KG 43. Records of International Conferences, Commissions, and Expositions, 1825–1968
1,358 cu. ft. Included are materials on several conferences with references to the USSR: the Third World Power Conference, 1936, the International Conference on Electrical Communication, 1920, the Limitation of Armament Conference, 1921–22, the Moscow Conference of Foreign Ministers, 19–30 October 1943, the Tehran Conference, 1943, the Second Cairo Conference, 1943, the United National Monetary and Financial Conference, 1944. There are also Russian-related materials in records pertaining to the Advisory Commission of Railway Experts to Russia, the Russian Railway Service Corps, and the Interallied Railway Committee, 1917–22; the European Advisory Commission, 1943–46; the Council of Foreign Ministers, 1945–53; the Allied Control Council, Germany, 1945–50; the Far Eastern Commission, 1945–51; the Allied Council for Japan, 1946–52; and the U.S.-USSR Joint Commission on Korea, 1946–48.
RC 40. General Records of the Department of Commerce, 1898–1954
808 cu. ft. The Department of Commerce and Labor was formed in 1903. Included in the record group are correspondence, reports, and memoranda regarding commercial opportunities for American business in Russia, the purchase of Russian products, and statistics of Russian trade with the United States and other countries.
RG 1. Records of the War Labor Policies Board, 1918–19
12 cu. ft. The War Labor Policies Board was created in 1918 to standardize labor policies of government agencies. Its records include a report by Herbert E. Cory, an assistant for the Board, on socialization in the Soviet Union.
RG 101. Records of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, 1863–1967
12,178 cu. ft. The function of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, formed in 1863, is to manage the National Banking System. Among its records are reports, 1918, pertaining to the affairs of Russian branches (in Petrograd and elsewhere) of a New York City bank.
RG 102. Records of the Children's Bureau, 1912–49
530 cu. ft. Among the functions of the Children's Bureau, created in 1912, is to collect information pertaining to children. Its records include a League of Nations account on medical support for the USSR, 1921–22, and the names of people in the Soviet Union involved in childcare, July 1933.
RG 104. Records of the Bureau of the Mint, 1792–1960
893 cu. ft. In the records of the Bureau of the Mint, which produces U.S. money, there are some reports by U.S. diplomats (some written directly to the Bureau) on Russian currency and on Russia's acquisition of gold and silver coins, ca. 1870–1915.
RG 107. Records of the Office of the Secretary of War, 1791–1948
3,147 cu. ft. The records of the Office of the Secretary of War (now known as the secretary of the army) in clude documentation, 1940–47, concerning lend-lease operations to the Soviet Union, U.S. relations with the Soviet Union, and Soviet internal affairs. The record group also includes the records of assistant secretaries of War John J. McCloy and Howard Peterson, 1940–47, which contain correspondence, reports, and directives relating to communism in the United States, U.S.-Soviet foreign policy, 1end-lease to the Soviet Union, and Soviet objectives in Finland, Rumania, Yugoslavia, and Hungary. There are also the records of the assistant secretary for air, which have cablegrams dated 1944–47 on internal Soviet affairs. Finally, there are materials concerning the U.S. Army's role in the transfer of Alaska from Russia to the U.S., and films on Soviet troops in Thuringia, on the Allied Council in Berlin, and on the Russian Commission in Korea.
RG 111. Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860–1954
5,502 cu. ft. Formed in 1863, the Signal Corps handles signal duty equipment. Its records include newsreels and motion pictures pertaining to Soviet agriculture, the American Expeditionary Forces, the battle of Stalingrad, Vladivostok in World War II, Soviet mining operations in the 1940s, and the Yalta Conference. There are also still photographs of the American Expeditionary Forces in Siberia and the 339th Infantry in North Russia. Edit Delete
RG 112. Records of the Office of the Surgeon General, 1818–1949
4,496 cu. ft. The International (Supply) Division files of this record group, 1942–47, contain documents relating to lend-lease and reciprocal-aid programs to Russia during World War II.
RG 113. Records of the Allied Purchasing Division, 1917–19
14 cu. ft. In August 1917 the Allied Purchasing Commission was formed to buy material in the United States. Its records include material pertaining to Russian contracts and to the political situation in Russia 1917–18.
RG 120. Records of the American Expeditionary Forces (World War I)
1917–23, 1912–29, 26,511 cu ft. Included in this record group are the records of the American Expeditionary Forces, North Russia, 14 ft., 1917–19. These documents throw light on the activities of the 3 American battalions sent by President Wilson in July 1918 to help Allied forces in Archangel. Among the materials are those of the chief of the American military mission to Russia, 1917–19, and of the inspector general, the judge advocate, and the chief surgeon who took part in the mission. AEF GHQ (Intelligence) has information on the military, political, and social conditions in Russia, both before and after the intervention. GHQ Office of the Commander in Chief, 1917–20, contains correspondence and reports on the repatriation of Russian POWs in Germany after the 1918 armistice, the sending of American relief supplies to Russia, and conditions in Russia. GHQ General Staff has material on the Kerensky government, the movement of Russian revolutionaries between Switzerland and Germany, March-April 1917, Finnish anti-Bolshevik forces and intentions, and other matters pertaining to Russia at the time of the Revolution. RG 120 also includes maps relating to operations in northern Russia (n.d., 14 items); maps accompanying reports from military missions, 1918–19, 29 items; enemy forces maps, eastern front, 1917–19, 26 items; maps of areas not on the western front, 1918–19, 86 items, showing fronts, situations, and orders of battle in Italy, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Near East, Rumania, Russia, and Portugal; a 1:500,000 topographic map of the Vladivostok area, 1909; 1:420,000 planimetric maps of Russia, 1918–19, 10 items; situation maps Russia and Siberia, 1918–19, 35 items; and enemy order of battle maps eastern front, 1917–19, 26 items.
RG 120. Records of the American Expeditionary Forces (World War I), 1917–23
1912–29, 26,511 cu ft. Included in this record group are the records of the American Expeditionary Forces, North Russia, 14 ft., 1917–19. These documents throw light on the activities of the 3 American battalions sent by President Wilson in July 1918 to help Allied forces in Archangel. Among the materials are those of the chief of the American military mission to Russia, 1917–19, and of the inspector general, the judge advocate, and the chief surgeon who took part in the mission. AEF GHQ (Intelligence) has information on the military, political, and social conditions in Russia, both before and after the intervention. GHQ Office of the Commander in Chief, 1917–20, contains correspondence and reports on the repatriation of Russian POWs in Germany after the 1918 armistice, the sending of American relief supplies to Russia, and conditions in Russia. GHQ General Staff has material on the Kerensky government, the movement of Russian revolutionaries between Switzerland and Germany, March-April 1917, Finnish anti-Bolshevik forces and intentions, and other matters pertaining to Russia at the time of the Revolution. RG 120 also includes maps relating to operations in northern Russia (n.d., 14 items); maps accompanying reports from military missions, 1918–19, 29 items; enemy forces maps, eastern front, 1917–19, 26 items; maps of areas not on the western front, 1918–19, 86 items, showing fronts, situations, and orders of battle in Italy, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Near East, Rumania, Russia, and Portugal; a 1:500,000 topographic map of the Vladivostok area, 1909; 1:420,000 planimetric maps of Russia, 1918–19, 10 items; situation maps Russia and Siberia, 1918–19, 35 items; and enemy order of battle maps eastern front, 1917–19, 26 items.
RG 126. Records of the Office of Territories, 1878–1953
753 cu. ft. The Office of Terri-' tories, formed in 1950, administers affairs pertaining to U.S. territories. Its records include letters on the hardship of carrying mail through Siberia; material on Soviet warships in the Philippines during World War II; and communist activities in the Philippines, 1917–36 (filed under "Bolsheviki").
RG 130. Records of the White House Office, 1814–1971
102 cu. ft. The White House Office, formed in 1939, is one of the 5 divisions of the executive office of the president. Its records include documents on the "German-Bolshevik conspiracy" (1918) obtained in Russia by Edgar Sisson, associate chairman of the Committee on Public Information, at the request of President Wilson.
