David R. Francis
Collection — manuscript box: 56 - folder 1
Identifier: 3201m
Scope and content
Typewritten account of the Ambassador's departure from Russia during the Revolution, including an eventful voyage to Britain from Archangel in Russia, passing through a storm at sea and then a German mine zone. Bound manuscript (4 pages) and unbound photocopy of the same text.
Dates
- 1918.
Language of Material
In English.
Biographical / Historical
David R. Francis served successively as Mayor of St. Louis, Governor of Missouri, United States Secretary of the Interior under President Grover Cleveland, and United States Ambassador to Russia. He was Ambassador to Russia at the beginning of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Extent
1 folders. (1 folders.)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)