Frank Reddaway papers

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Photocopies of F. Reddaway and Co. Ltd. business papers: 1893-1897; 1918-1919; 1926-1928; 1930; 1940, with some English translations; (2) Photocopies of Russian claims correspondence, 1917; (3) A history of F. Reddaway and Co. Ltd.; (4) Russian claims background notes, 1990; (5) F. Reddaway and Co. Ltd., Moscow Correspondence, 1917 to 1938, 1938; (6) Photocopy of Ivar Hernes, "A British Memorial in Estonia: A Note about F. Reddaway and Co. Ltd., Manchester", in Revolutionary Russia, London, vol. 6, no. 2, December 1993

Administrative / Biographical History

Frank Reddaway (1854-1943) was an industrialist with interests in pre-revolutionary Russia who pursued claims against the Soviet government for many years

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Angus Fire Armour Ltd., August 1991, Richard Davies, April 1994

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