RG 131. Records of the Office of Alien Property, 1878–1957
1,545 cu. ft. The Office of Alien Property was responsible for dealing with property in the United States belonging to enemy powers and their citizens. Among its records are photos pertaining to the Soviet-German frontiers pact, 10 January 1941; reports, 1927–39, by agents of the Hamburg-American line with information on trade with Soviet ports; and 20 photographs of vacation spots in Russia, 1926.
RG 136. Records of the Agricultural Marketing Service, 1894–1968
2,485 cu. ft. Formed in 1939, the Agricultural Marketing Service dealt with the marketing of agricultural products. Among its records are materials on the lend-lease of farm products.
RG 14. Records of the United States Railroad Administration, 1917–45
1,353 cu. ft. The U.S. Railroad Administration (USRA) controlled railroads and other forms of transportation for the federal government. Its records include materials on the construction of 200 American locomotives for the Russian government and Soviet attempts to get this equipment. There are also records, 1919–22, pertaining to the seniority rights of former Russian Railway Service Corps employees who went back to work in the U.S. Finally, there are letters and memoranda on the unwillingness of Seattle longshoremen to ship arms and munitions to Siberia. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/014.html
RG 151. Records of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce and Successor Agencies, 1899–1958
1,419 cu. ft. Established in 1912, the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce compiled information on foreign commerce and markets. Its central file contains the following series pertaining to Russian trade: foreign service-executive Petrograd, 1916, with correspondence between the Bureau and commercial attaches in Russia; Russian trade with various countries, 1926–39, with material on Soviet trade agreements and trade-credit terms; Business conditions, with information on labor in the Soviet Union and on trade regulations in Russia and the Baltic states between 1921 and 1939; Trade with the United Kingdom, with data on Anglo-Russian trade, 1939–45; Trade with the United States, with correspondence between the Bureau and U.S. businessmen and exporting firms on Soviet credit reliability, Amtorg, and other matters; Foreign service-executive Petrograd, 1916, with currency; Business conditions, with information on exchange rates between the USSR and Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania, 1921–39; Foreign credits and foreign loans, with data on loans to Russia and on late Imperial and Soviet bonds; American investment opportunities Russia, with correspondence on the prospects of developing natural resources in Russia, 1915–17. RG 151 also has letters exchanged between the State and Commerce departments, 1921–22, on Japanese commerce in Siberia; correspondence, 1923–31, on car production in the Soviet Union; photos of Russian "new cities," 1930, of agricultural techniques, 1921–30, and of Soviet shipments of manganese, 1921–39; letters, 1922–35, on American famine relief in Russia; materials on a meeting of communist groups in Transcaucasia; and various documents, 1920–30, pertaining to the Soviet oil industry in Baku and elsewhere.
RG 156. Records of the Office of the Chief of Ordnance, 1794–1969
11,338 cu. ft. Founded in 1812, the Ordnance Department handled military supplies and equipment. Its records include correspondence, 1910–41, relating to Russian contracts with U.S. firms for rifles, spare parts, and other ordnance items.
RG 16. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, 1839–1969
7,949 cu. ft. The Department of Agriculture was created in 1862. Its records include correspondence on Bolshevism, 1919–20, 1922–23, 1926, 1930, communism, 1931–34, 1936–7, 1939, and the recognition of the Soviet Union, 1933–35. There are also materials relating to seed and plant distribution from foreign seed firms and consular officials. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/016.html
RG 160. Records of Headquarters Army Service Forces, 1920–46
2,021 cu. ft. The Services of Supply, renamed Army Service Forces in 1943, handled various service and supply duties. In the records of its International Division, 1940–47, the following series have Russian-related materials: Security-classified correspondence, 1941–46; security-classified messages sent and received, 1941–46; security-classified historical file, 1940–46; security-classified correspondence, reports, and issuances relating to lend-lease aid and reciprocal aid policies and procedures, 1940–46; and correspondence of the Office of the Director of Defense Aid, War Department, and its successor, the Defense Aid Division, Services of Supply, 1941–42. The records of the Mission Branch contain information on military missions to the USSR, 1941–42. In the Civilian Supply Branch records there are reports, files, and correspondence relating to Russia/USSR. The Control Division records include a set of progress reports called "International Aid," 28 vols., 1943–45, information on items provided under lend-lease. In the records of the Strategic Logistics Branch there are studies relating to the USSR and to the possibility of developing supply routes through Siberia during World War II. Finally, there are 33 12″ records used in Russian language training.
RG 165. Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, 1870–1954
11,003 cu. ft. This record group contains several series with information on the Soviet Union. The Military Intelligence Division Correspondence (M.I.D.) series, 1917–41, documents combat operations during the Civil War; the organization, strength, tactics, and equipment of the Soviet army; political, economic, and social conditions in the USSR; Soviet relations with other countries; and Soviet espionage activities. The War Plans Division Correspondence series, 1920–42, has information on lend-lease aid for the Soviet Union, air routes to Russia, negotiations over American use of Siberian air bases, and the Harriman Mission to Moscow. The English Translations of Foreign Intelligence Documents series, 1919–47, contains nearly 50 translations pertaining to Russia and the Soviet army. The German Military Records Relating to WWI series, 1917–19, copied from the original German documents by representatives of the U.S. Army War College at the Germany military archives at Potsdam, contains documentation on the mobilization plans and activities of the 8th German Army for the August-September 1914 campaign on the eastern front against the Russian army; on the 9th German Army campaign against the Rumanians and Russians, 1916–17; and on the operations of the 23rd German Reserve Corps and the 42nd German Infantry Division against the Russian army in September-October 1917. The Office of the Chief of Staff series, 1942–47, has information on the USSR in the central, secret, and top secret files. The Director of Intelligence series has data on the Soviet Union that is mentioned in the records of the interrogations of captured personnel. The Operations Division series, 1942–49, has various materials on the coordination of the Allied-USSR war effort, general war planning with the USSR, Soviet policies toward Japan, and U.S.-USSR post-war occupation. RG 165 also has maps of the Russo-Japanese War and photographs pertaining to Russian military matters.
RG 166. Records of the Foreign Agricultural Service, 1901–54
961 cu. ft. The Foreign Agricultural Service is concerned with developing markets abroad for American agricultural goods. Its records include reports on various aspects of Russian agriculture by U.S. consuls, agricultural attaches, and special agents in Russia, 1903–45. The record group also has material on wood resources in the USSR, 1920–39, economic conditions in Russia, 1942–45, and Soviet foreign trade. Finally, there are machine readable files, dating from 1965 to the present, which contain detailed information by commodity of U.S. import and export trade with the rest of the world, including the Soviet Union.
RG 169. Records of the Foreign Economic Administration, 1939–47
2,066 cu. ft. Formed in 1943, the Foreign Economic Administration handled various matters pertaining to foreign aid. Its records contain considerable materials on the Moscow mission, 1941–42, headed by W. Averell Harriman to negotiate lend-lease to the Soviet Union. Also included is a "History of Lend-Lease," completed by the Department of State, and supporting documents, 1939–47. In addition, the series Bureau of Areas, USSR Branch, 1944–45 has export licenses and other materials relating to the program of exports to the USSR during World War II.
RG 174. General Records of the Department of Labor, 1907–73
1,548 cu. ft. This record group includes letters exchanged between Woodrow Wilson and the secretary of labor on selecting U.S. labor representatives to the American Special Mission (the Root Mission) to Russia; materials on the deportation of C. A. K. Martens, chosen by Chicherin in 1919 to establish trade relations with the U.S.; various pamphlets on the Russian army in World War I and on activities against the Bolsheviks; and materials pertaining to Soviet labor.
