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[Identification of item], in the André Savine Collection of Ochag Russkikh Shofferov Records (Archive of Union of Russian Taxi Drivers in Paris) #70167, Rare Book Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Acquired as part of the André Savine Collection in 2002.

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• André Savine Collection (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
• André Savine Collection (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)--Curator.
• Business correspondence.
• Cochers et Chauffeurs de Voitures de Place--History--Sources.
• Ephemera.
• France--Emigration and immigration--Sources.
• Immigrants--France--Paris--History--20th century--Sources.
• Labor unions--France--Paris--History--20th century--Sources.
• Minutes (Records)
• Ochag Russkikh Shoferov--Archives.
• Ochag Russkikh Shoferov--History--Sources.
• Primary sources.
• Records (Documents)
• Russians--Foreign countries.
• Russians--France--Paris--History--20th century--Sources.
• Russians--France--Paris--Societies, etc.--History--20th century--Sources.
• Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Shofferov (France)--Archives.
• Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Shofferov (France)--Author.
• Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Shofferov (France)--History--Sources.
• Soviet Union--Emigration and immigration--Sources.
• Taxicab drivers--France--Paris--History--20th century--Sources.
• Trade associations--France--Paris--History--20th century--Sources.

• Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Shofferov Records, 1926-1970, Bakhmeteff Archive, Columbia University Libraries

Ochag Russkikh Shofferov (Foyer des Chauffeurs Russes, "Hearth of Russian Chauffers"), was a Russian émigré organization based in Paris, France, and a local chapter of the French drivers union, Cochers et Chauffeurs de Voitures de Place. It was formed in November 1944, when the independent Russian taxi driver union, Soi︠u︡z Russkikh Shofferov (Union Générale des Chauffeurs Russes, "Union of Russian Chauffeurs") was dissolved and absorbed into Cochers et Chauffeurs de Voitures de Place. The organization carried out activities to support its members, as well as various cultural and educational programming to benefit the Russian émigré community in Paris.

The Ochag Russkikh Shofferov Records (Archive of Union of Russian Taxi Drivers in Paris) contain meeting minutes; annual financial reports, membership fee records, loan requests, and other financial records; French social security registration cards of members (with dates and places of birth in the Russian Empire and home addresses in Paris); correspondence, primarily member business correspondence, including with other Russian émigré organizations and various French agencies; and ephemera.

• Oversize volumes (SV-70167/1-18)