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Title: Elizabeth Byron papers
Date (inclusive): 1851-2008
Collection Number: 2020C49
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, Russian, French, and German
Physical Description:
2 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder
(10.63 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Elizabeth Byron was a New York based journalist and editor in the field of art and architecture and a great-great-grandchild
of Alexander II of Russia. Includes family correspondence, genealogical material regarding the Russian imperial family, photographs,
portraits, miniatures, and a Decembrist ring belonging to Prince Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy.
Creator:
Byron, Elizabeth Sverbeyeff
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Boxes 5-9 may not be used without permission of the Archivist. The remainder of the collection is open for research; materials
must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual or digital media material in the collection,
they must be reformatted before providing access.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2021.
[Identification of item], Elizabeth Byron papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Byron was born Elizaveta Vladimirovna Sverbeyeva (August 28, 1923) in Berlin. She was also known as Elizabeth Sverbeyeff Byron
and was a great-great-grandchild of Alexander II of Russia. Byron was a New York-based journalist and editor in the field
of art and architecture. She died April 1, 2020.
Scope and Content of Collection
The Elizabeth Byron papers consists of documentation of the genealogy and history of the Russian imperial family, correspondence,
notes, and clippings. Includes original and copy photographs of Byron's family, miniature portraits of Elizabeth von Reutern,
poet Vasily Andreyevich Zhukovsky, Prince A.P. Zhukovsky, Grand Duke Nikolai Alexandrovitch, and Basile de Reutern. Also
includes a Decembrist ring belonging to Prince Sergei Troubetskoy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Russians
Personal correspondence
Photographs
Portraits
Family histories
Alexander, Emperor of Russia, II, 1818-1881