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  • Title: Percival Farquhar papers
    Date (inclusive): 1922-1928
    Collection Number: 54007
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize folder (1.7 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to negotiations between P. Farquhar and associates and the Soviet government concerning the development of Russia's iron ore and steel resources, and to the work of American engineers in the Soviet Union. Includes reports on the Makeeva Steel Works, the Krivoy Rog Iron Ore District and Ekaterina and Donets Basin railway developments.
    Creator: Farquhar, Percival, 1864-1953
    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

    For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Acquisition Information

    Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1954.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Percival Farquhar papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American engineer.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, memoranda, and reports, relating to negotiations between P. Farquhar and associates and the Soviet government concerning the development of Russia's iron ore and steel resources, and to the work of American engineers in the Soviet Union. Includes reports on the Makeeva Steel Works, the Krivoy Rog Iron Ore District and Ekaterina and Donets Basin railway developments.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Americans -- Soviet Union
    Soviet Union -- Economic conditions -- 1917-1945
    Engineers
    Industries -- Soviet Union
    Railroads -- Soviet Union
    Engineering -- Soviet Union
    Coal mines and mining -- Soviet Union
    Donets Basin (Ukraine and Russia)
    Kryvyĭ Rih (Ukraine)