| Description | Contains newspaper cuttings, printed material and notes and reports, possibly used to prepare speeches and articles.
/1 Newspaper cuttings, 1921-1922 including:
/1 Newspaper cutting 'The Russian Famine' with headings 'Obligations of the Soviet Government' and 'Mr Asquith's View', The Times, 17 August 1921
/1a Newspaper cutting 'Prime Minister's statement: the Silesian Question', The Times, 17 August 1921
/2 Newspaper page with article highlighted 'Lines of Franco-British agreement. Mr Lloyd George and the peace of Europe', Manchester Guardian Weekly, 13 January 1922
/3 Newspaper cutting 'Dr Nansen's despairing report on Russia', 'Help too late for millions.Terrible choice to be made of people who can be saved. Governments must decide now', Manchester Guardian, 26 January 1922
/4 Newspaper cutting 'Starving that children may be fed: fate of Russian adults', Manchester Guardian, 28 January 1922
/5 Newspaper cutting 'Two months only to save Russia: Dr Nansen's appeal', Manchester Guardian, 1 February 1922
/6 Newspaper cutting 'Russian's ruin: ravages of famine, Sir B. Robertson's report', The Times, 13 February 1922
/7 Newspaper cutting 'Good fish as manure. Twenty tons to be used as a fertiliser', Daily Herald, 18 February 1922
/8 Newspaper cutting 'A British eye-witness: Sir Benjamin Robertson interviewed, Save the adults too!', Manchester Guardian, 14 February 1922
/9 Newspaper cutting 'Typhus as an ally of famine. Horrible bread substitute. Cats and dogs eaten. Corpses piled high in churchyard', Daily Herald, 24 February 1922
/10 Newspaper cutting 'Famine in Russia': the archbishop of Canterbury has called attention to the facts surrounding the Russian famine. The Times, 24 February 1922. Attached onto the reverse of manuscript notes on the position of Belgium
/11 Newspaper cutting 'Help for Russia. Cabinet consider aid by grant' [Westminster] Gazette, 27 February 1922
/12 Newspaper cutting 'Typhus spreading to the west. From the famine zone to within 50 miles of Berlin. Evelyn Sharp's diary' Daily Herald, 28 February 1922
/13 Newspaper cutting 'How to help Russia. Sir B. Robertson's report' The Times, 28 February 1922
/14 Newspaper cutting 'Russians starving for lack of transport. Food piling up at the ports', Manchester Guardian, 7 March 1922
/14a Newspaper cutting 'The Red Army', Herald, 7 March 1922
/15 Newspaper cutting 'Russia and India', Manchester Guardian, 9 March 1922. Attached onto reverse of manuscript notes on the duty of Labour to change policy to avert disaster
/16 Newspaper cuttings, two attached together. From the House of Commons 'Oral answers'. 9 March 1922
/17 Newspaper cutting 'No financial grant for Russia. Cabinet's decision', Manchester Guardian, 9 March 1922. Attached onto reverse of manuscript notes referring to suggestions of Lord Weardale [first President of Save the Children Fund] for famine relief
/18 Newspaper cutting 'Abandoning Russia', [Westminster] Gazette, 10 March 1922
/19 Newspaper cutting with articles highlighted 'Land of death and decay. Windmills used as mortuaries. Volga village scenes. Animal's bones ground for flour' 'Reparation demands. France resents milliard marks claim. Unholy squabble'. 13 March 1922
/20 Newspaper cutting 'Russian refugees in Constantinople. Interview with Sir Samuel Hoare. His work on behalf of the league'; 'Russian adults left to die'. Manchester Guardian, 14 March 1922
/21 Newspaper cutting 'The workers & Russia. Manchester's reply to the government. A deputation to the cabinet', Manchester Guardian, 16 March 1922
/22 Newspaper cutting 'National help for Russia damaged' Manchester Guardian, 17 March 1922
/23 Newspaper cutting 'Miss Ruth Fry and the Russian Famine. An appeal to bench and bar. Denial of stories about lost supplies', Manchester Guardian, 17 March 1922
/24 Newspaper cutting 'America's generosity', The Manchester Guardian, 18 March 1922
/25 Newspaper cutting 'The government's deaf ear to Russia. Further protests from Manchester', Manchester Guardian, 18 March 1922
/26 Newspaper cutting 'Russia's need - and ours. Lord Emmott's appeal for the Volga. No competition with claims of the out-of-work' The Manchester Guardian, 21 March 1922
/27 Newspaper cutting 'More about the Volga famine: an Australian visitor's stories. Tribute to Save the Children Fund workers', Manchester Guardian, 21 March 1922
/28 Newspaper cutting (in two pieces) 'Soviet House' and the work of the Russian Trade Delegation, Manchester Guardian Commercial, 23 March 1922.
