Hoffman’s Hawk. A University of Kansas Jayhawk Carved During the Russian Revolution of 1917 Reappears at KU in the Twenty-First Century

Greenberg, Marc L.

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Hoffman’s Hawk. A University of Kansas Jayhawk Carved During the Russian Revolution of 1917 Reappears at KU in the Twenty-First Century

Greenberg, Marc L.

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The paper describes the history of a 1917 carving of a Jayhawk by a Russian prisoner of war in Germany, donated to the University of Kansas by Conrad Hoffman, Senior American YMCA WPA Secretary in Germany during World War I.

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The following people and institutions assisted with the preparation of this text: Keah Cunningham (EGARC), Becky Schulte (University Archives), Prof. Kenneth Steuer (Western Michigan University); The Kansas City Star. Their assistance is gratefully acknowledged.

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2010-11-25T16:02:44Z

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Slavic Cultural Studies
Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Scholarly Publications
European Studies Scholarly Works
Jayhawk
School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures Scholarly Works

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World Alliance Of Ymcas. War Prisoners��_�_̫ Aid, World War, 1914-1918 --prisoners And Prisons, Hoffman, Conrad, 1882-1958, Jayhawk, Soviet Union --history --revolution, 1917-1921, University of Kansas

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https://hdl.handle.net/1808/6896

Hoffman’s Hawk. A University of Kansas Jayhawk Carved During the Russian Revolution of 1917 Reappears at KU in the Twenty-First Century

Greenberg, Marc L.

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