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C1528-C1529/20A/17528 · Sub-series · 1928-1936
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

In 1929, Mrs. Henry Loomis, President of the American Society for the Relief of Russian Exiles, proposed the creation of the Anti-Tuberculosis Fund. The purpose of the Fund was to alleviate by all reasonable, practical means ... the situation of Russian refugees suffering from, or threatened with tuberculosis. The finance of the Fund in the amount of 10,000 dollars was born equally by the High Commissioner Office and the American Society. It was managed by a Committee with representatives from the two contributors and the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross. The Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross was responsible for the placement of Russian tuberculosis patients in different sanatoriums mainly in France and also in Bulgaria and Germany.

C1561-C1567/20B/17032 · Sub-series · 1929-1938
Part of League of Nations Refugees Mixed Archival Group (Nansen Fonds)

Correspondence with Russian refugees in different countries on different matters, such as request for information on Nansen passport, assistance in obtaining visas, request for financial assistance, tracing request of family members; even though the files are all entitled "Correspondence with ...", it can also mean the file contains correspondence concerning the person whose name appears on it without direct correspondence with the person.