Samuel Northrup Harper Papers

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Jane Addams to Sameul Northrup Harper, June 1, 1918

Addams tells Harper that she and Rachelle Yarros will approach certain names about the League to Aid and Support Russia. She notes that there will be a Russian speaker at Hull-House and hopes to hold a meeting then.

Hull-House, Russia

Eleanor Daggett Karsten to Samuel Northrup Harper, June 3, 1918

Karsten invites Harper to a talk at Hull-House and discusses plans for a meeting.

Hull-House, Meetings, Russia

Samuel Northrup Harper to Jane Addams, June 16, 1918

Harper tells Addams about his work with the League to Aid and Cooperate with Russia.

Peace, Requests, Russia

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Samuel Northrup Harper (1882 -1943), professor of Russian Language and Institutions at the University of Chicago, was the first American to devote an academic career to the study of Russia. As the foremost American expert during the Revolution of 1919 and the early years of the Soviet regime played a unique role in interpreting events in Russia to those who made, or influenced, American policy.

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Finding aid: http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.HARPERSN

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Samuel Northrup Harper Papers