Overview of the M. J. Larsons papers
Finding aid prepared by Hoover Institution Library and Archives Staff
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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
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
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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