Comprises correspondence, documents, memoirs, photographs, and postcards relating to the Muir, Mirrielees, Philip, and other families in Russia
Muir Family papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1015
- Dates of Creation
- 1850-1996
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English Russian
- Physical Description
- 430 ff., manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs, and negatives
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Muir family were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in Moscow, and partners in the Muir and Mirrielees department store
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of John and Patience Bagenal; Martin Brett; Valeria Lane, January and December 1986, February and May 1987, March 1988, March and October 1989, March 1990, September 1991, January and March 1994; Harvey Pitcher, February 1996
Note
In 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