Spanish Refugee Relief Association Records, 1935-1957

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Series XIV: Purchasing Department, Personnel, and Financial Records, 1936-1940


Subseries XIV.1: Purchasing Department and Personnel, 1936-1940



Box 146 (P1) Folder 1 Amalgamated Bank, 1937 March-October


Box 146 (P1) Folder 2 Ambulances, 1937-1938


Box 146 (P1) Folder 3 Ambulances: Specification and Bids, 1937-1938


Box 146 (P1) Folder 4 Ambulances: Specification and Supply List, 1936-1937


Box 146 (P1) Folder 5 American Friends Service Committee, 1937


Box 146 (P1) Folder 6 Centrale Sanitaire International, 1938


Box 146 (P1) Folder 7 Centrale Sanitaire International: correspondence on pharmaceuticals, 1938


Box 146 (P1) Folder 8 Chapter Communications, 1936-1938

Mostly regarding medical personnel to be sent to Spain.



Box 147 (P2) Folder 1 Child Care Under Crisis, 1937


Box 147 (P2) Folder 2 Circular Letter, 1938


Box 147 (P2) Folder 3 Commission Les Enfants: Rhodes, Peter; Kyle, Constance, 1937-1939


Box 147 (P2) Folder 4 Contract and Specification for Item No. 1-Operating Ambulance, 1937

Oversize blueprint moved to Box 338 oversize folder.


Box 147 (P2) Folder 5 Contract and Specification for Item No. 2-Laboratory, 1937


Box 147 (P2) Folder 6-12 Correspondence, 1936 January-1938 May, undated, 7 folders



Box 148 (P3) Folder 1-3 Correspondence, 1938 May-1939 January, 3 folders

Oversize shipping documents moved to Box 338 oversize folder.


Box 148 (P3) Folder 4 Correspondence: Normandie, Second Unit, 1937-1938


Box 148 (P3) Folder 5 Correspondence: Equipment, 1937-1938


Box 148 (P3) Folder 6 Correspondence: International Coordination Committee--Boulenger, lone, 1937-1938



Box 149 (P4) Folder 1-2 Correspondence: Medical Equipment and Supply, 1937-1938, 2 folders


Box 149 (P4) Folder 3 Correspondence: Calderon, José, 1936-1937


Box 149 (P4) Folder 4 Correspondence: Fishtein, Oscar, 1938


Box 149 (P4) Folder 5 Correspondence: Heller, A. A., 1938-1939


Box 149 (P4) Folder 6 Correspondence: Erica Reed Relief Ship, 1938


Box 149 (P4) Folder 7 Correspondence: Social Workers Committee, 1937-1938


Box 149 (P4) Folder 8 Correspondence: Relief Ship donations, 1938


Box 149 (P4) Folder 9 Correspondence: Spanish Consul, 1937-1938


Box 149 (P4) Folder 10 Correspondence: Spanish Embassy, 1937-1938



Box 150 (P5) Folder 1 Correspondence: Washington, D.C., 1937-1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 2 Credentials, 1938 August 6


Box 150 (P5) Folder 3 Equipment: current, 1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 4 Equipment: Catalogs and advertisements, 1937-1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 5 Equipment: Orders placed, bills, etc., 1937


Box 150 (P5) Folder 6 Equipment: Orders to be placed, 1937-1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 7 Executive Committee campaigns, 1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 8 Food lists, shipments, etc., 1937


Box 150 (P5) Folder 9 Foreign relations and intercourse: Passports, 1937


Box 150 (P5) Folder 10 Information, 1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 11 Insurance claims, etc., 1937-1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 12 Invoices, 1937-1938


Box 150 (P5) Folder 13 List of catalogues on hand, 1937-1938



Box 151 (P6) Folder 1 Lists of tools and suppliers, circa 1937-1938


Box 151 (P6) Folder 2 Lists of tools and equipment received, 1938


Box 151 (P6) Folder 3-4 Medical supplies, 1937-1938, 2 folders


Box 151 (P6) Folder 5 Picker X-Ray Corp., 1938


Box 151 (P6) Folder 6 Plans for Mobile Hospital, 1937


Box 151 (P6) Folder 7 Publicity, 1937


Box 151 (P6) Folder 8 Purchasing Committee: Children's Homes, clothes, gold leaf, etc., 1937-1938


