Pash (Boris T.) papers

BIOGRAPHICAL FILE 1918-1975

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Clippings, letters, press releases, and other material reflecting the military career and civilian life of Boris Pash, arranged chronologically.

box 1, folder 1

1918-1949

box 1, folder 2

1950-1975

CORRESPONDENCE 1892-1989

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Letters and telegrams, arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent.

Unidentified

box 1, folder 3

1892-1893

box 1, folder 4

1951-1989

box 1, folder 5

American Red Cross 1920

box 1, folder 6

Anderson, H. D. 1925

box 1, folder 7

Barnes, John 1975

box 1, folder 8

Borah, William E. 1929

box 1, folder 9

Brander(?), Peter 1930

box 1, folder 10

Coney 1942

box 1, folder 11

Devers, Jacob L. 1963

box 1, folder 12

Einstein, Albert 1939

box 1, folder 13

Eisenhower, Dwight D. 1963

box 1, folder 14

Emel'ianov, Ivan Vasil'evich 1919

box 1, folder 15

Gerlach, Walther 1975

box 1, folder 16

Golunsky, S. A. 1946

box 1, folder 17

Goudsmit, Samuel A. 1976

box 1, folder 18

Hambro, Charles 1955

box 1, folder 19

Heisenberg, Professor 1955

box 1, folder 20

Hermann, Armin 1976

box 1, folder 21

Hoover, John Edgar 1951

box 1, folder 22

International Committee of the Young Men's Christian Associations 1918-1922

box 1, folder 23

Johnson, Jesse 1975-1976

box 1, folder 24

Pierce, E. C. 1945

box 1, folder 25

Polette, Andre 1961

box 1, folder 26

Robb, Roger 1954

box 1, folder 27

Sinclair, Upton 1948-1949

box 1, folder 28

Societe Generale Metallurgique de Hoboken 1944

box 1, folder 29

Thomson, E. F. 1953

box 1, folder 30

U.S. Atomic Energy Commission 1954

box 1, folder 31

Willoughby, C. A. 1949

SPEECHES AND WRITINGS 1959-1981

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Speeches and writings by Boris Pash, arranged chronologically.

box 1, folder 32

Handwritten notes on the 1920 evacuation of Crimea undated

box 1, folder 33

"Checkmate," 1955 December 15

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Typescript.

box 1, folder 34

"Checkmate! How the Soviets Tried to Take Over the Japanese Orthodox Church," The American Legion Magazine 1958 April

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Printed copy.

box 1, folder 35

"Why the Mental Panic?," 1959 March 19

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Typescript.

box 1, folder 36

"Where Is the Soviet Union?," 1961

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Holograph.

box 1, folder 37

"Communication," 1963

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Typescript.

box 1, folder 38

The Alsos Mission 1969

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Printed copy of review.

box 1, folder 39

Statement to the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence 1976 January 7

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Typescript.

box 1, folder 40

Statement to the U.S. Congressional Commission on Wartime Relocation of Persons of Japanese Background in the U.S. at a public hearing 1981 August 11

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Typescript.

ALSOS MISSION FILE 1943-1976

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Correspondence, memoranda, diary, reports, notes, clippings, and other material relating to the operations of the Alsos Mission, arranged alphabetically by physical form.

General

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Correspondence, memoranda, orders, reports, notes, clippings, printed matter, and other material.

box 1, folder 41

Undated

box 1, folder 42

1943

box 2, folder 1-2

1944

box 2, folder 3-4

1945

box 2, folder 5

Article by V. Gilenson 1962

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Relates to U.S. military intelligence, including the Alsos Mission, during World War II.

box 2, folder 6

Chronology

box 2, folder 7

Diary (Germany) 1945 March-July

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Written by an unidentified member of the Alsos Mission.

box 2, folder 8

History

box 2, folder 9

List of personnel of interest

Subject file

box 2, folder 10

DSM Project

box 2, folder 11

Exposure to radioactivity

box 2, folder 12

Radium supply

Recommendations

box 2, folder 13

Legion of Merit Award 1945

box 3, folder 1

Distinguished Service Medal 1976

World War 1939-1945

box 3, folder 2

Germany

box 3, folder 3

Military attaches - United States 1945 April-May

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Memoranda of the U.S. Military Attache in London.

