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.

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.

2 manuscript boxes, 8 oversize boxes, 1 oversize folder (10.63 Linear Feet)

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