The International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (1899-1971) was established at a time when the widespread campaign against the Contagious Diseases Acts had had the effect of focussing attention on the issue of prostitution. This had the result of encouraging the growth of groups like the National Vigilance Association whose aim was to work against the trade and its causes. In 1898, following the precedent of the International Abolitionist Federation, the National Vigilance Association agreed to address concerns about the international aspect of prostitution and began laying the foundations of an international federation of bodies working towards the abolition of the trade which would be known as the International Bureau for Suppression of Traffic in Persons. An international congress was held in London in Jun 1899 attended by ten delegations from European countries and one from the United States of America, as well as representatives of forty-eight local and national societies for the UK. The first meeting of the International Bureau was held in 1900, and throughout its existence the National Vigilance Association provided the premises, secretariat and the major part of the funding for international work, although the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons was always a separate organisation. Its constitution guaranteed that there should be a national committee in each of the partner countries. Each of these would send two representatives to sit on the international committee. The assembled representatives would, along with three other members elected by the National Vigilance Association, form the Bureau of the Congress or the central governing body. The NVA evidently saw the Bureau as the machinery for its international work, which would later lead to some tension with the partners. International work ceased during World War I after 1915 when it was decided that each national committee should continue working in its own way. The first official post-war meeting was held in 1920, but it was not until 1923 that national committees of former enemy countries felt able to re-establish international links. The first post-war Congress was held in Graz, Austria in 1924. The International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons became closely involved with the agencies of the newly formed League of Nations which had responsibility for the work towards the suppression of traffic in persons. On the outbreak of World War II in 1939, work was again halted, only fully to resume in 1949 when constituent national committees became particularly active in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Indonesia and the United States of America. Unfortunately, this resumption coincided with a financial crisis within the National Vigilance Association, which was obliged to close down its Travellers' aid work in 1951 and re-assess its role.
After the revision of that organisation's Constitution in 1952-1953 and reappearance as the British Vigilance Association, the International Bureau's work changed. It concentrated on encouraging nation states to ratify the United Nations convention for the suppression of the traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others (2 Dec 1949).
The International Bureau also reported on international travellers' aid work in association with the International Catholic Association of Young Women's Services (ACISJF) and the World Young Women's Christian Association /Amies de la Jeune Fille. In addition, there was particular emphasis on the status of young women working as au pairs. Constituent national committees were particularly active in the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, Indonesia and the United States of America.
During the latter years of the IBS the organisation was struggling to survive under severe financial restraints and a main preoccupation was retaining its status as a non-governmental organisation with consultative status at the United Nations. The aims of the IBS seemed no longer in tune with the times, and the organisation did not long survive Richard Russell's retirement from ill-health in 1971.
The archive consists of minutes of the Bureau (1899-1940, 1942-1953), annual reports (1952-1966), conference papers, publications printed and received, League of Nations files and documents related to other advisory committees, country files containing correspondence and official materials, files of the general secretary containing similar files covering the post-war period and correspondence.
Abbreviations include:
ACISJF - Association Catholique Internationale Services de la Jeunesse Feminine: International Catholic Society for Girls.
AMSH - Association for Moral & Social Hygiene.
ASHA - American Social Health Association.
BNC - International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons: British National Committee.
BVA - British Vigilance Association.
FAI - Fédération Abolitionniste Internationale.
IAF - International Abolitionist Federation.
IB - International Bureau.
IBS - International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (also known as IBSTP).
IBSTWC - International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children.
NGO -Non-Governmental Organisation.
NVA - National Vigilance Association.
TAS -Travellers' Aid Society
UN - United Nations.
UNESCO - United Nations Economic and Social Organisation
USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
VD - Venereal Disease
CD - Contagious Diseases
CDA - Contagious Disease Acts
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
All the archives in Strand 4 came to The Fawcett Library from the offices of the British Vigilance Association and International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons, some directly in 1972 and the remainder in 1973 via the Anti-Slavery Society, who had been given the more recent records to use in their own work.
The Women's Library holds the archives of 6 organisations in Strand 4 all of which are closely related. By the end of their existence the organisations operated from the same address, often by the same people. The organisations aimed to aid and protect women, minors (including young men) and children in the areas of sexual and social morality. They operated on a regional, national and international basis, finally ceasing activities in the early 1970s when the British Vigilance Association and the Anti-Slavery Society passed the archives to The Fawcett Library. National activity is also represented by the National Vigilance Association archive, whilst the International Bureau for Suppression of Traffic in Persons tells the international story. Strand 4 is particularly closely related to the Strand 3, also held at The Women's Library, because the issues of prostitution and trafficking of women are so closely interrelated. Many of the activists and organisations have integral links and together they form a history of a subject that even now is rarely discussed.
Strand 4 comprises the following archives:
* 4BNC International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons: British National Committee
* 4BVA British Vigilance Association
* 4IBS International Bureau for Suppression of Traffic in Persons
* 4NVA National Vigilance Association
* 4RFR Richard F Russell
* 4TAS Travellers' Aid Society
Please note that Richard F Russell was the general secretary of the International Bureau from 1957-1971 (4RFR). Whilst records re the dissolution of the International Bureau for Suppression of Traffic in Persons in 1971 can be seen at 4BVA/E.
Strand 3 comprises the following related archives:
* 3AMS Association for Moral and Social Hygiene
* 3BGF British Committee of the Continental & General Federation for Abolition of Government Regulation of Prostitution
* 3HJW Henry Joseph Wilson
* 3JBL Josephine Butler Letters Collection
* 3JSM James Stansfeld Memorial Trust
* 3LCA Lancashire & Cheshire Association for the Abolition of the State Regulation of Vice
* 3LNA Ladies National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts
* 3NAR National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts
The British Library of Political and Economic Science holds British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society records c1873-c1900 (ref. COLL MISC 0101) whilst Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House holds the records of Anti Slavery International records dating from 1957-1972 (ref. MSS Brit Emp s 16-24 ). As at 2008 a large number of books and archives were still held by the organisation Anti-Slavery International (HQ).
Fawcett Library Catalogue
Indexed
Indexed
This volume includes (loose):
1) Report of a Preparatory Conference, Brussels, 23 May 1939;
2) Report of a Special Conference to consider the future organisation of the Congresses, Brussels, 23 May 1939.
Note by Thompson for Fawcett Library 4 Oct 1973: The sets of minutes for meetings 3 Feb 1954- 5 Jun 1958 had been stapled into this volume, one set per page. This had been done rather crudely with the result that the pages of Minutes were becoming dog eared. Also all the staples had rusted and in some cases the sets were loose in the volume since the rust had eaten through the paper.
The remaining sets of Minutes had been inserted loose in the volume.
In order to preserve these sets of Minutes in better condition and to secure those sets which were loose, all sets of Minutes from 20 Oct 1953-16 Jul 1968 have been removed and placed in a separated folder with a check list of them. [The copy of this list is now in the Description Field - Aug 2005].
This volume includes Minutes of Congresses and Conferences.
30 Apr 1946
20 Oct 1953 Executive Committee (morning 3pp)
20 Oct 1953 Quarterly Meeting (afternoon 4pp)
3 Feb 1954 Executive Committee (4pp. and addendum 2pp. and Translation from Bild Seitung 3.xi.53 2pp.).
21 Jun 1954 Executive Committee (4pp).
1 Nov 1954 International Bureau (3pp).
8 Feb 1955 International Bureau (3pp).
14 Jun 1955 International Bureau (5pp) unsigned.
7 Oct 1955 Annual General Meeting of BVA and International Bureau (3pp) unsigned.
25 Oct 1955 International Bureau (3pp).
29 Feb 1956 International Bureau (6pp).
5 Jun 1956 International Bureau (4pp).
4 Oct 1956 International Bureau (4pp).
16 Apr 1957 International Bureau (8pp).
12 Nov 1957 International Bureau (4pp).
25 Feb 1958 International Bureau (5pp).
5-7 Jun 1958 International Bureau, Conference Belgium, (6pp unsigned with 2 attachments, loose viz. Financial Statement to 1 May 1958 and a letter: President to Miss Blauenfeldt).
