Richardson Collection
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0369 RIC |
Held at | : School of Slavonic and East European Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/archives/ › |
Full title | : Richardson Collection |
Date(s) | : 1806-1946 (mainly 1898-1914) |
Level of description | : Collection (Fonds) |
Extent | : 1 box containing 13 envelopes |
Name of creator(s) | : Richardson | Edmund W | fl 1900-1946 |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Edmund W Richardson edited "The Picture Postcard", a magazine published in London 1900-1907.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Picture postcards and some postcard sized illustrations, 1806-1946 (mainly 1898-1914). Most of them depict Russian scenes and people but there are also cards from Estonia, Finland and Britain. Some of the cards had been sent to Edmund W Richardson as editor of "The Picture Postcard". Relatively few however have been used and sent through the post. Subjects include Russian peasants and farming scenes, 1901; Russian military forces, 1905; Anti-Bolshevik propaganda postcards c 1918; Russian cities, Kiev, St Petersburg, Yaroslav and Streln, 1898-1909; street scenes in Moscow and Petrograd after the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917; Kiev, 1946
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
Russian, French, Japanese, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Czech and Serbo-Croat
System of arrangement:
Postcards arranged by subject, as described in Scope and Content.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.
Finding aids:
Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Date(s) of descriptions:
Revised Jan 2003
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