Pray, Eleanor Lord 1868-1954 creator mixed material monographic eng rus 3,800 11 4.4 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. Open to research. 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 mm2012085750 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200 hdl:loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200.3 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200.3 Open to research. DLC 120628 20260227111733.0 mm2012085750