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Withdrawal and liquidation
Correspondence
General
European offices
Personnel file. Correspondence related to tours of Russia
Reports
General
Field conditions
General - "Moscow's Weekly Letter" 1922
Finance
General
General
Soviet Union
Food packages
Negotiations
General
General
Groups in the Soviet Union appealling for aid
Artists
Disabled, deaf children - "Vera" project
Correspondence
Educators
Teachers
Individuals in the Soviet Union appealling for aid
General - Offers of aid
Groups and government agencies
General
Pending
United States. Congress - Appropriations
Women's Clubs
Individuals
General
Russian Famine Relief, Immigration and Evacuation File 1921 -1923
General
Requests for information and aid for immigration to the United States
Repatriation of American citizens
Individual dossiers
Inquiries - Dropped
Russian refugees in Constantinople
General
Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Fund
General
League of Nations
Evacuation file
United States
Reports
Russian Famine Relief, Inquiries File 1921 -1923
General
Inquiries from residents of the United States regarding individuals in the Soviet Union
Aid
General
Clothing
Food
Missing persons
General
Money transfer
Russian Famine Relief, Medical Service File 1921 -1923
General
Correspondence
Reports
General
Subject file
Personnel
Applications
Doctors
General
Correspondence
American Red Cross
General. Includes correspondence, reports, accounts, and listings of shipments of medical supplies related to the Red Cross
1921
1922
Appropriation of $3,000,000
Reports
General
1921
1922
Requisitions
United States. Army - Surplus
General. Correspondence
New York Office
London
Delivery of goods
Inspection and shipment
Depots
United States
General
Clippings, daily news summaries and abstracts. Includes English translations of foreign press
Baltic
General 1921
English
Daily news summary
1922
Jewish
General
Russian
General
General
Russian Information and Review
Russian, Baltic and Polish
Press releases
Reporters file
Press file
General
Slonim, S.
Correspondence
Staff reports and correspondence
Suggestions
Russian Famine Relief, Organizations Other than ARA File 1921 -1923
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
Development of policy in Belorussia and the Ukraine
1922
Distribution of relief
Finances
Credits
General
Office of Frank C. Page. Correspondence and reports
Personnel
Famine Funds
Friends of Soviet Russia
Mennonites
Distribution of relief
Personnel
National Lutheran Council
Distribution of relief
Food
Finance - credits
Volga Relief Society
General
Regional offices
Lincoln (Central States Volga Relief Society)
1922
Portland
1922
International Committee of Young Men's Christian Associations
Credits
Clothing
Correspondence
Financial records
Reports
Sales file
Organization and operation file
General
Reports
Packing lists
Personnel file. Includes material re clothing and food distribution
General
Publicity file
Requisitions file
Subject file
United States. Army - Surplus
Food
General
Complaints
General
Distribution
Delivery
Donors
Groups
Individuals
Finances
Sales
General
Daily reports
1922
Prices
Procedure for purchase of packages
General
Publicity
Recipients
Groups
General
Correspondence
Universities and colleges
Shipping lists
Subject file
Conferences
Gold
General
Soviet Union
Agriculture
Conditions
Government
Propaganda
United States. Navy - Assistance in ARA mission
General
Railroads
General
Equipment manufacturers
Shipping
Ports
General
Facilities
Soviet Union
Shippers
London Office, Russia File 1919-1923
General
General. Documents and correspondence discussing the need for relief operations in Russia and the layout of different areas each agency is responsible for to ensure a successful operation. These areas of responsibility include cooperation with the Russian government in funding, labor, and other administrative policies. Includes letters of appeal for help, a written report by A. I. Ward entitled "Relief Work with the Russian Northwestern Government by the American Relief Administration," list of prominent people in Russia, one pamphlet entitled The Russian Economist: Journal of the Russian Economic Association , remarks made by senator Brookhart at an ARA luncheon, one organizational chart of the Russian unit, and a report entitled "The Russian National Union Address to the Members of the League of Nations"
Correspondence
Confidential letters. Includes confidential letters and telegrams about increases on allowances, salaries, compensation, investigations on personnel behaviors and conducts, terminating and reinstating personnel, personal letters, special favors, personnel grievances, and other matters related to personnel disputes and assignments
Progress reports, Correspondence providing the latest status of the Russian operation. Includes statistical records of the ARA achievement in one year, circular letters, memoranda of current reports on district conditions and statistical data, estimated number of children and adults fed in Russia by international and European relief organizations, and statements showing child and adult allocations and figures of performance 1921 August-1923 June.
Accounting, Includes instructions and guidelines on handling account discrepancies, record keeping of supplies received and distributed, cash reports and travel expenses, surety bonds, subsistence allowances and accounts, methods of handling claims, invoice reports, Soviet ruble expenditures; drafts on general procedure for the liquidation of the Russian Unit, balance sheets for financial and commodity operations, and memorandum on Congressional appropriation 1921 October-1923 May.
