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  • Title: Winifred V. Ramplee-Smith collection
    Date (inclusive): 1915-1917
    Collection Number: 63011
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: In Russian and English
    Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box (1.3 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Pamphlets, leaflets, clippings, and postcards, relating to the February 1917 Revolution in Russia. Includes fragments of burned records of the tsarist secret police (Okhrana).
    source: Ramplee-Smith, Winifred V.
    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 1963.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Winifred V. Ramplee-Smith collection, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Scope and Content Note

    The Winifred V. Ramplee-Smith collection consists mainly of printed matter relating to the outbreak of the February Revolution in Petrograd and Moscow. It includes anti-monarchist propaganda booklets, revolutionary leaflets and wall-posters. Of special interest are rare copies of contemporary newspapers, including, Izvestiia, Novoe Vremia, and Vestnik Vremennago Pravitel'stva. Also of interest are photographs depicting leaders of the Provisional Government and scenes of the revolution.
    Winifred V. Ramplee-Smith was secretary to Lord Templewood and subsequently to Sir Samuel Hoare in Petrograd from 1916-1917. She was in Moscow when the revolution broke out and began collecting printed matter related to the events she witnessed.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Russia -- History -- February Revolution, 1917
    Secret service -- Russia
    Russia. Okhrannyi͡a otdi͡elenīi͡a
    Ramplee-Smith, Winifred V.