Boswell Family papers

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 206 MS 1223
  • Dates of Creation
      1910-1990
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
      English Russian
  • Physical Description
      67 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs, and negatives (including photocopy)

Scope and Content

Comprises photocopies of various Boswell and Meggitt birth, death and marriage certificates and invoices; also, family business correspondence, and prints, photocopies, and negatives of Boswell family photographs

Administrative / Biographical History

The Boswell family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in St Petersburg

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Elizabeth Meggitt, January 1992

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