1957
Scope and Contents
Certificate of death.
box 1, folder 55
Niedmann, F.
1928-1931
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 56
Niedman, W. F.
1923-1938, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
box 1, folder 57
Genealogical file
undated
box 1, folder 58
Immigration documents
1920-1946, undated
box 1, folder 59
Marriage certificate
1911
box 1, folder 60
Medical records
1910-1946
box 1, folder 61
Military service records
1908-1923
Scope and Contents
Certificates of registry for conscription.
box 1, folder 62
Nobility certificates
1896-1909
Speeches and writings
1922-1955, undated
Scope and Contents
Notes and essays written by Vladimir Vasilevich Krat on historical, political, geological, religious, and other subjects,
arranged chronologically by creation date.
box 2, folder 2
"War in Mesopotamia, 1914-1918"
undated
box 2, folder 3
"Wars of liberation conducted by Russia: historical
sketch"
undated
Physical Description: Typescript
box 2, folder 4
"On the geographical disposition of the bitumen," 1922- 1924
undated
Physical Description: Typescript
Scope and Contents
Contains associated correspondence.
box 2, folder 5
"O budushchem Rossii"
1926
box 2, folder 6
"On experimental testing of building's constructions against the earthquakes"
1926
Scope and Contents
Contains associated correspondence.
box 2, folder 7
"O tsitrusovom dielie v Soedininykh Shtatakh"
1927
box 2, folder 9
"Voina 1914-1918 g.g. na Vostochnom Fronte"
1930
box 2, folder 10
"On wheat trade with Russia"
1933
box 2, folder 11
"O malorusskom kazachestve"
1942
Scope and Contents
Contains associated correspondence.
box 2, folder 13
"Vera, Nadezhda, Luibov"
1951
box 2, folder 14
"Faith, Hope, Charity"
1951-1959
Scope and Contents
Contains associated correspondence.
box 2, folder 15
"O knige zhandarmskago polkovnika A.P. Martinova: in the history of the 'possessed'"
1954
Correspondence
1912-1973, undated
Scope and Contents
Correspondence sent to and received by Vladimir Vasilevich Krat relating to his efforts to locate displaced family members,
his charity work, and other subjects, arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
box 2, folder 19
Albrecht, J. W. Erwin
1950-1951
Scope and Contents
See also: Hennings, H.
box 2, folder 22
Association of former Russian Naval Officers in America
1928
box 2, folder 25
Berzin, E. K.
1922-1931
Scope and Contents
See also: Wanty, H.
box 2, folder 26
Board of Education of the City of Los Angeles
1932
box 2, folder 27
Bogomolets, N.
1946-1948, undated
box 2, folder 31
The Central European Mines, Ltd.
1922
box 2, folder 33
Chorba, Antonina (Tchorba, A.)
1927-1959
box 2, folder 35
Churin, I. I. and Co.
1936
box 2, folder 37
Comite International de la Croix-Rouge – Geneve
1945
box 2, folder 38
Crat, Rev. P.C.
1922-1941
box 2, folder 41
Dobro (publisher and bookstore)
1939
box 2, folder 42
Dolgopolov, Aleksandr (Doll, Alexander)
1953
box 2, folder 45
L'Eglise Orthodoxe Russe a L'Etranger
1957
box 3, folder 2
Glavnoe Pravlenie Zarubezhnago Soiuza Russkikh Voeniykh Invalidov
1936
box 3, folder 6
Gussiev-Orenburgskii, S.
1950
box 3, folder 7
Harris, Peter C.
1922
Scope and Contents
See also: Niedman, F.
box 3, folder 10
Hinrichs, J. C.
1938-1939
box 3, folder 11
Holy Virgin Community of San Francisco
1947-1960
box 3, folder 13
John, Saint, Archbishop of San Francisco
1957
box 3, folder 14
Kamaikan, Rev. M. A.
