Susan King papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1052
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1800-1919
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 35 ff., typescript, manuscript (photocopy), and photographs

Scope and Content

Comprises photocopies of a transcription of Susan King's diary of a visit to St Petersburg and Moscow with her uncle, Rev Robert Ingram, 1863, and transcribed Johnson, King and Ingram family documents and letters, 1800s-1910s; also, a Russian Easter card sent by Joy Johnson to May Johnson, 1909, and carte-de-visite photographs of Russian street vendors etc, 1862

Administrative / Biographical History

Susan King (ne Johnson) (1837-1936) was a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Catherine Johnson, October 1987

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