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  • Title: Benjamin O. Johnson papers
    Date (inclusive): 1917-1923
    Collection Number: 73070
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, reports, memoranda, diplomatic dispatches and instructions, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps in Siberia, the Inter-Allied Technical Board, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Photocopy.
    Creator: Johnson, Benjamin O., 1878-

    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.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Benjamin O. Johnson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical/Historical Note

    American engineer; colonel, Russian Railway Service Corps, 1917-1923; president pro tempore, Inter-Allied Technical Board, 1920-1921.

    Scope and Content of Collection

    Correspondence, reports, memoranda, diplomatic dispatches and instructions, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps in Siberia, the Inter-Allied Technical Board, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Photocopy

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
    Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
    Engineers
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Transportation
    Railroads -- Soviet Union
    Railroads -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
    Velikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ
    United States. Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia
    Inter-Allied Technical Board