Papers, 1894–1961, 22 boxes. Author (The Oil Fields of Russia, 1908) and known as the "father of the oil industry." He worked as an engineer for an Anglo-Russian firm operating in the Baku oilfields and had considerable business contacts with Russia during his career. His collection includes maps of the Caucasus; a legal document, 1913, on the Baku Wire Cable Company Ltd.; several folders of notes on "Russia and the Russians early experience"; printed materials on Russian oil-field developments; a published article by Sallie McCabe, "With my Husband in Soviet Russia"; published yearbooks, 1903–1909, on engineering, irrigation, oils, etc. in Russia, and 2 boxes of correspondence. Unpublished finding aid.
Anthony Harrigan
Papers, 1 box. Railroad businessman. A few periodicals, newspaper clippings, and articles pertaining to Soviet naval power, U.S.-USSR agreements at Helsinki, Khrushchev's policies, Soviet Mediterranean strategy, and Soviet goals in the Middle East. Unpublished finding aid.
C. Stribling Snodgrass
Papers, 210 boxes. 1 file folder with 14 items on Russia, 1945–68, and a letter from Dr. H. L. Malakoff to A. L. Regnier, 7 August 1957.
Cedric W. Foster (b. 1900)
Papers, 1940–72, 25 boxes. Radio news commentator. In part, transcripts. Contains oral history transcripts on Brezhnev, Central Asia, Khrushchev, Nixon's China visit and Russian reactions to it, Russian spies in Britain, Russians in Cuba, the Tchaikovsky [Chaikovskii] Competition, Ambassador E. Durbrow, the Russian navy, and Russian art. There are also books and pamphlets pertaining to Russia. Unpublished finding aids (NUCMC 74–1179).
Charles A. Willoughby
Papers, 3 boxes. U.S. Army officer. Includes articles from the Foreign Intelligence Digest pertaining to Russia. Unpublished finding aid.
Charles Will Wright
Papers, 20 boxes. The collection contains reports on the industrial power of the Soviet Union, 1960, Soviet mineral potential, 1963, metal output of the USSR, 1968, and on "Russia in 1937." There are also maps, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and magazines pertaining to Russia and its mineral resources. Unpublished finding aid.
Donald N. Wackwitz
Papers, 10 boxes. Included are mimeographed and carbon copies of reports on Russian colonialism, Russian libraries, the Russian people, Soviet airpower, Soviet strategic intentions, and the "psychological effectiveness within the U.S.S.R. of the U.S.A.F. air offensive in 1953." Some of the reports were written by Wackwitz. Unpublished finding aid.
Edward T. Devine (1867-1946)
Papers, 1910–36, 3 ft. A founder of modern American social work. Helped establish American Red Cross program of national disaster relief. Manuscripts, correspondence, scrapbooks, journals, published works. In 1916 he was named special agent to the American embassy in Petrograd to arrange for relief of German war prisoners in Russia. Collection includes 13 personal journals, 8 of which record his experiences in Russia in 1916 and a return trip in 1923. Unpublished finding aid.
Gene Gurney (b. 1929)
Papers, 1944–72, 37 boxes. U.S. Air Force officer and historian. Includes typed manuscript by Gurney and Clare Gurney, "The Launching of the Sputnik," 74 pp., and photos gathered for Gurney's The Pictorial History of the United States Army. These photos include pictures of Georgians from Russia captured by the American army in France and of Russian soldiers in Iran, 1944. Unpublished finding aid (NUCMC 75–2085).
George D. Embree
Papers, 1959–73, 73 boxes. Scholar specializing in Soviet Union. Includes manuscripts on Soviet diplomats, Russian submarines, U.S. tour of the Soviet agricultural ministry, Soviet policy toward the oil crisis, Soviet views toward European security, and on Soviet pipelines, films, women, science, labor market, youth problems, railroads, social security, economic problems, and other matters. There are also 2,241 4x6 index cards of research notes for Embree's The Soviet Union Between the 19th and 20th Party Congress, 1952–1956 and 13 black and white negative photographs of a "Russian farm visit" and "Russian farm delegates." Unpublished finding aid.
Harold A. Titcomb
Papers, 1904–16, 33 boxes. Mining engineer. This collection contains various materials (including notes, annual reports, accounts, and reprints of articles) on the Anglo-Siberian Company, Ltd., 1 item, Lena Goldfield, 1 item, the Nerchinsk Gold Company, Ltd., 1 item, Omsk Goldfields, 2 items, Russian mining, ca. 50 items, 1914–16, the Russian Mining Corporation, Ltd., 2 items, the Russo-Asiatic Corporation, Ltd., the Spassky Copper Mine, Ltd., 7 items, the Troitzk Goldfields, 1 item, and the great Russian mining boom, 1906–12. There are also 36 photographs, 1912, of Siberia, 8 postcards, 1909, of Russia, scientific articles on Siberian mines, and a map of mining and ore deposits in Siberia, 1903. Unpublished finding aid.
