Comprises the personal, financial, official, military, sporting, and miscellaneous other documents and correspondence of many members of the Lunn and Ford-Smith families in Russia, together with some of their printed books, photographs of many countries and valuable possessions, and Second World War medals
Lunn and Ford-Smith Family papers
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 1256
- Dates of Creation1870s-1995
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Russian
- Physical Description1898 ff., 9 vols, manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs (some framed), and negatives Includes 1 painting, 6 medals, and cloth badges
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Lunn and Ford-Smith families were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia, resident in Balashikha near Moscow
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of James W. Ford-Smith, November 1986, April 1987, February 1988, August 1989, August 1990, November and December 1995
Note
In English, Russian
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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