Preliminary Inventory to the League of Red Cross Societies Miscellaneous records

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Title: League of Red Cross Societies Miscellaneous records
Date (inclusive): 1919-1922
Collection Number: 28017
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes (0.8 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, telegrams, reports, and minutes of meetings, relating to the founding of the League of Red Cross Societies and to relief operations in Europe.
Creator: League of Red Cross Societies
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1928.

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[Identification of item], League of Red Cross Societies Miscellaneous records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Appendix of Names

  1. Allen, R. F., Major - ARC Aide to Deputy Commissioner to Europe
  2. Apson, Stockton - Acting Secretary General LORCS
  3. Atkins, Alfred - Chief Accountant LORCS
  4. Balfour. M. C. - Public Health LORCS
  5. Bartlett, E. O., Col. - ARC Commissioner for Italy
  6. Bicknell, Ernest P., Col. - ARC Deputy Commissioner for Europe, 1921
  7. Brown, Donald W. - Director of Organization LORCS
  8. Bryson, Lyman, Maj. - ARC Acting Director, Junior Red Cross, LORCS
  9. Centanini - ICRC, Public Information, Xth International Red Cross Conference
  10. Clarke, Walter - Chief Division of Popular Health Instruction
  11. Cutler, Otis H. - Acting Chairman LORCS (for Davison)
  12. Davison, Henry P. - Chairman Bd. of of. LORCS
  13. Drummond, Eric - Secty. Gen. League of Nations
  14. Emerick, J. P., Capt. - LORCS (Finances)
  15. Emerson, Kendall, Dr. - ARC Deputy Commissioner to Europe
  16. Farrand, Livingston, Dr. - Chairman, Executive Committee, ARC
  17. Fitzgerald, Alice - Director, Nursing Dept., LORCS
  18. Henderson, David, Sir, Lt. Gen. - Director, LORCS
  19. Hill, A. R. - Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, ARC
  20. Hill, Dr. A. Ross - Vice Chairman Central Committee in charge of Foreign Operations, ARC
  21. Hill, Sir Claude - Acting Director-General, LORCS
  22. Keppel, F. F. - Director Foreign Operations
  23. Kittredge, T. B.
  24. Knox, Dr. J. H. M., Jr. - Medical Director, ARC
  25. Lakeman, Curtis E. - Assistant to ARC, Commissioner for Europe
  26. Mills, Nelson - Major Director Foreign Accounts, ARC
  27. Olds, Colonel Robert E. - ARC Commissioner to Europe, 1919
  28. Persons, W. Frank - Vice-Chairman; 1. Director of Administration, LORCS, 1919; 2. Executive Committee, ARC - Director of Development, LORCS
  29. Rappard, Wm. E., Dr. - LORCS Secretary General
  30. Rockwell, Foster - Business Manager, LORCS
  31. Ryan, Edward W., Dr. - ARC Commissioner, Western Russia
  32. Saulter, Ernest - Vice President, ICRC
  33. Seidemann, H. P., Maj. - ARC Deputy Comptroller, Foreign Accounts
  34. Sand, Rene, Dr. - Secretary General, LORCS, 1922
  35. Stouch, C. P. - Secretary to H. P. Davison
  36. Strong, R. P., Col. - General Medical Diretor, LORCS
  37. Walling, W. G. - Vice-Chairman, ARC
  38. Stanley, Arthur, Sir - Chairman, British Red Cross

Subjects and Indexing Terms

World War, 1914-1918 -- Civilian relief
International relief

 

Advisory Committee

 

Letters

box 1, folder 1

Davison to Bohney, (Death of Sir David Henderson; appointment of Sir Claude Hill and an Advisory Committee) 1921 August 30

box 1, folder 1

Davison to Bicknell, (Advisory Committee) 1921 August 30

box 1, folder 1

Bicknell to Farrand, (Bicknell's appointment as ARC representative to Advisory Committee) 1921 September 22

box 1, folder 1

Bicknell to Sand, (same) 1921 September 22

box 1, folder 1

Bicknell to Sir Claude Hill 1921 September 23

box 1, folder 1

Sautter to Sir Claude Hill, (LORCS headquarters) 1921 September 27

 

Sir Claude Hill to Stanley, Farrand, Catier

box 1, folder 1

(Conference in Washington, D.C.) 1921 October 12

box 1, folder 1

(Notes for Advisory Committee; proposed budget) 1921 October 13

box 1, folder 1

(Notes pour le Comite Conseil, French translation of the above note) 1921 October 13

box 1, folder 1

(Report on the results of preliminary inquires as to moving the headquarters of the LORCS) 1921 October 14

box 1, folder 1

Sir Claude Hill to Ador (LORCS headquarters)

box 1, folder 1

Sir Claude Hill to Cheneviere, (LORCS headquarters) 1921 September 24

 

American Red Cross Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

 

Cables

box 1, folder 2

Henderson to Davison 1919 June 14

box 1, folder 2

Farrand to Davison 1919 June 16

box 1, folder 2

Farand to Davison 1919 June 30

box 1, folder 2

Morris to Davison, (Promotion of Sir David Henderson) 1919 September 26

box 1, folder 2

Letter - Walling to Olds, (Relationship of ARC to LORCS) 1919 October 8

 

Cables

box 1, folder 2

Bicknell to Farrand 1919 October 21

box 1, folder 2

Olds to Bicknell, (Withdrawal of Chesley from Poland) 1919 October 24

 

Articles of association, by-laws, etc.

