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Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's mother while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Had planned to leave for home within the week, but might be delayed by an urgent situation. Discusses getting the President of the local Soviet fired and local officials' resistance to his firing; hopes for a more competent replacement.
Date:
1922-09-06
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Title:
Beulah Hurley Waring letter to Achsah L. Hurley and William W. Hurley
Description:
Written to Waring's parents while Waring was in Russia as a relief worker. Describes her leisure time in Moscow during May Day festivities. Recounts army reviews in the Red Square, where Trotsky commended their efforts and successes, followed by groups of factory workers, clubs, Cossacks, Anarchists, and Communists. Reassures her parents about disease and details her recovery from typhus. Discusses the Bolshevik government in a positive tone, international politics, and false western media coverage of events in Russia. Discusses attending an Orthodox church service, visiting art galleries, the Berlin-Moscow aero service, Russian horses and horse harnesses, and her belief in telepathy. See mc1225_02_01_34 for a condensed typed version.
Date:
1922-05-01
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College
Francis R. Bacon letter to Beulah Hurley Waring
Title:
Francis R. Bacon letter to Beulah Hurley Waring
Description:
Passes on unfavorable reports of the Soviet government's intentions from Dr. Thomas H. Dickenson, a Quaker who had been traveling in Russia. Expresses anxieties over the fate of A.R.A. famine relief work if its head Herbert Hoover should be convinced of the Soviet regime's unsoundness.
Date:
1922-01-10
Collection:
Beulah Hurley Waring papers, In Her Own Right, Haverford College