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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
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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.