18 Jun 1959 International Bureau (4pp).
8 Dec 1959 International Bureau (3pp).
23-24 May 1960 International Bureau Conference, Geneva (12pp. unsigned).
23 May 1960 International Bureau (3pp).
3 Oct 1960 International Bureau (7pp).
9-10 May 1961 International Bureau Conference, Paris (12pp. unsigned).
20 Nov 1961 International Bureau (4pp).
25 Jun 1962 International Bureau (7pp).
31 Jan 1963 International Bureau (5pp).
1962-1963 International Bureau Report, includes a full list of officers (3pp. unsigned).
3 Jun 1964 International Bureau (8pp. unsigned).
25 May 1965 International Bureau, Geneva (2pp. unsigned).
25-26 May 1965 International Bureau Conference, Geneva (11pp. unsigned).
28 Apr 1966 International Bureau (6pp. unsigned).
2 May 1967 International Bureau (4pp. unsigned).
16 Jul 1967 International Bureau (2pp. unsigned).
DRAFT MINUTES: Final copies of the following minutes exist, signed:
20 Oct 1953 Executive Committee (3pp).
20 Oct 1953 Quarterly Meeting (4pp, two copies).
3 Feb 1954 Executive Committee (5pp).
Consists of:
- Executive meetings 20 Oct 1953; 3 Feb 1954; 21 Jun 1954.
- Bureau meetings 20 Oct 1953-16 Jul 1968. - Conferences, Brussels 5-7 Jun 1958; Geneva 23-24 May 1960; Geneva 25-26 May 1965
- Some duplicate copies
Note - there is a duplicate set.
By Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill.
By Mme Wanda Grabinska [and Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill? CHECK]
Missing? - check required.
Leaflet giving an outline history and details of Officers
By J Vance; Introductory notes by Mme Wanda Grabinska.
Pamphlet
Printed material
Dated 3 et 4 Octobre 1901
Resolutions Adopted.
Resolutions Adopted.
Also of the Plenary Conference on Rules for Conferences and Congresses, at Stockholm.
Three lectures by Sir Sidney Harris, Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill, Rev. Henry Carter, delivered at the International Conference convened by the International Bureau, London
Publications Received
1924-1925 and 1927-1928. With 2 photographs
Missing
Address to Rotary Club, Madras by KV Sesha
Items dated 1931-1932 and 1933-1934
Re. Commission of Enquiry into Traffic in Women & Children in the East. Related to material in Box FL132.
Quarterly No.1 Aug 1900 - No.20 Aug 1907
Unbound 6-monthly No.21 Jan 1908-No.33 May 1913
No 29 Jul-Aug 1934; 31 Jan-Mar 1935.
No. 127 Mar-Apr 1951;
No. 132 Jan-Feb 1952;
No. 133 Mar-Apr 1952;
No. 134 May-Jun 1952;
No. 135 Jul-Aug 1952;
No. 136 Sep-Oct 1952;
No. 137 Nov-Dec 1952.
4IBS/5/1 - Papers re. organisation of conferences and subsequent reports.
4IBS/5/2 - Speeches at sessions and Congress papers
Hospitality Committee
British Government delegates
Foreign Government delegates
Correspondence with M. Reelfs
The programme
Circular letter and replies
Correspondence with interpreters, etc.
Translation of speeches (French and German) for Report, and issue of report
Translation of speeches (German) for Report - correspondence with Dr Kundt
Missing? Check required.
Interpreters and Stenographers
Correspondence with M. Reelfs (Abolitionist Federation)
Government delegates. Also correspondence of DA Kundt.
Arrangements for
Letters sent out with Preliminary Report (Vigilance Record, Sep-Nov 1930), of the Congress in Warsaw, 1930
Letters returning corrected copies of Speeches made at 1930 Congress - Warsaw
Question of altering resolution on Emigration
Surprise resolution - decision of Bureau, and correspondence
Correspondence with Germany on Resolution 5 (Colonies etc.)
Submitted to the Congress at Warsaw (not printed)
Arrangements re 1932 Conference, and re Conference Report, 1930-1933
Also Suggestions for Agenda, 1931-1932
Public meeting, 1932
Correspondence with regard to holding the Congress
General report at Congresses
Government delegates
Stenographers and Interpreters
Distribution of resolutions
Arrangements over Programme etc., Stenographers
See also 4NVA for additional Congress files (esp. 4NVA/4).
morning and afternoon.
Maus. Papers, including correspondence.
Morning - Rehabilitation
Papers.
Papers.
Afternoon - Obscene Literature
Papers.
de Graaf. Papers.
Morning - Repatriation
Fifth Session 15 Jun 1933. Papers, including correspondence, 1933-1936
Economic Distress (German corrections received from Dr. Kundt)
Papers, including correspondence
1. Traffic in the East; 2. Last Session
Papers, including correspondence.
Sundquist
Papers, including correspondence.
Papers for correction, and correspondence
Subjects for Agenda, from Hungary, Switzerland, Norway, Britain, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Poland, Holland, Germany; Bureau and International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons: British National Committee (BNC) information, subjects for agenda, correspondence
Delegates 1934-1935
Conference Report
1936 Congress initially Italy - postponed; and finally held in Paris, 1937 (See Cg 2). Closed file
Correspondence with Mme. de la Panouse and French National Committee, before the meeting in Sep. Closed file
Miscellaneous Correspondence - international, up to Congress. Current file
Correspondence with National Committee made after change of date of Congress and before meeting in Sep. Closed file
Judge Foerden's proposals (retrospective synopsis of resolutions passed by former Congresses
Miscellaneous. Correspondence with German National Committee about:- 1) Position of German language. 2) An incident in Paris
Mardi 9 Novembre (Matin)
Mardi 9 Novembre (Après-Midi)
Mercredi 10 Novembre (Matin)
Mercredi 10 Novembre (Après-Midi)
Jeudi 11 Novembre (Matin)
Jeudi 11 Novembre (Après-Midi)
Vendredi 12 Novembre (Matin)
Vendredi 12 Novembre (Après-Midi) (2 copies)
M. Kraus correspondence and reports (verbatim) of speeches and discussion held in the German language
List of 'Papers distributed'; Dr. Montefiore's message; Bureau Report
Question 1 - Domestic Service
Question 2 - Rehabilitation. b and c - Minors
Question 2 - Rehabilitation. d - V.D. clinics
Question 2 - Rehabilitation. e and f - relèvement
Question 2 - Rehabilitation. g - Mental deficients
Question 3 - Women Police
Question 4 - Far East
Question 5 - Modern Transport
Third Party Exploitation of Vice - Dr. de Graaf's speech - stenographer's report, and correspondence, 1938
Resolutions adopted by the tenth International Congress... Paris, 1937 (printed, English)
Lists of Government and other delegates and adherents to the Congress
Correspondence concerning receipt of copies of Congress resolutions, 1938
Plenary Session, Tuesday, 9 Nov, 3 p.m. Subject: 1) General Report 2) Domestic Service
Plenary Session, Wednesday, 10 Nov, 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Subject: Rehabilitation
Plenary Session, Thursday, 11 Nov, 10.30 a.m. Subject: Women Police (includes correspondence arranging for British delegate on question of Women Police)
Plenary Session, Thursday, 11 Nov, 3 p.m. Subject: Far East; Supervision of Modern Forms of Transport
Plenary Session, Friday, 12 Nov, 11 a.m. Subject: Third Party Exploitation of Vice
Sub-committee report - French (18 Jan 1938)
Sub-committee report - German (18 Jan 1938)
M. Maus' letter - French (5 Nov 1938)
M. Maus' letter - English (5 Nov 1938)
Draft Standing Orders - German
Draft Standing Orders - French
Stockholm Rules, 1932 - French
Stockholm Rules, 1932 - German
Rules of future conferences and congresses, voted by the Extraordinary Conference, 23 May 1939. Report of Extraordinary Conference held to examine the future organisation of Congresses of the International Bureau, Brussels
Egypt: Subject: The Abolition of Tolerated Prostitution
Lecture, Dr Vance (Chairman of the Bureau)
Lecture, Mrs Neville Rolfe
Lecture, Dame Rachel Crowdy
Lecture, Dr Glover
Lecture, Prof. Cyril Burt
Discussion - notes of Madame Wanda Grabinska's (Poland) contribution following papers by Dr Cyril Burt and Dame Rachel Crowdy.
