Overview of the Edward Ellis Smith papers

Processed by Hoover Institution Archives Staff.

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California 94305-6010

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Email: archives@hoover.stanford.edu

Overview of the Edward Ellis Smith papers

Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford University

Stanford, California

Processed by:: Hoover Institution Archives Staff
Date Completed:: 2009
Encoded by:: Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record by David Sun.

Collection Summary

Title: Edward Ellis Smith papers

Dates: 1893-1982

Collection Number: 82026

Creator: Smith, Edward Ellis, 1921-1982.

Collection Size: 12 manuscript boxes, 8 card file boxes (6.4 linear feet)

Repository: Hoover Institution Archives

Stanford, California 94305-6010

Abstract: Writings, correspondence, notes, printed matter, bibliographies, and photographs, relating to the tsarist Russian secret police, the youth of Joseph Stalin, Roman Malinovskii, and the history of Soviet espionage.

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives

Languages: English Russian

Administrative Information

Access

Collection is open for research.

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Publication Rights

For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Edward Ellis Smith papers, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.

Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1982.

Accruals

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.

Biographical/Historical Note

American historian.

Scope and Content of Collection

Writings, correspondence, notes, printed matter, bibliographies, and photographs, relating to the tsarist Russian secret police, the youth of Joseph Stalin, Roman Malinovskii, and the history of Soviet espionage.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953.

Malinovskii, Roman Vatslavovich, 1876-1918.

Russia. Okhrannye otdeleniia.

Secret service--Russia.

Secret service--Soviet Union.

Espionage, Russian.

Declassified U.S. government records, 1951.

Scope and Content Note

Formerly security-classified records of the U.S. government, released in full or in part. Available as PDF files. The PDF files are page images, so full-text search is not possible. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder by date of creation.

Reading room workstation

Record released in 2010, 1951

Rest of collection not yet described

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