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  • Title: Russell McCulloch Story papers
    Date (inclusive): 1917-1921
    Collection Number: 57009
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 manuscript box, 1 oversize box, 6 glass slide boxes, 1 envelope (2.8 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Letters, photographs, and glass slides, relating to relief work in Russia, conditions in Moscow and elsewhere in Russia during the Russian Revolution, and the Czechoslovak Legion; and depicting scenes in Japan, Russia and western Europe
    Creator: Story, Russell McCulloch, 1883-1942
    Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

    Access

    Boxes 1-5 and 7 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of 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 1957.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Russell McCulloch Story Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Story, Russell McCulloch, 1883-1942

    1883, April 9 Born, Washburn, Illinois
    1904 A.B. Monmouth (Ill.) College
    1908 A.M., Harvard
    1909 Married Gertrude Anderson of Pawnee City, Neb.
    1909-10 Teacher at Clark College
    1910-14 Professor of History at Monmouth College
    1914-24 Instructor, Asst. and Assoc. Professor, and Professor of Political Science, Univ. of Illinois.
    1917 Ph.D., Harvard
    1917 author, THE AMERICAN MUNICIPAL EXECUTIVE
    1917-18 War Work Secretary for Y.M.C.A. in Russia and Siberia
    1919 decorated Cross of War (Czechoslovakia)
    1924-25 Professor of Political Science, Syracuse U.
    1925-37 Professor of Political Science, Pomona College
    1937-42 President of Claremont Colleges

    Scope and Contents

    This collection consists of papers and photographs created and accumulated by Russell McCulloch Story, professor of history and political science. It contains letters, photographs, and glass slides, relating to relief work in Russia, conditions in Moscow and elsewhere in Russia during the Russian Revolution, and the Czechoslovak Legion; and depicting scenes in Japan, Russia and western Europe.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Slides (Photography)
    Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
    Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921 -- Civilian relief
    International relief
    Young Men's Christian associations
    Russia. Armii͡a. Československý střelecký pluk