1949
box 3, folder 15
Karpenko, Sevastian (Ieromonakh Sevastian)
1929-1932, undated
box 3, folder 16
Kazansko-Bogoroditskii Muzhskoi Monastyr'
1929-1931
box 3, folder 19
Kolomeitzev, Colonel Vladimir A.
1957
box 3, folder 20
Komitet po sooruzheniiu Russkago Pravoslavnago Khrama v Briussele v pamiat Tsaria Muchenika Nikolaia II
1930-1931, undated
box 3, folder 22
Korean National Association
undated
box 3, folder 26
Lisovoi, Iakov M. (Lissovoy, Jacques M.)
1942
box 3, folder 33
Nikon Archbishop (Rklitskii, Nikolai P.)
undated
box 3, folder 36
Novoye Russkoye Slovo
1938
box 3, folder 39
Parfentiev, A. A.
1925-1955
box 3, folder 40
Petrograd-Rigaer Commerzbank
1922
box 3, folder 44
Prianishnikoff, E.
1922-1950
box 3, folder 47
Rogozhin, Anataloii Ivanovich
1949
box 3, folder 50
Rossos, Hieromonk Serafim
1947-1950
box 3, folder 51
Rossos, Hieromonk Valerian
1938
box 3, folder 52
Ruska Vojna Knjizara
1930
box 3, folder 53
Russian Refugee Relief Society of America, Inc.
1923-1927
box 3, folder 55
Schmaltz, Rev. Gerasim
1933
box 3, folder 58
Shaposhnikov, Very Rev. V. G.
1929-1949, undated
box 3, folder 60
Shkurkin, P. V.
1921-1941, undated
box 3, folder 61
Souiz revnitelei pamiati Imperatora Nikolaia II
1937-1952, undated
box 3, folder 65
Staschuk, Pavel
1946-1947
box 3, folder 66
Strenopoulos, Archbishop Germanos
1946
box 4, folder 2
United States. Consulate, Lyon, France
1924-1927
box 4, folder 3
United States. Department of Justice
1952
box 4, folder 4
University of Southern California
1935
box 4, folder 8
Vozrozhdenie (La Renaissance)
1936
box 4, folder 9
Vysshii Monarkhicheskii Soviet
1930
box 4, folder 12
Wood, Jennings
1950
Scope and Contents
See also: Niedmann, F.
box 4, folder 15
Zimmermann, J. H.
1927
Scope and Contents
See also: Schultz, G.V.
box 4, folder 16
Znamenskii, Rev. Leonid I.
1934
Maps
undated
Scope and Contents
Maps of Eastern Europe, the Trans-Siberian Railroad, and other subjects, arranged by subject.
Subject file
1906-1951, undated
Scope and Contents
Articles and documents pertaining to mining, the oil industry, current events, history, politics, and other topics, arranged
alphabetically by subject.
box 4, folder 19
Koshevoi, Archbishop Apolinarii
undated
box 4, folder 20
Kuznetsov, Konstantin
undated
Scope and Contents
Art cards created by Kuznetsov.
box 4, folder 21
Military orders
1916-1917
box 4, folder 22
Mining
1906-1917, undated
box 4, folder 23
Obshchestvo rasprostraneniia russkoi natsionalnoi i patrioticheskoi literatury
1938-1940
Scope and Contents
Contains bulletins published by this organization.
box 4, folder 24
Oil industry
undated
Scope and Contents
Contains charts and blueprints of oil wells.
box 4, folder 25
Persecutions of Christians in China
1951
box 4, folder 26
Polenov, V. D.
