Chessborough Mackenzie-Kennedy papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1177
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1890s-1920s, 1940s, 1991
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 166 ff., 2 vols, printed, typescript, photographs, and negatives

Scope and Content

Comprises the personal papers of C.H.J. Mackenzie-Kennedy and his wife Z.Ia. Koriakova, including family-history notes and photographs, together with publications on the former's contribution to Russian aviation

Administrative / Biographical History

Chessborough H. J. Mackenzie-Kennedy (1886-1942) was a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary St Petersburg and an aviation pioneer

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Chessborough V. Mackenzie-Kennedy, August and September 1991, October 1992

Note

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