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American Relief Administration Russian operational records
23003
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Description
Correspondence, telegrams, memoranda, reports, agreements, minutes, histories, financial records, lists, press summaries,
and photographs relating to American relief in the Soviet Union following the Russian Civil War, and food and public health
problems, agriculture, economic conditions, transportation and communications, and political and social developments, in the
Soviet Union.
Background
The American Relief Administration was established in February 1919 as the agency designated by President Woodrow Wilson to
administer the relief measures authorized by the Congressional appropriation of $100,000,000 approved February 25, 1919. During
the period of its activity, 1919-1923, offices of the A.R.A. were established in New York, Washington, and major cities of
Europe, the Near East, and Soviet Russia. Russian relief was initiated in August 1921 under an agreement with the Soviet government,
and by 1923 district missions were established in the capitals of most of the provinces of the Russian Socialist Federated
Soviet Republic, the Ukraine, the Crimea, and the North Caucasus.
Extent
557 manuscript boxes, 2 cubic foot boxes, 13 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(251.56 Linear Feet)
Restrictions
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Availability
Microfilm use only except Boxes 395-411, 560-561, 575 and map case items. Box 410-411, 565-571, OCM9 may not be used without
permission of the Archivist. 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.
- Collection Overview
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Collection Details
- Access
- Use
- Acquisition Information
- Preferred Citation
- Alternative Form Available
- Appendix A: Partial List of Districts and Towns Served by the A.R.A.
- Appendix B: Partial List of American Personnel Pictured in Personnel Photographs
- Appendix C: Partial List of Russian Officials and Citizens Who Worked fro the A.R.A., Pictured in Personnel and Other Photographs
- Historical Note
- Scope and Content of Collection