RG 178. Records of the U.S. Maritime Commission, 1917–50
6,487 cu. ft. The U.S. Maritime Commission, established in 1936, was formed to promote the U.S. merchant marine. Its records include a series, Cargo, Mail, and Passenger Reports, 1918–46, which contains information on sailings of the U.S. merchant marine fleet from Soviet ports. These records are arranged chronologically by year and thereunder by name of ship.
RG 179. Records of the War Production Board, 1940–47
2,123 cu. ft. Formed in 1942, the War Production Board (WPB) directed plans to produce and furnish war material. Its records contain materials documenting U.S. lend-lease to the Soviet Union. These materials include correspondence with the Russian Purchasing Commission; the office file of Mose L. Harvey, assistant and deputy director of the Foreign Division of the WPB; and the correspondence file, 1942–45, and staff reports, 1942–45 of William L. Batt, U.S. member of the Combined Raw Materials Board and U.S. deputy member of the Combined Production and Resources Board; the reports and minutes, 1942–47, of the President's Soviet Protocol Committee; and the minutes of the Combined Aluminum and Magnesium Committee.
RG 18. Records of the Army Air Forces, 1914–52
11,564 cu. ft. Originating in 1907, the Army Air Forces (AAF) was a predecessor of the U.S. Air Force. Its records contain materials on Soviet aviation, including a report by the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1932; letters on a flight from the USSR to the U.S. via the the North Pole; photographs of Kamchatka, and correspondence pertaining to Soviet aviation students in the U.S. and to Soviet requests, 1934–38, for Air Corps material. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/018.html
RG 180. Records of the Commodity Exchange Authority. 1921–52
232 cu. ft. Formed in 1936, the Commodity Exchange Authority supervises trading behavior on commodity exchanges. Its records include an office file containing a Soviet government study of future markets, 1927–38.
RG 182. Records of the War Trade Board. 1917–35
722 cu. ft. The War Trade Board, created in 1917, handled export and import licenses and other matters during World War I. Among its records are those of the Russian Bureau, Inc., 1918–20, which was established in November 1918. Materials in the record group document the Russian budget during World WTar I, trade between Russia and the U.S., Russian exports and imports, 1917–19, and the contacts of Russian companies with Germany in the 1910s.
RG 187. Records of the National Resources Planning Board, 1931–43
1,400 cu. ft. Includes a speech by Dr. Karl Scholtz, February 1934, delivered to the Mississippi Valley Committee on Soviet agriculture, as well as a record of the ensuing discussion on the subject.
RG 197. Records of the Civil Aeronautics Board, 1934–77
1,059 cu. ft. The Civil Aeronautics Board regulates and promotes international and domestic air travel. Its records include machine readable data, from 1968 to the present, pertaining to air traffic between the U.S. and the USSR by U.S. carriers.
RG 208. Records of the Office of War Information, 1941–48,
4,630 cu. ft. Created in 1942, the Office of War Information handled information and propaganda efforts by the U.S. government during World War II. Its records include reports, photos, speech recordings, films (some of which were made in Russia) on the Soviet military, 1942–45, the USSR air command in Alaska during World War II, the Yalta Conference, Soviet delegates at the signing of the United Nations Charter, 1945, lend-lease to the Soviet Union, and the economy of the Ukraine, 1942–45.
RG 211, Records of the War Manpower Commission, 1936–47
1,186 cu. ft. Formed in 1942, the War Manpower Commission (WMC) prepared the U.S. labor force for the war effort. Its records contain a considerable amount of documentation on Soviet labor from 1921 on, including data on trade unions, absenteeism, social insurance, and the migration of agricultural workers. There are also materials on Soviet industry, vocational training, welfare programs, veterans' pensions, and economic destruction during World War II. Finally, there is an index to publications pertaining to the USSR.
RG 213. Records of the Foreign Claims Section (War), 1917–40
40 cu. ft. The "General Correspondence of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary of War, 1918–20" in this record group contains correspondence relating to a wartime contract for steel rails with the Russian government and to the ultimate disposition of the rails, which were stored in Japan.
RG 218. Records of the United States Joint Chief of Staff, 1942–56
1,019 cu. ft. The Joint Chiefs of Staff are involved in strategic planning and make reviews of the major needs of the U.S. military. Included here are the records of the United Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) in the central decimal and geographic decimal files, 1942–56, which contain information on the armed forces of the Sovie t Union during and after World War II, post-war occupation of Austria and Germany, Soviet domination of countries in Eastern Europe, Soviet influence in countries around the world, conditions in the Soviet Union, Soviet weapons, and U.S. plans for war in case of Soviet attack. Also included are the records of the Munitions Assignment Board, which helped to provide war equipment to countries in the United Nations, including the Soviet Union.
RG 219. Records of the Office of Defense Transportation, 1934–52
1,095 cu. ft. Created in 1941, the Office of Defense Transportation served to make maximum use of the U.S. transportation network during World War II. Its records include reports, 1941–45, on the mail and communications system in the USSR; information on freight to be shipped from the U.S. to the Soviet Union, 1942–45; and a report by an American organization on how to improve Soviet railroads, 1930.
RG 22. Records of the Fish and Wildlife Service, 1868–1961
884 cu. ft. The Fish and Wildlife Service was created in 1940. Its records contain materials on the North Pacific Sealing Convention and considerable documentation on the Russian fur-seal industry in the Pribilof Islands during the early 19th c. There is also a report, dated 1917, on salmon fishing and canning operations in Siberia. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/022.html
RG 220. Records of Temporary Committees, Commissions, and Boards, 1918–74
2,158 cu. ft. Included are the records of the Subversive Activities Control Board, 1951–73, 161 ft., which contain materials on communist organizations, and records of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, 1958–73, 27 ft.
RG 226. Records of the Office of Strategic Services, 1919–46
937 cu. ft. Formed in 1942, the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) gathered information for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Its records include intelligence, naval, and military reports on Soviet natural resources, nationality problems in the USSR, and other social, political, military, and economic matters pertaining to Russia. There are also a considerable number of maps (mostly small-scale) of the USSR showing population distribution and density, administrative and political divisions, location of economic resources, transportation systems and routes, and routes of the trans-Siberian railroad.
RG 227. Records of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, 1939–47
3,004 cu. ft. The Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) was established in 1941 to provide for scientific and medical research pertaining to national defense. Its records include materials on Soviet achievements in various fields of medicine; a report by the Special Aluminum Committee of the Combined Raw Materials Board describing Soviet bauxite resources, 1928–44; and a compilation of published Soviet materials on the control of rodents in agriculture.
RG 232. Records of the Petroleum Administrative Board, 1924–43
405 cu. ft. Founded in 1933, the Petroleum Administrative Board regulated petroleum production according to the National Industrial Recovery Act and the petroleum code. Its records include materials on the oil resources of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Asiatic Russia, and Sakhalin Island, 1925–29.
RG 238. National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records, 1900–50
1,620 cu. ft. Included is a copy of the Moscow Declaration, 1 November 1943, on how war criminals were to be treated by the Allied governments. There are also ca. 25 photographs of the Soviet legal and military personnel that collaborated with the United States counsel for the prosecution of Axis criminality; over 300 sound recordings from the courtroom at Nuremberg, 1945–46, with the voices and testimony of Russian witnesses and prosecutors; and films of concentration camps taken by Russian forces in 1945.
