Comprises Carmel Whyte's memoirs of escape from Russia; documents belonging to members of the Wallwork family, including Edwin, Joseph Arthur, Annie, and Lilian, in Russia; their photographs and postcards of family members and friends with British and Russian military personnel in the First World War; Lilian and Annie's cloth mementoes; plaster statues of Russian peasants; additional photographs of Russian military subjects; a transcript of Lilian Nield recording her childhood memoirs at the time of the Revolution; and a photocopy of a letter from C. Fry to Lilian Wallwork, 1917
Wallwork Family papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1172
- Dates of Creation
- 1893-1995
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Russian
- Physical Description
- 294 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs, postcards, and negatives Includes several cloths, a bag, and plaster statues
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Wallwork family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in Estonia
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of Lilian Nield, August 1991, October 1992, November 1993, July 1997; Brian Head, 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