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100 1 _aPray, Eleanor Lord,
_d1868-1954.
245 0 0 _aEleanor Lord Pray papers,
_f1894-1975
_g(bulk 1894-1930).
300 _a3,800
_fitems.
300 _a11
_fcontainers.
300 _a4.4
_flinear feet.
506 0 _aOpen to research.
520 8 _aChiefly 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.
544 _3The Vladivostok Album by Eleanor Lord Pray, edited by Birgitta Ingemanson (2012)
_etransferred to
_aLibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
545 0 _aMember 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.
546 _aCollection material in English, with Russian.
555 8 _aFinding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200
600 1 0 _aPray, Dorothy,
_d1906-2006
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aGreener, Richard Theodore,
_d1844-1922.
600 1 0 _aPray, Frederick S.,
_d-1923
_vCorrespondence.
600 1 0 _aSilver, Patricia D.
600 1 0 _aSmith, Charles,
_d-1898.
600 1 0 _aSmith, Sarah E.
600 1 0 _aSmith, Sarah E.
_vCorrespondence.
600 3 0 _aPray family.
600 3 0 _aPray family
_vCorrespondence..
610 2 0 _aAmerican Red Cross.
_bVladivostok Chapter.
610 2 0 _aLegie česká.
610 2 0 _aShanghai American School.
650 0 _aAliens
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
650 0 _aAmericans
_zChina
_zShanghai.
650 0 _aAmericans
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
650 0 _aBoarding schools
_zChina
_zShanghai.
650 0 _aCensorship
_zSoviet Union.
650 0 _aCommercial agents
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
650 0 _aGeneral stores
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
650 0 _aGermans
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
650 0 _aJapanese
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
650 0 _aRusso-Japanese War, 1904-1905.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
651 0 _aCzechoslovakia
_xArmed Forces
_zRussia
_zVladivostok.
651 0 _aDalʹnevostochnai͡a Respublika
_xHistory.
651 0 _aHarbin (China)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aJapan
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aRussia
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1905-1907.
651 0 _aShanghai (China)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aShanghai (China)
_xSocial life and customs.
651 0 _aSiberia (Russia)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aSiberia (Russia)
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1917-1921.
651 0 _aSiberia (Russia)
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aSiberia (Russia)
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xHistory
_yAllied intervention, 1918-1920.
651 0 _aSoviet Union
_xHistory
_yRevolution, 1917-1921.
651 0 _aVladivostok (Russia)
_xCommerce.
651 0 _aVladivostok (Russia)
_xDescription and travel.
651 0 _aVladivostok (Russia)
_xHistory.
651 0 _aVladivostok (Russia)
_xSocial life and customs.
856 4 _3Finding aid
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200
856 4 _3Finding aid (PDF)
_uhttp://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012200.3
999 _c44890
_d44890