Emily Brown papers, 1936-1962

Includes notes, reports and a letter containing Brown's observation on Soviet life and Soviet workers.



Includes typescript of a letter (1936) from Brown written on board the Cunard White Star "Britannia" to her mother concerning her observations of Russia, in particular on Soviet workers; food abundance, especially produce; hygiene; health programs; education; factories and unions; the Kirov assassination and press censorship; privileges of Communist Party members; and the socio-political situation in Berlin during the Olympic Games preparation; also mentioned are the Ukraine, Kharkov, Rostov, and Tiflis.



Also includes Brown's notes (copy) on the 30-day visit to Moscow, Leningrad, Kiev, and Kharkov in the Soviet Union to study the Soviet labor market and the policies and practices of the distribution of the Soviet labor force (1955).



Brown's report (copy) on her observations of labor relations in the Soviet Union discusses meetings with Soviet economists and legal experts; the Leningrad Finance-Economics Institute; the Kiev Institute of Economics; the Academy of Science of Ukraine; Regional Trade Union Councils in Leningrd, Ivanova, Rostox-on-Don, and Kiev; the Central Committee of Trade Unions, Trade Union Factory Committee (leaders, administration); and Soviet salaries and wages (1959).



Brown's report (copy) to the American Council of Learned Societies on her trip to the Soviet Union, particularly Moscow and Leningrad, discusses the Regional and Central Council of Trade Unions, the Electosil Plant, the Zrasnoe Plant, the Znamya Plant, a sewing plant near Volodarskova, the House Construction Combine, the Institute of Soviet American Relations, visits to Soviet schools and cultural sites, and conversations with Soviet citizens.