Ropes, Ernest C., 1877-1949

An American who spent his childhood in St. Petersburg where his father, William Hall Ropes, headed the American trading firm of W. Ropes & Co. After World War I Ernest Ropes was a YMCA representative working closely with the American Relief Commission first in Murmansk and Arkhangelʹsk to ameliorate the living conditions of the allied soldiers and subsequently in Estonia where he set up schools for Russian refugee children and worked with prisoners of war.

From the description of Ernest C. Ropes Papers, 1919-1949. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 320409985