Turner Family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1159
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1890-1991
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 18 ff., manuscript, photographs, and printed

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Photographs of members of Turner and Denisov families, St. Petersburg and Norway, [1910s]; (2) Photocopy of a photograph of the British-Russia Club annual dinner, London, [1924]; (3) English translation of the obituary of Roland Turner (1883-1940) in [Poslednie Novosti?], Paris, 29 May 1940; (4) Evelyn Turner, "A Few Notes on the Denisoff Family", 1991; (5) Russian banknotes

Administrative / Biographical History

The Turner family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, and the Denisov family were members of the post-revolutionary Russian migr community in France

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Evelyn Turner, June and July 1991

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

Corporate Names

British-Russia Club