Watkinson Family papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1199
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1910s
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 20 ff., manuscript, printed, photographs, negatives, and slides

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Photocopies of Watkinson marriage and birth certificates, Moscow, 1911 and 1917; (2) Photograph of Clement Henry Watkinson (1884-1948), Kozlov, [1910s]; (3) Contact prints, negatives, slides, photocopies of Watkinson family photographs and Russian and Latvian art postcards and views of Kozlov and Griazi; (4) Peggy Collister (ne Watkinson) notes on family history and photographs

Administrative / Biographical History

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

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Peggy Collister, January 1992

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

Family Names

Watkinson family