Lecture, G Tomlinson (Joint Secretary, International Bureau)
Proposed course of lectures or conferences, 1943 - correspondence, programmes, reports, papers, lists of delegates.
Deputations, negative replies, catering.
Proofs of final printed form of lectures (2 sets)
Copy of third Annual Report of International Women's Service Groups in Great Britain, containing reference to representation at International Bureau's lecture conferences.
List of contents on file cover.
Press card for Fifth International Congress, 1913
(Possibly used as sample for later Congresses' stationery needs)
Lunch invitation for Seventh International Congress, 1927
German travellers' identity document
Printed copy of resolutions adopted by the Ninth International Congress, Berlin, 1933
Consists of:
- paper by H Ruygers, Professor of Philosophy, of Culture and Social Work, Mijmegen (the Netherlands) on international conventions a nd national peculiarities
- Spanish problems and progress 1962-1965 by M Tallada
- Abolitionist policies and their problems by R Russell
- France since 1960: measures against traffic and exploitation by JG Mancini
- A programme of social defence by WG Grabinska
Originally given the reference `Co' [these are now given in the AltRefNo field]. These are files of the British National Committee and the International Bureau. The files include extracts from the minutes of both bodies.
Work at port of Buenos Aires
Police scandal in (Comisario-Inspector E.I. Santiago)
Formation, closing of, question of reformation
Traffic cases
Miscellaneous
Boat examination between Uruguay, Brazil and Argentine
Zjwii Mygdal case [Zwi Migdal]
Co-operation with YWCA
Bill passed by Argentine Senate dealing with prophylaxis of VD
Correspondence, reports, 1928-1929
Legislation
Station work in Danzig
Cases sent by Danzig
Miscellaneous papers
Correspondence with the Legation in London
Proposed extension of powers of the Mixed Courts to deal with traffickers
Formation of National Committee. Appointment of organising secretary. Miss McCall's application and appointment (note, 1934)
Central Committee. Includes detailed reports from Miss C McCall, Organising Secretary in Egypt, and views of herself, and Mr Sempkins (General Secretary of the National Vigilance Association (NVA)) on the Association for Moral & Social Hygiene (AMSH)
Central Committee. Dismissal of Miss McCall and General Secretary's visit to Egypt
Central Committee. Miss Godley's appointment, as Secretary [and visit to England]
Central Committee from date of Miss Godley's appointment
Reformation of Central Committee
Re. question of successor
Note by Sister Margaret Clare, note by Mr Hughes (Parquet)
Includes a printed article on the same, 1910 (link in with Madrid Congress)
Report by Mme. HD Tsykalas, 1905. With an extract from report of Lord Cromer
Messageries Maritimes
Central Authority
Miss Higson's visit to Egypt
Worker sent by AAB and Association for Moral & Social Hygiene (AMSH)
Commission of Enquiry
Reports of Miss Devonshire (Refuge, Cairo). See also files Co 6M, 6R, 60, 6Q.
Memorandum prepared by request for the Government of Burma, Aug 1932 (Mrs. Neville Rolfe). Submitted to Egypt.
Minutes and reports. Committee meetings, etc. - reports from Mrs. Keown Boyd and Mrs. Wright and annual reports. See also files - Co 6M, 60, 6R, 6N
Correspondence with Sister Margaret Clare and Miss Nussberger, includes reports
Miscellaneous correspondence. Includes monthly reports. Items dated 1911, 1924-30
Worker for Cairo
Mrs Amos to Mr Coote. Includes Major Hopkinson's report to Lord Cromer
Correspondence. Includes correspondences with Major Hopkinson and others, also reports and the 1913 rules
City Police Report
Note on position by Mr McBarnet
Worker for Alexandria
Commencement of work, 1912. Includes rules and constitution, correspondence
Reports and correspondence. (Up to the closing of the office on the quay).
From the closing of the office on the quay. Report by Mr Bond, correspondence
Cases
National Committee. Annual Reports, 1927-30, and miscellaneous correspondence
Dutch National Committee
See also file Co 12C
Concerning Dutch law. See also file Co 12B
Covering dates 1931-1932 and 1943.
System of rural committees for the protection of girls
General press-cuttings and miscellaneous correspondence. Items dated 1926-1930, and 1935
Notes on prostitution in India. Includes long essay by SM Edwardes
Protection of Naik girls - abolition of Devadasis
Cinema
Calcutta - miscellaneous papers
Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act
Worker sent by Fédération Internationale des Amies de la Jeune Fille. Correspondence with Mlle Andrée Kurz
Bill for preventing and combating V.D. Also articles and annual report.
Control of Turkish baths, massage establishments, night clubs etc.
Sir Phiroze Sethna's visits to England
Protection of women and children (League of Nations papers)
This file should probably not have been classified as a `Co' file, but the papers were marked `N. East', and the person making up the file thought it meant `Near East'.
Formation of Vigilance Association
Pre-marriage rite and marriage problem amongst natives in the British Colonies of Africa
Miscellaneous papers
Suggested law re prostitution and venereal disease
Correspondence with Mr Hymans
Correspondence from Mrs Hall re 123, Rue Provence, Paris
Association against the regulation of prostitution
Legislation re Madagascar
Includes Association for Moral & Social Hygiene (AMSH) meetings; NCV resolution
Mui Tsai (little sister) was a term mainly in China used for a bought servant girl.
Literature re. Mui Tsai. Mui Tsai (little sister) was a term mainly used in China for a bought servant girl.
First report of advisory committee on Social Hygiene, 1925. Suggested amendments to legislation and consequent agitation. Report of committee on that legislation, 1926-1929
Formation of National Committee
Re. formation of a National Committee
Re. the question of reception of girls in Ireland.
National Committee in Czechoslovakia
Correspondence with the Bishop of Ballarat
See report 4IBS/3/3/3 [Was Box FL193].
See also files in 4NVA. This archive contains League of Nations documents, such as the numbered 'S' files:
* Abolition of Brothels, 291 and associated documents (loose) - 29J, 29L, 29O, 29R (and other '29' files).
* Age of Marriage and Age of Consent S6 [was Box FL098].
* Child Adoption S.56B [was Box FL105] .
* Near East Co 19 [was Box FL114].
* Obscene Publications 88D, 88L, 88M, 88N [was Box FL107-108].
* Passports 93C [was Box FL108].
* Rehabilitation and associated files S.135A, S.135B [was Box FL110].
* Repatriation of prostitutes S.22E, S.22F, S.22T, S.22W, S.22Y [was Box FL102-103].
* Souteneurs and associated loose documents S 62, S.62H, S.62I, S 62K, S.62 [was Box FL105-106].
* Welfare of Music Hall and similar artistes travelling abroad under contract.S.19D, S.19E [was Box FL101].
* Women Police - Files adjacent to S.14 [was Box FL098-099].
Dating up to 1937
The International Bureau was an assessor member of the first Committee. In the 1937 re-organisation these members were retained as correspondent members.
