Photographs from Russia, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe

American Relief Administration European Operational Records, 1919‒1923: Photographs relating to American relief in Europe following World War I, and food and public health problems, economic conditions, and political and social developments, in Europe. American Relief Administration abbreviated throughout description as "ARA." The Photographs series, 1921‒1924, includes 3,066 photographs depicting various activities of the ARA and its affiliate organizations, including child feeding stations, distribution centers for food and clothing, medical aid, and material related to ARA publicity; portrait prints of staff members; and activities in Armenia, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Poland, Romania, the Soviet Union, and Yugoslavia. Select digitized material available at https://digitalcollections2.hoover.org.

*Commission for Polish Relief Records, 1939–1949: Photographs, relating to efforts to provide relief to Poland during World War II. Also available on microfilm (52 reels). Includes 383 prints, 19 negatives, 40 envelopes, and 1 album (boxes 69–70).

*Dewey, Charles Schuveldt (b. 1880–d. Washington, DC, 1980) Papers, 1897–1942: Clippings, letters, speeches and writings, press releases, printed matter, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to Polish finances, and to American politics. There are 18 photograph albums in the collection.

*Drenikoff, Kyril (b. Sofia, Bulgaria, 1930–d. Brussels, Belgium, 1983) papers, 1849–2023: Material relating to the history and culture of Bulgaria, activities of the post-World War II Bulgarian émigré community, and activities of the World Anti-Communist League, the Anti-Bolshevik Bloc of Nations and other anti-communist organizations. The Photographs series, 1899‒1982, includes 989 prints, 20 albums, 16 glass and metal plates, 166 negatives, and 219 slides depicting Kyril Drenikoff, Georgi Drenikoff, the Bulgarian Royal family, the Bulgarian and German armed forces, and various aspects of Bulgarian life and history.

*Duca, George I. (1905–1985) Papers, 1819‒1985: Photographs, relating to Romanian foreign policy and politics in the twentieth century, and to the Romanian royal family. Also available on microfilm (89 reels). The Photographs series, 1890‒1985, includes prints and negatives depicting mainly members of the Hohenzollern family.

European Pictorial Collection, 1918‒2001: Photographs, postcards, and slides, depicting cities, prominent personalities, and historical events in various European countries, particularly in Eastern Europe. Includes scenes of the Hungarian Revolution of 1918-1919; the coup of 1926 in Poland; the revolt of 1934 in Austria; post-World War II communist activities in Romania; and the Solidarność movement in Poland in the 1980s.

*Gajda, Rudolf (b. Kotor, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary, 1892–d. Prague, 1948) Photograph Album, 1918–1919: Album contains 280 prints depicting Czechoslovak, White Russian, and Allied troops in Siberia during the Russian Civil War. Includes photographs of Admiral Aleksandr Kolchak. Available in the digital collections at https://digitalcollections2.hoover.org along with a metadata description by Edward Kasinec (09/2021).

*Georgian Pictorial Collection, 2004: Photographs, depicting elections and scenes of political activity in Georgia and especially in Ajaria, and military operations in South Ossetia.

*Gibson, Hugh (b. Los Angeles, 1883–d. Geneva, Switzerland, 1954) Papers, 1900‒1983: Material relating to American foreign relations, international disarmament, the League of Nations, and relief work in Europe during World Wars I and II. The Photographs series includes 496 prints, 4 booklets of prints, 76 postcards, and 4 negatives. Food mission diaries of 1946 and 1947 are also available at http://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections  or at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/.

Hill, Margaret E. (1908–1989) Papers, 1940–1949: Photographs of World War II relief activities in Europe; includes 162 prints and 15 negatives.

*Honens, W.H. Photograph Collection, 1916‒1918: Photograph albums depicting activities of the California Friends of France appointed Stanford University Unit of the American Ambulance Service during World War I in France, Albania, Greece, and Serbia.

*Karski, Jan (b. Lodz, 1914‒d. Washington DC, 2000) Papers, 1939‒2007: Material relating to events and conditions in Poland during World War II, the German and Soviet occupations of Poland, treatment of the Jews in Poland during the German occupation, and operations of the Polish underground movement during World War II. Includes 3 family photograph albums in box 25.

*Lovestone, Jay (1897‒d. New York City, 1990) Papers, 1904‒1989: Material relating to the Communist International, the communist movement in the United States and elsewhere, communist influence in American and foreign trade unions, and organized labor movements in the United States and abroad. The photograph series contains circa 760 prints, 42 postcards, 12 negatives, 3 slides, and 49 envelopes. Digital copies of select records available at https://digitalcollections.hoover.org. 

Miller, Krzysztof (l962‒d. Warsaw, 2016) Photographs, 1992: 39 prints depicting conditions in concentration camps in Bosnia during the Yugoslav civil war.

*Mitchell, Anna Van Schaik (b. Newport, RI, 1878‒d. 1966) Papers, 1920‒1944: Material relating to World War I relief work in France, 1915-1920, and relief work with Russian refugees in Istanbul, 1921-1936. Digital copies of select records (including two albums) available at https://digitalcollections2.hoover.org.

Sammis, Frederick M. Jr. Collection, 1939‒1945: Depicts various scenes from the German occupation of Memel; the Polish campaign; the Russo-Finnish war; the German air and rocket offensive against Great Britain; naval warfare in the Atlantic; and the European Theater during 1944-1945, including scenes of the Allied forces in combat, effects of the war on lives and property in Britain, France, Belgium, Luxemburg, and Germany, and the liberation of German concentration camps and of Allied and German prisoners of war. Includes photographs of various Allied and German military and political leaders.

Spasokukots'kyi, Serhii (b. Náchod, Czechoslovakia, 1924‒d. 2012), 1908‒1994: Depicts social and political scenes in Ukraine, including nationalist gatherings and demonstrations, religious services, ceremonies marking the establishment of Ukrainian independence, and sessions of Ukrainian governmental bodies.

*Tasho, Roland Photographs, 1990‒1999: Photographs depicting the social and political conditions in Albania from the Communist era to 2000 and the Kosovo refugee crisis in 1999.

*Ukrainian Pictorial Collection, 1989‒2004: Photographs of various scenes from Ukraine, and especially of demonstrations for Ukrainian independence, and of Ukrainian government officials and governing bodies in session.

*World War I Pictorial Collection, 1914‒1920: Photographs, cartoons, and postcards depicting a variety of scenes and personalities from World War I; includes several photograph albums.