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

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Series II: Georgii Checherin Materials, 1908-1918, undated, undated

The series comprises correspondence, drafts and copies of speeches and articles, reports, minutes of meetings, accounts for various activities, notes, a few documents related to his deportation, and printed ephemera and newspaper clippings. Most materials are related to the time of Chicherin's emigration and his life in Great Britain. Organized in five subseries.


Subseries II.1: Correspondence, 1912-1917, undated

Contains letters of various people and organizations in Russian, English, and French addressed to, or relating to, Chicherin and his efforts to help fellow Russian exiles in Europe and Siberia and to his fundraising activities for RSDRP and exiles relief. Series subdivided by subject: correspondence with prominent people, general correspondence with individuals, correspondence with organizations, outgoing letters, and subject correspondence. Letters arranged alphabetically within each subject of the subseries.


Correspondence with Prominent People, 1912-1917, undated



Box 1 Folder 23 Applegarth, Robert, to George Chicherin, Surrey, 1915

(2 autograph letters signed)


Box 1 Folder 24 Bagotskii, Sergei Iustinovich, to Georgii Chicherin, 1915-1916

(8 autograph letters signed, 18 autograph postcards signed, 2 telegrams)


Box 1 Folder 25 Brockway, Fenner, to Bryce Leicester, undated

(1 autograph letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 26 Dan, Fedor, to Georgii Chicherin, Paris, 1912

(1 autograph letter signed by Fedor Dan and Iulii Martov)


Box 1 Folder 27 Kollontai, Aleksandra, to Georgii Chicherin, undated

(autograph letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 28 Lozovskii, A. (pseudonym of Solomon Abramovich Dridzo), to Georgii Chicherin, Paris,, 1916-1917

(2 autograph letters signed, 1 autograph postcard signed)


Martov, Iulii: see Dan, Fedor


Semkovskii, S.

(pseudonym of Bronshtein)


Box 1 Folder 29 To Georgii Chicherin, Clarens, 1915

(1 autograph letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 29 To Ornatskii, Paris, 1917

(1 autograph letter signed)


Box 1 Folder 29 Articles for Nashe slovo

(2 holograph manuscripts)


Box 1 Folder 30 Snowden, Philip, to Georgii Chicherin, various places, 1915, undated, 1915, undated

(4 typed letters signed, 1 autograph note signed)


General correspondence with individuals, 1913-1917, undated


Box 1 Folder 31 Arkell, A.1917


Box 1 Folder 31 Askew, J.B., Golder Green, 1916-1917


Box 1 Folder 31 Astrov, 1915


Box 1 Folder 31 Austin Smith, J., 1916


Box 1 Folder 32 Baldwin, F., 1916


Box 1 Folder 32 Baldwin, W.M., 1916


Box 1 Folder 32 Bird, E., 1916


Box 1 Folder 32 Bennet, L., undated


Box 1 Folder 32 Bobrovnikov, Nikolai and Sonia, 1916-1917


Box 1 Folder 32 Bond, L., London, 1917


Box 1 Folder 32 Bracher, S. V., 1916


Box 1 Folder 32 Brandwood, Harold G., Warrington, 1917


Box 1 Folder 32 Buv'e, E. (Workers' Suffrage Federation), 1917


Box 1 Folder 33 Cohen, Max M., 1916


Box 1 Folder 33 Detprano, Mrs (or Doprano), London, 1917


Box 1 Folder 33 Dmitrievskii, Viacheslav, 1915


Dolivo-Dobrovol'skii, G. (to K.D. Nabokov): see Subject correspondence (Box 2, Folder 14)


