Bernays Family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1014
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1986
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 129 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, slides, and negatives

Scope and Content

Comprises slides of various postcard reproductions of works by Russian artists, views of Russia, portraits of members of the Russian Imperial family, photographs of members of the Bernays and Birse families and friends, a photocopy of a newspaper cutting of a First World War naval mascot, a list of subjects represented in the foregoing images, and an extract from the Bernays family history

Administrative / Biographical History

The Bernays family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Richard Hardy, January 1986

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