Drabble family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1379
  • Dates of Creation
    • ca. 1850-1995
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English French German Italian Polish Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 1243 ff. and 1 vol.; manuscript, photographs, negatives, and printed material. Includes positive microfiches of photographs, and negative photographs.

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Microfiche photographs of members of the Drabble and Stock families and associates in Russia, Finland, Great Britain, and Ukraine, and of Russian and Eastern European scenes, together with some photographs of similar scenes; (2) Sheet music of Russian songs collected by Margaret Drabble, with a list; and (3) Unnumbered negatives of the photographs represented in (1).

Administrative / Biographical History

The Drabble and Stock families were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Acquisition Information

The gift of (Marguerite) Gabriella Alexandrowicz, September 1995.

Note

In English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Russian.

Other Finding Aids

A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the LRA online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm

Geographical Names