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Donald Thompson Photographs in Siberia, 1917
383 MegabytesDigital copies of photos by Thompson, taken for the American Red Cross (ARC) during the Siberian intervention in 1917. The originals are in the ARC collection in the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Complements several existing BAR collections. 112 JPG files
Eleanor Belmont Papers, 1851-1979
33 linear feetGeorge Leslie Harrison papers on the Federal Reserve System, 1920-1940
31 linear feetPapers on banking and finance, especially relating to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Homer Folks papers, 1890-1963
32 boxesHoyt family papers, 1855-1924
2.5 linear feetThomas Day Thacher Papers, 1917-1950
2000 itemsThe papers include correspondence, subject files, photographs, and printed materials. The majority of the collection concerns the mission of the American Red Cross to Russia in 1917-1918; Thacher served as a secretary of the mission. There are letters and telegrams by W.B. Thompson and Raymond Robins, records of supplies, shipments, and distribution reports and over 600 photographs from Russia, China, and Romania. There is substantial correspondence from 1918-1919 concerning Russia, including letters by Louis Brandeis, Felix Frankfurter, and Lillian Wald. A substantial part of the collection concerns Russian war relief in 1941-1942, an area in which Thacher was active. Printed materials include a pamphlet and an article on Russia prepared by Thacher after his return from that country in early 1918.