Box 151 (P6) Folder 9-10 Purchasing Committee: Correspondence, 1937-1939, 2 folders



Box 152 (P7) Folder 1-3 Purchasing Committee: Foodstuffs, 1937-1938, 3 folders


Box 152 (P7) Folder 4 Purchasing Committee: Standard packages, 1938-1939


Box 152 (P7) Folder 5 Relatives of medical personnel in Spain, 1937-1938


Box 152 (P7) Folder 6-7 Reports on homes, etc. [Children's Homes and civilian conditions in Spain], 1937, 2 folders


Box 152 (P7) Folder 8 Shipping orders, 1937



Box 153 (P8) Folder 1-3 Summary of shipments, 1937-1938, 3 folders


Box 153 (P8) Folder 4 Supply lists, 1937-1938


Box 153 (P8) Folder 5 Warehouse orders, 1937-1938


Box 153 (P8) Folder 6 Personnel: matters pending, 1938-1939


Box 153 (P8) Folder 7 Personnel Committee minutes, 1938 September 23


Box 153 (P8) Folder 8-9 Personnel: miscellaneous, 1937-1938, 2 folders


Box 153 (P8) Folder 10 Personnel: package to medical personnel in Spain, 1938


Subseries XIV.2: Financial records and bills, 1936-1940



Box 154 (Q1) Folder 1-3 Miscellaneous bills: A-B, 1937-1940, 3 folders


Box 154 (Q1) Folder 4 J. E. Albright and Co., 1937-1939


Box 154 (Q1) Folder 5 Art: Jo Davidson "Spanish Portraits" catalogue, 1939


Box 154 (Q1) Folder 6 Art: general letters on art from Peter Hayter, etc., 1938-1939


Box 154 (Q1) Folder 7 Art: Picasso, 1938-1939



Box 155 (Q2) Folder 1 Art: Picasso New York exhibition, 1939


Box 155 (Q2) Folder 2 Bruck's Nurses Outfitting Co., 1937-1938


Box 155 (Q2) Folder 3-5 Centrale Sanitaire Internationale / Comité International de Coordination, 1937-1939, 3 folders


Box 155 (Q2) Folder 6-9 Fragile original documents from files on Picasso exhibition, 1938-1939, 4 folders

Extremely fragile. Researchers should use photocopies in Box 154, Folders 5-7 and 155 Folder 1.



Box 156 (Q3) Folder 1-7 Miscellaneous bills: C-G and general, 1936-1940, 7 folders


Box 156 (Q3) Folder 8 Educational Fund, 1938-1939


Box 156 (Q3) Folder 9 Effective Letter Service, 1937



Box 164 (Q11) Folder 1 Garrison Film, 1937-1940


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 2-3 Gensup Stationery Co., 1937-1940, 2 folders


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 4 The Georgian Press, 1939-1940


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 5-6 Miscellaneous bills: H, 1937-1940, 2 folders



Box 158 (Q5) Folder 1 C. S. Hornbostel Co., 1937-1939

Importer/exporter.


Box 158 (Q5) Folder 2-7 Miscellaneous bills: I-M, 1937-1940, 6 folders


Box 158 (Q5) Folder 8 Kaufman Auto Supply Co., 1937



Box 159 (Q6) Folder 1 Lerman Bros., 1937-1939


Box 159 (Q6) Folder 2 Marstin Press, 1937-1939


Box 159 (Q6) Folder 3 M. J. Morrissey, Inc., 1937


Box 159 (Q6) Folder 4 N. S. Low and Co., 1937-1938

Surgical instrument billing.


Box 159 (Q6) Folder 5-8 Miscellaneous bills: N-P, 1937-1939, 4 folders



Box 160 (Q7) Folder 1-2 Postal Telegraph, 1938-1940, 2 folders


Box 160 (Q7) Folder 3-5 Public Service Letter and Printing Co., 1938-1939, 3 folders

Includes copies of Spanish refugee relief fundraising letters, pamphlets, and fliers.



Box 161 (Q8) Folder 1-2 Public Service Letter and Printing Co., 1939-1940, 2 folders

Includes copies of Spanish refugee relief fundraising letters, pamphlets, and fliers.


