Comprises: (1) Irina Henderson's literary manuscripts and offprints, especially on the poet Lermontov, with a few printed books, some correspondence with R.C. Lane concerning Tiutchev, and obituaries of Joseph Brodsky; and (2) Numerous picture postcards of Russia and Russian churches in Western Europe given to Irina Henderson by Alexander Wheater in 1994.
Irina Henderson papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1471
- Dates of Creation
- 1965-2001
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Russian
- Physical Description
- 9 boxes; manuscript, typescript, photographs, postcards, and printed material.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Irina Ippolitovna Henderson (ne Mochalova, 1918-1999) was a member of the Russian migr community in Great Britain and a translator of Russian poetry into English. She was awarded an Oxford D.Phil. degree for a thesis on M.IU. Lermontov in 1979.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
The gift of Harry Henderson, her widower, September 2002.
Note
In English and Russian.
Other Finding Aids
A more detailed listing of the contents is available in the LRA online catalogue http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/lra/index.htm