Includes biographical profiles of Frank Francis, papers concerning his financial affairs, correspondence relating to portraits of Francis, and the card approving Francis’s claim for the Defence Medal, with the ribbon.
Contains letters received by A. F. Johnson, and Victor Scholderer; ‘Museum Musings’, verse by H. I. Bell, typewritten, corrected; H. R. Plomer’s texts of papers ‘The authorship of “A theatre of voluptuous worldlings”’, ‘The foreign book trade of the 18th century and the men engaged in it’, ‘A “C...
Posthumous papers relating to Sir Frank and Lady Katrina Francis
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Contains papers collected by Frank Francis’s wife, Lady Katrina ('Kitty') (d 1991), and their daughter, Jane Francis (d 2010) following, and chiefly relating to, Francis’s death on 15 Sep 1988. Also contains a file of condolence letters, collected by Jane alone, on the death of Lady Katrina, and ...
Contains an order of service, list and signature book of attendees, cards, correspondence, and press cuttings relating to the memorial service held at St George’s Church, Bloomsbury on 14 Dec 1988. Also contains lists of individuals and organisations to be contacted regarding the service, the te...
Includes papers relating to the death of Douglas W. Bryant and the purchase of the Battle Abbey estate (see also Add MS 89010/2/6); correspondence with Anthony Kenny regarding the original 1960s plans for the development of a national library in Bloomsbury, and Frank Francis’s support for the pla...