RG 24. Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1789–1956
15,443 cu. ft. The Bureau of Naval Personnel handles the training of enlisted men. Its records include logs of vessels in Russian waters, ca. 1880–1945, and logs of ships assisting the Allied intervention in Russia. There are also various materials on the Second Leningrad (heavy) Artillery School, 1940; Soviet aviators in Alaska, 1941; Russian war relief; Soviet submarines; Soviet requests, 1941–45, for PT-boats, sub-chasers, and minesweepers; Soviet military personnel in the U.S. during World War II; and the operation of vessels provided to Russia under lend-lease. Finally, there are films of the role of the United Nations in Turkey to handle the Armenian problem. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/index-numeric/001-to-100.html#RG024
RG 242. National Archives Collection of Foreign Records Seized, 1941-, 1679–1954
5,001 cu. ft. RG 242 contains microfilms of captured Nazi documents and other World War II materials pertaining to Russia. Records of the German Foreign Ministry and the Reich Chancellery, 1833–1945, 1 ft. and 6,005 rolls of microfilm, provide information on Nazi-Soviet relations. Records of the Reich Commissioner for the Strengthening of Germandom, 1939–45, 20 rolls of microfilm, have documentation on the resettlement of ethnic Germans from the Soviet Union. Records of the Reich Ministry for the Occupied Eastern Territories 1924–45, 152 rolls of microfilm, shed light on the Nazi administration of the Ostland (Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania), the Ukraine, and White Ruthenia. Records of Other Reich Ministries and Offices, 1919–45, 1 ft. 23 rolls of microfilm, and 409 microfiche,' have data relating to weather in the Soviet Union, 1941–42. Records of German Air Force Commands, 1932–45, 202 ft. and 197 rolls of microfilm, include records of German anti-aircraft units on shooting down Russian airplanes. Records from the Heere-archiv, 1679–1947, 169 rolls of microfilm, contain the papers of General Hans von Seeckt (1866–1936), which document Russian-German relations after World War I, and also the papers of General Wilhelm Groener (1867–1939), which have materials on the German occupation of the Ukraine and the Kiev Army Group of Field Marshal von Eichhorn, 1917–18. Records of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, 1915–42, 2,126 rolls of microfilm, contain information on the resettlement of ethnic Germans and foreign labor recruitment. Library of German microfilms, 1870–1945, 1,079 ft., has Russian propaganda leaflets and reports on the Russian army postal system, Soviet airborne troops, and industrial development in the USSR. Records of the All-Union Communist Party, Smolensk District, 1917–41, 28 ft., consist of materials, captured by German forces in 1941 and seized by U.S. forces in 1945, that document Communist Party activities in Smolensk. Records of the Soviet Purchasing Commission at Prague, 1936–41, 49 ft., provide information on business contacts between the Soviet Union and Czechoslovakia. Miscellaneous Russian Records, 1870–1947, 146 ft. and 6 rolls of microfilm, contain reports, publications, correspondence, and other materials on leading Soviet personalities and on economic, political, scientific, and military affairs in the Soviet Union. Miscellaneous Records, 1815–1945, 93 ft., contain military and civilian publications of Estonian and Lithuanian origin or language. Italian Records, 1922–43, 2 ft. and 825 rolls of microfilm, contain activity reports of the 8th Army (formerly the Italian Expeditionary Force in Russia) pertaining to operations on the Russian front. Japanese Records, 1928–47, 366 rolls of microfilm, include information on Japanese-Soviet negotiations and a report on the Soviet entry in World War II. Records Seized by U.S. Military Forces in Korea, 1921–52, 1,206 ft., contain publications and administrative and personnel files in Russian and other languages on Russian-Korean commerce, life in the USSR, and Eastern Europe. Cartographic Records, 1934–45, ca. 30,635 items, contain air reconnaissance maps of the eastern front, maps of the disposition of Red army units, situation maps prepared by the Soviets, Russian maps from captured German World War II records, and publications by the German navy high command on Siberian ice conditions. Audiovisual Records, 1913–54, 327,874 items, contain the Joachim von Ribbentrop collection, which includes ca. 250 photographs pertaining to the signing of the Nazi-Soviet Pact, Molotov's state visit to Berlin, November 1940, and other matters. Also included are several hundred Russian films, 1935–51, consisting of industrial, scientific, and travel documentaries on Soviet culture, music, and history, especially during World War II. There are also numerous photographs and slides pertaining to the Soviet Union and a Russian film on the death of Lenin, 1924.
RG 248. Records of the War Shipping Administration, 1941–50
280 cu. ft. Created in 1942, the War Shipping Administration (WSA) cooperated with other federal agencies to make maximum use of U.S. shipping. Its records include the records of the Office for the Russian Shipping Area, which pertain to the development of Soviet and East European shipping programs, 1941–46. There are also documents on U.S. lend-lease assistance to the USSR; reports by the Office of Strategic Services on Russian nationalities and political organization in northeastern Siberia; data on Soviet mineral and other exports to the United States; and reports on Soviet economic conditions and potentials.
RG 250. Records of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1942–47
189 cu. ft. The Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion (OWMR) was formed in 1944 to stimulate the production and efficient use of natural resources. Its records include materials on war relief in the USSR and on U.S. agricultural goods sent to the Soviet Union, 1941–45.
RG 253. Records of the Petroleum Administration for War, 1941–46
2,192 cu. ft. The Petroleum Administration for War (PAW) was established in 1942. Its records contain much material on the lend-lease of oil goods to the USSR and on Soviet petroleum resources, needs, and production.
RG 255. Records of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1914–69
3,423 cu. ft. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established in 1958 and preceded by the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, formed in 1915. Its records contain materials on Soviet aviation, 1915–63, including photographs, reports, and translations of Russian-language documents.
RG 256. Records of the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1914–31
258 cu. ft. The American Commission to Negotiate Peace, established in 1918, prepared U.S. peace settlements after World War I. Its records include studies and other materials pertaining to Russian nationalities and the condition of the army in Russia at the time of the Revolution. Among its cartographic records is a "Russia and Poland Division," which contains 152 items illustrating the problems of establishing an independent Poland. There are also maps showing Eastern Europe, Armenia, and Russian settlements in Central Asia.
RG 260. Records of the United States Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1942–71
11,070 cu. ft. The records of the Office of Military Government for Germany, United States, and the records of the U.S. Element, Allied Commission Austria, both in this record group, contain references to Russia, the Berlin airlift, the industrial dismemberment of Germany, and German war reparations.
RG 261. Records of Former Russian Agencies, 1802–1922
679 ft. Materials consist of records of Imperial Russian agencies that were obtained by the Department of State. Included are records of the Russian-American Company, 1802 and 1817–67, 23 ft., that contain (1) communications from the main office in St. Petersburg to governors general in America, 1817–66, 25 vols.; (2) outgoing communications of governors general at Novo-Arkhangel'sk, 1867, 49 vols.; (3) logs of company ships, 1850–67, 16 vols., on their journeys to Russia, the Hawaiian Islands, China, Siberia, and California; (4) journals of exploring expeditions, 1842–44, 1860–64, 2 vols., which contain the journals of Lavrentii A. Zagoskin and Capt. N. Arkhimandritov. Frequently mentioned in these records are the governors general of the company between 1799 and 1829: Aleksandr Andreevich Baranov, Leontii Andreianovich Hagemeister, Semen Ivanovich Ianovskii, Matvei Ivanovich Muraviev, and Petr Egorovich Chistiakov. Also included in RG 261 are records of Russian consulates, 1862–1922, 165 ft., which include the records of consulates at New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Honolulu, Montreal, and Vancouver. A final group of documents are records of the Russian Supply Committee, 1914–22, 603 ft., which consist of correspondence and other materials documenting dealings between the U.S. government and commercial firms for military supplies to Russia during World War I.
RG 262. Records of the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service, 1940–47
702 cu, ft. Created in 1941, the Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service (FBIS) collected information on the broadcast programs of foreign countries. Its records include transcripts of broadcasts from the Soviet Union that touch on economic, military, and other matters. Also included is a recording of a talk by Stalin delivered in November 1942.
RG 263. Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1947–72
135 cu. ft. The Central Intelligence Agency, formed in 1947, coordinates U.S. intelligence activities. Its records include transcripts of broadcasts from the Soviet Union and a speech given by N. S. Khrushchev in Kiev in October 1949.
RG 265. Records of the Office of Foreign Assets Control, 1943–45
461 cu. ft. The Office of Foreign Assets Control, the successor of several agencies that regulated foreign assets in the U.S., was created in 1962. Its records contain reports on U.S.-owned property in the Soviet Union in 1943.