 

Proofs

box 1, folder 3

Articles of association

box 1, folder 3

Articles of association (final publication)

box 1, folder 3

Draft of by-laws

box 1, folder 3

Memorandum-(LORCS - purpose, origin, etc., (p.7: "a general council has been called to meet at Geneva, 1920 March 2") 1919 December 22

 

Bicknell, Ernest P., Col., Commissioner for Europe

box 1, folder 4

Letter - Persons to Bicknell 1919 June 24

box 1, folder 4

Memorandum - Bicknell to Richardson, (Red Cross funds for scholarship to Latvian nurse) 1921 September 13

 

Letters

box 1, folder 4

A. R. Hill to Bicknell, (same) 1921

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to A. R. Hill, (ARC appropriations to be expended in Poland and handed to LORCS) 1921 October 21

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to Mills, (Red Cross funds for scholarship to Latvian nurse) 1921 October 24

box 1, folder 4

Waters to Meek, (same) 1921 November 5

box 1, folder 4

Olmsted to Mills, (Red Cross funds for scholarship to Latvian nurse) 1921 November 11

box 1, folder 4

Mills to A. R. Hill, (same) 1921 November 15

box 1, folder 4

Mills to Fletcher, (same) 1921 November 17

box 1, folder 4

A. R. Hill to Bicknell 1921 November 18

box 1, folder 4

Hodges to Bicknell 1921 January 25

box 1, folder 4

Bryson to Bicknell, (Publications on typhus in Cattaro) 1921 February 2

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to Bryson, (same) 1921 February 8

box 1, folder 4

Sand to Bicknell, (Liquidation of various ARC Commissions) 1922 February 23

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to Sand, (same) 1922 February 25

box 1, folder 4

Sand to Bicknell, 1922 March 1 ( New York Times quote: " . . .Red Cross League may face collapse. . .")

box 1, folder 4

Rowe to Bicknell, (Second Council Meeting: proposal for Pan-American Conference) 1922 April 1

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to Sir Claude Hill, (Pan-Am Union, Pan-Am. Conference) 1922 April 11

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to Rowe, (Proposed Pan-Am. Conference) 1922 April 11

box 1, folder 4

Kenny to Bicknell, (same) 1922 April 21

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to Kenny, (Proposal for Pan-American Conference to be held in Washington) 1922 April 25

box 1, folder 4

Kenny to Bicknell, (same) 1922 April 28

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to A. R. Hill, (Attitude of French government toward LORCS) 1922 June 2

box 1, folder 4

Sir Claude Hill to Bicknell, (Miss Olmsted to discuss 3rd International Course for Public Health Nurses) 1922 June 10

box 1, folder 4

Memorandum - Bicknell to A. R. Hill, (Sir Claude Hill on moving of headquarters to Paris) 1922 June 12

 

Letters

box 1, folder 4

Bicknell to Sir Claude Hill, (Miss Nelson's attendance at Conference of Nurses) 1922 June 14

box 1, folder 4

Sir Claude Hill to Bicknell, (same) 1922 June 19

box 1, folder 4

Cable - Bicknell to (?) Hill, ("French Government has taken action necessary enable Licross come Paris") 1922 June 24

 

British Red Cross Society

box 1, folder 5

Memorandum-(H. S. Wells on attitudes of British, French and American Red Cross pertaining to Geneva Conference) 1921 March 8

 

Letters

box 1, folder 5

Lakeman to Stanley, (Geneva Conference) 1921 March 10

box 1, folder 5

Lakeman to Henderson, (same) 1921 March 10

box 1, folder 5

Stanley to Lakeman, (same) 1921 March 12

 

Bryson, Lyman, Division of Junior Red Cross

 

Letters

box 1, folder 6

Bryson to Persons, (Program of JRC in Europe) 1919 October 2

box 1, folder 6

Persons to Bryson 1919 October 10

box 1, folder 6

Persons to Bryson, (Program of JRC in Europe) 1919 November 14

box 1, folder 6

Bryson to Persons 1919 November 18

box 1, folder 6

Persons to Bryson 1919 November 22

box 1, folder 6

Bryson to Persons 1919 December 6

box 1, folder 6

Persons to Bryson 1919 December 19

box 1, folder 6

Bryson to Bicknell, (Funding: Nansen, Ador, Briand) 1921 August 25

box 1, folder 6

Bicknell to Bryson, (Russian famine relief) 1921 August 29

 

Bulgarian Red Cross

box 1, folder 7

Memorandum - Kittredge to Department of Organization, LORCS, (Peace program and attitude toward LORCS) 1921 March 21

 

Cannes Conference 1919

 

Cables 1919

box 1, folder 8

(Incoming cable. Cannes Conference) March 20

box 1, folder 8

(same) March 20

box 1, folder 8

(same) March 21

box 1, folder 8

(same) March 21

box 1, folder 8

(same) March 21

box 1, folder 8

(same) March 21

box 1, folder 8

(same) March 24

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 1

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 3

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 3

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 4

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 4

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 4

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 5

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 7

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 7

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 7

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 8

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 8

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 8

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 8

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 8

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 11

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 14

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 14

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 14

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 14

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 14

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 14

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 14

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 15

box 1, folder 8

(Outgoing cable, Cannes Conference) March 31

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 1

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 1

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 2

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 3

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 3

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 4

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 9

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 12

box 1, folder 8

Newsclipping-(Experts who will confer at Cannes) 1919 March 26

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 8

Bicknell to Strong, (Arrival of dr. Janiszewski) 1919 June 18

box 1, folder 8

Emerick to Olds, (Charges against LORCS appropriation WO-13) 1919 August 22

 

