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FROST, Harold (1892-1975)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 1005

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: FROST, Harold (1892-1975)

Date(s): 1926-1937; 1954; 1967-1968

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 4 volumes

Name of creator(s): Frost | Harold | 1892-1975 | verger and psychic researcher

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

c 1906: Farmer near Colchester in Essex.
1914-1918: Inns of court O.T.C. Gazetted to 7th Suffolks and went to the Somme, France.
Late 1920s-1930s: Interest in psychical investigations.
1939: Medical clerk to the Chairman of Colchester Medical Board of the Ministry of Labour.
1941: Transferred to Ministry of Food Headquarters Office, Colwyn Bay for licensing of firms in Animal Feeding stuffs.
1942: Transferred to Chelmsford Essex Divisional Food Office as Salvage Officer for Essex and Hertfordshire areas.
1950: Transferred to Ministry of Supply and carried out testing at Springfield Uranium Factory, Lancashire.
1955-1961: Moved to Dacca, East Pakistan and worked as a General Manager of Zeenat Printing Works and public relations.
1962: Joined the Sue Ryder organisation and carried out general duties and nursing.
1960s: Verger.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Consists of 4 hard-bound scrapbooks with some handwritten notes and typescript notes of sittings with mediums of various circles eg. Mark's Tey circle in Essex. Some letters and press cuttings are enclosed.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

1 series of 4 volumes.

Conditions governing access:

Material can be consulted by appointment only, at 24 hours notice.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Provenance is unknown.

Immediate source of acquisition:

n/a

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Prepared by Gillian Murphy