Charles Gibbes papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1281
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1935-1963
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • Russian
  • Physical Description
    • 1 f., 1 tape-recording and manuscript

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Decorated Christmas and New Year greeting presented [to C. S. Gibbes?] by nineteen inmates of Priiut mal'chikov "Dama Miloserdiia", Kharbin, 1935; (2) Russian: Level Two (Harcourt, Brace & World Audio-Lingual Materials, unit 20), New York etc., 1963 (tape-recording)

Administrative / Biographical History

Charles Sydney Gibbes (1876-1963) was a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia and tutor to the Tsarevich during the last days of the Russian imperial family

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of George Gibbes, April 1987

Note

In 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