Cables

box 1, folder 8

Henderson to Morris, (IRC Conference) 1921 March 31

 

Centanini to Morris 1921

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 1

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 2

box 1, folder 8

(IRC Exhibition) April 4

box 1, folder 8

(Xth IRC Conference) April 4

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 6

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 7

box 1, folder 8

(same) April 8

box 1, folder 8

("Save the Children Fund" - International Congress) April 11

box 1, folder 9

Clarke, Walter. Report, "Field Work in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Norway. . . ", Letter - Clarke to Burnham, 1922 April 11 (letter of resignation) 1920 October 9.

 

Conference minutes

box 1, folder 10

Relationship of ARC to LORCS

 

1919

box 1, folder 10

(conference minutes) May 28

box 1, folder 10

(same) June 13

box 1, folder 10

(same) August 6

box 1, folder 10

(same) August 12

box 1, folder 10

(same) August 27

box 1, folder 10

(same) October 25

box 1, folder 10

(same) October 27

box 1, folder 10

(same) December 30

 

1920

box 1, folder 10

(same) March 24

box 1, folder 10

(same) April 19

box 1, folder 10

(same) April 28

box 1, folder 11

Cross index folder

 

Donations of materials by the American Red Cross to LORCS 1919

 

Letters, Bridges to Payson

box 1, folder 12

(Total costs of appropriations. With attachment: letter, October 27 to Lewis from Bridges) 1919 October 30

box 1, folder 12

October (Price Advice Sheets from ARC to LORCS)

 

Finances, Miscellaneous 1919

 

Letters

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Stouch, (Stouch's accounts) 1919 March 19

box 1, folder 13

Hunter to Cutler, (Italian Commission - "Red Cross Tuberculosis Commission") 1919 May 28

box 1, folder 13

Memorandum, Campbell to Seidemann 1919 June 5

box 1, folder 13

Campbell to Roberts, (Comptrollership of League) 1919 June 14

box 1, folder 13

Campbell to Lilly 1919 June 21

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Lilly 1919 June 23

box 1, folder 13

Cable - Rockwell to Cutler, (Selling of American dollars) 1919 June 26

box 1, folder 13

Letter - Seidemann to Davison, (Appropriation of WO-13. Attachments all concerned with WO-13) 1919 June 18

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Cutler, (Status of appropriation WO-13) 1919 June 27

box 1, folder 13

Hunter to Olds, (Appropriation WO-13. Attachments all concerned with WO-13. Summary of appropriation WO-13) 1919 June 30

box 1, folder 13

Letter - Mills to Seidemann 1919 June 26

box 1, folder 13

Memorandum - LORCS to All Dept. Heads, (Approval of vouchers) 1919 July 1

 

Letters

box 1, folder 13

LORCS to Seidemann 1919 July 9

box 1, folder 13

Rockwell to Seidemann, (Allowances) 1919 July 11

box 1, folder 13

Rockwell to Seidemann 1919 August 7

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Rockwell 1919 August 19

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Roberts, (Expenses) 1919 August 20

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Assistant Secretary General, (Appropriation system) 1919 August 29

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Comptroller, (Outline for handling cash) 1919 August 29

box 1, folder 13

Secretary General to Heads of Deps., (Payrolls and personnel records) 1919 September 1

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Henderson, (Distribution of general orders) 1919 September 2

box 1, folder 13

Seidemann to Henderson 1919 September 8

box 1, folder 13

Letter - Grove to Seidemann 1919 October 2

 

Financial matters - Nelson Mills

box 1, folder 14

Cable - Farrand to Mills 1920 February 2

box 1, folder 14

Letter - Mills to Lewis 1920 February 5

box 1, folder 14

Cable - Olds to Lewis 1920 February 6

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 14

Mills 1920 February 27

box 1, folder 14

Bobbett to Mills 1920 March 11

box 1, folder 14

Mills, (Memorandum for Staff conference re Roberts) 1920 April 12

 

Cables

box 1, folder 14

Rae to Mills 1920 April 27

box 1, folder 14

Rae, Farrand to Mills 1920 May 27

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 14

Gee to Mills 1920 May 29

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Gee 1920 May 29

 

Letters

box 1, folder 14

Gee to Marjes 1920 June 1

box 1, folder 14

Harjes to Gee 1920 June 7

box 1, folder 14

Gee to Atkins 1920 June 9

box 1, folder 14

Gee to Morgan, Harjes and Co. 1920 June 9

box 1, folder 14

Morgan, Harjes and Co. to Gee 1920 June 14

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Oliver 1920 June 21

 

Cables

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Licross 1920 July 1

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Lewis 1920 July 1

 

Letters

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Roberts 1920 July 3

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Lewis 1920 July 3

box 1, folder 14

Atkins to Mills, (Regarding original funding of LORCS by ARC) 1920 July 5

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Lewis 1920 July 7

box 1, folder 14

Memorandum - Mills to Olds 1920 July 7

box 1, folder 14

Cable - Mills to Lewis 1920 July 7

 

