October Letters, 12 October 1921-31 October 1921

This pack of letters describes Marjorie Rackstraw's first month in Russia, several from the Norwegian Steamship named the Cygnus, then from Reval, Estonia,and the last two from Moscow. She describes the trip, how her passport was checked by police in Estonia, and the other travelers she meets on the ship and on subsequent trains. In her final letter, she describes in detail the food shortages in Moscow. "Bread is weighed out with the very greatest care and every little broken pieces i picked up and used to put on the scale."