Bessie Brand papers

Scope and Content

Comprises Bessie Brand's memoirs of Russia, 1956, a family tree, photographs of the Brand and Soper families, and of several Russian cities, 1887-1917, with indexes and photocopied inscriptions on the versos of these

Administrative / Biographical History

Bessie Emily Brand (ne Soper) (1887-1982) was a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Alice Brown, December 1992, January 1993

Note

In English, German, 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