SUBJECT FILE 1894-1976

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Correspondence, memoranda, orders, reports, and printed matter, arranged alphabetically by subject.

box 3, folder 4

Baja Peninsula Intelligence Mission 1942

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Correspondence, maps, and progress reports.

box 3, folder 5

Espionage 1947 January 20

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Memorandum. Includes case of suspected German agent Dr. Kayl.

box 3, folder 6

Heisenberg, Werner 1943 October 15

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Certificate signed by Adolf Hitler awarding Heisenberg the 1st class cross for war service.

box 3, folder 7

Japan - History - Allied occupation, 1945-1952, Kurganov, Oskar, Amerikantsy v Iaponii, Sovetskii pisatel', Leningrad 1947

box 3, folder 8

Kulaev, Ivan Vasil'evich

box 3, folder 9

Leningrad

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Maps.

drawer G12

Leningrad (continued)

box 3, folder 10

Nikolaevskii Engineering Adademy, required courses for entrance 1894 February

box 3, folder 11

Russkaia Pravoslavnaia Tserkov' - United States 1963

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Dedication of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas, Washington, D.C.

box 3, folder 12

Siberia (Russia) - History - Revolution, 1917-1921 undated

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Typescript by Gail Berg Reitzel, entitled "Shifting Scenes in Siberia."

Soviet Union - History - Revolution, 1917-1921

box 3, folder 13-14

General

box 3, folder 15

American National Red Cross operations 1920

Evacuation of Crimea

box 3, folder 16

1919

box 4, folder 1

1920

box 4, folder 2

Subversive activities - Soviet Union

box 4, folder 3

Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, Foreign Liaison Section, Tokyo 1946-1948

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Correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to Soviet diplomatic and military personnel in Japan.

World War, 1939-1945

box 4, folder 4

France - Paris

box 4, folder 5-6

U.S. Army. 6th Army Group. G-3 Section. "World War II - Final Report," 1945 July

box 4, folder 7

Miscellany

box 4, folder 8

SLIDES 1963

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21 color slides depicting the dedication ceremony of the Russian Orthodox Church of St. Nicolas in Washington, D.C.

box 4, folder 9

MEMORABILIA undated

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Five military insignia patches.

PHOTOGRAPHS 1916-1963

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Photographs depicting the private life and military career of Boris Pash, arranged by subject.

box 4, folder 10

1 album of 105 prints depicting Boris Pash and family and Russian military personnel 1916-1933

box 5, folder 1

38 postcards depicting various scenes in Russia, including Chernigov and Nizhnii-Novgorod 1917-1919

box 5, folder 2

7 prints depicting the evacuation of Crimea 1919-1920

box 5, folder 3

38 prints depicting operations of the Alsos Mission 1944-1945

box 5, folder 4

48 prints depicting operations of the Alsos Mission 1944-1945

box 5, folder 5

73 prints depicting operations of the Alsos Mission 1944-1945

box 5, folder 6

63 prints depicting operations of the Alsos Mission 1944-1945

box 5, folder 7

48 prints depicting scenes in Japan during the Allied Occupation 1946-1948

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Includes prints of Soviet and U.S. military personnel.

box 5, folder 8

32 prints of Boris Pash and others in Panama 1950s

box 5, folder 9

32 prints depicting scenes in the Soviet Union 1917-1921

box 5, folder 10-11

64 prints depicting U.S. armed forces in Germany 1943-1947

box 5, folder 12

8 prints depicting U.S. armed forces in France after World War II circa 1946-1948

box 5, folder 13

6 prints of Boris Pash and others after his retirement from the military 1960s-1970s

box 6, folder 1

35 prints depicting U.S. armed forces in France and Germany 1945

envelope A-B

211 prints from a photo album relating to the Alsos Mission 1944-1945

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Includes photos of Paris at the time of its liberation and the surrender of Thanheim, Germany.

envelope C

13 prints of Russian Imperial Navy training ships in the Baltic and Black Seas, and scenes of a Russian refugee camp in Wunsdorf, Germany 1905-1907, 1922

album fD

1 album of 132 prints depicting Boris Pash's military service under General N. Yudenich, White Russian Naval Forces 1920-1923

album fE, fF

2 albums of prints depicting the Russian refugee camp in Wunsdorf, Germany 1922

envelope G

32 negatives of photographs taken of each page of the album described in "D" above

envelope H

8 prints of a social event sponsored by the Foreign Liaison Section, Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, for representatives of the Four Power Occupational Forces circa 1947

MOTION PICTURE FILM 1936-1945

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46 motion picture reels (includes duplicates) primarily depicting U.S. military operations in Europe.

