Accession Inventory of the Arthur Hamilton papers

Finding aid prepared by Sarah Ainsworth

Hoover Institution Library and Archives

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Stanford University

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Title: Arthur Hamilton papers

Date (inclusive): 1918-1920

Collection Number: 2021C10

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In English

Physical Description: 3 manuscript boxes (1.3 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Arthur Hamilton was an American Red Cross representative in Russia during revolution and civil war. The collection contains primarily photographs of Siberia during the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920.

Creator: Hamilton, Arthur

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 2022.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Arthur Hamilton papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Arthur Hamilton was an American Red Cross representative in Russia during revolution and civil war.

Scope and Content of Collection

The collection contains photographs of Siberia during the Russian Civil War, 1918-1920.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921

Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921

Photographs

Accession Inventory

Scope and Contents

An accession inventory is a basic description of an archival collection for which a detailed finding aid has yet to be created. No attempt at intellectual arrangement has been made. The depth of description varies depending on the format of the materials and the amount of pre-existing description received when the materials were acquired. A collection might also be labeled an "Accession Inventory" if it is fully digital and the digital files have yet to be processed.

Photographs

box 1

1919-1920

Scope and Contents

This box contains black and white photo prints. The box does not contain any original enclosure titles. Many photographs contain description, for example: "Scene of Russian Island," "Russian infrantry and sailors in British uniforms," "French soldiers Vladivostok," "Vladivostok harbor frozen over," "Vladivostok near Three Rivers," "President Mazaryk of Czechoslovakia," "Svetlanskaya Street, Vladivostok," "Chinese band and infantry Vladivostok," "Paravoya farmhouse, south of Petropavlovak, owned by Maurice Bengl," "Lumber Junk in Golden Hour," "Member Petrograd Girls' Colony," "Petrograd Boys Russian Island," "Dry Docks Vladi," "Vladivostok International Military Police," "Slav children folk dancing," "Beggar," "Heads of Cooperatives," "Red Guards Capture Vladivostok," "Russian government reservation (military), Ulysses Bay near Vladivostok," "Cleanup sheets of the snow, Vladivostok," "Summer sunset 10:30pm Vladivostok Harbor," "Golden Horn at Twilight," "Red Guard Sympathizers," "American Dock Bordeaux," "Petropavlovskpark," and "Crusader's Day Omsk."

box 2

1918-1935

Scope and Contents

This box contains black and white photo prints. The box does not contain any original enclosure titles. Many photographs contain description, for example: "Russian orthodox church, Omsk," "Bolshevik revolutionists, Vladivostok," "Japanese soldiers," "Tomsk University," "Japanese Red Cross Nurse," "Station on Trans Siberian Railway," "Lake Baikal," "Mrs. Felix Cole," "Bohemian (Czech)," and "General Janin."

box 3

1918-1920

Scope and Contents

This box contains black and white photo prints. The box does not contain any original enclosure titles. Many photographs contain description, for example: "Baravoya," "Czech armored train," "Irkutsk," "Countess Tolstoy," "A. Hamilton," "Admiral Kolchak," "Refugees evacuating village," "Typhus patients tended by American Red Cross enter train to complete journey to hospital near 3rd river," "Inspecting houses for requisition," and "Czech trains stopped by wrecked red train."