RG 272. Records of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1963–64
363 cu. ft. Included are name files for Lee Oswald, accused of the assassination of President Kennedy, and his Russian-born wife, Marina. These files consist almost entirely of copies of documents in other series of the Commission's records, including investigative reports, correspondence, and internal memoranda. There are also name files for other persons that relate to Lee Oswald's residence in Russia, including 1 for the Russian defector Yuri Nosenke. There is also other material in the records relating to Russia that is not included in the Oswald name files, such as testimony by State Department and other government officials concerning Oswald's residence in the Soviet Union. The testimony has been published, as has much of the material in the Oswald name file, in the Report, 1 vo 1., and Hearings, 26 vols., including 11 exhibits of documents and photographs, of the Commission.
RG 28. Records of the Post Office Department. 1773–1971
3,018 cu. ft. The Office of the Postmaster General was established in 1789. Included in the record group are materials relating to parcel-post rules, regulations, and rates in foreign countries, including Russia, 1911–12. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/028.html
RG 29. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790–1970
9,287 cu. ft. Formed in 1902, the Bureau of the Census gathers and makes available statistics for the use of the government and public. Data for Foreign Commerce and Navigation of the United States, a publication of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, are among its records. These machine and manual compilations, more detailed than the publication for which they are used, contain information on U.S. trade with the Soviet Union. RG 29 also has two series of monthly machine tabulations, 1934–38, on commerce by ships of various countries, including the USSR. There are also a few items pertaining to the Soviet census of 1958 and 1959. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/029.html
RG 30. Records of the Bureau of Public Roads, 1892–1970
RG 304. Records of the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization, 1939–61
746 cu. ft. The Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization was created to assist the president in the mobilization of military, industrial, and civilian forces. Its records include correspondence pertaining to Fast-West trade in strategic: commodities and raw materials.
RG 306. Records of the United States Information Agency, 1900–68
1,326 cu. ft. Created in 1953, the United States Information Agency (USIA) collected and disseminated information on behalf of the U.S. government. Its records include ca. 2,000 photographs from the New York Times Paris office, 1920–40, 1945–50, of Russian/Soviet artists, writers (Ilia Ehrenburg, Maksim Gorkii), political figures (Stalin, Trotskii, Lenin, Kerensky, Dzerzhinskii, Tomskii, Zinoviev, Chicherin, Maevskii), and of events in the Soviet Union. There are also Russian-related materials in the records of the International Press Service of the Department of State, 1948–53, and in the Photographic Library of the USIA, 1953–65.
RG 307. Records of the National Science Foundation, 1956–73
176 cu. ft. Created in 1950, the National Science Foundation is designed to promote research and education in the sciences. Its records include a U.S. flag flown in 1967 at the Russian Antarctic station Molodezhnaya and English translations of Russian studies on the Antarctic.
RG 313. Records of the Naval Operating Forces, 1864–1974
18,642 cu. ft. This record group, ' which contains materials on major operating force commands of the United States Navy, may have documents pertaining to visits by United States naval units to Soviet ports and to contacts between the Soviet and U.S. navies.
RG 32. Records of the United States Shipping Board, 1914–38
6,502 cu. ft. The U.S. Shipping Board, formed in 1916, regulated sea navigation and developed a merchant marine. Its records include memoranda and correspondence pertaining to coal, fuel, and other supplies for Russian relief, 1919–21, and to the regulation of passenger travel between the USSR and the U.S. by a commercial treaty, 1933–34. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/032.html
RG 326. Records of the Atomic Energy Commission, ca. 1964–71
9 cu. ft. Created in 1946, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) controls the production and use of atomic energy. Its records include Russian educational documentaries, ca. 1964, on the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
RG 330. Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, 1940–65
The Office of the Secretary of Defense, formed in 1947, has responsibility for assuring the security of the U.S. Its records contain vast amounts of materials dealing with war planning directed toward the USSR. Much of this material is scattered throughout various general and special correspondence files and report files to the secretary, his principal assistants, and the heads of certain subordinate offices and divisions. Subjects discussed include the strategic and tactical use of nuclear weapons, European Defense Community agreements, the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, 1950–52, the Mutual Security Act, 1953, the Soviet role in the wartime and post-war period, and USSR-Iranian relations.
RG 331. Records of Allied Operational and Occupation Headquarters, World War II, 1938–54
17,948 cu. ft. Inter-Allied operational headquarters carried out the plans of the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS), established in 1942. Its records contain materials on Russian-Allied military activities, missions of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) to Russia, the handling of censorship by Soviet and American authorities, and the procurement of supplies for the USSR.
RG 333. Records of International Military Agencies, 1941–57
150 cu. ft. International military agencies were formed by the United States and Allied nations to carry out mutual objectives during and after World War II. Records of the Tripartite Naval Commission, 1941–47, contain correspondence, messages, and memoranda among the members of the Commission representing the United States, Great Britain, and the USSR. The documents of the Korean Armistice include 2 original maps, 1 American and 1 Russian, denoting the agreed division of Korea by a joint U.S.-USSR survey at the 38th degree parallel in April 1947. Other references to the USSR can be found in the Records of the United Nations Command, 1950–57, 121 ft.
RG 334. Records of Interservice Agencies, 1916–58
706 cu. ft. Interservice agencies were established during World War II to handle various matters connected with the war. The record group includes records of the United States Military Mission to Moscow, 1943–45, 23 ft., which includes reports, messages, correspondence and records pertaining to Operation Frantic, the shuttle-bombing of Axisoccupied Europe. Records of the National War College, 1943–54, 391 ft., contain library files on Soviet domestic affairs, military capability, and foreign relations.
RG 335. Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Army, 1926–70
The Office of the Secretary of the Army originated in 1947. Its records include documentation on the Soviet explosion of the atomic bomb, the U.S. airlift to Berlin, Soviet natural resources, and the military strength of the USSR.
RG 338. Records of the United States Army Commands, 1939–1960
26,819 cu. ft. U.S. Army commands originated in World War II to carry out various functions. The record group includes records of other army field commands, 1940–53, 25,897 ft., which contain documentation on Soviet troop movements and American contacts with Soviet troops in Central Europe. Records of the U.S. Army Europe, 1939–60, 878 ft., include Intelligence Division interrogation reports on persons in the USSR or in Soviet-controlled nations, 1943–49, and Judge Advocate Division materials relating to criminal acts by Nazis inside the Soviet Union and against Soviet citizens outside the USSR. (Many copies of the Judge Advocate Division materials are in RG 153.)
RG 340. Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, 1942–56
1,419 cu. ft. The Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, which originated in 1947, was responsible for war planning and for coordinating defenserelated activities. Its Russian-related materials include documents on preparing for war against the Soviet Union, 1948–50.
RG 341. Records of Headquarters United States Air Force, 1935–63
7,053 cu. ft. Headquarters U.S. Air Force, created in 1947, advises the president and the National Security Council on military affairs. Its records include correspondence, intelligence reports, aerial photos, radar reports, charts, and air attache reports pertaining to the Soviet Union.
RG 342. Records of United States Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900–73
1,465 cu. ft. Included is the General Goddard Collection, which contains photographs of the Soviet Zone in Berlin, 1945. There are also motion pictures with documentation on the 1949 May Day celebration, the defense of Moscow, Igor Sikorsky, Josef Stalin, and V. M. Molotov.
RG 345. Records of Joint Commands, 1942–56
245 cu. ft. The system of joint commands, established in 1946, is designed to conduct military operations under a single commander when national security requires. Its records contain materials on military matters pertaining to the USSR.
RG 350. Records of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, 1868–1945
1,645 cu. ft. The Bureau of Insular Affairs originated in 1898 to assist in the administration of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the Philippine Islands. Included are records relating to the Philippine Islands, 1897–1938, 47 ft., that contain materials on Russian refugees in the Philippines, Russian consuls to and from Cuba, Bolsheviki, and Russian vessels served by the U.S.