Harry E. Barnes (1889-1968)
Papers, 1912–68, 201 boxes. Historian and educator. Correspondence, manuscripts of writings, memoranda. Includes "class notes" on the genesis of World War II and the Rosenberg case. Among Barnes's correspondents were N. S. Timasheff and P. A. Sorokin. Unpublished finding aid (NUCMC 66–2016).
Hugo Winterhalter (1910-1973)
Papers, ca. 1935–72, 25 ft. Arranger, composer, and conductor. Includes material pertaining to N. Rimskii-Korsakov. (NUCMC 77–1274
Ira B. Joralemon
Papers, 19 boxes. Mining engineer. The collection includes correspondence with the Zyrianovsk Mine of the Russia Mineral Corp., 1917, and maps, notes, and diagrams on Russian and Siberian mines. There is also a manuscript, "Development in the Nonferrous Metallurgical Industry and Science in Old Russia and the USSR," by M. G. Corson. Unpublished finding aid. Restricted.
Joseph Schillinger (1895-1943)
Collection, ca. 1918–77, 1 box. Russian-born composer and musical theorist. Includes negative photostats of holograph musical compositions: Northern Russian Symphony, op. 22, score and parts, 64 pp., 1930, with piano transcription, 26 pp.; Violin Sonata, op. 9, score and parts, 41 pp., 1921–22; and Poeme nocturne, op 7, 6 pp., 1921; also 11 photos, concert programs, 1 for 1918 and 1 for the first Russian jazz concert in 1927, photocopies and originals of Russian documents, passports, citizenship papers, patents, and other material.
Peter A. Morrison
Papers, 1 box. Includes a Rand report, May 1974, entitled "Soviet Military Management at the Troop Level."
Robin Kinkead
Papers, 5 boxes. Includes newspaper clippings on the Soviet Union, a 3x5 in. photograph of Joseph Stalin, and a typewritten and annotated essay by Kinkead, "Road to Moscow, 1929," 17 pp. There are also 2 cablegrams pertaining to the Soviet Union: "Soviet Food Tantalus Tighter Control of Supplies Today" and "Soviet Pleased with French Pact Two Salient Clauses." Both cablegrams are dated 29 November 1932.
Ross Hoffman
Papers, 40 boxes. Mining engineer. Hoffman's correspondence, 1890–1939, contains 5 folders of letters and approximately 170 telegrams in Russian. Among Hoffman's correspondents were the Russo-Asiatic Bank and the Pioneer Company of Siberia Ltd. In the file boxes, where Hoffman kept his own records of various mines on file cards, there is 1 box of materials on Russia and Siberia. The drill and time logs contain 2 folders, mostly on Russian mines, for 1926. There are maps or data on Borovaya Claims, East Siberia, Kamchatka, Lena River, Nikolaievsk, Russia, Siberia, a tundra lake, Ural districts, Varinski, Vladivoski (Vladivostok?), Sybyriakoff and Lena Co., Valentinovsky, Okhotsk, and North Amur river. The materials on mines document the following: Amur-Orel Gold Mining Company, 1 folder with 2 reports on the company. Ayan Corporation Ltd., 6 folders containing miscellaneous notes written by Ross Hoffman, maps, 1 picture, a memorandum on the Articles of the Association, supply lists, and reports on the Okhotsk District, Andrich River, Kazyonny Mine, Pology Creek, Londonsky, and the Varvainsky Mine. Chibaschek Mine, 1 folder containing a cost sheet for that mine. Cu, Ag-Pb, and Lou Mines in Russia, 1 folder containing data on copper and zinc produced in the Akmolinskaya, Elizabetpolskaya, Erivanskaya, Ferganskaya, Ufimskaya, Kieletskaya, Kutaiskaya, Permskaya, Primorskaya, Semipalatinsk & Semireachinskaya, Sir-Darinskaya, Terskaya, Tomskaya, Turgaiskaya, Viatskaya, Viborgskaya, Yennesseiskaya, and Za-Baikalskaya Government regions. Eltsoff and Levashoff Mines, 1 folder containing an 1897 report. Empire Drill Holes, 1 folder containing prospecting reports on the Amka River, Dlinney Creek, Inya River, Marekan River, Ottav River, Rasvyet Creek, and Ulya River. Kalga Creek System, 1 folder containing a prospecting report, a map and a written report on the mine. Karadog Concession, 1 folder containing a Russian document and a letter to the Board of the Russo-Persian Mining Company. Lena Company Concession Agreement, 1 folder containing the document in Russian. Lena Company Mines, 1 folder containing 2 reports. Mariinsk, 2 folders containing an estimate for the mine and a 1912 report with a map. Marinsk District, 1 folder containing expense accounts, notes on the district, various German papers and maps. Maslofka Creek, 1 folder containing maps, prospecting and drill reports and a written report. Nikolaievsk, 1 folder containing a summary of claims, time and prospecting reports, and maps. Novo Udeel, 1 folder containing memos and maps, and Novo-Udyl, 4 folders containing expense accounts, various prospecting journals, maps, surveys of pits, contracts, original