Comprises correspondence of Walter L. Spearing and Jane T. Spearing; letters concerning the death of Walter Spearing; letters of Lilian Merryweather; Knox and Spearing family documents and memoirs of life in Russia; together with photographs and postcards of Russia sent by Jean Knox to her family, and a privately-printed book by Moira Clark, Reflections in the Samovar, Chandlers Ford, 1991
Lilian Merryweather collection
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 802
- Dates of Creation1883-1991
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish Russian
- Physical Description255 ff., 1 vol., manuscript, typescript, printed, photographs, and negative
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Lilian Merryweather (1916-) was born in Odessa into the Spearing family, who were members of the British community in pre-revolutionary Russia. Her father, Walter Spearing, died in Vladivostok during the Allied Intervention
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Acquisition Information
The gift of Lilian Merryweather, February 1984, August 1987, January 1988, January and September 1990; Moira Clark, October 1991
Note
English, Russian
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