Deacon Family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 805
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1843-1985
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 551 ff., 1 vol., manuscript, typescript, printed, and picture postcards

Scope and Content

Comprises the papers, documents, correspondence, and family history information of the Deacon, Johnson, and other families, especially Karen and Olga Deacon, together with slides of postcards of Russian subjects and works of art

Administrative / Biographical History

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

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Karen Deacon, March and July 1987; Hugh Ingram, December 1996

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