| Description | Contains papers relating to the Russian famine, including newspaper cuttings, printed material, reports, correspondence, and notes for speeches.
1\ Newspaper cuttings, 1921-1922, with parts underlined and notes made. Some are attached to notes or other publications:
/1 Three newspaper cuttings 'Anti-Bolshevik attack on DrNansen. His agreement with Soviets. The dissolved committee' from Arthur Ransome; 'Allied Co-ordination plans'; 'French suspicion of Soviets. Dr Nansen's agreement', Manchester Guardian, 21 September 1921. All attached onto reverse of pages 7-8 of leaflet referring to the economic situation in Europe
/2 Newspaper cutting 'And Dr Nansen': report from Geneva on publice session of the League, Manchester Guardian, 29 September 1921. Attached onto pages 13-14 of leaflet referring to the economic situation in Europe
/3 Newspaper cutting 'The League and the Soviet. Dr. Nansen defends his agreement' The Times, 1 October 1921. Attached onto pages 13-14 of leaflet referring to the economic situation in Europe
/4 Newspaper cutting 'Conditions of Russian Relief. Debt recognition. Inquiry pill sugared', Manchester Guardian, October 1921. Attached onto pages 13-14 of leaflet referring to the economic situation in Europe
/5 Newspaper cutting 'Lord R. Cecil's plea for Russia', 21 October [1921]
/6 Newspaper cutting 'Where mothers kill. Starving children smothered. Pale horse on Volga. Millions doomed to die', Daily Herald, 13 February [1922]
/7 Newspaper cutting 'Dr Nansen in Paris. Workers eager to Help Russians. Relief grant delay', Daily Herald, 18 February [1922]
/8 Newspaper cutting 'Lloyd George boycotting Poincare. Silence on five great issues. Unanswered notes. Story of Greek loan in London'. Daily Herald, 18 February [1921-1922], includes photograph of Tchitcherin (chairman of the Russian delegation to Genoa)
/9 'The Russian famine': reply of Sir P. Lloyd-Greame, Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department, to Mr Doyle's question in relation to number of people affected by the famine in Russia, The Times, 21 February 1922
/10 Newspaper cutting 'Canadian relief for Russia. An influential committee', Manchester Guardian, 21 February 1922
/11 Newspaper cutting 'Russia (famine relief)' question from Mr G. Barnes to the Prime Minister, House of Commons, 22 February 1922
/12 Newspaper cutting 'Starving Armenians', letter written by Miss E. J. Robinson, Honorary Secretary of the Armenian Red Cross and Refugee Fund, Manchester Guardian, 23 February 1922
/13 Newspaper cutting 'Drugs for starving Russians. Lord Curzon admits 'Gross stupidity', The Times, 24 February 1922
/14 Newspaper cutting 'France and Russia relief. Delayed action by French Red Cross', Manchester Guardian, 24 February [1922]
/15 Newspaper cutting 'Fighting the famine. Sir B. Robertson on his visit. April-August the critical period', Manchester Guardian, 25 February 1922
/16 Newspaper cutting 'Difficulties in helping Russia. No conditions for trade. Government and a grant', Manchester Guardian, 27 February 1922
/17 Newspaper cutting 'Famine's menace to the world. Manchester's call to action. Robertson's report. Voluntary relief inadequate', Daily Herald, 27 February 1922
/18 Newspaper cutting 'Government aid for Russia' to the editor of The Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1922. Attached onto reverse is a letter from Otto Gaupp, London representative of the Hamburger Fremdenblatt and other German papers, addressed 'Dear Madam' [Dorothy Buxton], with enquiry relating to recipient's article in Labour Leader
/19 Newspaper cutting 'Questions to ministers. Relief of famine victims. "Hang the Kaiser" again', Manchester Guardian, 3 March [1922]
/20 Newspaper cutting 'Death's grip on Russia. Evelyn Sharp on famine agony. Windmill mortuaries. Demand for British action', Daily Herald, 4 March 1922
