Comprises the papers, documents, correspondence, and family history information of the Deacon, Johnson, and other families, especially Karen and Olga Deacon, together with slides of postcards of Russian subjects and works of art
Deacon Family papers
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 805
- Dates of Creation1843-1985
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Russian
- Physical Description551 ff., 1 vol., manuscript, typescript, printed, and picture postcards
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Deacon family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of Karen Deacon, March and July 1987; Hugh Ingram, December 1996
Note
In English, Russian
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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