Geoffrey Courtney papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 1369
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1913-1984
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 51 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, and a photograph

Scope and Content

Comprises: (1) Photograph, Russia, 1913; (2) Geoffrey Courtney's memoirs, "Russia 1913", n.d.; (3) Photocopies of announcements and reviews of broadcast readings from Nicholas Courtney, "An English Tutor in Czarist Russia", BBC Radio 3, May 1984

Administrative / Biographical History

Geoffrey Courtney (1888-1964) was a tutor to a Russian family and a member of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of Anne Courtney, April 1988

Note

In English

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