Comprises: (1) Photocopies of Healey family papers, family history documents, official correspondence and photographs, with a modern print and key; (2) Photocopies of additional Healey family papers and family history information; (3) Photocopies of official documents concerning the repatriation of British subjects from Russia, Parliamentary and other enquiries about conditions in Russia, compensation claims, maintenance of British refugees from Russia, 1920-1924; (4) Photocopy of: J. Macdonald Webster, "For Scots Abroad", In Other Lands, January 1942; (5) Karmannyi muzykalnyi slovar, 18th ed., Moscow and Petrograd, [1916?]; (6) J. O. Greenwood, Daniel Wheeler: Quaker Adventures in Russia [...], London, 1984
Michael Welch collection
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 808
- Dates of Creation
- 1869-1991
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Russian German
- Physical Description
- 124 ff., 1 vol., manuscript, typescript, printed, and photographs
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Michael Welch is descended from the Healey family, who were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, and a historian of that community
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of Michael Welch, December 1987, August 1991, April 1992, July 1993
Note
In English, Russian
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