Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Johnson, Benjamin O., 1878-
- Abstract:
- Correspondence, reports, memoranda, diplomatic dispatches and instructions, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps in Siberia, the Inter-Allied Technical Board, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Photocopy.
- Extent:
- 1 manuscript box (0.4 Linear Feet)
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Benjamin O. Johnson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Background
- Scope and content:
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Correspondence, reports, memoranda, diplomatic dispatches and instructions, and printed matter, relating to the Russian Railway Service Corps in Siberia, the Inter-Allied Technical Board, and the Trans-Siberian Railroad during World War I and the Russian Civil War. Photocopy
- Biographical / historical:
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American engineer; colonel, Russian Railway Service Corps, 1917-1923; president pro tempore, Inter-Allied Technical Board, 1920-1921.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
World War, 1914-1918 -- Transportation
Railroads -- Soviet Union
Railroads -- Russia (Federation) -- Siberia
Engineers - Names:
- Velikai͡a Sibirskai͡a magistralʹ
United States. Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia
Inter-Allied Technical Board - Places:
- Soviet Union -- History -- Allied intervention, 1918-1920
Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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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.
- Terms of access:
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For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Benjamin O. Johnson Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
- Location of this collection:
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Hoover Institution Library & Archives, Stanford UniversityStanford, CA 94305-6003, US
- Contact:
- (650) 723-3563