Nesta MacDonald Collection

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 LRA/MS 1460
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1881 - 1994
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 49 items 2 volumes; manuscript print photographs photocopies

Scope and Content

Comprises:
(1-6) Photocopies of letters from S. P. Diagilev to his family (6, 1881, 1885, n.d.);
(7-8) S. P. Diagilev, song to words by A. K. Tolstoi, [1887];
(9-10) Perm' theatre posters, 1884-1885;
(11) Perm' official document, 1894;
(12) Photocopy of Rodoslovnaia Diagilevykh publication (n.p., n.d.);
(13) N. V. Beliaeva et al (eds), Sergei Diagilev i khudozhestvennaia kul'tura XIX-XX vekov: Materialy nauchnoi konferentsii, 17-19 aprelia 1987 g, Perm', 1989;
(14) V. S. Verkholantsev, Gorod Perm': Ego proshloe i nastoiashchee [...], Perm', 1913/1994;
(15-33) Set of picture postcards of Perm', Moscow, 1988;
(34-35) Copy prints (& negatives) of photographs of: P K Karsavin;
(36-37) L P Karsavin (etching by G Vereiskii, 1922);
(38-39) I L Karsavina;
(40-41) S L Karsavina.

Administrative / Biographical History

Nesta Macdonald, née Rosse, (1914-2015) was a historian of Russian ballet.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

The gift of Nesta Macdonald, March 1992, May 1996.