Comprises Bessie Brand's memoirs of Russia, 1956, a family tree, photographs of the Brand and Soper families, and of several Russian cities, 1887-1917, with indexes and photocopied inscriptions on the versos of these
Bessie Brand papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1258
- Dates of Creation
- 1887-1956
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English German Russian
- Physical Description
- 47 ff., manuscript, typescript, and photographs
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Bessie Emily Brand (ne Soper) (1887-1982) was a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of Alice Brown, December 1992, January 1993
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