Letters

box 1, folder 14

Lewis to Mills 1921 February 1

box 1, folder 14

Lowrence to Mills 1921 April 11

box 1, folder 14

Brown to Mills, (ARC expenditures on behalf of LORCS) 1921 April 29

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Roberts 1921 May 11

box 1, folder 14

Atkins to Mills 1921 May 13

box 1, folder 14

Lewis to Mills 1921 August 24

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Bicknell, ("Assisting relief operation of League of Red Cross Societies in Poland". Appropriation WO-40) 1921 September 8

box 1, folder 14

Simons to Bicknell 1921 September 14

box 1, folder 14

Letter - Mills to Lewis 1921 September 16

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 14

Simons to Bicknell 1921 September 17

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Simons 1921 September 19

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Bicknell, (Appropriations made by Washington for the LORCS) 1921 September 21

box 1, folder 14

Bicknell to Mills 1921 September 26

box 1, folder 14

Richardson to Mills, (Appropriation for Poland, LORCS) 1921 September 26

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Richardson, (same) 1921 September 28

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Anderson 1921 October 19

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Richardson, ("Child Health Fund" appropriation) 1921 October 19

 

Letters

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Ryan 1921 October 21

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Pratt 1921 October 21

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Richardson 1921 October 25

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Bicknell, (Latvian scholarship) 1921 October 27

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Workman, (same) 1921 October 28

box 1, folder 14

Bicknell to Mills 1921 November 4

 

Cables

box 1, folder 14

Burnham to AMCROSS 1921 November 15

box 1, folder 14

Swift to AMCROSS 1921 November 15

box 1, folder 14

Bicknell to Hill 1921 November 16

box 1, folder 14

Letter - Mills to A. R. Hill 1921 November 17

box 1, folder 14

Cable - Payne to Bicknell 1921 November 25

 

Letters

box 1, folder 14

Mills to Simons, (Appropriation WO-40. Assisting relief operation of LORCS in Poland) 1921 December 1

box 1, folder 14

Mills to LORCS, (Clarke's expense account) 1922 March 22

 

Financial statements

box 1, folder 15

Financial statement of the Committee of Red Cross Societies at the Cannes Headquarters for the period from inauguration to With memorandum from Seidemann to Rockwell on the finances of LORCS dated 1919 May 14 1919 April 30.

box 1, folder 15

Statement of payments made on account. Committee of Red Cross Societies

box 1, folder 15

Personal Ledger. LORCS Statement showing Charges to date in April Account 1921 April

 

Fitzgerald, Alice, Director, Department of Nursing

 

Letters

box 1, folder 16

Fitzgerald, (Pages 4, 5, and 6 of a letter signed by A. Fitzgerald re Polish relief work) 1919 October 17

box 1, folder 16

Fitzgerald to Olds 1920 March 29

box 1, folder 16

Olds to Fitzgerald 1920 April 21

box 1, folder 16

Fitzgerald to Olds, (New duties in Paris in connection with the ARC) 1920 April 23

 

General Council

box 1, folder 17

- LORCS. Resolutions submitted for discussion in the Section on Organization at the Meeting of the General Council 1920 March 1

 

Health Instruction Program for Baltic States

box 1, folder 18

Memorandum, Balfour to Knox, (Report on a popular health instruction program for the Baltic States) 1921 November 11

 

Hill, Claude, Sir, Director General

 

Letters

box 1, folder 19

Emerson to Hill, (Child welfare work. To be linked with the national R. C. societies) 1921 June 10

box 1, folder 19

Hill to Emerson 1921 June 16

box 1, folder 19

Bicknell to Hill 1922 April 27

box 1, folder 19

Bicknell to Hill 1922 June 16

box 1, folder 19

Knox to Hill, (Proposal of "central bureau for the exchange of information from the various fields of activity in which the American Red Cross has been interested and from which, at the present time, all of our American personnel has been withdrawn") 1922 July 6

 

Hoover, Herbert

 

Letters

box 1, folder 20

Persons to Olds, (Feeding of children in the liberated countries in reference to Herbert Hoover's connection with ARC) 1919 July 24

box 1, folder 20

Olds to Persons 1919 August 4

 

International Red Cross, Cooperation with

 

Letters

box 1, folder 21

Keppel to Rappard, (Sir David Henderson's suggestion of using the "International Red Cross as an agency for looking up individuals in enemy countries and possibly forwarding sums of money and small packages") 1919 November 12

box 1, folder 21

Keppel to Rappard 1919 December 13

box 1, folder 21

de Bisping to Rappard 1920 February 7

box 1, folder 21

Rappard to Olds 1920 February 25

 

League of Nations

 

Letters

box 1, folder 22

Henderson to Olds, (Requesting the services of Dr. Kendall Emerson of the ARC for position as medical representative to accompany the League of Nations Mission into Russia) 1920 April 22

box 1, folder 22

Olds to Farrand, (Dr. Kendall Emerson) 1920 April 27

box 1, folder 22

Olds to Henderson, (same) 1920 April 28

box 1, folder 22

Farrand to Olds, (same) 1920 May 19

box 1, folder 22

Drummond to Henderson, (Outcome of LORCS General Council in March 1920: "That upon assurance from the League of nations the food, clothing and transportation will be supplied by Governments, the League of Red Cross Societies shall at once formulate plans for the immediate extension of voluntary relief within the affected districts") 1920 May 31

box 1, folder 22

Article - "Geneva. Capital of the League of Nations"

 

Medical Department. Minutes of meetings 1920 September-December

 

