Violet Lehrs papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1278
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1860s]-1990s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English German Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 116 ff., 2 vols, manuscript, typescript, printed, and photographs

Scope and Content

Comprises Violet Lehrs' essays and broadcasts on pre-revolutionary Russia, together with books on the British Church of St Andrew, Moscow, correspondence, and much material on the family history of the British community in Russia, both that of the Lehrs family and many others, including photographs and a newspaper cutting about W. Hutton's Military Cross of 1917

Administrative / Biographical History

Violet Lehrs (1887-1971) was a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of V. Mary Salter, March and June 1993, September 1994, June 1995

Note

In English, German, 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

Family Names

Lehrs Family