Overview of the John Frank Stevens papers

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Title: John Frank Stevens papers
Date (inclusive): 1917-1931
Collection Number: 30005
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Memoirs and correspondence, relating to railroads in Siberia and Manchuria during the Russian Revolution, and to Allied intervention in the Russian Revolution.
Creator: Stevens, John F. (John Frank), 1853-1943
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1930.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], John Frank Stevens papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

American civil engineer; chairman, United States Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia, 1917; president, Technical Board, Inter-Allied Railway Commission for the Supervision of the Siberian and Chinese Eastern Railways, 1919-1922.

Scope and Content of Collection

Memoirs and correspondence, relating to railroads in Siberia and Manchuria during the Russian Revolution, and to Allied intervention in the Russian Revolution.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Engineers
Railroads -- China -- Manchuria
Railroads -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Engineering -- Soviet Union
United States. Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia
Inter-Allied Railway Commission for the Supervision of the Siberian and Chinese Eastern Railways (1919-1922)

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