Coates Family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1134
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1919-1994
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 86 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs, and cassette

Scope and Content

Comprises Coates family memoirs by Jeanette Ball (ne Coates), William H. E. Coates, and James Coates, with family correspondence and photographs, Gibson family-history information and recollections of the Thornton woolen mill in St.Petersburg/Petrograd

Administrative / Biographical History

The Coates family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in St. Petersburg

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Jeanette Ball, August 1989; Jennifer Stead, March 1994

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