Books about Russia written by members of the Swan/Swann family

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1036
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1968-1989
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Church Slavonic
  • Physical Description
    • 1 f., 4 vols, printed

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Alfred Swan (1890-1970), Canticles of the Eastern Church, London: Albert House Press, 1976, with an advertising leaflet; (2) Herbert Swann (1895-1969), Home on the Neva: A Life of a British family in Tsarist St.Petersburg - and after the Revolution, London, 1968; (3) Jane Swann, The Lost Children: A Russian Odyssey, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1989

Administrative / Biographical History

The Swan/Swann family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Donald Swann, March 1987; Irene Swann, May 1989

Note

In English, Church Slavonic

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