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Add MS 89235

Record Id:: 032-003379126
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:: 032-003379126
MDARK:: ark:/81055/vdc_100047206838.0x000001
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Format:: ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 89235
Title:: Archive of Alfred Forbes Johnson
Scope & Content:: Letter and postcard correspondence written by Alfred during his time serving in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1919, and sent to his wife Essie, plus diaries of his experience, written retrospectively, and personal mementoes including postcards and newspaper cuttings. Also includes letters from family members Hilda, Wilfred Johnson and Reginald Lindley Jackson, and Johnsons’s colleagues from the British Museum: E.W. Lyneham, and F. D. Sladen.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:: Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:: 032-003379126
Is part of:: not applicable
Contains:: Add MS 89235/1 : Alfred Forbes Johnson correspondence, maps and diaries.
Add MS 89235/2 : Correspondence of serving family members, and colleagues.

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Hierarchy:: 032-003379126
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Record Type (Level):: Fonds
Extent:: 3 boxes of 473 items of correspondence and postcard items, 3 diaries, 7 maps.
Digitised Content:
Languages:: English
French
Scripts:: Latin
Start Date:: 1914
End Date:: 1919
Date Range:: 1914-1919
Era:: CE
Access:: Available for research unless otherwise stated

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User Conditions:: Copyright in this material is held by the surviving family of Alfred Johnson. Please consult British Library staff for further details.
Former Internal References:: deposit 10882
Source of Acquisition:: Presented by Diana Parkin and Tim Johnson in February 2016.
Material Type:: Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:: Not Public Record(s)
Names:: Johnson, Alfred Forbes, British Museum Civil Servant, 1884-1972