/29-30 Newspaper cutting 'What "charity" covers', 29 March 1922
/31 Newspaper cutting 'Consulting the atlas' 'Was Denkin mistaken?', referring to the Volga famine and Buzuluk, 30 March 1922
/32 Newspaper cutting 'The death roll of a refugee train. 1,984 leave Russia: 649 reach Poland' extracts from an official document showing deaths of refugees on trains bringing them back to Poland. Manchester Guardian, 4 April 1922
/33 Newspaper cutting 'Refusal of help for Russia. A blot of national honour. Cheshire congregational union's criticism'. The Manchester Guardian, 6 April 1922
/34 Newspaper cutting 'Franco-German appeal, to the editor of the Manchester Guardian', Manchester Guardian, 8 April 1922
/35 Newspaper cutting with two marked articles: 'Where Lenin was held up' by Evelyn Sharp; and 'Greeks rushed to Smyrna', Daily Herald, 10 April, 1922
/36 Newspaper cutting 'Russian relief in France. The generosity of those who have little', Manchester Guardian, 11 April 1922
/37 Newspaper cutting 'Russian relief. America's more helpful view'. The Times, 12 April 1922
/38 Newspaper cutting 'The backwash of the famine. An American worker's experiences', Manchester Guardian, 17 April 1922
/39 Newspaper cutting 'The Tragedy of Russia', includes two photographs, Manchester Guardian, 20 April 1922
/40 Newspaper cutting 'The famine face to face', Daily Herald, 29 April 1922
/41 Newspaper cutting 'Moscow calls for help, 3 May 1922
/42 Newspaper cutting 'Floods reveal dead. Springtime lifts curtain on famine tragedies' Herald, 9 May 1922
/42 Newspaper cutting 'Russian famine relief. Typhus and cholera', Manchester Guardian, 16 June 1922
/43 Newspaper cutting referring to M. Poincare's response to Earl Balfour on measures of reprisal, 17 June 1922
/44 Newspaper cutting 'Clothing for Russia', Manchester Guardian, 30 June 1922
/45 Newspaper cutting 'Famine fighters' big congress. How the workers saved Russia. Nansen's great work. Reconstruction the next task', Daily Herald, 8 July 1922
/46 Newspaper cutting part of article referring to how the Russian republic had to endure several foreign invasions, Daily Herald [1921-1922]
/47 Newspaper cutting 'Russian famine relief. No British contribution' [1921-1922]
/48 Newspaper cutting 'Mistakes about Russia', letter to the editor of the Daily News [1921-1922]
/49 Newspaper cutting 'U.S. grant for Russia signed. £5,000,000 available', Manchester Gazette, 24 December [1921-1922]
/50 Newspaper cutting 'Scandal of millions. 'Doles' for Russia Whites. Our People's 15 shillings. Over a guinea for the 'Refugees' [The Daily Herald? 1922? date not fully visible].
/2 Printed material, 1921-1922:
/1 'Nansen on Russia: the most appalling famine in recorded history': Pamphlet reprinted from the Manchester Guardian, published by the Fight the Famine Council for European Reconstruction (4 pages). 7 February 1922 (2 copies).
/2 Pages from 'Oral Answers' to questions in the House of Commons, 9 March 1922.
/3 'Germany and the Memorandum on the reconstruction of Russia': Summary of article from the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, 13 April [1921-1922]; and summary of report in the 'Petit Journal' referring to an interview with the Soviet ambassador at Warsaw.
/4 'My visit to Russia' by Ruth Fry, 1922: Report on visit to Buzuluk, Moscow and Palimofka' by Ruth Fry, including photograph of a warehouse in Buzuluk. 11 page pamphlet published by the Friends' Relief Committee.
/5 'Russian famine, from workers' letters': Extracts from workers' letters on 'How our workers live', 'What our workers see', 'Children's Homes', 'How we help'. Pamphlet four pages, published by the Friends' Relief Committee [1921-1922].
/6 'British Unemployed and Starving Russians', [1921-1922]: Leaflet with copy of resolution passed by meeting of Coventry unemployed: Russia needs various commodities, England needs export trade.
/3 Reports and notes for articles and speeches, [1921-1922]:
/1 'The Nansen scheme for credits to Russia', [1921]: Typescript report on the scheme.
/2 Report on relief of the Russian Famine, 1922: Nine-page report on the Russian famine and relief, including a summary which appeared in the Moscow 'Izvestia' and published in the 'The Nation' newspaper, 26 April 1922. It is unclear if the whole report is taken from the 'Nation'.
/3 Notes on Russia attached to German newspaper article: Manuscript notes under the heading 'Russia, April 9th, 1922', with English summary of an attached German newspaper cutting with article 'Europe and the starving Russia' taken from Frankfurter Zeitung, 9 April 1922, which mentions Chamberlain and giving aid to those affected by famine in Russia.
/4 Paper with notes showing calculations: Paper with notes showing calculations, possibly in relation to aid given or needed to help Russia [1921-1922].
Contains part of the original file cover labelled 'Russia: Relief'. |