September

box 1, folder 23

2

box 1, folder 23

9

box 1, folder 23

16

box 1, folder 23

23

box 1, folder 23

30

 

October

box 1, folder 23

7

box 1, folder 23

14

box 1, folder 23

22

box 1, folder 23

28

 

November

box 1, folder 23

4

box 1, folder 23

11

box 1, folder 23

18

box 1, folder 23

27

 

December

box 1, folder 23

2

box 1, folder 23

9

box 1, folder 23

16

box 1, folder 23

23

 

Miscellaneous

 

Letters

box 1, folder 24

Drummond to Henderson, ("That upon assurance from the League of Nations food, clothing and transportation will be supplied by Governments, the League of red Cross Societies shall at once formulate plans for the immediate extension of voluntary relief within the affected districts." Resolution passed by the General Council in 1920 March) 1920 May 31

box 1, folder 24

Olds to Henderson, (Request for immediate conference in Paris for funding) 1920 June 7

box 1, folder 24

Cable - Farrand 1920 November 19

box 1, folder 24

Letter - Lakeman to Brown, (Possibility of Hungarian Red Cross joining LORCS) 1921 April 14

 

Cables

box 1, folder 24

Farrand to Pearce 1921 October 21

box 1, folder 24

Farrand to Pearce 1921 October 21

box 1, folder 24

Scot to A. R. Hill, (Davison elected Chairman) 1922 March 28

box 1, folder 24

Map - Countries belonging to the LORCS

box 1, folder 24

Memorandum - Fitzgerald (Recommendations concerning moving LORCS headquarters from Geneva to Paris)

 

Miscellaneous 1919 January-July

 

Letters

box 1, folder 25

Persons to Cutler, (". . . that the League of Red Cross Societies may soon be called upon to deal with a definite proposition from the Supreme Economic Council to undertake a campaign against typhus fever in eastern and southern Europe and to plan for substantial and continuing relief work in that region") 1919 May 20

box 1, folder 25

Persons to Cutler, - Draft of above 1919 May 21

 

Memoranda

box 1, folder 25

Hunter to Cutler 1919 May 28

box 1, folder 25

Barbour to Olds, (Founding of ARC museum and library in Washington) 1919 June 3

box 1, folder 25

Bicknell to Barbour 1919 June 5

box 1, folder 25

Index 1919 June 12

 

Cables

box 1, folder 25

Farrand to Olds, (Eastern European Relief) 1919 June 12

box 1, folder 25

Henderson to Farrand, (same) 1919 June 14

box 1, folder 25

Henderson to Scheitlin, (Appointment of Rappard as Secretary General of the League) 1919 June 28

box 1, folder 25

Memorandum - Olds to Bobbett, (Regarding N. Hapgood, U.S. Minister to Denmark) 1919 July 2

 

Cables

box 1, folder 25

Davison to Henderson, (".....question of policies and relationship between League and individual societies") 1919 July 4

 

Miscellaneous 1919 August-October

 

Cables

box 1, folder 26

Ryan, (Danish Red Cross) 1919 August 5

box 1, folder 26

Bicknell to Ryan, (With an attached note: proposed conference between Soviet Russian Red Cross and allied Red Cross Societies. Donation to Danish Red Cross) 1919 August 6

box 1, folder 26

Letter - Persons to Olds 1919 August 8

box 1, folder 26

Cable - Strong to Davison 1919 August 9

box 1, folder 26

Newsclipping - New York Herald, ("First Red Cross step to stamp out typhus") 1919 August 11

 

Cables

box 1, folder 26

Olds to Scheitlin, (Typhus situation in Poland) 1919 August 11

box 1, folder 26

Olds to AMCROSS (Fund drive)

box 1, folder 26

Memorandum - Payson to Pres. de la Delegation de Paix, de la Republique d'Azerbaid jan 1919 August 14

 

Letters

box 1, folder 26

Rockwell to Bicknell 1919 August 19

box 1, folder 26

Henderson to Bicknell, (Acceptance of contributions from ARC) 1919 August 19

box 1, folder 26

Bicknell to Henderson, (same) 1919 August 21

box 1, folder 26

Letter - Henderson to Bicknell, (Conference minutes re funding) 1919 August 21

 

Cables

box 1, folder 26

Bicknell to Strong 1919 August 22

box 1, folder 26

Strong 1919 August 23

box 1, folder 26

Farrand to Olds, (ARC donation to LORCS) 1919 August 25

box 1, folder 26

Letter - Bicknell to Rockwell 1919 August 25

 

Cables

box 1, folder 26

Bicknell to LICROSS 1919 August 25

box 1, folder 26

Henderson to Davison, (Polish relief work) 1919 September 3

box 1, folder 26

Letter - Henderson to Bicknell, (Repatriation of enemy prisoners of war from Siberia) 1919 September 3

box 1, folder 26

Memorandum - ARC 1919 September 9

 

Letters

box 1, folder 26

Bicknell to Persons, (Polish Red Cross aid to wounded soldiers) 1919 September 20

box 1, folder 26

Persons to Bicknell 1919 September 22

 

Cables

box 1, folder 26

LICROSS 1919 September 22

box 1, folder 26

Payson to AMCROSS 1919 September 26

box 1, folder 26

Letter - Bicknell to Persons 1919 September 29

box 1, folder 26

Cable - Butkiewicz to Olds 1919 October 4

 

