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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Simon Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 SSIM

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Simon Collection

Date(s): 1947-1973

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 envelope

Name of creator(s): Simon | Ezsther | b 1927

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Letters from Mrs Ezsther ("Zsuzsika") Simon, (née Kallay) (1927-) living in Hungary, to her elder sister Magdolna ("Madeleine") Tomalin (née Kallay) (?-1989), living in Britain, also contained are some drafts of replies, telegrams, postcards and Christmas cards.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Mostly Hungarian, some English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

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

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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:

SSEES library also holds the correspondence and papers of Magdolna Tomalin, sister of Ezsther Simon (Ref TOM)

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: Revsed Jan 2003


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects

Personal names
Simon | Ezsther | b 1927 | resident in Hungary
Tomalin | Mageleine | d 1989 | nee Magdolna Kallay | Hungarian exile in Britain x Kallay | Magdolna

Corporate names

Places
Hungary | Eastern Europe