Accession Inventory of the Elizabeth Byron papers
Finding aid prepared by Jessica Lemieux
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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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
Access
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.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2021.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Elizabeth Byron papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Biographical Note
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
box 1, folder 1
Letters from Byron's grandmother and father
1891-1899
box 1, folder 2
Poetry books from Sasha Joukowsky to his son Count Belensky
1893-1895
box 1, folder 3
Printed portraits of Peter the Great and Empress Alexandra Nikolaevna
undated
box 1, folder 4
Countess Marie Belewsky marriage certificates
1922
box 1, folder 5
Clippings regarding the Russian embassy in Berlin
undated
box 1, folder 6
Typescript regarding the Troubetskoy family
undated
box 1, folder 7
Family history and genealogical charts
1851-1980, undated
os_folder 1
Genealogical charts
undated
box 1, folder 8
Family history notes
undated
box 2, folder 1
Portraits of the family of Alexis Alexeevich Belensky-Joukovsky
1853-1893, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes cabinet card portraits, photographic prints, and associated correspondence.
box 2, folder 2
Family photographs
1871-1898, 2008, undated
box 2, folder 3
For Elizabeth Byron
1893, 1922
Scope and Contents
Includes wedding photograph.
box 2, folder 5
More photos of family
1871-1920, undated
Scope and Contents
Includes watercolor of an unidentified child.
box 3, folder 6
Portrait of the Imperial family, including Empress Alexandra Fyodorovna, with daughters Maria, Olga, Tatiana
1901
box 6
Framed portrait of Grand Duke Aleksei Aleksandrovich, husband of Alexandra Joukovsky
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 7
Framed portrait of Grand Duke Sergei Aleksandrovich
1891
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 3, folder 2
Wedding photograph of Elizabeth Byron and Charles Byron Patrikides
1965
box 3, folder 3
Wedding photograph of Sergei Sverbeyeff and Alexandra Zhukovsky-Belevsky
1922
box 3, folder 4
Photograph of Sergei Sverbeyeff and brothers with hunting dogs
undated
Scope and Contents
Sergei Sverbeyeff at left, kneeling, holding dog.
box 3, folder 5
Portrait of Grand Duke Aleksei Aleksandrovich - Husband of Alexandra, mother of Alexander
undated
box 3, folder 6
Group portrait of the imperial family postcard
approximately 1914-1916
box 7
Framed portrait of unidentified child
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Leather frame with enamel forget-me-not on verso.
box 6
Framed portrait of Princess Maria Petrovna Troubetskoy, seated in front of column
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 3, folder 7
Photograph of Maria Petrovna Troubetzkoy and husband Zhukovsky-Belevsky, with dog
1894
Scope and Contents
Photographer D. Asikritov, Moscow.
box 3, folder 8
Photograph of Maria Petrovna Troubetzkoy and husband Zhukovsky-Belevsky
1894
Scope and Contents
Photographer D. Asikritov, Moscow.
box 3, folder 9
Portrait of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna in mourning
1907
box 4, folder 1
Portrait of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna
1902
Scope and Contents
Label on verso: Robert Stanley (U.S.A.), sketches for two oil paintings 1964.
box 4, folder 2
Portrait of Grand Duchess Elizabeta Feodorovna with fan
undated
Scope and Contents
Printed by H.S. Mendelssohn, London.
box 10
Album of family sketches and photographs
1896-1904
box 3, folder 10
Loose photograph from Album of family sketches and photographs (found on page dated 1902)
1904
box 3, folder 1
Stipple engraving depicting Countess Elena Pavlovna Bibikova
undated
box 5
Lock of hair and small silver cross with floral engraving
1865
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 5
Dried flowers
1866
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 6
Decembrist ring owned by Prince Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 6
Double sided glass locket containing two miniatures on ivory, an unidentified boy and a water lily
1862 April 26
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 7
Miniature of Basile de Reutern in blue velvet frame
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 5
Miniature of Prince A.P. Troubetzkoy, in a gilt frame
1872
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 6
Miniature of poet V.A. Zhukovsky, copied from an 1820 watercolor portrait by his niece A. A. Voetkova
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 6
Miniature of Grand Duke Nikolai Aleksandrovich
1865
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 7
Framed oval gouache of Grand Duchess Elizaveta Feodorovna in a nun's habit
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
box 8
Framed pastel drawing in three colors, depicting Alexandra Zhukovskaya (lady-in-waiting to Empress and wife of Grand Duke
Alexei Alexandrovich)
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
Scope and Contents
Original painting was signed J. Advtery[?], 1862.
box 9
Oil painting of Mademoiselle Reutern in a gilded frame
undated
Access
May not be used without permission of the Archivist.