Box 161 (Q8) Folder 3-4 Miscellaneous bills: Q-R, 1936-1939, 2 folders


Box 161 (Q8) Folder 5 Rotograph Co., 1937-1939



Box 162 (Q9) Folder 1-4 Miscellaneous bills: S, 1937-1939, 4 folders


Box 162 (Q9) Folder 5 Sheridan Square Press, 1937-1940



Box 163 (Q10) Folder 1 Staff expenses, 1937-1938


Box 163 (Q10) Folder 2 Standard Body Co., 1937-1939

Ambulance outfitting and repair bills.


Box 163 (Q10) Folder 3-7 Miscellaneous bills: T-W, 1937-1939, 5 folders


Box 163 (Q10) Folder 8 Wolfson Trading Co., 1937


Box 163 (Q10) Folder 9 World Tourists, 1937-1939



Box 164 (Q11) Folder 1-2 Finances, 1938-1939, 2 folders


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 3-11 Financial reports, 1938 January-1939 November, 9 folders


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 12-21 Financial statements, 1938 November-1939 July, 10 folders


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 1-3 Financial statements, 1936 October-1938 October, 3 folders


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 4 Treasurer's report, 1938 January 1-26


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 5 Cash receipts and disbursements, 1937 September


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 6-7 Receipts and expenditures, 1936 November 1-1937 January 31, 2 folders


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 8-9 Petty cash, postage, and warehouse receipts, 1939 July-1940 March, 2 folders


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 10 Petty cash vouchers, 1937 March-May


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 11 Press release on finances, 1937 September 5


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 12 Financial report blanks, 1937


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 13 Bank: Corn Exchange, Amalgamated, 1936-1938


Box 164 (Q11) Folder 14-15 Bank statements, 1937 April-1938 October, 2 folders



Box 166 (Q13) Folder 1 Bills and receipts, 1938


Box 166 (Q13) Folder 2 Bills paid: Ben Leider Memorial Fund, 1937-1938


Box 166 (Q13) Folder 3 Bills paid: Madison Square Garden meeting, 1939 May


Box 166 (Q13) Folder 4 Bills paid: Shipping and travel, 1938-1939


Box 166 (Q13) Folder 5 Bills paid: Spanish Intellectual Aid, 1939 March-September


Box 166 (Q13) Folder 6 Musicians' Committee bills and receipts, 1938-1939


Box 166 (Q13) Folder 7 Social Workers Committee: bills and receipts, 1937-1938


Box 166 (Q13) Childrens Cities for Spain buttons, 1939



Box 167 (Q14) Folder 1-19 Greater New York Committee: Miscellaneous bills, A-D, F-H, J-N, P, R-W, 1938-1940, 19 folders


Box 167 (Q14) Folder 20 Greater New York Committee: Academy Multigraphing Co., 1938-1939


Box 167 (Q14) Folder 21 Greater New York Committee: Addressograph Division, 1938-1939


Box 167 (Q14) Folder 22 Greater New York Committee: Efficient Letter Co., 1938


Box 167 (Q14) Folder 23 Greater New York Committee: Joseph Fischer, 1938-1939


Box 167 (Q14) Folder 24 Greater New York Committee: Max Friedman, 1938-1940


Box 167 (Q14) Folder 25 Greater New York Committee: The Georgian Press, 1938-1940



Box 168 (Q15) Folder 1 Greater New York Committee: Lerman Bros., 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 2 Greater New York Committee: J. P. Muller and Company, 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 3 Greater New York Committee: New Union Press, 1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 4 Greater New York Committee: Postal Telegraph Company, 1939 January


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 5 Greater New York Committee: Prompt Signs Service, 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 6 Greater New York Committee: Random House, Inc., 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 7 Greater New York Committee: Rotograph Co., 1938-1940


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 8 Greater New York Committee: Sheridan Square Press, 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 9 Greater New York Committee: Somach Photo Service, 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 10 Greater New York Committee: Steinway and Sons, 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 11 Greater New York Committee: Sunrise Photo Engraving Co., 1938-1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 12 Greater New York Committee: Theatre Arts Committee, 1939


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 13-14 Greater New York Committee: Village Fair for Refugee Children, 1940, 2 folders


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 15 Greater New York Committee: Village Fair cash disbursement receipts, 1940 July


Box 168 (Q15) Folder 16 Greater New York Committee: White Sound Service, 1939