The Hamparzoum Arzoumanian Papers

Hamparzoum Arzoumanian (1866-1909) was an activist within the (Social Democrat) Hunchakian Party, a member of the Central Executive Committee, and a Party field worker in Persia, Tsarist Russia, London, various American cities (Boston, Worcester (Mass.), New York, Waukegan (Ill.), East St. Louis, Detroit, etc.), and Brantford, Canada. The collection of papers includes family documents and official papers and photographs, correspondence with family, Party founders, members of the Central Executive Committee, chapters and individual members in Persia, Russia, Europe, and the United States. Also included are Party circulars, reports and communiqués, a registry of fighters and groups, minutes and agendas, poems, notes, and several printed items.

Gift of Marguerite Harms, granddaughter of Hamparzoum Arzoumanian.

Collection processed by Nora Nercessian, 2008. The finding aid is here.

• Correspondence
• Documents
• Photographs