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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Murray Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 MUR

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Murray Collection

Date(s): 1912

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 1 album

Name of creator(s): Murray | Sir | James Wolfe | 1853-1919 | Lieutenant General

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Lieutenant-General Sir James Wolfe Murray (1853-1919) took a commission in the Royal Artillery in 1872. He was the author of two handbooks on the Russian Army. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1909. In 1912 he was an army representative on a British delegation to Russia set up by Parliament. He served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff in 1914-1915.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Album of memorabilia from Sir James Wolfe Murray's participation in the visit of the British Parliamentary delegation to Russia, 22 January-6 February 1912, includes invitation cards, menus, programmes and an account of the visit by Murray published in the "Morning Post", 8 February 1912.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English and Russian

System of arrangement:

One album

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:

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


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Russian history | European history | National history

Personal names
Murray | Sir | James Wolfe | 1853-1919 | Lieutenant General

Corporate names
Morning Post | newspaper

Places
Russia | Eastern Europe
Crimea x Krym