Contains correspondence, papers relating to the opening of the NCL in 1966, and Board of Trustees minutes, agendas, and discussion papers. Many of the papers concern arrangements for responsibility for the NCL to be assumed by the British Library from 1973. Frank Francis was Chairman of the Boar...
Papers relating to Frank Francis's membership of other committees
Scope & Content:
Contains papers relating to Frank Francis’s roles (or his declining of roles) on: Sion College Library Committee; the Journal of Documentation editorial board; the British Museum Society; the County of Buckingham Library Sub-Committee; the advisory board of Chanoyu (a quarterly publication of th...
Papers relating to the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers
Scope & Content:
Includes papers relating to: Company business; the history of the Tompion Medal; the catalogue of the Company’s collection of clocks and watches; Company dinners and events; and Frank Francis’s various positions in the Company – he was elected a Freeman (1964), Assistant (1966), Senior Warden (1...