Harry Smith papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1244
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1970-1988
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 662 ff., manuscript, typescript, and printed

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Harry Smith, "The Smiths of Moscow" (including Nina Smith, "Good-bye Moscow"), "Moscow of the Smiths", "My Memories of Moscow and Murmansk", "Miscellaneous Odds and Ends", with a contents list; (2) Harry Smith, "Escape from Muscovy, 1917-1918"; (3) Harry Smith, "The Searches" (research correspondence); (4) Letters to Harvey Pitcher from: J. Mann (1, 1988), H. Smith (including notes on British Church of St Andrew, Moscow) (1, 1980), E. Staples (2, 1982, n.d.); (5) Harvey Pitcher's annotated list of subscribers to St Andrew's Church General Fund, 1916

Administrative / Biographical History

Harry Smith (1892-1981) and his family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in Moscow

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Harvey Pitcher, November 1984

Note

In English

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