Hudd, a refugee from the Russian Revolution, discusses his life in Russia, China, and the United States. He recalls the city of Omsk; Cadet Corps School, home and social life; political unrest in Russia and the abdication of the Czar; changes after the Revolution; the family's flight to Vladivostok and life on a Russian island; flight to China; arrival in the United States; his experiences in Alaska, San Francisco, and Chicago; musical career with a Russian balalaika band; music and guitars; celebrities; working conditions at the Chicago Tribune; life in Springfield; his deteriorating physical and mental health; treatment for tuberculosis and his mental breakdown; and employment with Allis Chalmers.

6 tapes, 540 mins, 2 vols., 112 pp. Interview by Madeline Dorosheff, 1981-1982 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopy of Hudd's visa to the United States, Chinese passport application, map of the Soviet Union and China, and a photocopy of Hudd's birth certificate.