Box 1 Folder 33 Dombrovskii, Liverpool, 1916


Box 1 Folder 33 Eyres, E., Essex, 1917


Box 1 Folder 33 Field, Arthur, 1916


Box 1 Folder 33 Fisher, H.M., 1916


Box 1 Folder 33 Galsky, Anton, undated


Box 1 Folder 33 Gompertz, A.E., 1916


Box 1 Folder 33 Hardy, V.M., 1916


Box 1 Folder 33 Howe, 1915


Box 1 Folder 33 Humphrey, A. W., Ashton-under-Lyne, 1916-1917


Box 1 Folder 34 Khain, B., 1917


Box 1 Folder 34 King, James, 1915-1917


Box 1 Folder 34 Kogan, E., Petrograd, 1916


Box 1 Folder 34 Laskin, N., London, 1917


Box 1 Folder 34 Lawrence, J., 1915-1916


Box 1 Folder 34 Lewington, A.W.P., 1916


Box 1 Folder 35 Makushin, V., London, 1916


Box 1 Folder 35 Maynard, F.J., 1916


Box 1 Folder 35 Miles, William, 1917


Box 1 Folder 35 Nalton, Edna, 1916


Box 1 Folder 35 Newbury, F., 1916


Box 1 Folder 35 Ozol', Glasgow, 1916


Box 1 Folder 36 Paul, Cedar, 1916


Box 1 Folder 36 Petrov, Petr, Glasgow, 1915-1916

(see also: Correspondence with Organizations--British Socialist Party, Box 2, Folder 2)


Box 1 Folder 36 Petrova, Irina, 1916


Box 1 Folder 36 Pettifor, T.C., 1916


Box 1 Folder 36 Rees, John, Newport, 1917


Box 1 Folder 36 Rollin, R.undated


Box 1 Folder 37 Satarello, Henri, 1917, undated, 1917, undated


Box 1 Folder 37 Shames, Lev, 1915-1916


Box 1 Folder 37 Soubrie[?], L., 1913


Box 1 Folder 37 Stewart, James, undated


Box 1 Folder 37 Stiri[?], E., 1916


Box 1 Folder 37 Stoddart, Ruby, undated


Box 1 Folder 37 Surov, D., Paris, 1916


Box 1 Folder 37 Vainberg, Iulii Stanislavovich, Stockholm, 1917


Box 1 Folder 37 Weinstein, S., undated


Box 1 Folder 37 Wiltshire, Julia M., 1915


Box 1 Folder 37 Wynn-Cuthbert, Henri, Worthing, 1914-1916


Box 1 Folder 38 Unidentified in Russian, 1915-1917, undated, 1915-1917, undated

(some with Chicherin's reply)


Box 1 Folder 39 Unidentified in English and French, 1917, undated, 1917, undated


Box 1 Folder 40 Envelopes, 1915-1916


Correspondence with organizations, 1915-1917, undated



Box 2 Folder 1 Amalgamated Society of Engineers, 1916


Box 2 Folder 1 Avstraliiskoe obshchestvo pomoshchi politicheskim katorzhanam i ssyl'noposelentsam v Rossii, Brisben,, undated


Box 2 Folder 2 British Socialist Party, 1916


Box 2 Folder 3 Cambridge "Stop-the-War" Committee, 1917


Box 2 Folder 3 Cardiff Socialist Society, undated


Box 2 Folder 3 Central Labour College, London, 1916


Box 2 Folder 3 Communist Working Men's Club and Institute, Ltd., London, 1915-1917


Box 2 Folder 3 Cooperative Printing Society Ltd, London, 1915-1916


Box 2 Folder 3 Ellis and Co Solicitors, London, 1917


Box 2 Folder 3 First of May Celebration Committee, undated


Box 2 Folder 3 Fond Russkoi Revoliutsii, 1917


Box 2 Folder 3 Foreign Jews Protection Committee, against deportation and compuslion,, 1917


Box 2 Folder 3 Fund for the relief of the Jewish Victims of the War in Russia, 1917


Box 2 Folder 4-7 Independent Labour Party, 1915-1917

(including printed materials, resolutions, ephemera. Arranged in alphabetical order by the branch name)


Box 2 Folder 8 Kenington and Paddington Labour Council, undated


Box 2 Folder 8 Latwijas Social-Demokratija (London Branch), London, 1917


Box 2 Folder 8 Leicester Labour Party, 1917


Box 2 Folder 8 Lithuanian Socialist Federation of Great Britain, London, 1916-1917


