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.
This file contains application for financial assistance from the Russian tuberculosis dispensary in Belgrade and individual financial assistance requests for anti-tuberculosis treatment [care]. Individual grants had to be reimbursed.
The file includes individual financial assistance requests for anti-tuberculosis treatment and guarantees for repayment in addition to medical certificates, correspondence with the old Russian Red Cross and the delegate in Warsaw, Mr. Gallati.
The Fund was managed by the Old Organisation of the Russian Red Cross and was used for the placement and treatment of Russian tuberculosis patients in different sanatoriums. File also includes periodic statements of expense of the Fund and accounts.
Requests for advance for tuberculosis treatment in sanatorium made by the Lithuanian delegate, Mr. E. Gallati, on behalf of the refugees, and guarantees of payment of advances. Correspondence documents the transfer of the Fund from the Nansen International Office to the Old Russian Red Cross, to whom the delegate is referred.
Request for follow-up to a request for financial assistance in tuberculosis treatment.
Contains requests for financial assistance for medical treatment made on behalf of refugees by Nansen Office representations and forwarded to the Old Russian Red Cross Directorate General (Direction Générale de l'ancienne organisation de la Croix rouge Russe); list of Russian tubercular invalids placed in sanatoria established on 13 February 1930.
The file contains correspondence and accounts regarding financial assistance to the Sanatorium "Artek" in the Crimea.
The file contains drafts and the report with League of Nations' documents symbol "A.C.15-1930 - Advisory Committee of Private Organisations for Refugees Meeting 26 August 1930 - Report on the Anti-Tuberculosis Fund" in English and French.
The file contains requests to assist refugees recovered from tuberculosis to obtain a resident permit and employment, as well as financial assistance requests for medical treatment and accounts.
Press extracts:
"Za Swobodou" de Varsovie dated 4 August 1931 on "La Roumanie livre aux Bolcheviks les réfugiés russes"
"La Renaissances (Vozrojdénie)" de Paris dated 3 August 1931 on "L'extradition des deux réfugiés russes par la Commission mixte roumaino-soviétique".