Comprises: (1) Edith Watson (ne Tyler), "Frederick Tyler (1873-1966): One of Nipper's Men", (includes a large number of transcribed documents and letters reflecting the Tyler family's sojourn in Georgia and Russia, 1909-1918); (2) Photocopies of letters from Frederick Tyler, Tiflis, to Sarah Tyler (ne Kershaw) (1873-1972) (19, 1917-1918); (3) Photocopy of a safe-deposit pass, Volzhsko-Kamskii Kommercheskii Bank, [Tiflis], 1918-1919; (4) Photocopy of a letter from James Muir, Hayes, to Frederick Tyler, Bombay (1919); (5) Modern prints of photographs of Charles Tyler and Georgii and Marina Chavchavadze, Tiflis, 1912, and British refugees, Archangel, 1918
Tyler Family collection
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 1130
- Dates of Creation1917-1989
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Russian
- Physical Description288 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, and photographs
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Tyler family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in Moscow and Georgia. Frederick Tyler worked for the Gramophone Company
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of Edith Watson, July and September 1989
Note
In English, Russian
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the Leeds Russian Archive online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm