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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Richardson Collection

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 RIC

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

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

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 AND 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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

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ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.