RG 353. Records of Interdepartmental and Intradepartmental Committees (State Department). 1926–60
164 cu. ft. Included in this record group are materials pertaining to U.S.Soviet relations.
RG 354. Records of the Economic Research Service, 1934–71
30 cu. ft. The Economic Research Service (ERS), created in 1961, provides information on various economic matters. Its records include machine readable data, 1961–71, on trade between the USSR and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
RG 37. Records of the Hydrographic Office, 1837–1974
2,051 cu. ft. The Hydrographic Office, which began in 1830, gathers and provides hydrographic and navigational information. Among its records are original charts from the North Pacific Surveying Expedition, 1854–55, relating to Bering Strait, St. Lawrence Bay, Seniavine Straits, Providence Bay, Nikolski Anchorage on Komandorski Island, eastern shore of Sea of Okhotsk, harbor of Ayan, Sakhalin Island, de Kastri Bay, northern Kurile Islands, Vladivostok harbor, and Wrangel Island. There are also annotated manuscripts and printed charts relating to routes of explorers in northern Siberia, Professor Nordenskiold's voyage along the north coast of Siberia, 1878, the loss of the U.S.S. Jeanette and landings at the mouth of the Lena River, 1881–82, and the location of Russian settlements in Alaska, ca. 1867.
RG 39. Records of the Bureau of Accounts (Treasury), 1775–1948
2,324 cu. ft. Established in 1940, the Bureau of Accounts coordinates accounting and financial transactions. Its records include 9 ft. (26 boxes) of materials pertaining to the fiscal relations between the U.S. and the USSR, 1917–41. These documents, originally part of the correspondence of the office of the secretary of the treasury, include correspondence, memoranda, reports, claim files, newspaper clippings, and publications. They contain information on loans to Imperial Russia in World War I; Allied financial assistance to Russia; economic, financial, and political conditions in the USSR, 1917–20; decrees of 21 January 1918 on the repudiation of debts; U.S. claims against the USSR, Soviet claims against the U.S.; Japanese and English claims against the USSR; prohibition of trade with the USSR, 1918–20; Soviet gold, 1918–35; financing Allied armies in Siberia, 1918–20; recognition of the USSR, 1921–33; Soviet securities sold in the U.S.; and Soviet representatives in the U.S., 1918–40. Note: records relating to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania are filed separately from those of the USSR. FInding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/039.html
RG 407. Records of the Adjutant General's Office, 1917-, 1905–1958
21,840 cu. ft. The adjutant general's office handles assignments, promotions, transfers, and other personnel matters for the army. Its records contain correspondence, reports, and other materials on lend-lease to the USSR, visits by Soviet officers to U.S. military installations during World War II, the award of Russian decorations to U.S. military personnel and vice versa, 1940–45, the Berlin blockade, 1948, Russian atomic bomb developments, 1949–54, U.S.-USSR joint occupation policies after World War II, and U.S. policies in regard to Soviet pressures in the eastern Mediterranean.
RG 44. Records of the Office of Government Reports, 1933–47
698 cu. ft. The Office of Government Reports, established in 1939, coordinated various federal programs that concerned relief and war efforts. Its records (and those of its successor agency, the Office of War Information, also included here) contain materials pertaining to the press clippings service organized by the agencies and public opinion surveys on American attitudes toward the war, the Allies, international organizations, and other matters. RG 44 also has various posters, in Russian and English, relating to weapon familiarization, anti-Nazi propaganda, and the Russian War Relief.
RG 457. Records of the National Security Agency/Central Security Office
3 cu. ft. Included are comprehensive reports of political, military, economic, psychological, subversive, and other conditions in the Soviet Union.
RG 5. Records of the United States Grain Corporation, 1917–32
198 cu. ft. Organized in 1919, the U.S. Grain Corporation was involved in Russian relief after World War I. Its records include materials relating to the Baltic and Polish Missions of the American Relief Administration and to the interest of the Supreme Economic Council and the Inter-Allied Food Commission in the economic conditions of southern Russia. FInding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/005.html
RG 51. Records of the Office of Management and Budget, 1905–71
4,114 cu. ft. The Office of Management and Budget helps formulate federal fiscal programs. Files on specific legislation relating to Russia/USSR are interspersed in the general legislation files, 1921–38, general legislative history files, 1939–68, general subject files, 1921–38, and subject files of the director, 1939–68.
RG 52. Records of the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1812–1951
1,092 cu. ft. The Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, established in 1842, carries out various medical functions for the navy. Bureau correspondence for 1941–46 contains studies of war wounds and casualties in Russia, Mongolia, and Eastern Europe. Other materials forwarded by the naval attache in Russia include bulletins on sanitary and health conditions, Soviet medical handbooks, and lists of courses given in the Russian Medical Academy. Finally, there are intelligence reports, 1922, on relief work in Russia and health conditions in the Ukraine.
RG 54. Records of the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1879–1956
2,916 cu. ft. The bureau, formed in 1943, carries out various functions pertaining to plants and seeds. Its records include materials on the exchange of agricultural data with the USSR, 1922–36.
RG 56. General Records of the Department of the Treasury, 1775–1974
4,288 cu. ft. The records of the Department of the Treasury, which was established in 1789, contain 1 folder of correspondence pertaining to assistance to Russia during World War I, the purchase of Russian gold, and the deterioration of relations with Russia after 1946. This material is located in the correspondence of the office of the secretary of the treasury, 1917–33, 1933–56. There is also a volume, "Awards Granted Exhibitors from Russia at the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893," which lists exhibits and awards in various areas, including agriculture, mining, and manufacture. Finally, there is correspondence on the dispatch of the boat Lincoln to inspect the Alaska territory in 1867.
RG 57. Records of the Geological Survey, 1853–1974
2,334 cu. ft. Formed in 1879, the Geological Survey produces information on the country's geology and natural resources. Its records include materials on coal production in Russia, 1913–20; a notebook of S. F. Emmons, the geologist, on his field trip to Russia in 1897; and a report and correspondence, 1938–48, on Russian hydrological classification and terminology.
RG 59. General Records of the Department of State, 1764–1974
23,206 cu. ft. This record group contains materials transferred from the State Department to the National Archives. Series within the record group that contain Russian-related materials include the following: Instructions to diplomatic representatives, 1829–1906. Includes copies of instructions to U.S. diplomats in Russia.
Diplomatic dispatches, 1808–1906. Includes communications from U.S. ministers and ambassadors in Russia: John Quincy Adams, William Pinkney, George Washington Campbell, Henry Middleton, James Buchanan, William Wilkins, John Randolph Clay, George M. Dallas, Churchill C. Cambreleng, Charles S. Todd, Ralph I. Ingersoll, Arthur P. Bagby, Neill S. Brown, Thomas H. Seymour, Francis W. Pickens, John Appleton, Cassius M. Clay, Simon Cameron, Andrew G. Curtin, James L. Orr, Marshall Jewell, George H. Boker, Edwin W. Stoughton, John W. Foster, William H. Hunt, Alphonso Taft, George V. N. Lothrop, Lambert Tree, Charles Emory Smith, Andrew D. White, Clifton R. Breckrinridge, Ethan A. Hitchcock, Charlemagne Tower, Robert S. McCormick, and George von L. Meyer.
Notes to foreign missions in the United States, 1793–1906. Copies of the communications sent by the Department of State to foreign embassies and legations in the U.S., including those of Russia.
Notes from foreign missions in the United States, 1806–1906. Original communications and related enclosures received by the Department of State from foreign legations and embassies in the United States. Microfilmed.
Instructions to consular officers, 1800–1906. Includes copies of instructions sent by the Department of State to U.S. consular officers in Russia.
Dispatches from consular officers, 1789–1906. Dispatches and related enclosures received by the Department of State from its consular officers. Included are consular dispatches from the Amoor (Amur) river, Archangel, Batum, Moscow, Odessa, Petropavlovsk, Reval, Riga, St. Petersburg, and Vladivostok.