/21 Newspaper cutting 'Famine a menace to Europe. An appeal to the premier. Give credits now. Urged to co-operate with US [United States of America]', 6 March 1922, Daily Herald
/22 Newspaper cutting 'The people of Buzuluk'. 'Pathetically grateful' Account of Miss Gertrude Ostler of Hale who spent three weeks of last month visiting the work of the Friends' Relief Mission at Buzuluk. Manchester Guardian, 8 March 1922
/23 Newspaper page with article highlighted 'Famine Russia. No grant from public funds' under Parliament section Parliament, The Times, 10 March 1922
/24 Newspaper cutting beginning 'One more Quaker relief worker has died of typhus at Samara', The Nation, 22 March [1921-1922]
/25 Newspaper cutting 'A peril to Europe. Typhus spreading fast to Westward'. H. 29 March 1922
/26 Newspaper cutting 'Boatmen's song of death. 'We are dying' chant the men on the Volga', Daily Herald, April 1922
/27 Newspaper cutting 'Spring-cleaning Russia. American Relief Administration plans to stamp out disease. A doctor's account', Manchester Guardian, 6 May 1922
/28 Newspaper cutting 'US and Russian relief. A conditional offer', Manchester Guardian, 8 May 1922
/29 Newspaper page with article highlighted 'Is the Russian famine ended?' The Nation, Volume 114, Number 2966, 10 May 1922
/30 Newspaper cutting 'The famine in Russia. Dr Nansen's memorandum to the League', Manchester Guardian, 13 May 1922
/31 Newspaper cutting 'City Notes. Russia and private property. The insurance fusion', The Times, 13 May 1922
/32 Newspaper cutting 'Russian famine crisis passed. Moscow's optimism', Manchester Guardian, 15 May 1922
/33 Newspaper cutting 'Russian refugees at Constantinople. Dr Nansen's report to league. A question of £30,000', Manchester Guardian, 15 May 1922
/34 Newspaper cutting 'Wrangel's Russians in Bulgaria', The Times, 16 May 1922
/35 Newspaper cutting with article on the famine in the area of Baschtiren. Frankfurter Zeitung, 16 May [1922]
/36 Parts of two newspaper pages 'They ask: is the famine really bad?' by W. N. Ewer, The Nation, volume 114, number 2967. 17 May 1922
/37 Newspaper cutting 'The famine on the Volga' letter to the editor of the Manchester Guardian, 17 May 1922
/38 Newspaper cutting 'American famine relief to continue', The Times, 18 May 1922
/39 Newspaper cutting 'Russian famine crisis not over. Dr Nansen & a misleading statement. Distress still spreading', Manchester Guardian, 18 May 1922
/40 Newspaper cutting 'Mr Patron on England and Russia, 'Made for each other' Where is the hiatus?', Manchester Guardian, 19 May 1922
/41 Newspaper cutting 'Russian state bank', The Times, 19 May 1922
/42 Newspaper cutting with review of 'The Restoration of Agriculture in the Famine Area of Russia' published by the Labour Publishing Co Ltd, The Worker's Dreadnought, 27 May 1922; sent by Woolgar & Roberts Presscuttings, London, to Buxton
/43 'Litvinoff warns America. No dictation at the Hague. Why Genoa failed. Light on the Soviet policy', Daily Herald, 29 May 1922
/44 Newspaper cutting '£50,000 Italian farmers for Russia. Great agricultural contract with the Soviet', Manchester Guardian, 7 June [1922]
/45 Newspaper cutting 'Correspondence. The Russian famine. Dr Nansen and the need of further effort' to the editor of the Manchester Guardian, 14 June [1922]
/46 Newspaper cutting 'Famine fighters' big congress. How the workers saved Russia. Nansen's great work. Reconstruction the next task' [Westminster] Herald, 8 July 1922
/47 Newspaper cutting 'Destitution in Russia. The plight of the professional classes' to the editor of the Manchester Guardian. 18 July 1922
/48 Newspaper cutting 'Canada and the Soviet', The Manchester Guardian, 20 July 1922
/49 Newspaper page 'La famine et l'avenir de la Russie' [The famine and the future of Russia] by André Morizet. Le progres civique, Number 138, 1922.
