Bousfield Lombard papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1099
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1910s-1990s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 43 ff., 41 glass slides, manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs, and negatives Includes 9 cardboard storage boxes, a leather writing case, and an enamel mug

Scope and Content

Comprises Rev Lombard's collection of photographs of the British in Russia during the First World War and Russian Revolutions, prison mug, correspondence, and newspaper cuttings on the Russian Imperial family, together with copies of some Sunday newspapers dating both before and after his death

Administrative / Biographical History

Reverend Bousfield Swan Lombard (1866-1951) was chaplain to the British Embassy in Petrograd during the First World War and was imprisoned with other members of the Embassy staff in the SS Peter-and-Paul Fortress in 1918

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of John Carter, July 1989

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

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