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Three Efforts of Contemporary Russia to break through Current Abstractions, August 1918

Addams comments on the Russian Revolution and Russian Civil War, and the influences of Tolstoy on both.

Communism Military Onsite Politics Revolution Russia Soviet Union World War I Writings

Relief for Russian Women and Children, 1920

A pamphlet describing relief efforts in Russia and list of officers.

Children Peace Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Frida Perlen to the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Office, January 1920

Perlen and the German Section ask the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to raise a protest against the world blockade of the Soviet Union.

Food Shortages Peace Requests Soviet Union

Emily Greene Balch to Jane Addams, March 2, 1920

Balch forwards Addams a letter regarding conflict in Soviet-Russia, despite the rapidly changing situation and there being little that the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom can accomplish.

International Affairs League of Nations Russia Soviet Union

Emily Greene Balch to Bainbridge Colby, March 12, 1920

Balch asks Colby for clarification of the American policy towards prisoners of war in Siberia.

Peace Prisoners of War Soviet Union United States

Oswald Garrison Villard to Jane Addams, March 15, 1920

Villard writes to Addams regarding Siberian prisoners of war and German food conditions.

Peace Prisoners of War Soviet Union

Lida Gustava Heymann to Emily Greene Balch, March 16, 1920

Heymann sends Balch a request to send a Women's International League for Peace and Freedom commission of three to Russia and the Ukraine to investigate conditions.

Peace Soviet Union Ukraine

Yury Vladimirovich Lomonosoff to Raïssa Rosen Lomonosoff, March 20, 1920

Lomonosoff writes to his wife about his health and asks her to give Addams an appeal to aid Russian children.

Health Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

Appeal from the Russian Patriarch, May 1920

The Russian Patriarch, Tikhon, pleads with the American people to help feed their children.

Food Shortages Relief Efforts Requests Soviet Union

Livingston Farrand to Bertalan Barna, May 6, 1920

Farrand tells Barna how limited the American Red Cross is in regard to the prisoners of war in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Jane Addams to Wilbur Kelsey Thomas, May 13, 1920

Addams asks Thomas about Russian relief to the British Friends Service Committee through the American Friends.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Patrick James Gratten Mythen to Jane Addams, May 13, 1920

Abbott Patrick sends Addams an appeal by the Patriarch of the Russian Orthodox Church to organize relief for Russian children.

Relief Efforts Religion Soviet Union

Review of Russian-American Relations, ca. June 1920 (excerpt)

A review of the League of Free Nations Association's publication on Russian-American relations.

Foreign Policy International Affairs Soviet Union United States

Alice Kauser to Jane Addams, June 5, 1920

Kauser updates Addams on difficulties in raising funds for prisoners of war in Siberia.

Prisoners of War Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Litmus Papers of the Acid Test, June 5, 1920 (excerpt)

White praises Russian-American Relations as a means of encouraging open diplomacy.

Foreign Policy International Affairs Soviet Union United States

Review of Russian-American Relations, June 5, 1920 (excerpt)

The Globe praises Russian-American Relations as a way to foster understanding between the countries.

International Affairs Soviet Union

Our Russian Policy, June 5, 1920 (excerpt)

Hapgood praises Russian-American Relations as a boon to newspapermen.

Foreign Policy International Affairs Soviet Union

Nonpartisan Light on Russia, June 6, 1920 (excerpt)

The Tribune praises Russian-American Relations as a valuable contribution to understanding the Russian situation.

Foreign Policy International Affairs Soviet Union

Our Undeclared War, June 16, 1920 (excerpt)

Berle praises Russian-American Relations for revealing the way American foreign affairs are conducted.

Foreign Policy International Affairs Soviet Union

Jane Addams to James Grover McDonald, June 21, 1920

Addams sends McDonald information about potential supporters for the League of Free Nations Association's petition to send aid to the Soviet Union.

Philanthropy Politics Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Paul Underwood Kellogg to Jane Addams, August 12, 1920

Kellogg updates Addams on efforts to reform the Russian Committee of the League of Free Nations Association.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Wilbur Kelsey Thomas to Jane Addams, September 18, 1920

Thomas tells Addams they need contributions for Russian relief now that supplies can be sent.

Relief Efforts Soviet Union

Christina Merriman to Jane Addams, October 13, 1920

Merriman asks Addams about efforts to secure an American tour for Robert Cecil in support of the League of Nations and American foreign policy in the Soviet Union.

League of Nations Peace Relief Efforts Soviet Union