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Ruhl, Arthur, 1876-1935 [Documents related to American Relief Administration's work to aid Russian famine.][Decimalized .01-.40]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09761 Author/Creator: Ruhl, Arthur, 1876-1935 Place Written: s.l. Type: Header Record Date: 1922-1924 Pagination: 40 items Order a Copy

Collection of 40 items dated 1922-1924 related to Arthur Ruhl's administrative responsibilities to the Moscow office of the American Relief Administration. Consists of official and personal correspondence and financial documents pertaining to Ruhl's work in Russia following the famine of 1921. Content notes Ruhl's modes of transportation, donating his funds from expenses to the efforts, an attempt by an unnamed museum to attain a rare bird species, and details efforts by citizens in Russia to feed impoverished residents of Moscow.

Ruhl, Arthur, 1876-1935
Haskell, William N. Jr., 1878-1952
Kearney, William R. Jr., fl. 1922
Bell, Walter L., 1883-1942
Quinn, Cyril J.C., 1886-1974
Tolford, C., fl. 1922
Myers, W. J., fl. 1922
Beeuwkes, Henry, fl. 1923
Mitchell, Mowatt M., 1887-1980
Swan, E.H., fl. 1923
Zervetz, Mary, fl. 1924
Brooks, Sidney, fl. 1924

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