Reply of the Government of Great Britain to the Questionnaire issued by the Secretariat in accordance with the resolution of the Assembly
Preparatory Documents, Report, Minutes, Report to the Third Assembly
Minutes, Report to the Council
Preparatory Documents, Minutes, Report to the Council, Report to the Fifth Assembly, Resolutions adopted by the Assembly
Report to the Council, Minutes
Minutes, Report by Sir Austen Chamberlain, adopted by Council
Report to the Council, Minutes, Report by Sir Austen Chamberlain, and others, and Resolutions adopted by Council (report adopted by Council), Report of the Fifth Committee to the Assembly, Resolution adopted by the Assembly, on the proposal of the Fifth Committee
Report to the Council, Minutes, Erratum Seventh Session, 1928 - Provisional Minutes of Fifth Committee [Commission?], second to sixth meetings, Report to Assembly, copy of League of Nations Journal for 19 Sep 1928, correspondence with Dame Rachel Crowdy
Report to the Council, Report by the British Representative (roneoed and printed copies), Minutes, Report of the Fifth Committee to the Assembly
Report to the Council, Report by the Persian Representative, Minutes of the Fifty-Ninth Session of the Council (including presentation of the report of the Traffic in Women and Children Committee), press cuttings from 'The Times', Minutes, Report of the Fifth Committee to the Assembly, Report of International Labour Organisation (ILO), 1929
Draft Resolution proposed by M Maus - Laws and Regulations to safeguard Public Order and Health, Report to the Council, Report by the Persian Representative, Minutes, Erratum to the Report
Application for membership, by International Abolitionist Federation, List of delegates, Provisional Agenda, Provisional Minutes (French and English), first to ninth meetings and Provisional Minutes of Joint Meetings with Child Welfare Committee and second meetings (French and English), Report of the Joint Meeting, (French and English), Report to the Council (French and English roneoed drafts, and printed), Report by the Representative of Panama, Report of the International Labour Office for 1931, press cuttings, Report of the Fifth Committee to the Assembly
Budget, Draft Agenda, Minutes first to sixth meetings, Draft Protocol relating to the Suppression of the Traffic in Women, Draft Report Twelfth Session, 1933 - Joint Meeting of the Traffic in Women and Child Welfare Committees. Note by the Secretary, Minutes of first to twelfth meetings, Report to the Council (roneoed, printed French and English copies), Report by the Representative of Panama, Erratum to the Report to the Council
Draft Agenda, Thirteenth Session, 1934 - Joint Committee papers. Thirteenth Session, 1934 - Fifth Committee Papers.
Provisional Minutes first to ninth meetings, Draft Report, Appendix to the Report, Resolutions concerning the Abolition on Licensed Houses, List of Abolitionist Countries, 1934, Minutes, Correspondence re Errata
Report by the Secretary, Table of Contents (Minutes), Errata, Minutes first to eighth meetings, Draft Report, Report to the Council of the Advisory Commission for the Protection and Welfare of Children and Young People
Minutes second meeting, Fifth meeting, twelfth meeting, League of Nations Official Journal, special supplement no. 129 - Minutes of the Fifth Committee (Humanitarian and General Questions), Correspondence, Report by the Fifth Committee to the Assembly
Secretary's Progress Report; Fourteenth Session, 1935 - Report on study tour of the Director of the Social Questions Section
Provisional Minutes first to eleventh meetings (English and French), Report to the Council (roneoed French, printed English), I.B. Executive Minutes, 21 May 1935, Minutes third meeting of Eighty-sixth Session of the Council, Minutes fourth meeting of Eighty-sixth Session of the Council, Corrigenda to Committee Minutes, (English and French), Provisional Minutes of the Second meeting of the Fifth Committee, Report submitted by the Fifth Committee to the Assembly, (2 copies), Resolutions submitted to the Assembly by the Fifth Committee, Resolutions adopted by the Twelfth International Congress of the International Alliance of Women, Correspondence, League of Nations Nationality of Women documents, League of Nations Official Journal, special supplement no.142
Agenda, Report on changes in the committee, Provisional Minutes, Correspondence, Corrigenda; Fifteenth Session, 1936 - Traffic in Women and Children Committee - Enquiry into measures of Rehabilitation of Adult Prostitutes, Part III (French and English copies, with Addenda); Fifteenth Session 1936 - Joint Session, Traffic in Women and Children and Child Welfare Commission.
Minutes, Corrigenda, Report to the Council, Traffic in Women and Children - Report submitted by the Fifth Committee to the Assembly, Minutes of ninety-second session of the Council (including report on the work of the Traffic in Women and Children Committee), Report on the Constitution, Procedure, and Practice of Committees of the League of Nations and Journal of the Seventeenth Session of the Assembly, Extracts from Minutes of National Council of Women Moral Welfare Committee, British National Committee, International Bureau Correspondence 1937-38, Report of the International Bureau to Congress, 1937 Report on Social Questions presented by the Fifth Committee to the Assembly Corr/ One Hundredth Session of the Council, 1938 - Minutes of second meeting, Extracts from minutes of meetings of the British National Committee and the International Bureau, 1938-39, Correspondence, League of Nations list of publications available (International Problems of Today), 1938, Report on Social Questions submitted by the Fifth Committee to the Assembly, Suppression of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others - Report submitted by the Fifth Committee to the Assembly, Articles from `The Shield and Health and Empire, 1938. Dr. Cohen's Annual Report, 1938
Report of the Director of the Opium Traffic and Social Questions Sections, on his Mission to Latin-America, 1939 Third Session, 1939, Advisory Committee on Social Questions Section - Draft Agenda, Questionnaire, Plan of Study on Training of Persons engaged in Social Work, Correspondence, 1939, Report of the Special Committee (Bruce Report) - The Development of International Co-operation in Economic and Social Affairs, Aug 1939 Advisory Committee on Social Questions - Correspondence, 1940
Conventions dated 1904; 1910; 1922.
Bandoeng, Java - Feb 1937
Reports from National Committees of work during 1926 - annual reports and correspondence
Choice and appointment of assessors from the International Bureau
Secretariat letters, 1927-29; Experts Report, 1937; Assistance to Indigent Foreigners - replies to questionnaire.
Additional replies from Governments - Portugal, Latvia
Suggestion of M Maus and Mr Harris
Continuation of the enquiry
'National Traffic' in England - memorandum (Mr Wren's proposals)
Resolution passed at Berlin, correspondence with the League of Nations
Conference called by British Social Hygiene Council
Russian Refugees in the Far East
Miscellaneous papers
Advisory Committee Proceedings - 1933 session, and correspondence
Advisory Committee Proceedings - session, and correspondence, 1934
Up to Geneva Protocol, 1933; 1928-1932
Removal of age limit from Convention. Exploitation of commercialised prostitution to be a criminal offence
Protocol, Geneva, 1933. Proceedings of Diplomatic Conference and Final Text with report to Council
Protocol - 1st French proposal, replies from governments
Protocol, Geneva, 1933. Proceedings of Fifth Committee.
Printing and circulation of minutes
Alcohol and the Traffic, pieces dated 1925-27, 1937
Miscellaneous official publications
Enquiry into position of discharged female prisoners
Mr Cohen's proposals, 1937-39. League of Nations official papers on reorganisation, 1932-33
By the International Catholic Union of Social Service
First to ninth meetings (all in French)
United States of America - Act to provide for the care and treatment of Juvenile Delinquents. Italy - Functioning of the Juvenile Court.
Prepared by the Secretariat, includes copies of some Governments' annual reports
Prepared by the Secretariat, and copy of report on Egypt
Prepared by the Secretariat
Prepared by the Secretariat, 1930, 1932-33, 1933-34
Prepared by the Secretariat
Prepared by the Secretariat
1927 Session (for year 1926)
1928 Session (for year 1927)
1929 Session (for year 1928)
1930 Session (for year 1929)
1931 Session (for year 1930)
1932 Session (for year 1931)
1933 Session (for year 1932)
1934 Session (for year 1933)
1935 Session (for year 1934)
No longer called 'Assessors' after reorganisation of the Committee, 1936 Session (for year 1935)
* Report of the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children to the Advisory Committee on Social Questions for the year 1936
* Annual Report of the Bureau to the Advisory Committee, 1935-37 (associated papers)
* Committee Secretary's report, ninth to eleventh sessions - 1930-34
Survey on V.D. and Prostitution in the British Empire, undated.