/50 Newspaper cutting 'Credits to Russia. How they would stimulate British employment' by Mosa Anderson, 1 December [1921-1922]
/51 Newspaper cutting 'Dr Nansen's appeal in Paris. France roused from indifference. A remarkable audience' [1921-1922]
/52 Newspaper cutting 'Dr Nansen's appeal to London. Frenzied cannibalism in the Volga. Lord R Cecil & a Prophecy fulfilled' [1921-1922]
/53 Newspaper cutting 'Mistakes about Russia' letter to the editor of the Daily News [1921-1922]
/54 Newspaper cutting 'Scandal of millions. 'Doles' for Russian Whites. Our People's 15 shillings. Over a guinea for the 'Refugees' [1921-1922]
/55 Fragment of a newspaper cutting in relation to theatres for children in Moscow [1921-1922]
2\ Printed material, 1921-1922:
/1 Parliamentary Debates, House of Commons (Blue Book): official report of debate on supplies to Russia (incomplete), vol 148, no 139, 8 November 1921
/2 The Nation newspaper, vol. CXIII, No. 2944. 7 December 1921. Enclosed is note from the Women's International League. Article highlighted 'International relations section: an American Report on the Russian famine'
/3 Page and torn fragment from 'International Service' with notes by Ruth Fry on her trip to Russia, January 1922
/4 Page from House of Commons report 'Oral answers' on Russia, famine relief, 13 February 1922
/5 'Friends' Emergency & War Victims' Relief Committee', notes on visit to Russia made 14 January- 28 February 1922, by Gertrude Ostler, [February 1922] (5 pages)
/6 Russian Famine Parliamentary Committee: note on the Robertson scheme relating to money required for relief in Saratov and Buzuluk, February 1922
/7 Front page of 'International Service: bulletin of the Society of Friends' missions in Europe, with article on the death of Violet Tillard in Buzuluk, March 1922
/8 Page from 'The Crusader' with article by W. J. Chamberlain on Violet Tillard and her death in Buzuluk, 3 March 1922
/9 Friends' Relief Committee leaflet 'The Russian Field' no 13, containing extract from Gertrude Ostler's notes on her visit to Russia, March 1922
/10 Various pages from issues of 'The Record of Save the Children' magazine with articles on the Russian famine, 1922
/11 Pages from the Friends' Relief Committee leaflet 'The Russian Field' no 17, April 1922, containing extracts from Marjorie Rackstraw's journal from Alexieva, Russia, February 1922
/12 Page from House of Commons 'Written Answers' with response on expenditure on Russian refugees, 1 May 1922
/13 Pamphlet 'Trade with Russia: the facts' with address to the Labour Movement of Great Britain and Mr Krassin's replies to questions of the prospects of trade with Russia. Published by the 'Hands Off Russia' Committee, [1921-1922]
/14 Card 'Will corn grow without rain? Famine in Russia, chief cause- drought' giving statistics for rainfall in Samara, an area of British wheat supply. Published by Russian Relief Fund, Manchester [1921-1922]
3\ Reports, 1920-1922:
/1 Quotations from Lloyd George, 16 August, and from Sir Robert Horne, House of Commons, December 1920
/2 Extracts from 'The Times' with resolutions adopted by the Russian Familne Relief Commission relating to the famine, 10 October 1921
/3 'Sir George Paish's notes on how credits can be given' [1920-1922]
/4 Extract from article of Professor Meredith Atkinson on the efficiency of the relief funds working in Russia [1920-1922]
/5 Extracts with statements of Lloyd George relating to aid for Russia in response to Mr Briand at Cannes, 4 January; and exports, [1921-1922] (2 small items)
/6 New York Nation's summary of report on the Russian famine which appeared in the Moscow 'Izvestia' 15 March [1921-1922]
/7 Meeting resolutions relating to granting sums for the relief of Russia, regretting the refusal of Dr Nansen's request, [1922]
/8 'What has been done up till now' detailing aid given by European countries. Page VI of document [1920-1922]
/9 Extracts from the Bible, Matthew, Luke and James
/10 Extracts from the report of the American Commission published in New York 'Nation', 7 December 1921, on the situation in Russia, headings including 'Droughts', 'The spirit of the peasant', 'what the Soviet government is doing', 'fuel shortage', 'transport', 'the Soviet government will pay its way' [1921-1922] (4 pages)
/11 Draft pages of report referring to Russian supplies of grain, imports and exports, 'Russia as a market for British goods', 'Uncertainty of resources within the British Empire', -1921-1922] (4 pages)
4\ Correspondence, 1922:
/1 Copy of letter from A. D. Cooper, Foreign Office, to Mr Mills, MP, relating to expenditure on Russian refugees, 4 March 1922.
