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Moscow (Russia)

 Subject

Staff Only
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Exhibitions: exhibition papers and photographs, 1951-1959

 File
Identifier: PJM/LCC/D/5.1
Scope and Contents File of preparation notes, papers and photographs relating to exhibitions which the Town Planning Division of London County Council's Architect's department either organised or participated in. Exhibitions include: "Stepney Housing Progress" by the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney, 13-30 April 1959 "Construction and Reconstruction of Towns, 1945-1957" at the International Union of...
Dates: 1951-1959
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection / London County Council / London County Council: Architect's Department / London County Council Architect's Department: exhibitions

November Letters, 4 November 1921-28 November 1921

 File
Identifier: Coll-705/5/2/2
Scope and Contents This file contains letters Marjorie Rackstraw sent during November of 1922. Letters are from Moscow, (also written Mokba, the Russian pronunciation for Moscow), and she describes the activities of her days: going to the ballet at the Opera House by night, and distributing milk to nurseries by day. She writes of distributing cocoa, tinned condensed milk, and soap. Those of a higher pay grade like chauffeurs and interpretors on her team receive a weekly ration of fat, sugar, beans or rice,...
Dates: 4 November 1921-28 November 1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Marjorie Rackstraw / Correspondence / Letters Marjorie Rackstraw wrote to family members, while in Russia