List of documents (up to and including 1927 Session)
Congress held 30 Apr 1931-2 May 1931
Ratifications and Accessions, to 1932. Clipping, 1934
Especially concerning the position of women of Russian origin in China and Manchuria
Printed Report to Council
See the corporate history for International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons; c.1898-1971 (in particular the section from 1950).
Duplicate minutes, reports, correspondence, publications, administration. Most of the records consist of General Secretary's correspondence files, but a small number of duplicate minutes (not quite corresponding to the minutes already catalogued) and miscellaneous material remains and has been catalogued under 4IBS/8/D/2 below.
They have been arranged chronologically:
* inter-war years and the years of the Second World War;
* early post-war years (to 1957);
* later post-war years (form 1957 to 1971).
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These files came to The Fawcett Library at the same time as the main bulk of IBS and British Vigilance Association (BVA) records, but remained uncatalogued until 1996 when they were sorted and listed with other National Vigilance Association (NVA), BNC and BVA correspondence files.
See also the records re. the Dissolution of the British Vigilance Association and International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons, 1971 4BVA/E
Belgium, Switzerland, United States of America, Hungary and of the National Vigilance Association (NVA) and International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBS) in Great Britain
Poland, Egypt, Uruguay and Italy and from International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBS) and National Vigilance Association (NVA)
Also reports from Europe, correspondence about meetings and statistics of attendance. Also contains agenda for the 1932 Stockholm preparatory conference and Resolutions adopted by the tenth international congress 1937.
Including draft minutes
Correspondence
Grey mark and some scratching on surface. Production method: mechanical print reproduction of a photograph.
Postcard of a black and white photograph of the Castello Sforzesco in Milan, Italy. On card, of the castle walls with three towers, and trees in the foreground. On the reverse a message is written by hand in blue ink, sending best wishes, dated 24.12.39 with two postage stamps.
Recipient : FR Sempkins, secretary of the National Vigilance Association, 5 Old Pye Street, London. .
dealing with correspondence from foreign countries: [United States of] America, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt (including 1939 report of The Alexandria branch of Bureau International pour la protection de la femme et de l'enfant), France, Greece, India, Yugoslavia, Luxembourg, Netherlands Norway, Russia [USSR] (including publications re. atrocities), Switzerland and Uruguay.
English correspondence with: Professor Gutteridge, Lady Nunburnholme and Mrs Archdale about the legal status of women (1939-1942) and other matters
Rt Rev Dr John G Vance; Sir Ewart Greaves; Mrs Neville Rolfe of The British Social Hygiene Council; members of the National Vigilance Association (NVA); Commissioner of Police.
Letters acknowledging protest about Polish women. Includes League of Nations material on The Advisory Committee on Social Questions (1939).
Draft minutes
Correspondence
(VD) Conference report.
Memorandum for allied powers
Including with Association for Moral & Social Hygiene (AMSH) and International Abolitionist Federation (IAF)
Slight discolouration / marking, and scratching on the surface. Not very noticeable. Production method: gelatin silver print reproduction from a half tone print.
Photographic reproduction on white card, of a newsprint portrait (head and shoulders) of Gauleiter Saukel, a balding man with a moustache.
Person: depicted in : Gauleiter Saukel.
Person : sender of photograph : J Knisielewski, Polish Ministry of the Interior in London.
Organisation : recipient of photograph : International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children.
Note: Gauleiter Saukel was the Nazi German Plenipotentiary General in occupied Poland, who decreed in 1943 that Polish girls, boys and women should be forced labour and work on the land.
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4IBS/A/18/11
The purpose of the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBS) was redefined by the 1949 United Nations convention for the suppression of traffic in persons and of the exploitation of the prostitution of others. The post of General Secretary changed several times during these years. Richard Russell, holder of the position until 1971, was appointed in 1957.
Includes: minutes, correspondence, United Nations (UN) and League of Nations documents; notes on international conventions (1933-1940); reports to the United Nations about consultative status; and reports of International Bureau (IB) activity [in folder marked Convention].
Hole at the corner where it has been pinned. Slight yellowing beginning at the edge. Production method: hand drawn in blue ink
Hand drawn cartoon, in blue ink on light blue paper, a rough copy for a leaflet. The design is of a decorator holding a paper marked '1948 ESTIMATE FOR PAINTING' while rats on the floor labelled 'TRAFFICKER' head towards the last hole in the skirting board, and a 'UNO' hammer lies idle. All the other holes are boarded up with dates representing legislation, but the '1937' board lies on the floor.
Organisation : commissioned by : Visual Aid Committee of the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children.
Event : campaign for the 1937 draft convention to be accepted by the League of Nations.
Note: according to correspondence the cartoon was dropped (in 1949) in favour of a text based leaflet.
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Production method: printed.
Christmas card of cream paper folded into quarters. The front is printed with a snowy street scene in colour, the inside has foliage decoration printed in colour. When unfolded, the blank side is a manuscript letter in blue ink, to Mr. Tomlinson from Wanda Grabinska, thanking him for his support for her successful application to the Bank of England, and referring to the 1937 Draft Convention.
Person : writer : Wanda Graninska
Person : recipient : Mr. Tomlinson
Place : where written : Washington DC
Note: the letter mentions the proposed International Conference, J Greenleaf. Wanda Grabinska was the
International Bureau's representative at the United Nations in Washington.
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Correspondence and reports
Items chosen and annotated by Richard Russell at a later date, but reinstated in original sequence. Hugh Grey's file containing correspondence with Jacques Gravereau, Madame J Bouteiller, M Scelles and Madame Legrand-Falco (Union Française contre le Trafic des Femmes).
Correspondence and publications from India
slightly scratched surface, creased corner. Production method: printed.
Postcard of a black and white photograph of the Arco della Pace (Arch of peace) in Milan. It shows an elaborate monument with three arches, trees behind and a man and car in the foreground. A message from Adda Calibi from Milan to Miss ID Potter at 17 a Kingston Road, London. Manuscript in blue ink on the reverse, telling of the death of the writer's mother-in-law, and wishing happy Christmas.
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Correspondence of International Bureau representative to United Nations, Miss CM Harris, Geneva
Conference of non-governmental organisations interested in the eradication of prejudice and discrimination
United Nations questionnaire
Fragile
Slavery comments: notes on forms of prostitution which involve the exercise of a right of property over human beings and other papers. FRAGILE
Frankfurt meeting Oct 1955. Agendas, arrangements for and talk given.
Autumn meeting
Thornhill pamphlet
Fragile
National committees and correspondence. FRAGILE
Letters to and from members
Poor condition. Creased. Some markings to surface. Production method: printed.
Production place : Milan, Italy.
Postcard of painting by Cezanne, a print reproduction of an oil painting of a pine tree. On the reverse is a manuscript message in blue ink, in French, with two French postage stamps.
Person : Painter : Paul Cezanne.
Note: the names of the writer and addressee are not very legible. Sent by SS (possibly) Charferente.
Addressed to Lady __ at a London address. It was written in France.
Correspondence up to 1954.
Correspondence from 1955
Hugh Gray to Richard Russell - documentation and correspondence files
File of general secretary, Hugh Gray, on the ratification of the 1949 Convention for the suppression of traffic in persons, the 1956 UN Congress on prevention of crime and treatment of offenders, prostitution, slavery and related matters. Contains: correspondence with Miss Julia Henderson (Director Bureau of Social Affairs United Nations), Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill, Théo de Félice (IAF), St Joan's International and Political Alliance, Anti-Slavery Society, Centre médico-professional 'Le Nid', IBS representations in other countries, and foreign embassies in Great Britain.