1942
Scope and Contents
A color print of "Moskovskii dvorik"
box 4, folder 27
Rublev, Andrei
undated
Scope and Contents
A print of Rublev's "Holy Trinity"
box 4, folder 28
Russian Embassy, Constantinople
1923
Scope and Contents
Bulletin from the Embassy's church.
box 4, folder 29
Russian Imperial air force
undated
box 4, folder 30
Russians in Hawaii
undated
box 4, folder 31
Vasnetsov, Viktor
undated
Scope and Contents
A color print of "Bogatyri"
Miscellany
1898-2007, undated
Scope and Contents
Artwork, ephemera, invoices, poetry, and other items, arranged chronologically.
box 4, folder 32
General
1898-2007, undated
Photographs
1912-1960, undated
Scope and Contents
Photographs of landscapes, Holy Transfiguration Parish in Los Angeles, Vladimir Vasilevich Krat, and other subjects, arranged
alphabetically by subject.
box 5, folder 1
Caucasus
undated
Scope and Contents
2 color prints of landscapes.
box 5, folder 3
Holy Transfiguration parish, Los Angeles
undated
Scope and Contents
2 photographs, see also Znamenskii, Rev. Leonid I. and Krat, V.V.
box 5, folder 4
Iuri
undated
Scope and Contents
A possible photo of George Krat
box 5, folder 5
Krat, V. V.
1960
Scope and Contents
A photograph of V. V. Krat taken in Santa Monica, California
box 5, folder 8
Mausoleum of Lenin
undated
Scope and Contents
A postcard of the mausoleum
box 5, folder 9
Nicholas II
undated
Scope and Contents
2 photographs
box 5, folder 10
Orphanages in the Soviet Union
undated
Scope and Contents
4 photographs and negatives
box 5, folder 11
Resurrection Cathedral, Kodiak, Alaska
undated
box 5, folder 12
Saint Petersburg Mining Institute
undated
box 5, folder 13
Zamiatin, Ivan Efimovich
undated
Scope and Contents
6 group photos of engineers and officers outside of a mine 17 versts from Chita
box 5, folder 14
Znamenskii, Rev. Leonid I.
1942
box 5, folder 15
Unidentified
1950, undated
Scope and Contents
3 photographs
box 5, folder 16-36
Miscellany
undated
Scope and Contents
See also: Oversize file
Oversize
1893-1964, undated
Scope and Contents
Oversize subject files consisting of newspaper clippings about cultural, historical, political, religious, and other topics,
arranged alphabetically by subject; oversize photographs, arranged alphabetically by subject; oversized miscellany items organized
alphabetically by physical form.
Employment records
undated
box 7, folder 1
Employment records
undated
Subject file
1926-1964, undated
box 7, folder 4
Carpatho-Rusyns
1929-1943, undated
box 7, folder 5
Church life
1927-1950, undated
box 7, folder 6
Dekhterev, Hieromonk Aleksei
1945-1946
box 7, folder 7
Displaced persons
1945-1952
box 7, folder 11
Orthodox church
1926-1962
box 7, folder 13
Przhevalskii, N. M.
undated
Physical Description: Oversize
box 7, folder 14
Rozhdestvenskii, Metropolitan Platon
1927-1934
box 7, folder 15
Russian diaspora
1947-1950
box 7, folder 16
Russian Imperial Family
1928-1943
box 7, folder 17
Russian inventions
1938-1955, undated
box 7, folder 18
Russians in Los Angeles
1927-1960, undated
box 7, folder 19
Russians in Yugoslavia
1939-1946
box 7, folder 20
Russo-Japanese War
1929-1950
box 7, folder 21
Second World War
1941-1946
box 7, folder 22
Shaliapin, F.I.
1929-1938, undated
box 7, folder 23
Shaposhnikov, Very Rev. V. G.
1940-1954
box 8, folder 1-3
Miscellany
1893-1994, undated
Scope and Contents
Contains clippings and printed matter consisting of a calendar from 1893 and books on the Japanese language printed in Russian.
Photographs
1909-1956, undated
box 8, folder 4
Department of County Engineers, Los Angeles
1956
Scope and Contents
Group photo of Los Angeles County Engineers, including V. V. Krat.
box 8, folder 5
Group photo of engineers
1909
box 8, folder 6
Group photo of engineers
undated
box 8, folder 7
Group photo of officers and their families
undated
box 8, folder 8
Miscellany
undated
Scope and Contents
3 photographs