Box 2 Folder 8 London Jewish Tin Plate and Sheet Metal Workers Union, London, 1916


Box 2 Folder 8 Luton Committee for Anglo-Russian Cooperation, Luton, 1917


Box 2 Folder 9 National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades' Association, London, 1915-1917


Box 2 Folder 9 National Amalgamated Union of Shop Assistants, Warehousemen and Clerks,, 1915-1916


Box 2 Folder 9 National Labour Press Ltd., London, 1917


Box 2 Folder 9 National Transport Workers' Federation, London, 1917


Box 2 Folder 9 National Union of Clerks, London, 1917


Box 2 Folder 9 National Union of Railwaymen, London, 1917


Box 2 Folder 9 National Women's Labour League, 1915


Box 2 Folder 10 NCF: Ealing Branch, undated


Box 2 Folder 10 Neath Socialist Society, Neath Glam, undated


Box 2 Folder 10 Nelson, Colne and District Chain Beamers' Association, Nelson, 1916


Box 2 Folder 10 No-Conscription Fellowship, Adelphi, undated


Parti Social-Democrate Ouvrier Russe: see Correspondence with Prominent people--Dan, Fedor (Box, Folder)


Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee: see Correspondence with Individuals--Ozol'; Petrov


Box 2 Folder 10 Russkii kruzhok imeni Gertsena, undated


Section Relations Internationals Sovnep: see Subject correspondence (Box 2, Folder 14)


Box 2 Folder 10 Southampton Council for Civil Liberties, Southampton, 1917


Box 2 Folder 10 Sotsialisticheskii klub-stolovaia, London, 1916


Box 2 Folder 10 South West Ham Socialist Sunday School, 1917


Box 2 Folder 11 Trades and Labour Council, 1915-1917(arranged in alphabetical order by the branch name)


Box 2 Folder 12 Twentieth Century Press, Ltd., London, undated


Box 2 Folder 12 Union Democratic Control, 1917


Box 2 Folder 12 War Office, Whitehall, 1916-1917


Box 2 Folder 12 Winberg, formerly Gibraltar Press , undated


Box 2 Folder 12 Workers' Suffrage Federation, 1917


Box 2 Folder 12 Workers' Union, Ebbw Vale, 1917


Box 2 Folder 12 Young Socialist: A Magazine of Justice and Love , 1917


Box 2 Folder 13 Outgoing letters (drafts of letters to various people mostly addressed as "comrade"), 1915-1917 (see also Subject and unidentified correspondence), 1915-1917


Subject correspondence: Correspondence regarding the movie sale, 1917


Box 2 Folder 14 Chicherin to Rozanov (two letters)


Box 2 Folder 14 Chicherin to K.D. Nabokov (note on a back of Chicherin's business card)


Box 2 Folder 14 Dolivo-Dobrovol'skii, G. to K.D. Nabokov

(telegram)


Box 2 Folder 14 Section Relations Internationals Sovnep to Chicherin


Subseries II.2: Writings and Research Materials, 1914-1916, undated

Comprises drafts and copies of speeches and articles, notes, and extracts from articles by others.


Box 2 Folder 15-16 Drafts of articles and speeches, undated, 1915

(8 holograph manuscripts. See also Subseries II.4: Activity in Various Organizations--Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee in London. Box 3, Folders 7-16 and Flat Box #4, Folders 5-6)


Box 2 Folder 17-18 Extracts from various letters and articles by others, 1914-1916


Box 2 Folder 19 Notes, undated


Subseries II.3: Documents and Contacts, 1908-1917, undated

This subseries includes documents related to Chicherin's detention and deportation; his business cards; receipts and notes, address book and business cards of various people.


