Aid to Russia Fund, 1900, 1941 - 1950
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and memoranda about the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund, which was chaired by Clementine, including a letter sent by Churchill from an army camp near Val Krantz, Natal [South Africa], February 1900, to a well-wisher in Romania, offered as a donation to the Fund, and letters of thanks from Clementine to contributors. Other correspondents include: Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery; Hewlett Johnson, Dean of Canterbury (2); Eleanor Rathbone, asking Clementine to raise the subject of Polish deportees while she was in the Soviet Union, also enclosing a copy of her speech in the House of Commons on Poland, December 1944; Fedor Gusev [Soviet Ambassador to Britain] thanking Clementine for her letter to Stalin following her visit to the Soviet Union (draft enclosed); 1st Lord Nuffield [earlier William Morris]; Sir Ernest Burdon, Hon. Treasurer and Chairman of the British Red Cross Finance Department; Sir William Darling; Alfred Bossom.
Dates
- Creation: 1900
- Creation: 1941 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Includes various small accessions from separate depositors.
Date information
DateText: The main date span is 1941-1950.
Finding aid date
2004-04-07 11:45:32.060000+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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