Francis Lindley papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1372
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1917, 1920, [1930s]
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 111 ff., typescript (photocopy), photograph, and negatives

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Photocopies of a letter (in the form of a diary) from F.O. Lindley, British Embassy, Petrograd, to E.M. Lindley (ne Fraser), England (6-17 November (N S) 1917), and of F.O. Lindley's Russian memoirs, 1915-1919, [1930s]; (2) Modern print of a photograph of F.O. Lindley, [London], 1920, with negatives

Administrative / Biographical History

Francis Oswald Lindley (1872-1950) was a British diplomat who led a mission to Russia during the Revolution

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Chips Keswick, October 1994

Note

English

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