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Catalogue of Bolsover Collection - BOL/1/1-BOL/1/18 item descriptions
BOL/1/1 - Bolsover's BA thesis "British policy in relation to Russia and the Great
Northern War (1700-1714)" (1931)
Previous number: unnumbered
Contents: Bolsover's Liverpool University BA thesis entitled "British
policy in relation to Russia and the Great Northern War (1700-1714)"
(Languages) English
1 volume
BOL/1/2 - Bolsover's MA report "Great Britain, Russia and the Eastern Question"
(1933)
Previous number: part of box 6
Contents: Bolsover's Liverpool University MA report entitled "Great
Britain, Russia and the Eastern Question 1841-1846".
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/3 - Lecture notes on modern European history (circa) (1928-1943) (circa)
Previous number: part of box 12
Contents: lecture notes on European history mainly re Russian foreign
affairs. Some notes may have been made by Bolsover while he was still a
student at Liverpool University but the majority of notes were probably
made while he was a lecturer in modern European history at Manchester
University.
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/4 - Lecture notes on modern European history (circa) (1928-1943) (circa)
Previous number: box 13
Contents: ms lecture notes and a few plans of lecture series on European
history. The topics covered are mainly concerned with what was then very
recent history - the politics and economies of interwar France, Germany,
the United States, China, the British Empire, Central Europe and the
Soviet Union. Some notes may have been made by Bolsover while he was
still a student at Liverpool University but the majority of notes were
probably made while he was a lecturer in modern European history at
Manchester University. Including -
- "Economic development in Soviet Russia"
- "Europe and the Danubian problem"
- "Central Europe"
- "Central Europe and the Near East"
- "Social development in Soviet Russia"
- "The constitutional development of the USSR"
- "Notes for a talk on "The Balkans" by Dr Bolsover, lecturer in history"
- "Post war Rumania & Yugoslavia"
- "Post war Austria & post war Hungary"
- "Post war Hungary & Czechoslovakia"
- "The national development of the Danubian states"
(Languages) English
1 box
BOL/1/5 - Lecture notes on European history (circa) (1938-1943) (circa)
Previous number: box 14
Contents: lecture notes (mainly ms) on European history. The topics
covered mainly concern the history of eighteenth, nineteenth and early
twentieth century relations between France, Austria-Hungary, Italy,
Britain and Germany. The notes were probably made while he was a lecturer
in modern European history at Manchester University. Including -
- "Modern communism"
- "The Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1815"
- "The interests of the great powers in the Near East"
- "Russia & Britain & the outbreak of the Russo-Japanese War"
- "Russia, France, Britain & the Russo-Japanese War during 1904"
(Languages) English
1 box
BOL/1/6 - Lecture notes on Russian history (circa) (1938-1951) (circa)
Previous number: part of box 6
Contents: lecture notes on Russian history mainly re Ivan the Terrible,
Peter the Great and the development of Anglo-Russian relations. Also
includes a few book reviews by Bolsover. The notes are mainly detailed
and typescript. Includes -
- "Russian Army under Nicholas I"
- "Reforms of Alexander II"
- "Changes in central administration"
- "Aspects of Russian foreign policy 1815-1914"
- "The Anglo-Russian Commercial Treaty of 1734" by D K Reading, Newhaven,
1938
- "Notes on Peter the Great"
- "Russia 1676-1725"
- "British policy in the Near East during the first half of the 19th
century"
- "Foreign affairs 1700-1725"
- "Russian foreign policy under Catherine II"
- "Notes on Russian foreign policy under Paul the first"
(Languages) English & (small amount) French
1 folder
BOL/1/7 - Writings re Russian foreign policy (circa) 1939-1960 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 4
Contents: typescripts re Russian foreign policy. They are possibly
lecture notes or drafts for future more complete articles. Includes -
- "Second campaign against Azov 1696"
- "Azov and the building of a fleet, 1696-1699"
- "Russo-Austrian Alliance, August 1726"
- "Russian foreign policy under Elizabeth"
- "The relations between the ambassadors and foreign secretaries during
the final negotiations of the Anglo-French detente, July 1903 to April
1904" by J E Broadbend (1939)
- "British policy in the Near East during the first half of the 19th
century ... to be read at the Anglo-Soviet Historical Conference Moscow,
September 1960"
(Languages) English & French
1 folder
BOL/1/8 - Writings re Russian foreign policy (circa) 1976-1985 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 5
Contents: writings re Russian foreign policy. Some are possibly lecture
notes or drafts for future more complete articles. Includes -
- "Izvolsky and reform of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs"
- "Russia and the South African War.. introduction" by Elisavita Foxcroft
(1976)
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/9 - Writings re the Soviet Union (circa) 1938-1955 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 8
Contents: writings including essays and book reviews on the Soviet Union
mainly its economy. Also includes some writings by others. Includes -
- "The agricultural reforms of 1953-54" by A Nove (1954)
- "Soviet ideology and propaganda"
- "Material on Soviet personalities connected with economic ideology" by
R Hutchings (Mar 1955)
- "Stalin's views on Soviet economic development" by Alexander Erlich
(Dec 1955)
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/10 - Writings re the Soviet Union (circa) 1939-1975 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 9
Contents: writings re education in the Soviet Union. Also includes some
writings by others including papers produced presumably by the British
Embassy in Moscow or the Foreign Office. Including -
- "Soviet views of capitalism", ?report made for United States Government
(?1955)
- "Soviet economists and the capitalist world" by? (?1956)
- "The party and government leadership of the USSR" (Jan 1975) by?