Numerical file, 1906–10. Includes instructions to diplomatic representatives, dispatches from diplomatic officers, notes to and from foreign missions in the United States, instructions to consular officers, and dispatches from consular officers. Included are communications from U.S. ambassadors to Russia in this period, John W. Riddle and William Woodville Rockhill.
Decimal file, 1910–49. Included are communications from U.S. ambassadors to Russia: Curtis Guild, George T. Marye, David R. Francis, William Christian Bullitt, Joseph E. Davies, Laurence A. Steinhardt, William H. Standley, and W. Averell Harriman.
Records of the International Commission on the North Sea Incident, 12–25 November 1905, 6 in. Includes materials on the investigation of the actions taken by the Russian fleet in the North Sea against British boats.
Miscellaneous petitions and memorials. Includes letters and a petition to the emperor of Russia relating to the massacre of Jews at Kischineff, Bessarabia, in 1903.
Analyses of reports on consular establishments of foreign powers, 1907–1908, 3 vols. Contains information on the consular establishments of Russia in various countries; for each post rank, salary, and staff is indicated.
Miscellaneous memoranda of conversations of the secretary of state, 1893–98,.5 in. Includes memoranda of interviews of the secretary of State with the Russian minister and other foreign diplomats regarding Korea and the U.S. annexation of Hawaii.
Records of the Kosloff Affair, 1815–16, 1 vol. Materials pertaining to the case of Russian Consul General Kosloff, accused of rape by the State of Pennsylvania.
Records of the Foreign Service Buildings Office. 1911–48. 15 ft. Included are 2 folders of correspondence and memoranda relating to the planning and building of the U.S. embassy in Moscow, 1931–34. The correspondence is with foreign service officers in Moscow, architects, contractors, and other ofricals. Some correspondence also relates to the negotiation of a lease with the Soviet Union.
Records of the Division of Current Information Includes reports, copies of translations, correspondence, and other materials pertaining to U.S.-Soviet relations and economic, political, and military matters relating to the USSR.
Records of the Office of the Counselor—general records. 1916–28. 104 ft. and 21 microfilm reels. Various materials pertaining to the "Sisson documents," communism, U.S.-Soviet trade, and other matters.
Miscellaneous manuscripts. Contain a receipt for transportation of the tsar's family to Ekaterinburg, 1918, and a Russian document pertaining to air navigation.
Records of the State Department Mission to South Russia, 1920, ca. 5 in. Includes messages to and from the secretary of State, letters, memoranda, notes, and reports pertaining to this mission. The purpose of the mission, in which Admiral N. A. McCully took part, was to observe local conditions and to contact General Anton I. Denikin.
Audiovisual records. Includes the plan and assembly room of the Hall of Nobility in Petrograd, 1915, and still pictures of the signing of the Russo-Japanese peace treaty, 1905.
Records of the Office of European Affairs (Matthews-Hickerson Files), 1935–47, 6 ft. The subject files of H. Freeman Matthews and John D. Hickerson, who both served as directors of this office, include some material relating to the Soviet Union, particularly concerning the second Moscow Conference in October 1944 and the Council of Foreign Ministers, 1945–47.
Records of the War History Branch, 1938–50, 29 ft. In December 1943 the State Department began work on a war history project, designed to document the role of the Department in World War II. Studies relating to the Soviet Union include those on the work of the geographical desks and on such topics as relations with Finland and the Lend-lease program. Index to titles and authors of studies.
Records of Harley A. Notter, 1939–50, 118 ft. Harley A. Notter held various posts in the Department of State 1937–50. The records of many World War II committees became part of the office flies of Notter during his compilation of Postwar Foreign Policy Preparation, 1939–45, published by the Department in 1949. Various materials assembled by Notter during the preparation of his book were consolidated by the Department into a single collection. Records relating to the Soviet Union are scattered throughout.
Records compiled by the Official Views Section of the Division of International Organization Affairs and its predecessors, 1940–45, 45 ft. The Official Views Section and its predecessors kept a record of all official commitments or statements issued by Allied or neutral governments, whether publicly or confidentially, regarding the postwar settlements. Included are documents concerning the positions taken by the Soviet Union.
Acheson Files, 1941–47, 5 ft. Dean Acheson served as assistant secretary of state 1941–45 and under secretary of state 1945–47. His records include materials relating to lendlease agreements with the Soviet Union.
Records of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1941–61, 167 ft. The Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services prepared reports and studies on many subjects and countries during World War II.
There are over 8,000 reports in the numbered series and many of them relate directly to the Soviet Union or to subjects or areas of mutual interest to the United States and the Soviet Union.
Records Relating to the Tripartite Naval Commission and Tripartite Merchant Marine Commission, 1945, 6 in. These commissions, comprised of representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union, met from August to December 1945 to develop recommendations for the allocation of captured German naval vessels and merchant marine ships. The records consist of correspondence and memorandums of the U.S. representatives, minutes of meetings, and the signed reports of the commissions.
Inspection reports on foreign service posts. 1906–39, 74 ft, The State Department began periodic inspections of U.S. consular posts in 1906 and U.S. diplomatic posts in 1925. The reports cover subjects such as personnel, quarters, office hours, U.S. government property, accounts and returns, summaries of business, estimates and allotments, trade and economic work, political reporting, visa and immigration work, citizenship and passport work, and other business. Included are reports on the U.S. embassy in Moscow, 1937, and U.S. consulates in Archangel, 1916, Batum, 1907, 1911, and 1913, Cronstadt, 1907, Moscow, 1907, 1911, 1913, and 1916, Odessa, 1907, 1911, 1914, and 1916, Omsk, 1911, Rostov-on-Don, 1911 and 1914, St. Petersburg, 1907, 1911, 1913, and 1916, Tiflis, 1916, and Vladivostok, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1913, 1916, and 1920.
Petitions on Behalf of Jan Pouren, ca. 1908, 3 ft. Petitions on behalf of Jan Janoff Pouren objecting to his extradition to Russia for alleged burglary, arson, and attempted murder. The petitions are arranged for the most part alphabetically by state of origin.
Records of the Office of News and its predecessors, 1909–63, 95 ft. Some of the series in these records are arranged by country or area and some relate to Russia. Included are State Department press releases, 1922–63, many of which pertain to relations with the Soviet Union. Also included are copies of George F. Kennan's lectures on the Soviet Union at Oxford University in 1957.
"Sisson Documents," 1917–21, 1 ft. Copies of a series of documents obtained in Russia in February and March 1918 by Edgar Sisson, a representative of the World War I Committee on Public Information, regarding direct cooperation between the Bolsheviks and Germany. With these documents are materials concerning the Department's investigation, 1919–21, of the documents' authenticity.
Records of the Division of Eastern European Affairs, 1917–41, 9 ft. Correspondence, reports, memoranda, studies, and published material maintained by this office. Virtually all these records relate to internal conditions in the Soviet Union or to relations between the Soviet Union and the United States. Included are 4 ft. of dispatches, chiefly from the U.S. legation at Riga, reporting on economic and political developments in the Soviet Union during the period 1913–26.
Records of the Office of the Counselor and Chief Special Agent, 1915–27, 103 ft. Includes material on Russian commercial and political activities in Latin America.
RG 60. General Records of the Department of Justice, 1790–1972
18,264 cu. ft. The Department of Justice was created on 22 June 1870. Its records include documents, 1916, on claims that Russian nationals in the United States were using the Russian consulate in Chicago as a savings depository; some files on the handling of communist activities in the U.S. by the Department of Justice, 1919–39; and documents pertaining to the enactment of the North Pacific Sealing Convention.
RG 61. Records of the War Industries Board, 1916–33
872 cu. ft. The War Industries Board was formed in 1917 to serve war industry requirements of the government. Its records include a general summary of contracts placed in the United States by the Supply Committee of the Russian government, January-November 1918; an estimate of the liquidated damages resulting from the cancellation of the entire Russian contract as of 15 December 1917; correspondence and list of materials relating to stored materiels belonging to the former Russian Imperial government and held for disposal by the Provisional Government, February-October 1918; and a purchase application of the Russian War Mission.