Contents include: International Bureau minutes (29 Feb 1956) and agenda, minutes and financial papers (16 Apr 1957): reports from national committees and representatives, and from South Africa, Iraq, Haiti, Finland, Czechoslovakia, Iran, and Liberia; correspondence with the United Nations, Miss C M Harris, Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill, the Foreign Office; Open Door International, and the International Labour Office; United Nations documentation and the conference report of The Fédération Abolitionniste Internationale Kongress (Oct 1956).
Including draft reports, correspondence of Hugh Gray and press cuttings. Includes drafts of annual report and notes of a meeting held on 16 Apr 1957; Hugh Gray's correspondence with organisations from signatory states to the 1949 Convention, the International Labour Organisation and the United Nations, Union of South Africa including a copy of their Immorality Bill (1957), and the Deutsches Nationalkomitee zur Bekämpfung des Mädchenhandels; and UN documentation on a conference of consultative non-governmental organisations (1957); typescript of paper entitled 'The prevailing systems relating to the traffic in persons and the problems arising out of their application' by Hugh Gray, paper submitted to the United Nations, Jan 1957
File covering the appointment of Richard Russell following Hugh Gray as General Secretary, including: agenda for meeting of the International Bureau of 16 Apr 1957 and the minutes of meetings held on 4 Oct 1956 and 16 Apr 1957, an IB report of Jan 1957 submitted to the United Nations called 'The prevailing systems relating to the traffic in persons and the problems arising out of their application', and a letter from Hugh Gray to Richard Russell; correspondence with Miss CM Harris and others, including a report on prostitution and traffic in persons in Denmark by Miss Fanny Ulfbeck; and comments by the International Abolitionist Federation on the 1949 UN Convention (1956)
Material for meeting of Nov 1957. Includes: notes for IB report; correspondence of Richard Russell and Hugh Gray with British and other members of the Committee, Mrs W G Grabinska (International Council of Women), foreign embassies in London, Conference of Citizens for Moral Crusade (Philippines) including a photograph, and the United Nations; agenda of International Conference on venereal disease, Stockholm (August 1957); press cuttings on the Swiss reaction to the Wolfenden Report, and on prostitution; Revue Abolitionniste No 164, and Newsletter on the Status of Women No 15, United Nations (1957)
Slightly creased and warped at the edges. Production method: gelatin silver print.
Black and white photograph of a group of eleven men and women, standing in an office, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philipines in a black gown, who is shaking hands with one of those present who are the board of the Conference of Citizens for Moral Crusade.
Person : depicted in : Chief Justice of the Court of the Philippines.
Person : writer : Miss Josefina R Phodaca.
Person : recipient : Mr Hugh Gray.
Event : depicted in : induction of the board of the Conference of Citizens for Moral Crusade, Manila, sometime between 1948 and 1957.
Note: Mr Gray was Secretary General of the International Bureau. The photographs were sent to him on 23 Oct 1957. The Conference was formed in 1948.
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Slightly creased, warped at the edges. Production method: gelatin silver print.
Black and white photograph of a group of nine men and women, standing in an office, including the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philipines (male) in a black gown, who is swearing the others in. The others (the board of the Conference of Citizens for Moral Crusade) have their right hands raised.
Person : depicted in : Chief Justice of the Court of the Philippines.
Person : writer : Miss Josefina R Phodaca.
Person : recipient : Mr. Hugh Gray.
Event : depicted in : induction of the board of the Conference of Citizens for Moral Crusade, Manila, sometime between 1948 and 1957.
Note: Mr. Gray was Secretary General of the International Bureau. The photographs were sent to him on 23 Oct 1957. The Conference was formed in 1948.
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
File of general secretary, Richard Russell, includes: first draft of the annual report and statement of receipts and payments for the year ended 30 Apr 1957; correspondence between Richard Russell and Dr HMLH Sark, The United Nations, International Law Association and others; United Nations Convention for the suppression of traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others (1950), speech of Mrs Wanda Grabinska of the Moral Welfare Committee at the International Council of Women congress (1957), and Revue Abolitionniste No 165 (3e série) 82e annee.
General Secretary's (Richard Russell) documentation and correspondence files.
Richard Russell arranged correspondence and documentation in a rigorously contemporary fashion, appearing to work from meeting to meeting, and kept a detailed contents list within or on the cover of each file.
Thus each file typically contains:-
* agendas, minutes, financial accounts and reports of the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBS) itself.
* correspondence and reports from constituent national committees of other countries and from correspondents worldwide, often with publications and press cuttings.
* correspondence with and publications of other organisations or individuals working in the same field worldwide.
* papers and correspondence about the organisation's status as a non-governmental organisation with consultative status at the United Nations (UN).
Campaigning records are similar to those found in British Vigilance Association (BVA) files, but with an international dimension and include material on prostitution, procurement, pimping, international traffic in children and young women, sexual slavery, unpaid domestic servitude, au pair, penal codes for women and children, rehabilitation and re-education projects for former prostitutes, and venereal diseases control.
Corresponding organisations and individuals include: United Nations; International Abolitionist Federation; Mrs Wanda Grabinsky, representative to the UN in New York; Miss Constance M Harris, representative to the UN in Geneva; World Health Organisation; Marjorie, Lady Nunburnholme; Dr H Sark; Dr Droin; Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill; International Catholic Girls' Society, Interpol, Dr Panakal (India); International Labour Office; Anti-Slavery Society; Open Door International; Standing Conference of Overseas Friendship Associations.
Including constitution of International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBSTP), United Nations documents and confidential correspondence. Includes: annual report for 1958, constitution and notes on IBSTP's relationship with the National Vigilance Association and the British National Committee (undated), notes on the history and aims of IBSTP, draft on British Vigilance Association's stance on the Wolfenden Report (1958), notes on duties undertaken by staff members for NVA and TAS, IBSTP and BNC (undated), and reports and minutes concerning IBSTP's relationships with the Fédération Abolitionniste Internationale (1953); Richard Russell's correspondence with members of the Committee and others, and correspondence and documents of the United Nations, and the Conference on Consultative Non-Governmental Organisations (1951-1957).
General secretary's file containing agenda and minutes for the meeting of the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons held on 25 Feb 1959, and supporting documentation, including secretary's manuscript report and correspondence with the United Nations, Union belge contre l'exploitation de la debauche, Deutsches Nationalkomitee , Nationaal Comité (Netherlands), Dr Sark and others, about prostitution and related matters, and administrative matters.
Production method : printed
Production place : The Netherlands.
Postcard of a photograph of a landscape, with a windmill in the background, tree and water with water lilies in the foreground. On the reverse is a message manuscript in blue ink, to Richard Russel, addressed to the International Bureau in London, from Jan.
Person : recipient : Mr Richard Russel, International Bureau.
Person : writer : Jan.
Note: the writing is difficult to read. He mentions that he has mislaid a draft agenda that Mr Russel sent him
and asks to be sent discussions on a meeting.
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4IBS2/C/2/54-55
General secretary's file containing: correspondence with J Scelles of Équipe d'Action (France) on prostitution in Brittany and Alsace and related matters, correspondence with and documents of the United Nations about prevention of crime and treatment of offenders, and protection of human rights in criminal law and procedure, correspondence with others; and the annual report (1956) of the American Social Hygiene Association.
Some pieces fragile
Some pieces fragile.
Robust, but may have yellowed slightly. Production method: mechanically printed from an etching, in black ink.
Greetings card of cream card, with a front design of a half-timbered, thatched building, viewed from the outside, printed in black. [Note: the design may be of a Danish open air museum.] Inside and on the reverse is a message manuscript in blue ink, addressed to Mr. [Richard] Russell of the International Bureau, explaining that the writer is convalescing, and asking if Russell has had contact with the committee in Denmark.