Clothing
General. Correspondence relating to the establishment of the clothing remittance scheme similar to the food remittance scheme as a form of relief for Russia. Includes telegrams about the delivery of clothing, some sample fabrics to show quality and how they can be used, and proposals to ship to Russia half of the stockings from Poland, Austria, Hungary, and the Baltic States
Clothing remittance program, Includes reports of sales summary and the status of the program from the Russian Clothing Remmittance Department, correspondence about purchases and values of textile materials, lists of content in clothing packages, and agreement of clothing remittance, and other materials related to the development of the program 1921 March-1923 May.
Corn, August. Correspondence about the distribution of corn for the purpose of feeding the railway personnel and the agreement on turning over the grain to the Soviet Railway authorities for distribution to the workmen to ensure the movement of food supplies to famine areas in an efficient manner 1922 March-
Crimea, Reports and correspondence regarding the Crimean government's proposal to use gold and gold coins as a form of payment for grain purchases from the United States. Includes material relating to the negotiations between the ARA and the Crimean authorities about using a third party for the changing hand of gold and grain shipments without directly involving the ARA 1921-1922.
Crops, Includes tables, some statistics on sowing, estimated figures on relief needs and plans for meeting them, memoranda on the Russian crop situation based on all types of grains and cereals, and correspondence regarding the aid of foreign organizations in combatting 1921 August-1923 June.
Economic and political conditions, 1921 August-1923 June. Includes typescripts of articles published in the Economist about the new economic policy in Russia, news summaries on relief work in Russia, translations of speeches by the Soviet Commissar of Foreign Affairs, a draft of the state budget for balance sheets of the banks and credit societies; a document entitled "The Legal Conditions for the Operation of Foreign Capital in Russia," and correspondence reporting political activities such as the execution of members of the old Famine Relief Committee and the anti-Soviet uprising in Petrograd 1922/1923,
European Relief Council, Correspondence mainly between the London Office, New York Office, and the Russian Unit discussing issues relating to relief activities of religious organization in Russia such as the Quakers, Mennonites, and Lutherans. Includes letters of introduction of Quakers personnel, inquiries about passport policy for non ARA relief workers, and reports on illegal religious activities by various religious groups 1921 August-1922 April.
Finances, Correspondence regarding accounts paid out and general financial matters of the relief operations such as currency exchanges, receipts, and payments to the London Office. Includes reports from the ARA to the President of the U.S. on the Congressional appropriation, instructions on handling subsistence accounts and credits opened to affiliated organizations, outlines of a bookkeeping system for salary and subsistence accounts, letters of request for financial and reimbursement statements, and inquiries of cash transactions 1921 October-1923 April.
Food
Draft service, Established to provide American food to individuals and groups in Russia. Includes the Food Draft Agreement with the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic that food drafts be sold outside of Russia and the beneficiaries in Russia receive food packages at designated ARA warehouses upon presentation of sufficient documents, memoranda on procedures to handle food remittances for the New York Office and European offices, price sheets for average cost on different commodities, samples of application form, reports on distribution of sales according to delivery points in Russia, summaries of application sales, bulk sales, and Eurelcon sales, and statistics showing distribution according to delivery districts in Russia 1921-1923.
General
Bulk sales. Correspondence concerning procedural matters in handling large quantity of food remittance sales to organizations and committees
Movements and routes, Mostly telegrams regarding shipments of foods, sailing itineraries, and ports availability for unloading goods 1921-1922.
Packages, Correspondence noting local advertisements and publicity for the food remittance program and concerns of closure for the Russian food and clothing remittance program. Includes one map of Russia outlining the parts of Russia where ARA can deliver food packages, lists of outstanding remittances, list of food contents and substitute items when regular commodity not available, publicity materials, addresses of the ARA food remittance stations, statements on the condition of food remittance deliveries, and sketches of food remittance districts 1921-1923.
1922
Remittances, Correspondence by both beneficiaries and donors inquiring about delivery status of food remittances and reports of lost food packages and parcels. Include lists and reports of pending delivery food remittances, statistical figures for monthly food draft sales, and letters of appreciation from recipients 1921-1923.
1922
Sales, Correspondence inquiring about the status of the food draft sales to various organizations. Include price lists for food and commodities, letters of request for refunds, inquiries about delivery status, reports of sale transactions and other accounting matters 1921-1923.
Medical file
General correspondence, Correspondence requesting more purchases of medical supplies such as vaccines and first aid medicine and requesting that medical personnel handle and inspect medical supplies. Includes draft agreement between the ARA and the Russian Zemstvos and Towns committees regarding the organization of the supply of medicine chests for household use to Russia, medical personnel; an executive order relating to the transfer of medical supplies from government departments to the ARA; memoranda on accounting procedures for medical supplies, and a map outlining the number of epidemic diseases in Russia by cities 1921-1923.
Reports, Reports submitted by the medical units summarizing the various activities of the medical division. Includes photographs of the medical department, a map showing monthly medical relief work in all districts, a graph showing the growth of the ARA medical program from 1921-1922, and monthly medical and sanitary reports broken down by districts 1921-1923.
Policy, Correspondence providing the general lay out of the Russian relief operation policies. Includes guidelines for districts managers and supervisors in administrative matters, minutes of conference of district supervisors at Moscow headquarters office, and other confidential correspondence relating to the policy making of the relief operation 1921-1923.
