Robert Colton Johnson photo album, 1917-1989 (bulk 1917-1919)
1 oversize volume and 1 folder
St. Louis, MO native, who served with the 310th Army Engineers during the Allied Intervention in Northern Russia in 1918-1919, also known as the Polar Bear Expedition. The collection includes one oversize photo album and loose photographs documenting Johnson’s service and the Polar Bears’ military life, the city of Archangel and other locations in Russia; also Johnson’s biography, letters, military papers, and ephemera related to the Polar Bear Expedition.