IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 RUSSIAN REFUGEES RELIEF ASSOCIATION
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: Russian Refugees Relief Association
Date(s): 1933-1969
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 16 boxes
Name of creator(s): Russian Refugees Relief Association
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Russian Refugees Relief Association was set up in 1946 to care for people forced to leave Russia and eastern Europe by the spread of Communism. As well as supporting refugees in the UK, the RRRA provided food parcels and other aid to Russians in Germany and Europe. The organisation generally acted to promote Russian issues and provide a service to those trying to locate family and friends. As the refugees in Britain became elderly, the Association purchased two houses in Earls Court, London, as hostels. They also provided a Russian language library. As its income gradually decreased, the Association's work was gradually superceded by other agencies, and it was wound up in 1968. Its assets were passed on to the Russian Benevolent Society.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Russian Refugees Relief Association, 1933-1969, including minutes of Officers Meetings, 1948-1956, and the Executive Committee, 1946-1968; papers of Annual General meetings, 1948-1969, including balance sheets, accounts, correspondence and Secretary's reports; financial material, 1947-1969, comprising balance sheets, ledgers, journals, cash books, petty cash books, wage books and bank statements; information on membership and refugees, 1947-1963, including membership and subscription lists, lists of inhabitants of the refugee hostels, and correspondence concerning medical regulations and donations; general correspondence, 1948-1965, with other Russian relief organisations, German refugee camps, the Home Office, London County Council, the British Council for Aid to Refugees, members and supports of the Association, and people searching for relatives, as well as financial and legal correspondence concerning administrative matters; miscellaneous material, 1933-1966, including legal papers concerning the hostels, personal notebooks and financial material, and manuscript notes in Russian on the history of the Association.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Russian and English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in sections as outlined in the Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright unknown. Most documents may be photocopied.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Printed handlist and on-line catalogue available.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Deposited by Thomson Quarrell, solicitors, via the British Records Association, in 1993.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2001