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Title: Burle Bramhall collection
Dates: 1973-1976
Collection Number: 77023
Creator: Bramhall, Burle, collector.
Collection Size:
1 manuscript box
(0.4 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Reminiscences of several of the 781 Russian children known as the Petrograd Children's Colony, who were sent by their parents
from Moscow and Petrograd in 1918 because of wartime shortage, were stranded in the Ural Mountains, evacuated from the war
zones via Vladivostok by the American Red Cross, and restored to their families in 1920 following a global ocean voyage. Includes
a description of the reunion of American Red Cross staff members and members of the Petrograd Children's Colony in Leningrad,
1973. Photocopy.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
Russian
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of item], Burle Bramhall collection, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1977.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
American Red Cross business manager in Siberia, 1919-1920.
Scope and Content of Collection
Reminiscences of several of the 781 Russian children known as the Petrograd Children's Colony, who were sent by their parents
from Moscow and Petrograd in 1918 because of wartime shortage, were stranded in the Ural Mountains, evacuated from the war
zones via Vladivostok by the American Red Cross, and restored to their families in 1920 following a global ocean voyage. Includes
a description of the reunion of American Red Cross staff members and members of the Petrograd Children's Colony in Leningrad,
1973. Photocopy.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
American National Red Cross.
International relief.
Refugees.
Soviet Union--History--Revolution, 1917-1921--Refugees.