RG 63. Records of the Committee on Public Information, 1917–19
85 cu. ft. Established in 1917, the Committee on Public Information handled government news during World War I and was assigned to keep up morale. The Russian Division of the Foreign Section of this committee (the Creel Committee) has records on American propaganda campaigns in the Soviet Union, 1918–19. These records include propaganda leaflets, bulletins, and news clippings from the Russian and Siberian press, and photostats on the "German-Bolshevik Conspiracy." RG 63 also has some documents on Soviet officials. For more documentation on the "German-Bolshevik Conspiracy," see RG 130.
RG 64. Records of the National Archives and Records Service, 1927–74
646 cu. ft. Included are Soviet newsreels, training films, and a film, "June 13, 1942," on military activities in the USSR during the Nazi invasion.
RG 65. Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1897–1936
29 cu. ft. The main function of the FBI is to investigate violations of federal law. Its records contain 2 microfilm series, Miscellaneous Files, 1908–21, 145 rolls, and Bureau Section Files, 1910–21, 81 rolls, that include investigative information on persons associated with communist organizations.
RG 70. Records of the Bureau of Mines, 1895–1970
3,231 cu. ft. The Bureau of Mines, formed in 1910, safeguards the lives of mineworkers and investigates ways to use mining resources more efficiently. Its records touch on several aspects of Russian mine and oil production, including U.S. use of Russian oil resources, 1917–21; the influence of the world oil situation on Russia and Sakhalin Island, 1917–22; petroleum resources of Baku and Azerbaijan, 1919–21; and the shipment of oil and coal from Russian ports on the Baltic, the Black Sea, and the Pacific Ocean, 1919.
RG 72. Records of the Bureau of Aeronautics, 1911–46
4,065 cu. ft. Created in 1921, the Bureau of Aeronautics carried out various functions assigned to it by the secretary of the navy. Its records contain numerous Soviet information bulletins compiled by the Air Intelligence section during World War II. These bulletins deal with the allocation of raw and finished materials in the USSR, the Soviet Meteorology Mission in 1943, U.S.-USSR exchange of photographic equipment and prints, translation of Soviet technical data, and war relief efforts by Soviet civilians.
RG 74. Records of the Bureau of Ordnance, 1818–1946
7,980 cu. ft. The Bureau of Ordnance and Hydrography, formed in 1842, was responsible for the production and distribution of armaments. Its records contain correspondence regarding the shipment of lendlease materiel to the Soviet Union during World War II.
RG 76. Records of Boundary and Claims Commissions and Arbitrations, 1783–1952
3,460 cu. ft. This record group includes documents relating to miscellaneous claims of United States citizens against Russia for the loss of vessels or cargoes seized, 1807–81, and records relating to the arbitration of claims of 4 United States vessels against Russia in accordance with a protocol of 26 August 1900. The Claims Against Buenos Aires (Argentina), Miscellaneous, 1816–43, has some materials on sealing operations by Russians off the Falkland Islands. There are also maps, used by the U.S. in the 1903 Convention regarding the U.S. Alaskan Boundary, that are of Russian origin.
RG 77. Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, 1776–1974
12,308 cu. ft. The Corps of Engineers, U.S. army, was formed in 1802. Among its duties are the preparation of maps and the construction of various installations. Its records include 800 topographic maps of Russia at varying scales for use by the Defense Department, 1940–75; maps of "Bolshevist" disturbances in various nations, especially in Eastern Europe; maps on the Russo-Japanese War; manuscript maps of the Engineer Office of the American Expeditionary Forces, Siberia, 1918 ; maps of the Soviet Union, 1921–39, prepared by the Army Map Service and the Army Reproduction Plant; maps on Russian transportation networks in the 19th and 20th c; and a map of Turkestan and the Russian dominions in Asia, 1885. Also included are a report on Russian iron production and its military use, 1870 ; materials on United States support of the Russian Railway Service Corps; 1 album of photographs on the Allied intervention in Siberia; and drawings and plans on the building of civil projects in Vladivostok and elsewhere in Russia. Finally, there is 1 reel of machine readable data, 1970, pertaining to Soviet trade with the U.S.
RG 80. General Records of the Department of the Navy, 1804–1965
12,112 cu. ft. The James Forrestal papers, 1940–47, are among these records. They include speeches, letters, memos and articles on lend-lease supplies and the Russian political situation; comments on communist theory and practice, the Five-Year Plans and Soviet personalities; and minutes of the American Top Policy Group, 1944–47. RG 80 also contains the formerly classified correspondence of the secretary of the navy, which makes brief mention of radio stations in Russia and American designs for Soviet battleships and destroyers, 1927–39; correspondence pertaining to the Amtorg Trading Corp. and its commercial operations in the United States, 1939–42; and naval records, 1919–26, on Bolshevik activities in the Soviet Union.
RG 82. Records of the Federal Reserve System, 1936–69
13 cu. ft. Formed in 1913, the Federal Reserve System determines U.S. monetary policy. Its records include materials pertaining to the Eesti Bank, Estonia, 1924–54, the Latvijas Banka, Latvia, 1926–54, Lietuvos Bankas, Lithuania, 1931–54, the State Bank of the USSR, 1948, the Amtorg Trading Corp., 1924–30, and the Russian Embargo, 1918–43.
RG 83. Records of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1840–1953
2,978 cu. ft. Formed in 1922, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics carried out various research functions. Its records include materials on Russian crop area and production, 1864–1916, economic conditions, 1930–31, agricultural insurance, and rural credit. There are also materials on lend-lease to Russia and various studies pertaining to Russian agriculture.
RG 84. Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the Department of State, 1788–1957
33,868 cu. ft. Many of the records in this record group are duplicated by documents in RG 59, but it does contain original materials, a large number of which pertain to trade and to consular activities. Included are dispatches sent to the Department of State, instructions from the Department, notes to and from the Russian government, consular letters sent and received, registers of correspondence, special consular reports, telegrams sent to the Department, passport applications, and letters to the Treasury Department. Cities from which communications were received include Riga, Warsaw, Reval, Odessa, Moscow, Vladivostok, Batum, Tiflis, St. Petersburg (Leningrad), Archangel, Chita, and Murmansk. Also included are personal correspondence, 1916–18, from Ambassador David R. Francis and the records of the United States Mission to the United Nations, 1945–49, 86 ft., which contain references to the Soviet Union and its foreign policy.
RG 88. Records of the Food and Drug Administration, 1877–1954
979 cu. ft. Established in 1931, the Food and Drug Administration implements legislation designed to protect the health of American citizens. Its records include copies of Russian laws on the production and inspection of various foods and drugs, 1886–1913.
RG 9. Records of the National Recovery Administration, 1927–37
5,199 cu. ft. Formed in 1933, the National Recovery Administration (NRA) aimed to improve industry, trade, and employment during the Depression. Its records include letters and reports, 1933–34, that shed light on protests against Soviet exports of matches, horsehair, sunflower oil, manganese, and pearl essence. Finding aid available: https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/009.html
RG 92. Records of the Office of the Quartermaster General, 1792–1957
23,198 cu. ft. The office of the quartermaster general handled supplies for the U.S. army. Its records include various materials on the equipment, supply, transportation, and organization of the Russian army between 1890 and 1914.
RG 95. Records of the Forest Service, 1882–1973
2,581 cu. ft. The Forest Service, a part of the Agriculture Department, first began its operations in 1881 under the name of Division of Forestry. Its records contain various materials on forestry in Russia, 1915–20.
RG 96. Records of the Farmers Home Administration
1931–59, 2,481 cu. ft. The Farmers Home Administration, formed in 1946, provides assistance to small farmers. Among its records is a 1936 silent film, 16 mm, 18 minutes, on agricultural and industrial cooperatives in Russia and England.
