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  • Title: Edward H. Egbert papers
    Date (inclusive): 1914-1921
    Collection Number: 60007
    Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
    Language of Material: English
    Physical Description: 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
    Abstract: Correspondence, notes, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian Revolution, relief work in Russia, and Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia. Includes correspondence with E. Breshko-Breshkovskaia and Herbert Hoover.
    Creator: Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964
    Creator: Egbert, Edward H.
    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 1960.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Edward H. Egbert Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

    Biographical Note

    Dr. Egbert was chief surgeon of the American Red Cross detachment to Russia and was Executive Secretary of the Catherine Breshkovsky Russian Relief Fund in New York.

    Scope and Contents

    This collection contains correspondence, notes, clippings, printed matter, and photographs, relating to the Russian Revolution, relief work in Russia, and Ekaterina Breshko-Breshkovskaia. Includes correspondence with E. Breshko-Breshkovskaia and Herbert Hoover. Includes photographs of a Kiev hospital.

    Subjects and Indexing Terms

    World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
    Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
    World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
    International relief
    Breshko-Breshkovskai͡a, Ekaterina Konstantinovna, 1844-1934
    American National Red Cross