Correspondence and papers relating to Frank Francis’s contributions to encyclopaedias
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Contains papers relating to contributions to Encyclopaedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Americana, Cassell’s Encyclopaedia, Chambers’s Encyclopaedia, and the Children’s Encyclopaedia.
Papers relating to the International Council on Monuments and Sites – National Committee for the United Kingdom
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Contains minutes, agenda, correspondence, and a programme for the 2nd General Assembly of the International Council (Oxford, 1969). Frank Francis was Chairman of the UK’s national committee.
Papers relating to Frank Francis's professional appointments
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Contains papers relating to Francis’s rejection of the post of University Librarian at Cambridge, and his appointments as, successively, Assistant, Secretary, Keeper [of the Department of Printed Books], and Director and Principal Librarian of the British Museum. Includes correspondence, press cu...