Letters

box 1, folder 26

Walling to Olds, (Relationship of the ARC with LORCS) 1919 October 8

box 1, folder 26

Bicknell to Persons 1919 October 11

 

Cables

box 1, folder 26

Bridges to Wells 1919 October 13

box 1, folder 26

Fitzgerald to AMCROSS, (Acceptance of Chief Nurse position for LORCS) 1919 October 14

 

Letters

box 1, folder 26

Strong to Bicknell 1919 October 14

box 1, folder 26

Persons to Bicknell 1919 October 17

box 1, folder 26

Persons to Bicknell 1919 October 17

box 1, folder 26

Memorandum - Wells to Bicknell, (McKee's appointment as Paris representative of LORCS) 1919 October 25

 

Miscellaneous 1919 November-December

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Chesley, (Polish relief work) 1919 November 3

box 2, folder 27

Bicknell to Rappard, (Vienna Committee) 1919 November 5

box 2, folder 27

Memorandum - Cooke-Smith to Payson, (Drugs for the Czecho-Slovak government) 1919 November 5

box 2, folder 27

Cable - Olds to Bicknell, (AMCROSS position in League work in Poland) 1919 November 5

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Cooke-Smith to Persons, (Drugs for Czecho-Slovak government) 1919 November 5

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Allen 1919 November 6

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Bobbett 1919 November 7

box 2, folder 27

Bicknell to Strong 1919 November 7

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 27

box 2, folder 27

Strong to Bicknell 1919 November 28

box 2, folder 27

Rappard to Bicknell 1919 November 28

box 2, folder 27

Keppel to Bicknell, (Relationship of ARC to LORCS) 1919 November 28

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Payson 1919 November 29

box 2, folder 27

Bicknell to Persons 1919 November 29

box 2, folder 27

Press release-(Statement issued by Sir David Henderson on the threat of westward extension of typhus from Poland.) Information on the formation of the LORCS and the relations and effects on national Red Cross societies) 1919 November 30

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Fitzgerald to Olds 1919 December 1

box 2, folder 27

Secretary Bicknell to Persons 1919 December 1

box 2, folder 27

Secretary Bicknell to Pesrons, (LORCS. Statistics of membership in national Red Cross societies) 1919 December 1

box 2, folder 27

Strong to Olds 1919 December 2

box 2, folder 27

Olds to Fitzgerald, (Miss Fitzgerald's departure from the ARC to join LORCS) 1919 December 3

box 2, folder 27

Secretary Bicknell to Rappard 1919 December 4

box 2, folder 27

Memorandum - Payson to Persons, (Drugs for Czecho-Slovakia) 1919 December 5

box 2, folder 27

Letter - Bicknell to Strong, (Decision to turn over "Red Cross Tuberculosis Commission in Italy" records to the League) 1919 December 8

box 2, folder 27

Cable - Olds to Farrand, (Polish relief) 1919 December 8

box 2, folder 27

Memorandum - Payson to Persons 1919 December 8

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Bicknell to Persons 1919 December 9

box 2, folder 27

Bicknell to Persons, (Czecho-Slovakia. Personnel) 1919 December 9

 

Memoranda

box 2, folder 27

McKee to Payson 1919 December 11

box 2, folder 27

Payson to Williams 1919 December 12

box 2, folder 27

Payson to McKee 1919 December 12

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Bicknell 1919 December 12

box 2, folder 27

Strong to Bicknell, (ARC Tuberculosis Commission to Italy) 1919 December 12

 

Memoranda

box 2, folder 27

McKee to Payson 1919 December 12

box 2, folder 27

Payson to McKee 1919 December 13

box 2, folder 27

Payson to Johnson 1919 December 13

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Bicknell 1919 December 15

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Bicknell 1919 December 15

box 2, folder 27

Bicknell to Persons, (Czecho-Slovakia supplies) 1919 December 16

box 2, folder 27

Olds to Persons 1919 December 16

box 2, folder 27

Memorandum - Dupas to Payson 1919 December 16

box 2, folder 27

Letter - Bobbett to Persons 1919 December 17

 

Memoranda

box 2, folder 27

McKee to Payson 1919 December 17

box 2, folder 27

McKee to Payson 1919 December 17

box 2, folder 27

Letter - Bicknell to Persons 1919 December 18

box 2, folder 27

Memorandum - McKee to Payson 1919 December 18

 

Letter - Bicknell to Persons, (Major Thwaite's report on typhus conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina) 1919 December 20

box 2, folder 27

List- 1919 December 20

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Persons to Bobbett 1919 December 22

box 2, folder 27

Bicknell to Persons 1919 December 23

box 2, folder 27

Snow to Emerson, (Social hygiene) 1919 December 23

box 2, folder 27

Lakeman to Olds, (Czecho-Slovakia) 1919 December 23

box 2, folder 27

Memorandum - Keppel to Olds, (Personnel vacancies) 1919 December 23

 

Letters

box 2, folder 27

Lakeman to Bicknell 1919 December 23

box 2, folder 27

Keppel to Olds 1919 December 26

box 2, folder 27

Memorandum - Fitzgerald , (Attached: Outline of two possible schemes for the training of public health nurses: introductory letter to the questionnaire; and the questionnaire) 1919 December 26

box 2, folder 27

Letter - Bicknell to Persons 1919 December 27

 