estimates. Nunoleeyski Coal Mines, 1 folder containing a paper on coal and a Russian report. Okhotsk, 2 folders containing pictures, several Russian reports, maps, and the prospecting itinerary for 1925–26. Ool River, 1 folder containing time logs, progress reports, prospecting reports, and 1912 reports. Pamir Gold Mining Company, 1 folder containing a 1916 report translated from Russian. Pantalamonskaya, 1 folder containing a 1917 report and shift reports. Patushinki Claims, 1 folder containing a 1912 report. Pioneer Company of Siberia Limited, 3 folders containing miscellaneous notes, accounts, summaries on holdings of the company, memoranda, first annual report of the company, maps, proposal contracts, and 1913 reports. Pokal Mine, 1 folder containing a 1929 report. Renkevitch Coal Deposit of Sachaline, 1 folder containing a map and a report. Russian Empire, 4 folders containing mining reports of ore 1884–90, bank statements and summary statements from Russia, Russian reports of copper and zinc production, and Russian tax laws of 14 May 1916. Russo-British Mining Companies, 1 folder containing notes copied from the 1915 yearbook, a map, and miscellaneous notes. Sachaline Coal, 4 folders containing a report on coal by P. Polevoi, miscellaneous notes by Hoffman, several maps, Russian papers, assay outfit and accompanying expense accounts, and reports. Semipalatinsk Company, 1 folder containing an inventory of goods, and various miscellaneous notes. Siberian Mining Company, 3 folders containing miscellaneous data, a report on possible methods of doing business, memorandum on dredging in Siberia, and a report on the mine. Somine River, 1 folder containing ore samples, time logs, prospecting reports, maps, a 1912 report. Somnine Gold Dredging Property (?), 1 folder containing a 1912 report and 3 maps. Sybyriakoff Properties, 1 folder containing various calculations, 10 exhibits sent by Hoffman on the mine. Summary of results of examination of the Niemtshyhoff, Bazanoff, and Sybyriakoff Company's mines. Tchoussovskoi Swamps, 1 folder containing maps and a rough calculation for the Von Brevern Concession. Turkestan, 1 folder containing a 1917 report by John Hoffman. Uda River, 1 folder containing shaft and prospecting logs, ore samples, and a 1912 report. Urals, 1 folder containing a report on the Epitome of the Gold Mining Concessions in the Urals. Verkni-Amur Company, 1 folder containing a report on the properties, maps, and an extract from a letter from Mr. C. S. Purrington to the Board of the Company. Yuba River Exam, 3 folders containing a 1935 report, various notes and drill reports, and several maps. Znaminity Mine, 1 folder containing a cost sheet, inventory from 31 March 1916, assay lists, a pay roll and weekly reports.
Finally, the Hoffman collection contains many books and pamphlets pertaining to Russia and Russian mining. Unpublished finding aid.
Valentine Hayes
Papers, 3 boxes. Mining engineer. Maps in this collection include the following: "Joined Map of Goldcontaining Districts in the Amour Region"; "Nemansky Region"; "Summary Map of Place Districts, Amoor Province"; and 47 unidentified maps, some of which are written and labeled in Russian. There are also reports: "Gold Dumps Karisny Mines"; "Goldfields and Mines of the Nimansky Goldbearing System belonging to V. A. Khaeff"; "Lena Goldfields"; "Prospecting and Development of Silver and Lead Deposits in Eastern Zabaikal"; "Records of Gold Production from Amazar-Urium-Horogoch Group. Production from 1895 to 1919"; "Report on the Mines Belonging to First Gold Association 'Rudnik'"; "Report on Mines of the Transbaikal Province of Siberia"; "Report on the present condition of the silver lead mines which have been worked prior to the liquidation of silver lead mining in the Nerchinsk Mining District in 1906"; "Silver-Lead Mining in the Western Zabaikal"; "Undinsky Group"; "Urulginsky Group of Placers"; "Western Transbaikal Lead and Silver." In the group called "Russian materials" there are various documents, including reports, notes, incompletes, and correspondence, all written in Russian, 1,073 items. Among the "miscellaneous materials," there is a ledger book, printed in Russian; a Russian checkbook, with the title "Banque de Commerce de Siberie"; and handwritten, unidentified notes, presumably on a particular mining area in Russia or eastern Siberia, 39 pp. Finally, there is a 5x8 in. photograph of Vasili A. Hayeff, and correspondence, 1921, from various persons to Alexei V. and Vasili A. Hayeff. Unpublished finding aid.
William Robert Moore
Papers, 30 boxes. Contains ca. 1 box of correspondence, 1957–63, research notes, galley proofs, and manuscripts pertaining to Russia.