Ports, shipments, and storage, Correspondence reporting on the progress of requesting permission from local authorities to use ports and negotiating port usage in different cities for discharge of relief cargoes. Includes letters requesting information on facilities for discharging bulk grain at Constantinople and other available ports for handling ships with grain heading for the Volga regions, memoranda on inspection of Finish ports, pamphlets containing information on the Free Port of Hango, reports on port inspection, and one sketch of the harbor 1921-1923.
Programs, Correspondence about establishing a feeding program for adults in the famine areas funded by the Congressional appropriation and a general plan to accomplish the adult corn program. Include monthly allocation schedules for adult corn ration within the districts, memoranda on the outline of liquidation procedure program expansion, letters of inquiries about the general resume of programs, food supply position for the feeding, transport of the whole Russian operation, and the latest development of the adult feeding program weekly menu 1921-1923.
Publicity file
General, Includes translations of newspaper clippings, copies of editorials, copies of excerpts of interviews, policy for publicity matters, a letter from Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover (Chairman of ARA) to President Harding on the general status of the effort to relieve the Russian famine 1921 -1923.
Press file
Purchases, Correspondence mainly about the purchasing of foodstuffs with Soviet gold and converting the gold in the U.S. to U.S. currency to purchase and ship food and seed supplies. Includes letters of credit, agreement covering the purchase of food supplies and seed in America by the ARA for the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and summary of receipts and expenditures at Danzig on behalf of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 1921-1923.
Relief
General relief
History and policy. Correspondence regarding recommendations from all district supervisors of all phases of the Russian operation and decisions on the continuation of the operation in Russia. Include minutes of conference of district supervisors at Moscow, agreement with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee regarding operations in the Ukraine and White Russia, and circular letter to all district supervisors on the updates in policy
International relief, Correspondence about the establishment of the International Russian Famine Relief Commission, which consists of representatives from various governments, various associations, and Red Cross societies to provide relief for the Russian famine. Includes guidelines to coordinate the work of these different national associations, assign work to each association within its resources, and provide a specific number of children or adults each association would guarantee in subsistence until the next harvest, the date they could undertake actual relief, and the financial resources of such associations available for this purpose 1921 July-1922 September.
International Russian Famine Relief Commission, Proceeding of the Riga conference that recognizes the extent of the disaster in Russia and agrees to establish a relief program through a joint effort of various organizations working on a strictly humanitarian basis and in agreement with the Russian government. Includes lists of names of delegates and representatives from each organization and minutes of meetings of conferences 1921-1923.
Repatriation, Correspondence requesting the assistance of ARA offices to locate missing family members and search for the whereabouts of relatives and families. Includes letters asking for permission to immediately get family members of Russian citizens out of Russia and concerning other immigration issues 1921-1923.
Student feeding and common wealth funds, Correspondence on the appeal for funds to help imprisoned ecclesiastics, intellectuals, and scientists expelled from Russia, and professors and students of the Superior Feminine Theological Institute of Kiev 1921-1923.
Supplies, Correspondence regarding the availability of food supplies. Include statements of estimated food requirements for children and adult soup kitchens and some statistical reports 1921-1923.
Transportation
Internal shipments, November. Correspondence reports on transportation issues in shipping and transporting foodstuffs into Russia using local ports and railways in Warsaw and Riga. Includes summary covering arrivals discharge evacuation and figures given for each port and daily averages delivery of wheat and corns 1922 March-
Motors, Correspondence requesting purchases of replacement automobile parts and equipment. Includes list of prices for trucks, lists of vehicles purchased, inventory of automobiles and parts availability, and purchase orders for spare parts 1921 August-1922 October.
Ukraine
General, Correspondence discussing the need for a relief program in the Ukraine. Includes one map of Ukraine showing famine areas and minutes of meeting between representatives of the ARA and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee about medical relief and total amount of medical supplies delivered to Ukraine and White Russia 1921-1922.
Federation of Ukrainian Jews, Correspondence inquiring about the status of food distribution and delivery of food parcels. Includes some blank questionaire forms for beneficiaries, a pamphlet on the food remittances to Russia agreement, and some news clippings 1922-1923.
White Russia, Correspondence provides various data to support the needs for relief in the districts east of the armistice line. Includes an prized winning essay entitled "A Plan for the Organization of American Relief Administration Child Feeding System in Russia" by Johann Aichinger, a proposal stating specific objectives of the role of ARA in relief work in White Russia and the Ukraine east of the Curzon line reports from three German Socialists who have been in Russia about the political condition and upheaval in Russia, three reports from Maurice Pate on his trip to Minsk, a memorandum on openings for relief work by the American Friends Service in Russia, and some regulations of the Jewish United Committee for the relief of pogrom sufferers 1920-1921.
From Paris office countries file
Paris Office, Russia File 1918-1926
Correspondence
1919
Memoranda
Reports
1919
Subject file
Children's relief operations
General
Kouban Mission
Correspondence
Memoranda
Telegrams
1919
Oversize drawings
Letters
Cities and regions
Crimea
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