| Description | Contains, newspaper cuttings, printed material, reports, and notes for speeches and articles.
1\ Newspaper cuttings, with parts underlined and notes made. Mainly attached to pages of notes or other publications, 1919-1923:
/1 Newspaper cutting 'Relief work in Russia. Urgent need for clothing stores and money', The Times, 6 May, 1920. Attached onto reverse of a letter from Fight the Famine Council with information about the Council's work and an appeal for financial support [bottom fragment missing], March 1919
/2 Newspaper cutting 'Russian Babies' fund', Manchester Guardian, 7 May 1920. Attached onto reverse of a letter from Fight the Famine Council, with information about the Council's work and an appeal for financial support, March 1919
/3 Newspaper cutting with letter to the editor from Dorothy Buxton 'Mr Lloyd George and Russia', [Westminster Gazette], 3 March, 1922
/4 Newspaper cutting with letter to the editor from Carmel Haden-Guest 'Babies in Russia', Daily News. May 7 [1921-1923] Attached onto reverse of Save the Children Fund leaflet 'A Message from the English Men and Women to Men and Women of Good-will all over the world'
/5 Newspaper cutting with letter to the editor from Carmel Haden-Guest 'Russian Babies' Fund', Westminster Gazette, 7 May [1921-1923]
/6 Newspaper cutting 'Hornsey Labour women. Address by Mrs C. R. Buxton', reporting on a conference arranged by the North and East Middlesex Labour Women's Advisory Council held at Hornsey. Buxton gave a speech on the importance of foreign affairs and the failings of the Genoa conference for Russia. Hornsey Journal, 2 June [1922]
/7 Newspaper cutting 'The universities for the people. Mr C. R. Buxton, MP, on the Oxford and Cambridge Bill', The Labour News. [21] July 1923
/8 Fragment of newspaper cutting relating to financiers occupying the Rhineland [1920-1922]
2\ Printed material, 1917-1922:
/1 Notice of annual general meeting of the King Alfred School Society, 1917.
/2 Pamphlet with thirteen pages 'The Famine in Russia' report by Sir Benjamin Robertson, issued by the Russian Famine Relief Fund, [1922].
/3 Article 'Our Trade Policy' by Leonid Krassin: Seven pages from the publication 'The Labour Monthly' with article 'Our Trade Policy' by Leonid Krassin, with extracts of his account of his stewardship of Russia's foreign trade relations. From a lecture delivered at Berlin in the autumn [1921].
/4 'Trade with Russia. The Facts', [1921-1922]: Pamphlet of eight pages 'Trade with Russia. The Facts' addressed to the Labour Movement of Great Britain, published by the 'Hands Off Russia' Committee. Duplicate in SCF/SC/DB/7
/5 Pamphlet 'The Common Sense of the Russian Question: a plan for a Russian Settlement': Pamphlet on famine relief and reconstruction for Russia, better trade and cheaper living for Britain. Published by Fight the Famine and European Reconstruction Council [1922]. (3 copies)
/6 Card 'Will corn grow without rain? Famine in Russia. Chief cause - drought': Handbill giving statistics for rainfall in Samara, an area of British wheat supply. Published by Russian Relief Fund, Manchester. Duplicate in SCF/SC/DB/9 (2 copies).
3\Reports, 1920-1922:
/1 'Lady Muriel Paget's missions to North Eastern Europe. A report on conditions in distressed areas', 1920: Report referring to destitution in parts of Russia and the arrival of refugees, with proposal to establish hospitals and dispensaries', 3 March 1920 (2 pages).
/2 'Help for Russia': Draft paper, 'Help for Russia', relating to a meeting held by Sir Phillip Lloyd-Greame with representatives of the Hendon Labour Party, the Independent Labour Party, the Society of Friends, the Ethical Society, the Free Church of the Garden Suburb, to press for Government grant in support of relief work for the Russian famine and the granting of trade credits for Russia. Duplicate in SCF/SC/DB/7. 23 February 1922.
/3 Copy letter from the Liverpool Corn Trade Association Limited, addressed to the Russian Famine Relief Fund: Copy of letter relating to the Prime Minister's speech on the industry of Russian in terms of wheat exportation, 5 April 1922. Duplicate of letters in SCF/SC/DB/9.
4\ Notes for speeches and articles, [1922-1929]:
/1 Notes with headings including 'Press', one marked summer 1922, relating to economic conditions in Germany, reparations, unemployment in Great Britain, some written on American AEF YMCA headed paper (13 pages)
/2 Notes possibly for a speech, first page headed 'Economic conference. World situation worse', with notes on Germany, the drought and economic conditions in Europe, [1922] (12 numbered pages)
/3 Loose page of notes with a reflection on speech writing 'there is so much to talk about' [1922]
/4 Eleven pages of notes, marked 'Silver Wedding Speech' referring to the work of the Labour Party, [?1929]
/5 Seven pages of notes possibly for a speech under the heading 'Picture of the famine' and 'A tragedy even more terrible than the famine'; noting 'the cause of failure to help', 'the weapons of their attack', 'How it looks in the light of Christ's teaching' [1922]
/6 Six pages of notes for lecture at Tunbridge Wells. Headings include 'Extent of the famine', Numbers and area', 'Photos of piles of dead'. 'Sir B. R. [Benjamin Robertson] sent out', referring to negotiation of funds for relief, Government's refusal, our patriotic and Christian duty [1922]
/7 Eight pages of notes headed 'Women's Meeting', referring to the economic situation, trade, education. Written on American AEF YMCA headed paper [1922]
/8 Six pages of notes about relief to Russia under the heading 'Pictures give only a faint suggestion of the extent of the calamity', with headings 'These facts can no longer be denied', 'What has happened', 'What has been the cause of failure' [1922]
/9 Four pages of notes on Germany's recovery, the state of our own country, with figures for exports of coal, cotton and food [1922] |