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Mary Bridges-Adams Collection on British Labour Movement and Russian Socialists, 1905-1939

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Series I: Mary Bridges-Adams Materials, 1905-1939, undated

The series consists of Mary Bridges-Adams's correspondence, documents, writings, printed ephemera, and newspaper clippings. Organized in three subseries.

Subseries I.1: Correspondence, 1905-1939, undated

Contains Bridges-Adams' correspondence with various people and organizations in connection with her labour movement and socialist activity, and to Russians in exile and particularly to the Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee in London. Also included are a few letters to Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville Warwick from other people. Series subdivided by subject: correspondence with prominent people, general correspondence with individuals, correspondence with organizations, and outgoing letters. Letters arranged alphabetically within each subject of the subseries.

Correspondence with Prominent People, 1905-1925, undated


Box 1 Folder 1 Churchill, Winston, to Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville Warwick, May 27, 1905

(1 autograph letter signed "W")

Box 1 Folder 2 Chicherin, Georgii, to Mary Bridges-Adams, various places, 1907-1921, undated, 1907-1921, undated

(3 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph note signed, 1 telegram)

Box 1 Folder 3 Horsley, Victor, Sir, to Mary Bridges-Adams, Norwich, 1906

(2 autograph letters signed; 1 Mary Bridges-Adams's draft of reply)

Hyndman, Henry Mayers:

Box 1 Folder 4 To Mary Bridges-Adams, 1907-1908

(2 autograph letters signed)

Box 1 Folder 4 To Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville Warwick, 1907

(1 autograph letter signed)

Box 1 Folder 5 Kollontai, Aleksandra, to Mary Bridges-Adams, [1925]

(1 autograph letter signed)

Box 1 Folder 6 Litvinov, Maksim Maksimovich, to Mary Bridges-Adams, London, July 9, 1918

(1 typed letter signed)

Box 1 Folder 7 Stanley, Edward Lyulph (Baron Sheffield), to Mary Bridges-Adams, various places,, 1918-1923

(18 autograph letters signed)

Warwick, Frances Evelyn Maynard Greville, Countess:

Box 1 Folder 8 To Mary Bridges-Adams, various places, 1903-1908

(20 autograph letters signed, 1 telegram)

Box 1 Folder 9 To Willy, 1908

(1 typed letter signed)

Box 1 Folder 10 Lily to Frances Evelyn Warwick, Dresden, 1907

Box 1 Folder 10 Blumenfeld, Ralph D. to Frances Evelyn Warwick, undated

(handwritten copy by Mary Bridges-Adams)

General Correspondence with Individuals, 1906-1939

Box 1 Folder 11 Baldwin, F., Paddington, 1916

Box 1 Folder 11 Blatchford, Robert Peel Granville, London, 1907

Box 1 Folder 11 Brailsford, Henry Noel, undated

Box 1 Folder 11 Cox, Alfred, 1907, 1939, 1907, 1939

Faulkner, Ernest J.: see Westcotes Ward Independent Labour Party (Box 1, Folder 14)

Box 1 Folder 11 Fridolin, Vladimir, Paris, 1917

Box 1 Folder 11 Jones, Margaret, Oxford, 1908

(Bridges-Adams' mother)

Box 1 Folder 11 King, Joseph, 1917

Box 1 Folder 11 Nevinson, Henry Woodd, undated

Box 1 Folder 11 Smith, Frank, London, undated

Box 1 Folder 11 Snowden, Ethel, 1917

Box 1 Folder 12 Unidentified, 1906-1908

Box 1 Folder 13 Envelopes, 1916

Correspondence with Organizations, 1907-1926

Central Information Bureau (London Women's Peace Crusade): see General Correspondence with Individuals--Snowden, Ethel (Box 1, Folder 11)

Box 1 Folder 14 Central Labour College, London, 1912

Clarion: Newspaper Company, Ltd.: see Blatchford, R. (Box 1, Folder 11)

Box 1 Folder 14 Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, London, 1925-1926

Box 1 Folder 14 Gorton United Trades & Labour Council, Gorton, 1908

Box 1 Folder 14 National Council for Civil Liberties, London, 1917

Polnomochnoe predstavitel'stvo SSSR v Velikobritanii: see Embassy of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Box 1 Folder 14 Social-Democratic Federation (Social-Democratic Party of Great Britain), London,, 1907

Box 1 Folder 14 Socialist Sunday School, Huddersfield, 1907

Box 1 Folder 14 Westcotes Ward Independent Labour Party, Leicester, 1915

Box 1 Folder 14 Worker Huddersfield, 1907

Box 1 Folder 15 Outgoing letters, to various people, undated

Subseries I.2: Writings, 1915, undated

Comprises a typescript of a memoir note about Georgii Chicherin and his activities in London, articles, and publications.

Box 1 Folder 16 Memoirs about George Chicherin and his activities in London, undated

(typescript with holograph notes)

"Condemned Denominational Schools in London", [1915] (reprint): see Series : Printed Materials--"Defense of the Realm Acts"

Articles and publications:

on education, social movement and Labour party, Russia and war, and various subjects: see Subseries I.3: Documents and Printed Materials--Printed Materials

on Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee in London: see Series II: Chicherin Papers--Subseries II.4: Activities in various organizations--Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee in London--Printed materials--Clippings (Box 3, Folder 16 and Flat Box #4, Folders 5-6)

Subseries I.3: Documents and Printed Materials, 1908-1917, undated

Contains receipts, resolutions, printed ephemera, and newspaper clippings with materials on education, the situation in Russia, social movement and Labour party.

Documents:

Box 1 Folder 17 Receipts and appointment schedule, 1908-1911, undated, 1908-1911, undated

Box 1 Folder 18 Resolutions and notes, undated

Printed Materials

Brochures:

Box 1 Folder 19 "Defence of the Realm Acts," London, 1917

(reprint. Originally published inParliamentary debates. House of Lords official report,vol.24, No.II, 401-424)

Box 1 Folder 19 "Russian Refugees and Military Service," London, 1916

(reprint. Originally published inParliamentary debates. House of Lords official report,vol.22, No.60, 983-998)

Clippings

(including Bridges-Adams' articles and publications)

On education, 1915, undated, 1915, undated


Flat Box 4 Folder 1 Cotton Factory Times , 1915

(oversize; stored in Flat Box # 4, Folder 1)


Box 1 Folder 20 Herald

Box 1 Folder 20 Luton News , undated

On Russia and the War, 1915

(oversize; stored in Flat Box # 4, Folders 2-3)


Flat Box 4 Folder 2 Cotton Factory Times , July-November, 1915

Flat Box 4 Folder 3 Yorkshire Factory Times , October-November, 1915


Box 1 Folder 21 On socialist movement and Labour party, 1910s

Box 1 Folder 22 Various, 1973 (Observer Review), 1973