- "Soviet intake report [Feb 1948] ... issued by the Soviet Research
Section of the Eastern European Information Department of the Foreign
Office"
- "Weekly Surevey of the Soviet press and radio from 13th February to
19th February, 1948, inclusive issued by the Information Department of
the Foreign Office"
- "Restoration and development of the railways of the USSR" by? (?1950)
- "Information on housing conditions in the Don Bas: information given to
UNRRA officials by the chief of Gosplan of the Voroshilovgrad oblast,
September 1946"
- "This generation's chance for peace the European recovery programe "The
Marshall plan": a presentation of the issues by the Foreign Policy
Association and "The Washington Post"" (Nov 1947)
- "News from Uzbekistan - April-November 1945" by?
- "The church and communism" by ?GC (April 1950)
- "Moscow has a plan" by W Klatt (1954)
- "Science in the USSR: interim report March/September 1945" by Eric
Ashby of Australian Legation, Moscow
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/11 - Notes made by Bolsover whilst living in the Soviet Union (1943-1945)
Previous number: part of box 9
Contents: notebook, also containing loose papers, containing notes made
by Bolsover during his posting to the Soviet Union as attache and first
secretary to the British Embassy in Moscow. Contains observations made by
Bolsover on visits to Soviet schools. Includes -
- "Interview with Mr Kaftanov, Chairman of the Committee for Higher
Education June 6th 1945"
(Languages) English
1 volume
BOL/1/12 - Writings re the Soviet Union (circa) 1945-1984 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 10
Contents: writings including lecture notes and book reviews re the Soviet
Union. Also contains some writings by others including papers produced
presumably by the British Embassy in Moscow or the Foreign Office.
Including -
- "Notes on the standard of living of the average Soviet worker" (?1947)
- "News from Kazakhstan - April-December 1945" by?
- "Moscow prices - March 1952"
- "A gloss on Kennan" by Department of External Affairs, Sptember 30,
1958
- "The Soviet peace campaign", Foreign Office Memo (Nov 1950)
- "Soviet Peace", Foreign Office memo (?Nov 1950)
- "Peace and Soviet policy", Foreign Office memo (Apr 1951)
- "Collectivisation of agriculture"
- "The Soviet way of life and its implications for the western world"
- "Theory and practice of communism"
- "Russian Revolution and its consequences"
- "Soviet Union & world, Soviet internal policy"
- "Thoughts on the concept of west and east in Europe", text of lecture
by G H N Seton-Watson (Mar 1984)
- "The evolution of Soviet collective farms" by Alec Nove (Jan 1957)
- "The Soviet Union in the modern world"
- "The ideological factor in Soviet foreign policy"
- "Members of the Soviet praesidium taking part in talks with other
countries" (?1956)
- "Discussion on the 20th Congress of the Soviet Communist Party", text
of BBC broadcast (Feb 1956)
- "The Church of England Council on Inter-Church Relations: the religious
situation in Russia today" (Aug 1959)
- "The politics of economic rationality" by Alec Nove (Nov 1957)
- "Report on a lecture by D D Kondrshev entitled questions of
price-formation in a socialist society, delivered in the central lecture
hall on April 12, 1957"
- "National economy of the Ukrainian SSR"
- "Socialist and capitalist countries in figures"
- "Industrial planning, efficiency and the price mechanism in the Soviet
Union" (Mar 1957)
- "The Soviet educational system: a basic outline" publication by? (May
1950)
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/13 - Writings re the Soviet Union (circa) 1949-1958 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 8
Contents: writings including essays and book reviews on the Soviet Union.
