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Archive Collection description: BOL
Bolsover Collection (circa) (1928-1985)
An online catalogue for this collection is available.
George Henry Bolsover (1910-1990) was born in 1910. After obtaining a
first degree and MA from the School of Russian Studies, Liverpool
University and a doctorate from SSEES, he worked as tutor and assistant
lecturer respectively at Birmingham and Manchester Universities. In 1943,
his expertise in Russian resulted in his being appointed attache and
first secretary to the British Embassy in Moscow, a post he held until
1947. On his return to Britain in 1947, Bolsover was appointed Director
of SSEES. Bolsover was to be Director for the next 29 years, presiding
over a period of growth in interest in Russian and East European studies
and SSEES' post war expansion. As well as administrative duties, Bolsover
was on the editorial board of the "Slavonic and East European Review"
until 1963, and was its sometime editor. He was also invoved in
arrangements for Hungarian refugee students to study at British
universities after 1956 and the fight against a recommendation that SSEES
be incorporated into a multi faculty college. He was sometimes called
upon by the BBC to comment on Soviet affairs. He retired in 1976.
Ref: "Slavonic and East European Review" vol 69, no 1, 1991, pp 102-106
Contents
- BOL/1 - Bolsover's writings and related papers on Russia, the Soviet Union and European history (circa) (1928-1985)
- BOL/2 - Reports on study trips to the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe (1954-1982)
- BOL/3 - Papers re SSEES (1947-1969)
- BOL/4 - Notes on Russian history and the Soviet Union taken from original documents and secondary sources (circa) (1933-1985
14 boxes
(Language) (mostly) English & French & German & (small amount) Japanese & Russian
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