Record

Collection NameSteveni, Barbara
RefNoTGA 202115/12/1/1
Alternative Reference NumberBS/CORR/1/1
LevelFile
TitlePapers relating to Leo Steveni
Datec 1930-2018
Extent1 folder
Access StatusOPEN
LocationBlack Zone
DescriptionThe papers include:
- Copy of a photograph of Leo Steveni on horseback with the White Army in Russia, c 1918
- Copies of newspaper reports by Leo Steveni on the last days of Koltchak, 20-22 July 1920
- Photocopy of Leo Steveni's military record
- Letters regarding Russian claims for compensation, 1930-89
- Correspondence with his brother, Oscar Steveni, re his change of name, 1934
- Statements about life from Leo Steveni to his daughters Elizabeth and 'Barbie', 1945
- Menu card signed by guests for a luncheon for G A Nikolev, 1955 with notes by Barbara Steveni
- Letter from Leo Steveni to Barbara Latham, [c.1950s]
- Notice of Leo Steveni's retirement, The Timber Trade Journal, 1960
- Obituaries for Leo Steveni, 1972
- Note regarding the Steveni family and the story of the Czar's ring being gifted to Oscar Steveni and a codicil to will of Helen Steveni re the ring
- Papers regarding the gift of the portrait of Leo Steveni by Eric Kennington to the Imperial War Museum, 1990
- Copies of material relating to the Russian Civil War from the Imperial War Museum, 1998
- Press cuttings and notes by Barbara Steveni
- Print-out of article on Leo Steveni by Catherine Boylan, History Today, 2013
- Pamphlet 'The Remarkable Story of Captain Leo Steveni, MC OBE', text of a talk by Martin Vander Weyer, 2018 which drew heavily on Barbara Steveni's National Life Story Collection recording but which she felt misinterpreted her account.
FormatDocument - miscellaneous
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