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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Wolf Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 WOL

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Wolf Collection

Date(s): 1911-1928

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Wolf | Lucien | 1857-1930 | journalist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Lucien Wolf (1857-1930) was the British born son of Bohemian Jewish refugees. He had a career as journalist and diplomat for the Jewish cause. He wrote for a number of publications in the Jewish and national press. He was an early exponent of Anglo-Jewish history. Between 1912-1914 he was the editor of "Darkest Russia: a weekly record of the struggle for freedom". This was a propaganda paper directed against the Russian Government and concerned particularly with Jewish rights. As well as reporting on international affairs, Wolf had an advisory role as he had many diplomatic contacts. He was a leading member of the Conjoint Foreign Committee of British Jews. He was an exponent of the Balfour declaration of 1917 and a co-architect of the Minorities Treaties after the First World War which set the framework for the rights of European Jewry.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence relating to Lucien Wolf's editorship of "Darkest Russia" , 1911-1928. The correspondence is concerned with the financing, circulation and influence of the paper as well as to the gathering of articles; correspondence, pamphlets and press cuttings relating to the murder of the imperial family. This correspondence is concerned principally with the issue of the involvement of Jews in the murder and includes letters between Wolf and Reuben Blank and the British Government.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Russian

System of arrangement:

1 box

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

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ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

University College London holds an extensive collection of Wolf papers (REF GB 0103 WOLF).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact The Library, School of Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, University College London, Senate House Malet Street, London, WC1E 7HU.

Date(s) of descriptions: Revised Jan 2003


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Editors | Communication personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Journalists | Communication personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Newspapers | Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Russian history | European history | National history

Personal names
Wolf | Lucien | 1857-1930 | journalist

Corporate names
Darkest Russia | magazine

Places
Russia | Eastern Europe
Crimea x Krym