05346cpcaa2200829 a 4500 mm2012085750 DLC 20260227111733.0 cr ||||||||||| 120628|||||||||||| eng mm2012085750 DLC dacs DLC DLC eng rus R lcmd Pray, Eleanor Lord, 1868-1954. Eleanor Lord Pray papers, 1894-1975 (bulk 1894-1930). 3,800 items. 11 containers. 4.4 linear feet. Open to research. Chiefly correspondence of Pray with family members relating to her daily life in Vladivostok, Russia; family affairs; social life of the expatriate community; her surroundings in and around Vladivostok; and historic events. Also includes transcripts of a portion of Pray's correspondence prepared by her granddaughter, Patricia D. Silver; correspondence of Eleanor's husband, Frederick S. Pray; photographs; and miscellanous material. Subjects include the "American Store," a general store owned by her sister-in-law, Sarah E. Smith, and Sarah's husband, Charles Smith; Pray's work for the Vladivostok Chapter of the American Red Cross, 1919-1924; and her travels to Japan and to Harbin and Shanghai, China. Other subjects include the Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905, and the Japanese attack on Vladivostok in 1905; first Russian Revolution, 1905-1907; World War I; forced removal of German citizens from Vladivostok during the war; second Russian Revolution, 1917-1921; taking of Vladivostok by the Legie česká (Czechoslovak Legion), June-July 1918; Allied intervention in Siberia, 1918-1920; occupation of Vladivostok by the Japanese military, 1918-1922; the Dalʹnevostochnai͡a Respublika (Far Eastern Republic) and Provisional Priamur governments of Siberia, 1921-1922; return of the Bolsheviks in 1922; and life under Soviet rule during the 1920s. Topics also include Soviet censorship of the mail and the arrival in Vladivostok of the official U.S. commercial agent, Richard Theodore Greener, in 1898. Correspondence with Pray's daughter, Dorothy Pray, and her sister-in-law, Sarah E. Smith, pertains to their life in Shanghai, China, and to Dorothy's school years at the Shanghai American School. The Vladivostok Album by Eleanor Lord Pray, edited by Birgitta Ingemanson (2012) transferred to Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Member of a New England merchant family living in Vladivostok, Russia, from the 1890s to the early 1930s. Full name: Eleanor Roxanna Lord Pray; also known as Roxy. Collection material in English, with Russian. Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200 Pray, Dorothy, 1906-2006 Correspondence. Greener, Richard Theodore, 1844-1922. Pray, Frederick S., -1923 Correspondence. Silver, Patricia D. Smith, Charles, -1898. Smith, Sarah E. Smith, Sarah E. Correspondence. Pray family. Pray family Correspondence.. American Red Cross. Vladivostok Chapter. Legie česká. Shanghai American School. Aliens Russia Vladivostok. Americans China Shanghai. Americans Russia Vladivostok. Boarding schools China Shanghai. Censorship Soviet Union. Commercial agents Russia Vladivostok. General stores Russia Vladivostok. Germans Russia Vladivostok. Japanese Russia Vladivostok. Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. World War, 1914-1918. World War, 1914-1918 Russia Vladivostok. Czechoslovakia Armed Forces Russia Vladivostok. Dalʹnevostochnai͡a Respublika History. Harbin (China) Description and travel. Japan Description and travel. Russia History Revolution, 1905-1907. Shanghai (China) Description and travel. Shanghai (China) Social life and customs. Siberia (Russia) Description and travel. Siberia (Russia) History Revolution, 1917-1921. Siberia (Russia) History 20th century. Siberia (Russia) Politics and government 20th century. Soviet Union History Allied intervention, 1918-1920. Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. Vladivostok (Russia) Commerce. Vladivostok (Russia) Description and travel. Vladivostok (Russia) History. Vladivostok (Russia) Social life and customs. Finding aid http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200 Finding aid (PDF) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200.3 44890 44890