Alec Jeakins collection

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1168
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1900-1971
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 5 ff., 1 vol., printed (including photocopy), and slides

Scope and Content

Comprises slides of picture postcards of Moscow, photocopies of four types of blank Russian letter-cards, and the book by Margot Lawrence, Shadow of Swords: A Biography of Elsie Inglis, London, 1971, which refers to Elsie Inglis's nursing work in Russia

Administrative / Biographical History

Alec Jeakins is descended from members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Alec Jeakins, August 1991, June 1992

Note

In Russian, 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