Yarrow surveys winter relief across the Caucasus. New Near East, Feb 1920.
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Location

Erivan (Yerevan)

Year

1920

Item Detail

Famine, displacement, and political instability marked the winter of 1920 in the First Republic of Armenia and the wider Caucasus, and damaged transport and supply lines made relief harder to deliver. E. A. Yarrow's report for this issue follows food distribution, refugee camps, warehouses, hospitals, and orphanages from Nakhichevan to Erivan, Alexandropol, Kars, and Tiflis. The issue also reports starvation at Erivan, devastation at Urumia, an attack that killed two American YMCA workers near Aintab, and the national fundraising campaign.

Context

The New Near East was Near East Relief's monthly publication that reported on the organization’s work and mobilized financial support from American readers. Its articles preserve evidence of field conditions and institutional decisions, but they frame that evidence through Near East Relief’s own appeals for support.

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  • Holding Institution

    Rockefeller Archive Center

  • External Link
    https://dimes.rockarch.org/objects/VAgMk4eTbaSAUW5fcqkaeM/view

  • Attribution

    Near East Foundation Collection, Rockefeller Archive Center

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  • Notes

    Masthead: Vol. IV, No. 7 (Total No. 31), February 1920. Published by Near East Relief, New York.

  • Document Contents

    * “Winter Relief in the Caucasus,” by E. A. Yarrow, surveys Near East Relief operations in Nakhichevan, Erivan, Alexandropol, Kars, and Tiflis.

    * “Glimpses of the Inferno” describes winter starvation in Erivan.

    * “An American Returns to Persia” reports on destroyed and looted mission property at Urumia.

    * “Voices from the Field” contrasts Christmas at the Sivas orphanage with the hunger of children outside the institution.

    * “Annual Meeting Board of Trustees” records Near East Relief’s charter obligations and organizational business.

    * “Hurdman & Cranstoun” presents a comparison of relief appropriations.

    * “The Honor Roll” lists American workers who died in the Near East during the war years.

    * “Caesarea” offers a historical and geographical sketch of the city and surrounding district.

    * “Two Americans Killed in Near East” reports the deaths of YMCA workers James Perry and Frank Johnson during an attack on a relief convoy near Aintab.

    * “Campaign News,” “Harry Lauder Sings for Near East Relief,” and “No Individual Packages Sent to Near East by Near East Relief” report on the American fundraising campaign and shipment policies.

    * “Personals” records staff appointments, travel, and field assignments.

    * “The Speech of Premier Venizelos to the Greek People” prints excerpts on Thrace and western Asia Minor.

    * “Armenia and Turkey” and “Konia Needs Clothes” address the proposed peace treaty and supply needs at the Derindje distribution station.

    * “Brief News Items” and “From Near East News” report on political and relief conditions in Armenia.

    * “Azerbaidjan Cabinet” and “Paris-Constantinople Trains” provide regional political and transportation news.

    * “Congressional Record, January 23, 1920” prints remarks on recognition of Armenia and Georgia and on Armenian military service.

    * “Arab Kingdom” and “List of Steamers as Sailing for Near East” report on political order and relief transportation.

Yarrow surveys winter relief across the Caucasus. New Near East, Feb 1920.