Overview of the M. J. Larsons papers

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Title: M. J. Larsons papers
Date (inclusive): 1920-1949
Collection Number: 48015
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, French, German and Russian
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes, 1 envelope (0.9 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, government documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to life in Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution; the persecution of the Jews in Russia and their emigration to Germany, 1904-1906; Soviet financial and commercial policy, 1918-1925; the purchase of 600 locomotives by the Soviet government from Sweden, 1920; and the German socialist Karl Liebknecht.
Creator: Larsons, M. J.
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 1948.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], M. J. Larsons papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Russian finance, commerce, and law expert.

Scope and Content of Collection

Correspondence, writings, reports, government documents, printed matter, and photographs, relating to life in Russia prior to the 1917 Revolution; the persecution of the Jews in Russia and their emigration to Germany, 1904-1906; Soviet financial and commercial policy, 1918-1925; the purchase of 600 locomotives by the Soviet government from Sweden, 1920; and the German socialist Karl Liebknecht.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945
Socialism -- Germany
Finance, Public -- Soviet Union
Jews -- Russia
Soviet Union -- Commerce -- Sweden
Sweden -- Commerce -- Soviet Union
Liebknecht, Karl Paul August Friedrich, 1871-1919

envelope A

Photographs - 16 prints depicting M. J. Larsons while employed by the Soviet Treasury Department (1923), the Soviet Railway Mission in Berlin (1921), Soviet government officials, members of the Soviet armed forces and diplomatic corps, and Russian antiques, regalia, and objets d'art (1918-1923)

box 1

Material not yet described

box 2

Material not yet described