Papers relating to the Friends of the Folger Shakespeare Library
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Contains notices of meetings and agendas, correspondence, a report on ‘long-range development’, minutes, a draft constitution, and a memorandum on organisation and goals. Frank Francis was a member of the planning group.
Papers relating to the Pahlavi National Library Advisory Council
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Contains correspondence, press cuttings, and a British Council brochure on training at British library schools for Iranian librarians. Frank Francis was a member of the Advisory Council
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
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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
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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...
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 the Centre National d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou
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Contains papers relating to the genesis of the idea to create the Centre (the project was originally called the Centre du Plateau Beaubourg and came to be known popularly as the Pompidou Centre), the architectural competition, and the jury’s deliberations and decision, including minutes and its f...
Papers relating to the UNESCO Special Committee of Governmental Experts to Examine the Draft Convention Concerning the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export and Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property
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Contains a preliminary report, agenda, a final report, and list of members. Frank Francis was the International Federation of Library Associations' representative on the Committee.