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Document ReferenceBu B 6
TitleJournal of Meriel Buchanan, St Petersburg, Russia; 1910-14.
Date1910-1914
Extent1 volume
LevelItem/file
Content DescriptionSmall volume with manuscript entries made between 19 August 1911 and 20 December 1914. Includes several photographs and newscuttings, pasted into the book.

The contents are personal in nature and record her impressions of her family, surroundings and society; there are references to important political events, notably the outbreak of the First World War, and to important political figures of the time.

For a more detailed description of the volume, see individual entries for different folios.

Formerly Bu 57.
Termmilitary campaigns, First World War 1914-8
social life
politics, British
politics, Russian
Physical DescriptionPhotographs/postcards formerly stuck into volume but removed prior to volume coming to Department - ff 2v,
Related RecordMS960

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Persons
CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA138Buchanan; Meriel (1886-1959); Miss; daughter of Sir George1886-1959
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