Comprises the letters, papers, and photographs of G. N. von Meck concerning her family and various Russian subjects, including P. I. Tchaikovsky's autobiography in letters
Galina von Meck papers
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 1368
- Dates of Creation1893-1981
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- Language of MaterialEnglish German Russian
- Physical Description3 vols, 3962 ff.
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Administrative / Biographical History
Galina Nikolaevna von Meck (fon-Mekk) (Perrott and Orlovskaia in her two marriages; 1891-1985) was a biographer of Tchaikovsky and a memoirist, who fled from the Soviet Union during the Second World War and became a member of the Russian migr community in Great Britain
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Acquisition Information
The gift of Anne Courtney, April and July 1986, February and November 1987, February, April, June and October 1988, May and June 1991
Note
In English, German, Russian
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