Box 2 Folder 20 Detention and Deportation, 1917


Box 2 Folder 21 Receipts and notices, France, England, 1908-1917


Box 2 Folder 22 Chicherin's business cards, London, undated


Contacts:


Box 2 Folder 23 Address book, undated

(with enclosures)


Box 2 Folder 24-36 Business cards and notes with a contact information of various people,, undated

(arranged alphabetically)


Subseries II.4: Activity in various organizations, 1914-1917

Contains appeals, circulars, resolutions, financial reports, flyers, leaflets, brochures, minutes of meetings, accounts for various activities, and printed materials from British press related to Chicherin's involvement with various organizations' activity, including Russian socialist groups and Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee in London. Organizations are listed in alphabetical order.



Box 3 Folder 1 Committee of Delegates of the Russian Socialist Groups in London, 1916-1917, undated, 1916-1917, undated


Box 3 Folder 2 International Socialist Conference, Zimmerwald, 1915


Komitet pomoshchi politkatorzhanam i ssyl'noposelentsam: see Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee


Box 3 Folder 3 Londonskaia gruppa RSDRP, 1915, undated, 1915, undated


Box 3 Folder 4 Russian Delegates Committee, 1917


Box 3 Folder 5 Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committees in France, 1914-1916


Box 3 Folder 6 Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee in Krakow, 1914-1917


Box 3 Folder 7-16 Russian Political Prisoners and Exiles Relief Committee in London (oversize materials are stored in Flat Box #4):


Box 3 Folder 7 Bylaws, 1915 (see also oversize materials stored in Flat Box #4, Folder 4), 1915


Box 3 Folder 8 Addresses, appeals, 1915, undated (drafts, flyers, reprints. See also oversize materials stored in Flat Box #4, Folder 4), 1915, undated


Box 3 Folder 9-10 Agendas, minutes, reports, 1915


Box 3 Folder 11-14 Financial reports and statements, receipts, 1915-1916 (handwritten and printed), 1915-1916


Printed materials:


Box 3 Folder 15 Listok Organizatsii pomoshchi politicheskim zakliuchennym, 1916 No.3 (two copies), 1916


Box 3 Folder 15 Fliers, adds, 1916, undated, 1916, undated


Box 3 Folder 16 Clippings including Bridges-Adams's and Chicherin's publications in British press,, 1915-1916

(Cotton Factory Times, Justice, The Leichester Pioneer, The Railway Review, Socialist, The Western Daily Press, Yorkshire Factory Times. See also oversize materials stored in Flat Box #4, Folders 5-6)


Subseries II.5: Printed Materials, 1915-1918, undated

There are addresses, appeals, manifestos, articles by others printed as manuscripts, and two Russian newspapers. More printed materials are part of other series and subseries.


Addresses, appeals, manifestos:



Flat Box 4 Folder 7 Kerenskii, M.. "Inter-Allied Labour and Socialist Conference", 1918

(galley proofs, oversize, stored in Flat Box #4, Folder 7)


Flat Box 4 Folder 7 "Manifesto to All Trade Unionists of the Rank and File Council against Conscription of the Licensed Vehicle Workers",, undated

(oversize, stored in Flat Box #4, Folder 7)



Box 3 Folder 17 Russian Anti-Conscription League, undated


Articles-- Printed as Manuscripts, undated


Box 3 Folder 18 L.V. "Na vernom puti"


Box 3 Folder 18 Merkgeim. Article for Nashe Slovo


Box 3 Folder 18 Unidentified


Newspapers and Magazines:



Flat Box 4 Folder 8 Nashe Slovo: obshchestvennaia i politicheskaia gazeta, Paris, September-October, 1915

(three issues; oversize, stored in Flat Box #4, Folder 8)


Flat Box 4 Folder 8 Sotsialdemokrat: Tsentral'nyi organ Rossiiskoi Sotsialdemokraticheskoi partii,Geneva, December 1915 No.49, December 1915

(oversize, stored in Flat Box #4, Folder 8)


Young Socialist: A Magazine of Justice and Love,Glasgow, 1917 vol. XVII, No.5: see Series: Chicherin Papers--Subseries: Correspondence--Correspondence with Organizations-- Young Socialist (Box 2, Folder 12), 1917



Box 3 Folder 19 Ephemera--lottery and concert tickets, fliers, resolution, 1917, undated, 1917, undated