File list, conference and other notes, correspondence and United Nations publications on the rehabilitation of prostitutes at 'Le Nid', France prevention of crime and treatment of offenders, and mental health
General Secretary's file, arranged alphabetically with a list of contents on the front cover. Contents include: a member's list of the IB with attendance figures at meetings held between August 1951 and June 1959, and the secretary's report (December 1959); Richard Russell's international correspondence with Dr Sark, Équipe d'Action (France) on le Nid and brothels in Buchenwald, Germany, Mrs Grabinska, National Comité van Installingen voor Zedelijke Volksgezondheid (Netherlands), Alleanza Femminile Italiana, United Nations on the second congress on the prevention of crime and the treatment of offenders and other matters, Union of International Associations, and others; and publications and documentation including World Mental Health Year 1960, Social Hygiene news, American Social Hygiene Association (1959), material from United Nations Social Commission, and Economic and Social Council.
Includes Abolitionist Federation, Belgium, Brazil, Brussels conference, Catholic protection, Ceylon, Conferences, Constitutions, Finance, France, Greece.
Geneva conference 1960, Germany, Mrs W Grabinsky, Miss CM Harris, Health (WHO), Holland, India, Indonesia. Including: minutes and other documentation IBSTP conference in Geneva 23-24 May 1960; correspondence with and reports from member organisations and individuals including Deutsches Nationalkomitee, Nationaal Comité (Netherlands), Miss C M Harris, IBSTP representative to the United Nations (Switzerland), Mrs Wanda Grabinska (United States of America), JJ Panakal (India) and others, about traffic in persons, prostitution and juvenile delinquency, also including a biographical note on Mrs Suhariah Sutarman (Indonesia).
Israel, Italy, Japan, Norway, Lady Nunburnholme, Dr H Sark, Scotland, Secretary's reports, Spain, Switzerland.
United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, Yugoslavia.
Sep 1960: reports, notes, correspondence and press cuttings.
Minutes, reports, correspondence, press-cuttings and publications of constituent organisations.
Correspondence, reports and publications under the headings; Abolitionist Review, Belgium, Cambridge, Catholic protection, Dr Droin, France, Germany, Madame Grabinska, Holland, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Prof. Manuel Lopez-Rey, Pakistan, Paris.
Some pieces fragile
Minutes, correspondence, reports, press cuttings and publications under the headings: Dr Sark, Switzerland, Syria and Lebanon, United Nations, United States of America, International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons.
Some pieces fragile
Including minutes, correspondence, reports and publications under the heading: annual report, Dr Sark, Mme Grabinska, constitution, France, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Holland, Japan, Denmark, United States of America, India, Kenya, World Health Organisation, United Nations, Catholic Protection, International Public Morality, Federation abolitianniste internationale, International Bureau.
Including: minutes of IBSTP Conference in Paris on 9-10 May 1961; correspondence with and documents from member organisations and individuals including Dr Sark, Equipes d'Action (France), Union belge contre l'exploitation de la débauche, Japanese Ministry of Justice and the United Nations, about traffic in persons, rehabilitation of prostitutes, travellers' aid, various forms of prostitution including male, state regulation of prostitution and association subjects; and publications including Moissons Nouvelles, Aspects de morale sociale au Congo, Social Health News (ASHA), and Bulletin trimestriel de l'Association Catholique internationale des oeuvres de protection de la jeune fille.
Including minutes, reports, correspondence with members and foreign committees, United Nations and resource papers especially on slavery.
Including minutes, reports and other International Bureau (IB) matters, correspondence with the Foreign Office, France, Germany, Italy, Israel, United Nations, Korea, Switzerland, United States of America, and publications.
Includes minutes, reports and other International Bureau (IB) documentation, press cuttings, overseas correspondence and publications.
Some pieces fragile
Arranged under the headings; President, General Secretary, Abolitionist, Argentine, Belgium, Brazil, Crowdy [Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill], France, gain (clause in United Nations Convention), Germany, Grabinska [Mrs Wanda Grabinska], Harris [Miss Constance M Harris], International Catholic Girls Society, Interpol, Israel, International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBSTP). Some pieces fragile
Poor condition. It had been folded back on itself (now recitfied). Abrasion from a paper clip. Production method : mechanically printed on paper.
Christmas card, with a printed design of the Virgin Mary holding the baby Jesus within a gold arch. Both have a halo, her cloak is blue. The illustration is in the style of a water colour. Inside is a manuscript message in red from Wanda Gabrinska, sending best wishes and thanking the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons for their support.
Note: Wanda Gabrinka was the International Bureau's representative at the United Nations in Washington.
Arranged under the headings; Italy, Japan, Korea, Netherlands, Dr Panakal (India), Portugal, Slavery, Switzerland, Tully (United States of America), United Nations.
File of general secretary, Richard Russell, on traffic in persons, licensed brothels, exploitation of prostitution and related matters in different countries, containing: IB annual report for 1961-2 and agenda for meeting of 25 Feb 1963; correspondence and reports from the Overseas Research Expedition, Spanish and Korean Embassies, Équipes d'Action contre le traite des Femmes et des Enfants, and from other individuals and organisations; publications of the Fédération Abolitionniste Internationale, Association for Moral and Social Hygiene in India, and Association Catholique internationale des oeuvres de protection de la Jeune Fille.
Some pieces fragile
Arranged under headings including International Bureau (IB) branches, Abolitionist review, Dr Sark, Joint conference on traffic and slavery, Italy, International Labour Office, Scandinavia, Germany, India, Richard Russell, United Nations, Brazil, non-governmental organisations, International Bureau, Japan. Some pieces fragile
Includes correspondence with the Anti-Slavery Society and Open Door International.
File of general secretary, Richard A Russell, containing: International Bureau of Suppression of Traffic in Persons constitution, annual reports (1963 and 1964) and minutes (1964); correspondence and notes of Dr Henri M L H Sark, and notification of his death on 21 October 1964; international correspondence and publications from the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene in India, The Anti-Slavery Society, American Social Health Association, United Nations, Deutsches National Komitee zur Bekämpfung des Mädchen handels, Nationaal Comité van Installingen voor Zedelijke Volksgezondheid (Netherlands), and other individuals and organisations in other countries; press cuttings [Switzerland]
Correspondence and national reports.
Correspondence with members etc (3/1965). Correspondence of Richard Russell re election of new president after Dr Sark's death, conference arrangements, prostitution and other matters, with Anti-Slavery Society, Den Danske Nationalkomite til bekæmpelse af handel med personer, Dr J Drouin, Équipe d'Action (France), Deutsches Nationalkomite , Mrs Wanda G Grabinska (IB representative to the United Nations), Nationaal Comité (Netherlands), Association for Moral & Social Hygiene India including a biographical sketch of Dr Sushila Nayar, Comitato Italiano difesa morale e sociale della Donna, Salvation Army, National Vigilance Association of Scotland, United Nations, and others.
Papers 4/1965. Annotated copies of papers given at the conference of International Bureau, Geneva, May 25-26, 1965 on: The United Nations Convention and the International Bureau; a programme of social defence; abolitionist policies and their problems; France since 1960 - measures against traffic and exploitation; Spanish problems and progress 1962-1965; re-socialisation and re-education in Spain; re-socialisation patterns and problems; a positive programme for the prevention of traffic in persons; and 'The White Slave Trade' by Sean O'Callaghan
- paper by H Ruygers, Professor of Philosophy, of Culture and Social Work, Mijmegen (the Netherlands) on international conventions a nd national peculiarities
- Spanish problems and progress 1962-1965 by M Tallada
- Abolitionist policies and their problems by R Russell
- France since 1960: measures against traffic and exploitation by JG Mancini
- A programme of social defence by WG Grabinska
Includes minutes, correspondence and national reports and publications.
Includes papers, reports and press cuttings on Street Offences Act, slavery, venereal disease control and au pairs.
