USSR 1952

Reference No:
U DX347/1
Dates:
1952
Description:

Album includes newspaper cuttings and published account in the 'Birmingham Journal', Nov 1952, of the visit with particular emphasis on the working conditions and practices. The album includes correspondence about the trip and details of the visit. The album includes articles from the 'News Chronicle' with an account and numerous line drawings and sketches by 'Vicky' (Oct 1952). With many postcards, mostly black and white but some colour, of buildings the group visited. Includes tickets, currency, postcards and other ephemera from the trip. Typescript notes and recollections of the trip upon his return that became the article published by the 'Birmingham Journal' and notes possibly for a talk under a range of sub-headings including the Kremlin, Welfare, Education. Also includes postcards sent to his wife and personal letters written by his wife and sent to him in Moscow during his stay.

Some items in Russian.

Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 item
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Papers relating to the British-Soviet Friendship Society visit to the USSR