Memoranda

box 2, folder 27

Payson to Dupas 1919 December 27

box 2, folder 27

Payson to Ivorzcek, (Introducing Mr. H. S. Wells) 1919 December 29

box 2, folder 27

McKee to Payson, (Commissary articles for LORCS) 1919 December 29

box 2, folder 27

Payson to McKee, (Prices on commissary supplies) 1919 December 30

box 2, folder 28

News Sheet-(issued by the Department of Information and Publication, LORCS) 1920 March 6

 

Paget, Muriel, Lady - Missions

 

Letters

box 2, folder 29

Lakeman to Olds, (Paget's Missions in Eastern Europe to be placed under general direction of League) 1920 April

box 2, folder 29

Olds to Lakeman, (same) 1920 April 30

box 2, folder 29

Emerson to Brown, (Lady Muriel Paget's Missions) 1920 December 3

box 2, folder 29

Mills to Gielgud, (same) 1921 March 15

box 2, folder 29

Pitt to Ryan, (Paget's child welfare work in the Baltic Provinces) 1921 June 11

 

Paris Office

 

Memoranda

box 2, folder 30

Allen to Olds, (Discontinuation of use of Paris Office) 1920 April 20

box 2, folder 30

Allen to Williams, (Paris office discontinued as of 1920 April 30) 1920 May 4

box 2, folder 31

Frank W. Persons. Report, (Draft and final copy of report on health conditions in general, in Poland, the Ukraine, Russia, Austria, Romania, Serbia, Czecho-Slovakia, the Baltic States, Hungary, Montenegro, and Albania) 1920 March 24

 

Poland

 

Letters

box 2, folder 32

Henderson to ARC, (Report of the Medical Commission of LORCS sent to Poland. Attached: Bulletin of LORCS - proofs) 1919 October 7

box 2, folder 32

Mills to Yowell, ($400,000 appropriation for expenditures in Poland) 1920 April 27

box 2, folder 32

Memorandum - Yowell to Mills, (Remittance for LORCS - Poland) 1920 June 21

box 2, folder 32

Letter - Yowell to Mills, (Funds from LORCS - Poland) 1920 September 13

box 2, folder 32

Memorandum - Mills to Murphy, (Shipments 1, 11, and 13) 1921 January 14

box 2, folder 32

Cable - Brown to Barge 1921 February 21

 

Letters

box 2, folder 32

Mills to Wells, (Shipment 1, 11, and 13) 1921 February 25

box 2, folder 32

Allen to Taylor, (Appropriations) 1921 September 24

 

"Pour l'Enfance et la Famille par l'Aide Sociale" (a summary report). Suite de la Fondation de la Croix-Rouge Americaine dans le 19ieme Arrondissement

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Hereford to Bicknell 1919 November 10

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons, (Alfred Kammermann and a plan for the care of war orphans) 1919 November 10

box 2, folder 33

Rappard to Bicknell 1919 November 10

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons, (ARC contribution of $500,000.00 to LORCS for typhus work) 1919 November 11

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons 1919 November 11

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Payson, (Drugs for the Czecho-Slovak government) 1919 November 11

box 2, folder 33

Cables-(ARC relations with the League. Incoming and outgoing cables - Washington) 1919 November 11

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell, (Romanian Red Cross requests for assistance) 1919 November 12

box 2, folder 33

Strong to Bicknell, (Compensations of ARC nurses sent to Poland) 1919 November 13

box 2, folder 33

Strong to Bicknell 1919 November 13

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Rappard 1919 November 13

box 2, folder 33

Memorandum - Allen to Pedlow 1919 November 13

box 2, folder 33

Cable - Olds to Bicknell, ("..It is agreed in principle that for as possible program of League to be based upon report its commission to Poland and cables Licross to Davison, shall be supported by extension Amcross operation under general supervision League.") 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Letter - Bicknell to Hereford 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Memorandum - Allen to LORCS 1919 November 14

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons, (Romanian Red Cross) 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell, (Appropriations) 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Memorandum - Payson to Corbin, (Request for requisition - drugs for Czecho-Slovakia) 1919 November 14

box 2, folder 33

Cable - Bicknell to Olds 1919 November 15

box 2, folder 33

Letter - Bartlett to Strong 1919 November 16

 

Cables

box 2, folder 33

Farrand to Bicknell 1919 November 17

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Farrand, ("concerning League Commissioner. Most important immediate action is to select him and get him to Poland.") 1919 November 18

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Payson to Persons, (Drugs for Czecho-Slovakia) 1919 November 18

box 2, folder 33

Rappard to Bicknell 1919 November 18

box 2, folder 33

Memorandum - Allen to LORCS, (Relief for American citizens in Europe) 1919 November 19

box 2, folder 33

Letter - Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 19

box 2, folder 33

Cable - Persons, (Proposal of Shaw as Commissioner) 1919 November 20

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 20

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Strong 1919 November 20

box 2, folder 33

Cable - Bicknell to Persons 1919 November 20

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 21

box 2, folder 33

Strong to Bicknell, (Polish relief) 1919 November 21

box 2, folder 33

Bicknell to Persons 1919 November 22

box 2, folder 33

Cable - Farrand, (Proposal of Shaw as Commissioner) 1919 November 24

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Strong to Olds 1919 November 24

box 2, folder 33

Strong to Waldron 1919 November 24

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 24

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 24

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Payson, (Drugs for Czecho-Slovakia) 1919 November 25

box 2, folder 33

Memorandum - Payson to Persons, (same) 1919 November 26

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell 1919 November 26

box 2, folder 33

Persons to Bicknell, (Poland) 1919 November 27

box 2, folder 33

Joly to Strong 1920 March 1

box 2, folder 33

Rappard to Olds 1920 April 13

box 2, folder 33

Memorandum - Olds to Todd 1920 April 15

 

