Alice Pitfield collection

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 810
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1898-1990
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 123 ff., 1 vol., typescript, manuscript, printed, and photographs

Scope and Content

Comprises Alice Pitfield's memoirs and photographs of Russia, her letter to Harvey Pitcher, Anna Brodsky's memoirs of Russia, a rouble bank note, and Thomas Pitfield's book, Song after supper, London, 1990

Administrative / Biographical History

Alice M. Pitfield (ne Astbury; 1903-2000) was a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in Balashikha, near Moscow

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Alice Pitfield, June 1986; Thomas Pitfield, September 1992

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