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Amy Coles fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1879-1883.

Reference:

R7674-0-1-E, MG29-C116

Type of material:

Textual material

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Item ID number:

104746

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Amy Coles fonds
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Date(s):

1879-1883.

Place of creation:

Russia (Federation)

Extent:

3 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of 152 letters from Amy Coles recording her experiences as a governess to the children of the Alexieff family, a noble Russian family. A number of letters describe her teaching routine and what the young girls were studying, while most letters record observations on social life and customs in Russia. Her letters note the concerts and operas attended in St. Petersburg, the musical soirées and dances held in the family seat of Ekaterinoslav (South Russia or Ukraine), and her travels through European cities in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, Switzerland and France. Several letters allude to the growing political unrest throughout Russia including attempts on the lives of the Czar and several of his ministers. She also notes the effect of Czar Alexander's assassination on the nobility and on the townspeople in 1881. Several letters describe the beginning of the pogroms against the Jews. There is also some information on the activities of the Russian peasants and their low social status.

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Coles, Amy Louise, 1859-1939

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Coles, Amy Louise, 1859-1939 : Amy Louise Coles was born (13 July 1859) and educated in England. From 1879 to 1882 she was governess to two children, both girls, of a noble Russian family. She taught the children English literature and history. Miss Coles travelled throughout Europe in 1883 and, some years later, emigrated to Canada. In 1984 she married Edward George Kirby at Montreal, thereafter residing in the Eastern Townships. Together they had seven children as follows: Frances Vera Kirby, Guy Hurlston Kirby, Edward Kirby, Thomas Howard Kirby, Margaret Amy Kirby, Winifred Maud Kirby, and Katherine May Kirby. Coles died at Cookshire, Quebec 10 June 1939. McGreer, Michael. "Amy Louise Coles." InterWorld Partners Inc. Family Tree. 12 December 1999. 15 May 2001. 1545

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Received in 1981 from Mr. M.J. Kirby of Calgary, Alta., and Mr. C.G.M. Kirby of Ottawa, Ont.
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Alexieff family, 1879-1883 St. Petersburg (Russia), 1879-1883

Russia - Social life and customs, 1879-1883

Nobility - Russia, 1879-1883

Russia - Politics and government, 1879-1883

Jews - Russia, 1879-1883

Germany - Description and travel, 1879-1883

Switzerland - Description and travel, 1879-1883

France - Description and travel, 1879-1883

Austro-Hungarian Empire - Description and travel, 1879-1883

Assassination - Russia, 1879-1883

Czar Alexander - Assassination attempt, 1881

Russia - Rural conditions, 1879-1883

Royal houses - Russia, 1879-1883

Russia - Kings and rulers, 1879-1883

Jews, Russia, 1879-1883

Jews - Soviet Union - History - Pogroms, 1881-1882

Peasantry - Russia, 1879-1883

Europe
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MG29-C116
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