Lunn and Ford-Smith Family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1256
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1995
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 1898 ff., 9 vols, manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs (some framed), and negatives Includes 1 painting, 6 medals, and cloth badges

Scope and Content

Comprises the personal, financial, official, military, sporting, and miscellaneous other documents and correspondence of many members of the Lunn and Ford-Smith families in Russia, together with some of their printed books, photographs of many countries and valuable possessions, and Second World War medals

Administrative / Biographical History

The Lunn and Ford-Smith families were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in Balashikha near Moscow

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of James W. Ford-Smith, November 1986, April 1987, February 1988, August 1989, August 1990, November and December 1995

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