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Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of an aerial view of farmland, possibly in Russia. Outbuildings, people and large farm machinery visible.
Byers, Harry J.
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Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of an aerial view of farmland, possibly in Russia. Outbuildings, people and large farm machinery visible.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Alfred and Violet Roberts standing on a lawn.
Byers, Harry J.
Alfred Roberts in sailor suit.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Alfred Roberts of a small boy standing on a lawn wearing a sailor suit.
Byers, Harry J.
Alfred Roberts standing outdoors.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Alfred Roberts standing outdoors on a lawn wearing sailor suit, jacket, and hat.
Byers, Harry J.
An unidentified woman on the Marquette & Joliet rock in Illinois.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of an unidentified woman standing on the Marquette & Joliet rock in Illinois. Caption on verso reads: "This is me on the same Rock."
Byers, Harry J.
Aunt Helen from Martha Lou Badger, age 14 months.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a young child sitting on a chair with what appears to be picaninny toy.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Bob Byers in a garden.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains an April 1931 issue of a "V.O.K.S." Bulletin, "for foreign workers and specialists working in the region of the Northern Caucasus". Includes notes made by Harry Byers regarding the content of the Bulletin.
Byers, Harry J.
Byers family and carriage snapshot.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot showing members of the Byers family standing next to Fred and Marge Byers (nee Landwehr) seated in a horse drawn carriage.
From left to right: Andrew Byers, Caroline Byers (nee Graul), unidentifed [sister?], unidentified child, Fred Byers, Marge Byers.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Byers family portrait.
Left to right: [Helen Bawman (nee Byers)?], unidentified man, unidentified woman, Caroline Byers (nee Graul), [Fred Byers?], unidentified woman, Andrew Byers.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of members of the Byers family with Harry Byers at left.
Back row: Harry Byers, unidentified woman, unidentified man, [Helen Bawman (nee Byers)?], unidentified man, Fred Byers.
Front row: unidentified child, unidentified child, unidentified child.
Byers, Harry J.
Byers on front porch, Far East, Nikolsk.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing on a balcony with a view of Nikolsk (Ussuriysk) behind him.
Byers, Harry J.
Byers, Harry J. and group : photograph.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
One snapshot of Harry J. Byers with a group of unidentified other men. Verso reads "Xmas Day [Verblude]. Harry Byers - instructor in Siberia."
Byers, Harry J.
Byers, Van Gilder, Motton : the day I left Verblude, January 15, 1930.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (centre), [?] Van Gilder, and [?] Motton, standing in front of some farm machinery.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Caroline Byers (nee Graul) with an infant in a stroller.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a boy with a dog. The two are on the ground and the dog is drinking from a bowl.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a small boy feeding chickens outside.
Byers, Harry J.
Child standing in front of Boer War monument.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Photograph of an unidentified child standing in front of a Boer War monument.
Byers, Harry J.
Child standing outside with gun.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a small child standing outside holding a large gun and wearing a military cap.
Byers, Harry J.
Clark & Vivian at Michigan Beach.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
File consists of 1 snapshot of Clark and Vivian standing at a wall with the lake behind them.
Byers, Harry J.
Clark and his aunt in Illinois.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Clark [?] and his aunt. There is an explanation on the verso of the photograph. Explanation on verso reads: "This is Clark & his aunt in Illinois she was a sweet old lady just like ma - she's 84 yrs old."
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of an Clark on horseback with [Harry Byers?] visible in the background.
Byers, Harry J.
Clark, Vivian and Dad, April 14 1930.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of John Boyers and Clark, standing in front of a large brick building, with Vivian standing in the background, under one of the building's balconies.
Byers, Harry J.
Clipping : "With Tractor Instructor in Russia".
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains a newspaper clipping of an article describing the experiences of a Mr. Thome, who was a tractor instructor in Russia. His experiences would be similar to those of Harry Byers. A handwritten note appears on the article that reads: "Here is a good laugh Old Mom".
Byers, Harry J.
Clipping of Harry Byers teaching in Russia.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains a Russian newspaper clipping of a photograph of Harry Byers standing with three other men looking at equipment.
Byers, Harry J.
Correspondence to and from Harry Byers.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains 9 letters to Harry Byers, and 2 letters from Harry Byers. The letters to Harry Byers are from F.B. Sweeney of the Sweeney Automobile & Electrical School (2 letters, one of which mentions the death of Harry Byers' wife), Vadapalas, Zbarski (Chief Manager of Technical Supply Department) and Sergiev (Manager of Technical Department), Steponaitis, William Lewis Simms (Manager, International Harvesting Co.), H.L.L., Popoff (Manager of Foreign Bureau), and Charles E.B. Payne (American Vice Consul). The letters from Harry Byers are to Mr. Sweeney, both are resignation letters, but one is for March 25, 1927 and is an original, and the other is for July 19, 1929 and is a carbon copy.
Byers, Harry J.