/2 Letter from R. M. Hodgson to Mrs D. F. Buxton: Letter from R. M. Hodgson at the British Commercial Mission, Moscow, supplying information on the fuels used in Russia (with copy and carbon). 3 April 1922.
/3 Copy of covering letter from the Liverpool branch of the Russian Famine Relief Fund to Lloyd George MP: Copy of covering letter from Norman Hill and James Hope Simpson, Liverpool branch of the Russian Relief Fund, to D Lloyd George, MP, to forward the letter from the Liverpool Corn Trade Association Limited, which will have importance to his policy at the Genoa conference, 6 April 1922
Copy letter attached is from the Liverpool Corn Trade Association Limited to the Russian Famine Relief Fund, Liverpool branch, urging the Government's action to re-establish the pre-war position of Russian as a grower and exporter of wheat, 5 April 1922. Copy letter attached [?from Dorothy Buxton] to Mr Coates , Hands Off Russia Committee, to enclose a copy of the letter from the Liverpool Corn Trade Association to the Liverpool Russian Famine Relief Fund, noting that it may be printed as a leaflet, 10 April 1922. With ten further copies of the letter from the Liverpool Corn Trade Association Ltd, Liverpool, to the secretary of the Russian Famine Relief Fund, 5 April 1922.
/4 Invitation card from the 'National Council for Lunacy Reform': Invitation to 'At Home' from Lady Henry Cavendish Bentinck on Thursday 6 April [1922] to include speeches by Lena Ashwell and Dr M B Ray. Marked [?by Dorothy Buxton] 'Sorry, away'.
5\ Notes for speeches and articles, 1920-1922. Pages of manuscript notes for speeches and reports, [written by Dorothy Buxton]. All items have amendments and parts underlined. Includes:
/1 Small page of notes referring to speech of Sir Robert Horne [President of the Board of Trade], referring to Russia as one of the great producers of the world, December 1920; on reverse: scrap of notes
/2 Small page of notes with Lloyd George's statement on the Russian famine 'most terrible visitation' 16 August; on reverse crossed out notes
/3 Pages of notes under headings including 'SCF efficiency', 'the Red Army', relating to the famine, refusal to support relief, trade. On reverse of one page is a letter from S Russell Cook to Miss Rinder requesting seats at the meeting at the Central Hall on 3 March 1922 (12 pages and one envelope)
/4 Three small numbered pages of notes possibly for a speech with headings 'famine exaggerated', 'supplies could not reach, train pillaged', 'SCF work excellent' [1920-1922]
/5 Eight pages of notes possibly for a speech, with headings including. 'What we ask for', 'We want to know why action has been delayed', 'Russia's vital importance to us in the future', What the Soviet government is doing', [1922]
/6 Seven pages of notes possibly for a speech, under heading 'Relief credits', referring to export credits and the International Famine Relief Commission [1921-1922], some on American AEF YMCA paper
/7 Page noting verses of the Bible, 'Matt, Luke, James'.[1922]
/8 Eight pages of notes under heading 'Help for Russia?' signed by Dorothy Buxton, [1922]
/9 Ten small pages of notes possibly for a speech or a lecture at Tadworth, on the horrors of famine, and relief schemes, [1922]
/10 Three pages of notes with heading 'Russia' relating to Russian trade, Russia's place in the European economy, Britain's future food supply, 'Re-establish Russia. Liverpool Corn Trade's appeal', with related newspaper cuttings from Liverpool Daily Post and Mercury, April 1922
/11 Note of Chamberlain's statement in the House of Commons on the expenditure on the supply of foodstuffs to North Russia, March 1922. Attached onto Trades Union Congress and Labour Party Joint International Department letterhead 'with compliments W. Gillies'.
Contains the front of the original folder. |