Comprises photocopies of baptism certificates of Leopold George and Leopold Albert Cheshire, Petrograd 1885 and 1915/1917 (also 1953), and of Leopold George Cheshire's Russian claims correspondence; also, modern prints of photographs of the Cheshire family at Gurzuf, [1916-1917] and of Leopold George Cheshire and fellow officers at Bereznik, 1919, and an album containing 12 views of St.Petersburg, [1900s]
Cheshire Family papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 670.5
- Dates of Creation
- 1885-1953
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 20 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, and photographs (some photocopy)
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Cheshire family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of Leopold A. Cheshire, 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