Couple standing in front of car.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of an unidentified man and [Violet Byers] standing in front of a car.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of cows outside on a farm standing in hay.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains a photocopy of Harry Byers' diary from 1930-1931, while in Russia. The diary is titled "Mile stones a five year diary", is ring-bound, and has ca. 202 one-sided leaves, with two days per leaf. The diary includes daily entries detailing general activities, conditions in Russia, places Harry and hist wife Violet Byers stayed, meals, sickness and health, agricultural details, how the Grain Trust Russian Five Year Plan was going, details of social activities and events, notes from friends, lists of books read while in Russia, and lists of names and addresses of acquaintances. Byers mentions Violet quite often, and some entries are written by her.
Byers, Harry J.
Don outside of a house, holding a pipe.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Don holding a pipe with a house visible in the background. Caption on verso reads: "This is Dons [sic] picture I took of him Sunday and I told him I was going to send it to Vi and Jack he said all rite [sic] he sure thinks lots of me he is afel [sic] good harted [sic] I think he is nice looking dont [sic] you."
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of interpreter Emma Ruban standing outside of an unidentified building.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains one copy of an employment agreement between Harry Byers and the Amtorg Trading Corporation for and on behalf of the Grain Trust of the U.S.S.R., employing Harry Byers as a tractor and combine work supervisor and instructor for two years.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains a Kansas automobile license, an application for an automobile license, an insurance dividend notice, a business card, and a dance ticket.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Contains tickets and other notices.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of farmland with farm machinery in the foreground and buildings in the background.
Byers, Harry J.
Fred and Marge Byers with unidentified couple.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Fred and Marge Byers (nee Landwehr) posing with an unidentified couple on the steps of what appears to be a monument or memorial.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of [Fred Byers?] next to a large cannon.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of [Fred Byers?] holding a dog.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a Glenn Mac McCourt, standing in a yard, with a house behind him. Caption on verso reads: "Glenn Mac McCourt age 3 yrs - a real boy."
Byers, Harry J.
Glen[n] Mac McCourt sitting in a high chair.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Glenn Mac McCourt sitting in a high chair beside a brick building, with a snowy landscape behind him. Caption on verso reads: "Glen Mac McCourt age - 5 mths 3 weeks."
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Photograph of Caroline Byers (nee Graul), Marge Byers (nee Landwehr), and Warren, standing in a backyard.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Violet Byers and two unidentified men behind a picnic sign at Swope Park in Kansas City, Missouri.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a group building an outdoor brick firepit. Fred Byers at right.
Byers, Harry J.
Group of people in the Court of the Little Theatre.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Informal group portrait of 7 unidentified individuals sitting by a fountain in a court. Caption on verso reads: "Note your big sis taken in the Court of the Little Theatre first of its kind in America and in the Old French Quarters a beautiful court, April 19 - 1930."
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of [Violet Byers] (at right) standing outdoors with two unidentified people.
Byers, Harry J.
Group portrait of Harry Byers and 15 unidentified individuals in a snowy landscape.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Group portrait of Harry (bottom row, fifth from right) and Violet Byers (bottom row, fourth from right) and 15 unidentified individuals posing in a snowy landscape.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of an unknown group with a dog outside of a home.
Byers, Harry J.
Group standing in front of a Russian train.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Informal group portrait of 2 men identified as Kelly and Showen, 2 other unidentified men, and 1 unidentified woman. Letter on verso reads: "This we had taken just as we were leaving for Vladivostok after spending the 4th of July here. The fellow between Kelly & Showen works in the Cater [?] office here & thats Kellys flame he's holding onto. Bud."
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a large group of unidentified people (likely Russians) standing outside near tents.
Byers, Harry J.
Grozneft main office lit up celebrating completion of Grozneft 5 year plan in 2 1/2 years.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a building in the town of Grozny lit up at night.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of a peopled street in Grozny, Russia.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry and Helen and Robbie Urie, July 25, 1917.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers, Helen Bawman (nee Byers) and an infant named Robbie Urie standing in front of house porch. Caption on verso reads: "Harry & Helen and Robbie Urie, July 25/1917. My home address 2505 Park Ave Kansas City Mo."
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers with arm around Marge (nee Landwehr) Byers, standing in front of a porch, with Fred Byers and an unidentified child in the background.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry and Violet Byers in a small airplane.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry and Violet Byers in a two-seater airplane.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry and Violet Byers in a small airplane.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry and Violet Byers in a two-seater airplane.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry and Violet Byers on a ship.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry and Violet Byers standing on the deck of a ship.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry and Violet Byers standing outside.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry and Violet Byers standing outdoors wearing floral headdresses.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and 2 unidentified women standing on a lawn.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers and 2 unidentified women, standing on a lawn.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and 3 unidentified men holding a New York/Hamburg life preserver.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (at right) and 3 unidentified men holding a "New York/Hamburg" life preserver, on the deck of a ship.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and 4 unidentified men making a toast on the deck of a ship.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Photograph of Harry Byers (at left) and 4 unidentified men making a toast [possibly with beer] on the deck of a ship. A "New York/Hamburg" life preserver is visible behind them.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and a group of unidentified people in an automobile garage.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
File consists of 1 informal group portrait of Harry Byers and several other unidentified individuals [mechanics?] standing in an automobile garage.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and a group of unidentified people standing by a tractor.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
File consists of 1 informal group portrait of Harry Byers and 3 other unidentified individuals standing by a "Caterpillar" vehicle. Caption on the verso reads: "Hurrah for our side. Look me over. - Jack."