Letters

box 2, folder 33

Bojesen to Rappard 1920 April 27

box 2, folder 33

Rappard to Bojesen 1920 May 3

 

Preliminary League material

box 2, folder 34

Clipping - Journal de Geneve, (?) ("La Croix Rouge de la Paix") 1918

box 2, folder 34

Speech - Davison, (an address by Henry P. Davison, chairman, Committee of Red Cross Societies (on the proposals of that Committee for a broader peacetime organization of the International Red Cross) 1919 February 21

 

Publications

box 2, folder 35

Bulletin -(Bulletin of the LORCS) 1919 May 15

box 2, folder 35

Pamphlet-1920 April ( Building Up a Red Cross Society)

box 2, folder 35

Information bulletin-1921 March 7 ( L'Unite de commandement dans la lutte contre la souffrance en Europe: La Ligue des Societes de la Croix-Rouge en accepte la responsabilite )

box 2, folder 35

New items-1922 February 1 ("The following items, collected by the League of Red Cross Societies, are transmitted to those societies by way of supplement to the information and news published under the title of "The Peace Work of the Red Cross" in the January issue of Vers la Sante)

 

Circulars

box 2, folder 35

1922 February 17 ("The following notes are issued by the League of Red Cross Societies for the information of member societies and they are to be considered as supplementary to the notes published in the January edition of The World's Health, under the title "Red Cross in Peace")

box 2, folder 35

(same as above except the notes are supplementary to those published in the February edition) 1922 March 6

box 2, folder 35

No. (same as above, except the notes are supplementary to those published in the March edition) 3 1922 March 22

box 2, folder 35

No. (same as above, except the notes are supplementary to those published in the May edition) 5 1922 May

box 2, folder 35

Supplement to No. 5, 1922 May 13 ( Junior Red Cross Bulletin)

box 2, folder 35

Letter - Sand to Bicknell, (Information supplement) 1922 June 23

 

Publicity

box 2, folder 36

News release - W. Wilson to Davison, ("Permit me to congratulate you and your associates representing the Red Cross Societies of the United States, Great Britain, France, Italy and Japan upon the formation of the League of Red Cross Societies designed to unite the Red Cross societies of the world in active cooperation against the miseries which arise from disease and disaster) 1919 May 13

box 2, folder 36

Letter - Scarborough to Emerson, (Securing non-scientific publicity for the LORCS) 1920 April 14

 

Ryan, Edward W., Dr., American Red Cross Commissioner for Western Russia

 

Letters

box 2, folder 37

Ryan to Brown, (Funds for Russia) 1920 January 5

box 2, folder 37

Brown to Ryan, Soviet Relief Committee. Joint Distribution Committee - an American Jewish organization 1920 December 24.

box 2, folder 37

Ryan to Brown, (same) 1920 January 17

box 2, folder 37

Brown to Ryan, (same) 1921 January 26

box 2, folder 37

Ryan to Brown 1921 February 1

box 2, folder 37

Bicknell to Ryan, (League Personnel) 1921 October 25

box 2, folder 37

Gielgud to Ryan, (Scheduled visit to Scandinavia, the Baltic States, and Poland) 1922 May 17

box 2, folder 37

Ryan to Olmsted, (International Public Health Nursing courses) 1922 June 7

 

Supreme Economic Council

 

Memoranda

box 2, folder 38

Supreme Economic Council

box 2, folder 38

(Health conditions in southern and Eastern Europe) 1919 May 26

box 2, folder 38

Cable - Hereford to Mumford, (Request for founder members and newly invited members to join in the battle against typhus in Eastern and Southeastern Europe) 1919 May 29

box 2, folder 38

Memorandum-(meeting with the Economic Council 1919 May 30

box 2, folder 38

Letter - Rappard to Thompson, (typhus conditions in Russia) 1920 March 13

 

Swiss Commission. Tuberculosis Relief. American Red Cross

 

Letters

box 2, folder 39

Mills to Roberts, (Final liquidation of tuberculosis activities in Berne) 1920 June 7

box 2, folder 39

Roberts to Mills, (Commission Centrale Suisse) 1920 June 12

box 2, folder 39

Voucher - Lutz(?) to Mills, (Fund for Commission Centrale Suisse) 1920 June 14

 

Letters

box 2, folder 39

Roberts to Mills, (Audit Commission Centrale Suisse) 1920 July 5

box 2, folder 39

Brown to Mills 1920 July 17

box 2, folder 39

Mills to Brown, (Swiss Commission's Tuberculosis Relief Fund) 1920 July 20

 

Memoranda

box 2, folder 39

Mills to Olds, (same) 1920 July 26

box 2, folder 39

Olds to Mills, (donation to the LORCS) 1920 July 27

 

Letters

box 2, folder 39

Mills to Brown, (same) 1920 July 29

box 2, folder 39

Brown to Mills, (same) 1920 August 3

box 2, folder 39

Mills to Roberts, (Swiss Commission Tuberculosis Relief) 1920 August 7

 

Transportation Department (Danzig)

box 2, folder 40

Letter - Brown to Lakeman 1921 May 7