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W. Averell Harriman Touring Mining Operation in the Soviet Union in 1959

2008-1425-31
Accession Number
2008-1425-31
1x1.5
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NAID 350476874
Related Collection
Thayer, Charles W. Papers
Keywords
Journalists
Mines and mineral resources
HST Keywords
Soviet Union; Kazakhstan
People Pictured
Harriman, W. Averell (William Averell), 1891-1986
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Description
View with W. Averell Harriman barely seen on the right seated with an unidentified man in what appears to be a piece of mining equipment. He is touring at some type of a mining operation believed to be located in Kazakhstan. It may have been an ore mining operation in Rudniy. He also visited Karaganda which is known for coal mining. Charles W. Thayer accompanied Harriman as a guide and confidant on the trip which took place May 12 - June 26, 1959. Harriman went as a special foreign correspondent for the North American Newspaper Alliance (NANA). Trip visits included Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, Yalta, etc., as well as areas in Siberia and the Urals, and ended with a meeting with Nikita Khrushchev. There is an original 35mm negative.
Date(s)
June 1959