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Reel 1: Nr. 1 of numbered cans - 16mm film, 250 feet 1936

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Reel 2: Nr. 2 of numbered cans - 16mm film, 250 feet 1937

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Reel 3: World news, arms race, Spanish Civil War, annexation of Austria, Nr. 3 of numbered cans - 16mm film, 400 feet 1937-1938

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Reel 4: Monatsschau, Nr. 4 of numbered cans - 16mm film, 400 feet 1938

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Reel 5: Nr. 5 of numbered cans - 16mm film, 380 feet 1938-1939

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Reel 6: Construction of Siegfried Line, Nr. 6 of numbered cans - 16mm film, 450 feet 1939

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Reel 7: Bombing of England, submarine operations, Nazi heavy cruiser - 16mm film, 500 feet 1939

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Reel 8: Battle for Flanders, Armistice signing - 16mm film, 375 feet

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Reel 9: Nazi entry into Paris, Nazi conquest of France, Armistice signing at Compiegne, top-Nazi entry into Paris (second copy) - two 16mm film reels, 150 feet 1940

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Reel 10: Conquest of Belgium, war in Poland - 16mm film, 500 feet 1940

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Reel 11: Five-day conquest of Holland - 16mm film, 100 feet

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Reel 12: North Sea Battle, attack on Crete, advance into the Soviet Union, Minsk - 16mm film, 200 feet 1940

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Reel 13: North Sea Battle, attack on Crete, advance into the Soviet Union, Minsk - 16mm film, 25 feet

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No. 13: North Sea Battle, attack on Crete, advance into the Soviet Union, Minsk - 16mm film, 475 feet

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Reel 14: "World War II Assault on the Maginot Line," produced by Degeto - 16mm film, 200 feet

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Olympische Spiels - 1936, launching of the Scharnhorst etc. - 1936, Nr. 10 - 1936, Nr. 9 - 1937, Nr. 10 - 1937 / Schmalfilm-Monatsschau - 1940: Nr. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 / "Deutschlands Heer" - 16mm film 1936-1937, 1940

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Duplicate II/ 1-6, reel 1 - 16mm film, 300 feet

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Duplicate II/ 1-6, reel 2 - 16mm film, 875 feet

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Duplicate II/ 1-6, reel 3 - 16mm film, 1150 feet

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Olympics, rolls 1-7 - 16mm film, 1015 feet, 1936

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Deutsche Reichswehr Manoverbilder - 16mm film, 50 feet

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Cross section of Olympics (note from 1996: Film of aerial shot of battleship) - 16mm film, 50 feet 1937

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Pre WWII military planes firing practice (German) - 16mm film, 50 feet

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From Steelblocks to Fine Tin - 16mm film, 50 feet

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Schmalfilm-Monatsschau, Nr. 11 - 1935, Nr. 9 - 1936, Nr 11. - 1936 - three 16mm film reels 1935-1936

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Nazi Campaign in Poland, helgoland, Finnlands Hauptstadt (fragment) - three 16mm film reels

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Papal Rome, the bomb plot against Hitler, air force exercise, Hitler's birthday, Rome of the Oscars, paratroopers, birthday of the King of England - three 16mm film reels 1936

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Alsos Mission Films 1943-1945

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Footage documenting the secret task force that investigated Nazi Germany's atomic bomb program and secured the surrender of Thanheim during World War II. Contains reels 16-22, 16mm. This content has been digitized.

DECLASSIFIED U.S. GOVERNMENT RECORDS 1944-1946

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Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Includes some interfiled unclassified government records. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover.

box 6, folder 2-3

2015 December release of records 1944-1946

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Diary, orders, correspondence, passes, and forms relating to J. M. Barnes, Royal Army Medical Corps (British Army), and his participation in the Alsos Mission.

Also includes a map of Toulouse, France with negatives.

2017 release of records 1943-1945

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Correspondence and memoranda related to Pash's military assignments and the Alsos Mission.

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Memo from H. L. Allen, "Travel Orders," 1943 December 14

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Memo from W. C. McMillion, "Orders," regarding Pash assignment 1944 April 4

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Memo from W. C. McMillion, "Orders," regarding Pash assignment 1944 April 25