| Description | The 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. |