Also includes some writings by others. Includes -
- "The foundations of Stalinism"
- "The Marxist legacy and the growth of the system"
- "Soviet budget and plan for 1958" by Alec Nove
(Languages) English & (small amount) Russian
1 folder
BOL/1/14 - Writings re education in the Soviet Union (circa) 1950-1951 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 9
Contents: writings re education in the Soviet Union. Also includes some
writings by others. Including -
- "Russian education before 1917"
- "The Soviet educational system: a basic outline", publication by?
(1950)
- "Introduction: trends in Soviet education since the Revolution"
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/15 - Lecture notes on the Soviet Union (circa) (1952-1968) (circa)
Previous number: part of box 7
Contents: lecture notes on the Soviet Union mainly its economy. Also
includes a few book reviews by Bolsover and some notes of statistics on
the Soviet economy. The notes are mainly detailed and typescript.
Includes -
- "Communism"
- "Outline of Soviet economic policy since 1917"
- "Structure of Soviet state"
- "The administration of Soviet industry"
- "The Soviet budget"
- "Internal trade and distribution"
- "Prices in the Soviet Union"
- "Supply and marketing and purchase sale contracts"
- "Soviet foreign trade"
- "Money in the Soviet economic system"
- "Banking and credit system"
- "Soviet prices and price policy"
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/16 - Writings re the Soviet Union (circa) 1952-1970 (circa)
Previous number: part of box 8
Contents: writings, mainly ms notes on the Soviet Union. Also includes
some writings by others. Including -
- "Eastern Europe today"
- "USSR today"
- "Communism in action"
- "A historical survey of Soviet agricultural organisation" by Alec Nove
(Nov 1954)
- "The reforms of 1954-5, or Krushchev's latest" by? (1955)
(Languages) English
1 folder
BOL/1/17 - Writings re the Soviet Union (circa) (1956-1971, mostly 1956-1957)
(circa)
Previous number: part of box 11
Contents: writings including texts of broadcasts and lecture notes re the
Soviet Union. Also contains some writings by others including papers
produced presumably by the British Embassy in Moscow or the Foreign
Office. Including -
- "The economic development of the Soviet Union and its international
repercussions"
- "The Soviet textbook on political economy: a comparison of the first
and second editions" by R Hutchings
- "Lenin and Stalin: a series of four talks by Dr George Bolsover..."
(Oct 1956)
- "Potentialities for freedom: the restlessness of the writers" paper
given by Max Hayward at Changes in Soviet Society Conference, Oxford (Jun
1957)
- "Soviet economists and the capitalist world"
- "The projected reform of the machine-tractor stations" by Alec Nove
(Mar 1958)
- "The great divide: programme III - possibilities for agreement"
- "Soviet population - area breakdown 1940 and 1955" by Alec Nove
- "Soviet grain statistics" by W Klatt (Oct 1956)
- "Soviet Russia since Stalin's death"
- "Soviet foreign policy 1939-1941"
- "Commentary on "Khrushchev's war scare"" (Oct 1957)
- "Commentary on "Tito and Gomulka"" (Sept 1957)
- "Commentary on "Hungarian inquiry"" (Apr 1957)
- "Commentary on "The Zhukov affair"" (Oct 1957)
- "Reorganisation of industrial and construction planning and
administration in the USSR" by?
- "The purchasing power of the Soviet "consumer rouble"" by Alec Nove
(Apr 1957)
- "Some statistics on Soviet agricultural statistics and developments" by
Alec Nove (Sept 1957)
- "Soviet statistical handbook for 1956" by Alec Nove (July 1957)
- "Some new data on the Soviet economy" by Alec Nove (Jun 1957)
- "Soviet trade and Soviet aid" by Alec Nove
- "Notes on a visit to Estonia June 1962" by?
(Languages) (mostly) English & French & Russian
1 folder
BOL/1/18 - Papers given at the Conference of Teachers and Research Workers on the
USSR and Eastern Europe (1967)
Previous number: part of box 8
Contents: papers given at the Conference of Teachers and Research Workers
on the USSR and Eastern Europe held at Westfield College in April 1967
which was presumably attended by Bolsover. Comprises -
- "Legal developments in Yugoslavia" by Dr Ivo Lapenna
- "Science and agriculture in the Soviet Union under the new leadership:
some observations" by Roy D Laird
- "Science and industry in the Soviet Union" by R W Davies and R Amann
- "Sociology: Soviet style" by Elizabeth Ann Weinberg
- "The reforms of Soviet style planning" by Michael Kaser
- "New theories of Soviet nationalities" by A Bennigsen
(Languages) English & French
1 folder
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