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and an unidenified woman standing in a backyard.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers and an unidentified older woman, standing in a backyard with a fence behind them.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and an unidentified infant.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers holding an unidentified infant.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and an unidentified man standing at a harbour.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (at right) and an unidentified man standing at a harbour, with ships in the background.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and an unidentified man with a portrait studio backdrop.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Portrait of Harry Byers (at right) and an unidentified man posing in front of a portrait studio backdrop.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and an unidentified woman at a harbour.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry and Violet Byerslooking out to sea at a harbour, with a ship in the background.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and an unidentified woman standing in a backyard.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers and Jackie Bawman, standing in a backyard with a fence behind them.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and an unidentified woman standing in a backyard.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers and an unidentified older woman, standing in a backyard with a fence behind them.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and three unidentified men.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (back row) and three unidentified men standing against a building.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers and unidentified woman.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Photograph of Harry Byers standing outdoors in the winter with an unidentified woman.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers behind a studio prop, posing as a cossack.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Photograph of Harry Byers putting his head through the painted image of a cossack riding a horse.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers beside a stream, with a fishing pole and a small fish on the end of it.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Materials relating to the professional and personal life of Harry J. Byers. Includes biographical documents, including his passport and WW1 papers, ephemera, clippings and correspondence as well as approximately 270 photographs of Harry Byers and his family. Also included are photographs from Byers' time living in Russia, and a diary recounting the two years he was there.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers fonds : 2018 accrual.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Materials relating to the personal and professional life of Harry J. Byers. Includes photographs, coins, artefacts, correspondence, ephemera and more. Most of the items relate to Byers' time working in Russia from 1930-1931.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers holding a chicken in front of a portrait studio backdrop.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Consists of 2 portraits of Harry Byers holding a chicken in front of a backdrop in a Russian portrait studio. One of the portraits has a letter on the verso that reads: "Dear Old Pap. I've done gone Native. I look like Hell. But I'm feeling good. If all goes well with this god dam food. I'll stick my time you can bet on that. But when we dine, then I'll get fat. April 1, 1931 - USSR."
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers in a mechanics class working on an [engine?].
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of several unidentified men working in a classroom setting, on what appears to be an engine. Harry Byers third from left.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers in a mechanics class working on an [engine?].
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of several unidentified men working in a classroom setting, on what appears to be an engine. Harry Byers third from left.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers in a mechanics class working on an [engine?].
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of several unidentified men working in a classroom setting, on what appears to be an engine. Harry Byers third from left.
Byers, Harry J.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Photograph of Harry Byers standing in front of an unidentified home.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers looking over the rail on the deck of a ship.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers looking over the rail on the deck of a ship.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers outside a cabin on the deck of a ship.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing outside a cabin on the deck of a ship.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers shaking hands with [Fred Byers?].
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (at left) shaking hands with [Fred Byers?] on a bridge, with water behind them.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers sitting outdoors on a staircase.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers sitting on a set of outdoor stairs.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers sitting outdoors on a staircase.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers sitting on a set of outdoor stairs.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers sitting outdoors on a staircase.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers sitting on a set of outdoor stairs.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing beside an automobile with 2 unidentified men inside it.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing beside an automobile with 2 unidentified men inside.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing by a blossoming tree in a backyard.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing by a blossoming tree in a backyard, with a fence behind him.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing by a tree.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers wearing a suit and holding his hat, standing beside a tree.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing by a tree.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers wearing a suit and hat, standing beside a tree.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing in a garden.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing in a garden, with a tree, shrubbery, and a lamp post behind him.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing in a garden.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing in a garden.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing in a yard.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers in a backyard with a fence behind him.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing in front of the entrance to a house.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing in the front of the entrance a house.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers standing in the side yard of a house.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers standing in the side yard of a brick house.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers with 3 unidentified men at a construction site, facing the camera.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (second from left) wearing a "SAS" [Sweeney Automobile School] coat with 3 unidentified men at a construction site, taken with the men facing the camera.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers with 3 unidentified men at a construction site, side view.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (second from left), wearing an "SAS" [Sweeney Automobile School] coat, with 3 unidentified men at a construction site, taken from the side.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers with an unidentified man, dressed in working clothes.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Snapshot of Harry Byers (at right) with an unidentified man, dressed in working clothes.
Byers, Harry J.
Harry Byers with two unidentified men and a carousel horse.
Part of Harry Byers fonds.
Photograph of Harry Byers with two unidentified men, one of whom is seated on a carousel horse.
Byers, Harry J.