Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Gretchen Haskin writings
- Dates:
- undated
- Creators:
- Haskin, Gretchen
- Abstract:
- Study, entitled "Rescuing the Czar," relating to the publication in 1920 of a fabricated account by William Rutledge McGarry and Georgii Sergeevich Romanovskii, purporting to describe the secret rescue of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from captivity; and study, entitled "Cause Celebre," relating to the desertion in 1919 of Private Anton Karachun from the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia and his subsequent court-martial.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Gretchen Haskin writings, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Study, entitled "Rescuing the Czar," relating to the publication in 1920 of a fabricated account by William Rutledge McGarry and Georgii Sergeevich Romanovskii, purporting to describe the secret rescue of Tsar Nicholas II and his family from captivity; and study, entitled "Cause Celebre," relating to the desertion in 1919 of Private Anton Karachun from the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia and his subsequent court-martial.
- Biographical / historical:
-
American writer.
- Acquisition information:
- Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library Archives in 1992.
- Physical location:
- Hoover Institution Library & Archives
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Literary forgeries and mystifications
Desertion, Military -- United States
Fiction - Names:
- United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces
Romanov, House of
Nicholas, Emperor of Russia, II, 1868-1918
McGarry, William Rutledge, 1872-1942
Romanovskiĭ, Georgiĭ Sergeevich, 1883-1933
Karachun, Anton - Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Fiction
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2022-01-28 10:23:27.354964
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
-
[Identification of item], Gretchen Haskin writings, [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