Louis P. Penningroth papers 1911-1973

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Louis P. Penningroth papers 1911-1973

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Correspondence, diaries, memoirs, financial records, reports, clippings, other printed matter, and photographs, relating to Young Men's Christian Association aid to Allied prisoners of war in Austria, especially juvenile Russian prisoners; aid to repatriated Russian prisoners at the end of World War I; release of American and British prisoners of war in Russia; and conditions in Russia during the Russian Civil War.

5 manuscript boxes; (2 linear feet)

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Hoover Institution Archives

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Penningroth, Louis P.

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American clergyman; Young Men's Christian Association worker in Europe, 1915-1919. From the description of Louis P. Penningroth papers, 1911-1973. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 123429634 Biographical/Historical Note American clergyman; Young Men's Christian Association worker in Europe, 1915-1919. From the guide to the Louis P. Penningroth papers, 1911-1973, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...