General correspondence other than conference (1965/7)
Marked by a streak of clear glue-like substance on the reverse, upper quarter. Production method: mechanically printed on card. Production place : France
Postcard of cream card, with a colour print of the painting 'The Road ' by Pisssarro, showing a country road with trees, figures and a horse drawn cart. On the reverse is a manuscript message in blue, in French, addressed to Richard Russell [General Secretary of the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons], sent from France, possibly from Jean Scelles [President of Equipes d'Action Contre La Traite des Femmes et des Enfants].
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Includes correspondence from national representatives.
Includes a detailed alphabetical index by persons and subjects. File cover only formerly covering 4IBS2/C/33.
Includes correspondence about a possible closer relationship with the International Abolitionist Federation.
Includes correspondence, publications and press cuttings, including about the Merlin law of Italy.
Includes minutes, reports, correspondence and publications of other organisations including the Susie Younger Korean Trust.
Includes correspondence and publications.
The glossy surface of the reverse has an impression of writing where it has been used to lean on. Production method: mechanically printed from a colour photograph
Christmas Card with a print from a colour photograph of a candle lit lantern with red ribbon and bells, next to a fir tree against a blue background. Inside is a long personal message manuscript in blue, from Signora Adda Calabi to Richard Russell.
Also, papers for meeting of 2 May 1967. Mostly reports and correspondence from national committees and representatives.
Includes minutes, reports correspondence and pub publications of other and constituent organisations.
General secretary's file. Includes: statement of accounts for the year ended Apr 1967; correspondence with Interpol, representatives of national committees and other about Human Rights Year, a proposed expert conference, au pair girls, prostitution in Mexico and related matters; and publications of the United Nations, Anti-Slavery Society, Bulletin triméstiel, ACISJF (1967) and Social Health News, ASHA (1967).
Includes agendas, minutes, reports, correspondence with and publications of other organisations, national committees and individuals. Index of International Bureau files A1 - J for 1967 to 1969 included.
Production method: mechanically printed from a painting.
Christmas card of cream card, with a colour print of a painting 'Madonna', by the Renaissance artist Filippo Lippi, showing a woman with halo and blue cloak with hands together, upper body only, with matt finish. Inside is a long message manuscript in black, sending best wishes and discussing Bureau business (see inscription).
Sent by Wanda Gabrinska [female, the International Bureau's representative at the United Nations (UN) in New York], to Richard Russell [General secretary of the International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons].
Includes conference reports and correspondence. Contains: IB documents, including a draft outlining a clear relationship between IBSTP and Fédération Abolitionniste Internationale, annual reports 1965-1966 and 1967/68, agenda and supplement to minutes for meeting of British Vigilance Association, together with IBSTP of 16 July 1968 with associated IB papers on traffic in persons and the role of United Nations, and a report on the situation in Japan; correspondence with other member organisations and individuals including the questionnaire of February 1969, United Nations convention for suppression of traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others in December 1969, including a mention of the death of Dame Rachel Crowdy-Thornhill, and press cuttings (Italy) on 'il camp sanitario'; and publications including a Summary of the White Paper on Crime, Government of Japan (1967), Social Health News, American Social Health Association (1969), and Bulletin, Association Catholique Internationale des Services de la Jeunesse Féminine (1969)
Includes correspondence and minutes.
Includes correspondence, questionnaires and UN memoranda.
Report and commentary about international traffic in women under the cover of employment exposing them to prostitution.
Non-Governmental Organisations, United Nations and Council of Europe
Includes minutes correspondence and publications. General secretary's file. Includes: International Bureau constitution, annual report 1965-1966, general secretary's report of 25 Apr 1967, minutes and associated papers of meeting of 2 May 1967, balance sheet for the year ended Apr 1968 and notice of conference on 16 Jul 1968; correspondence with Margaret F Bligh, Theo de Felice (FAI), Équipes d'Action; JG Mancini (France), Mrs WG Grabinska (United States of America), Association for Moral and Social Hygiene in India, Interpol and others; on prostitution, an additional convention with Interpol involvement, rapprochement with FAI and related matters; publications including Moral and Social Hygiene Review, India (1968), Bulletin, ACISJF (1968), and The Operation of the Anti-Prostitution Law in Japan (1968).
Includes annual reports, correspondence and publications of constituent organisations. General secretary's file, includes: IB annual report 1965-1966; and correspondence with and some documents of United Nations, Anti-Slavery Society, ASHA and other about au pairs and missing persons, slavery, prostitution, venereal diseases, and associated and administrative matters; Social Health News, ASHA (1968).
Miscellaneous documents 1967/8. Agenda for meeting of 16 July 1968 and other IBS papers. Correspondence with and papers of: Équipes d'Action contre la traite des femmes et des enfants; the Anti-Slavery Society; Welfare of Migrants; UK Committee for Human Rights Year; American Social Health Association; Association Catholique Internationale des Services de la Jeunesse Féminine; and others.
Excluding conference papers and reports: includes correspondence with officers and representatives of constituent national organisations. Also includes: IB agenda for one-day conference on 16 July 1968, and statement supporting IB's application for NGO consultative status with Council of Europe (1968); correspondence of Richard Russell with FAI, Mrs Wanda Grabinsky, Dame Joan Vickers (president of IBSTP), Équipes d'Action contre la traite des femmes et des enfants (France), British National Conference on Social Welfare, Instituto des Obras Sociales, the United Nations and others; and publications including the bulletin bimestrial No 125, Conseil National des femmes Belges (1968), Moral and Social Hygiene Review,
Volume 1, No 1, Association for Moral & Social Hygiene India (1967), and Social Health News, ASHA (1968)
Includes agenda, minutes, reports, correspondence, press cuttings and publications.
Printed papers annotated by the General Secretary.
Minutes, annual reports, correspondence and publications. Including minutes of private meetings of IBSTP on 16 July 1968, annual reports 1965-1966 and 1967-1968, associated memos and statement of accounts for the year ended 30 Apr 1968-30 Apr 1970, Richard Russell's report on a conference on NGOs and UNESCO (July 1969), a note on possible arrangements for co-operation in 1970 between IBSTP and IAF, and a notice commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the UN Convention for the Suppression of traffic in persons of 2 Dec 1949; correspondence with FAI, UN, Anti-Slavery Society and others, including reports from Germany and the Netherlands; and Revue Abolitionniste No. 232.
Japan 1969, Netherlands 1969/1970. Includes correspondence and publications. Includes: general secretary's report on traffic in persons in Japan (May 1969), BVA financial statement (Jan-Apr 1969) [misplaced], and publications of Ministry of Justice Japan on anti-prostitution law (1969) and women's guidance homes (1968); and reports of National Comité van Instellingen voor Zedelijke Volksgezondheid, Netherlands (1968-1969) and Mr A de Graaf Foundation Report for 1968
Minutes, correspondence and press cuttings. General secretary's file containing minutes, correspondence and press cuttings about missing persons including husbands and discussion about the establishment of a European Missing Persons Bureau. Correspondents include The Council of Europe, Interpol, Salvation Army, Équipe d'Action (France), Bureau de Vérification de la Publicité (France) and others.
Includes United Nations material on slavery and miscellaneous publications on social security from the Council of Europe.
Includes minutes, accounts, constitutions, correspondence and casing.
Includes documents; correspondence; and publications of The Council of Europe, The Standing Conference of Overseas Friendship Associations, Conference of non-governmental organisations in consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, American Social Health Association (ASHA), Association Catholique Internationale Services de la Jeunesse Feminine: International Catholic Society for Girls (ACISJF), and others.
includes correspondence and papers of other organisations.
International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBSTP), National Vigilance Association (NVA), British Vigilance Association (BVA), International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons: British National Committee (BNC) and International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children (IBSTWC).
Incomplete set of International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (IBSTP) draft and duplicate minutes and associated papers
Includes other miscellaneous papers and publications