Galina von Meck papers - Archives Hub (original) (raw)
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1368
- Dates of Creation
- 1893-1981
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English German Russian
- Physical Description
- 3 vols, 3962 ff.
Scope and Content
Comprises the letters, papers, and photographs of G. N. von Meck concerning her family and various Russian subjects, including P. I. Tchaikovsky's autobiography in letters
Administrative / Biographical History
Galina Nikolaevna von Meck (fon-Mekk) (Perrott and Orlovskaia in her two marriages; 1891-1985) was a biographer of Tchaikovsky and a memoirist, who fled from the Soviet Union during the Second World War and became a member of the Russian migr community in Great Britain
Access Information
Acquisition Information
The gift of Anne Courtney, April and July 1986, February and November 1987, February, April, June and October 1988, May and June 1991
Note
In English, German, Russian