GB 0096 MS 1005 - FROST, Harold (1892-1975)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0096 MS 1005

Title

FROST, Harold (1892-1975)

Date(s)

  • 1926-1937; 1954; 1967-1968 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

4 volumes

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Name of creator

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.

Archival history

Provenance is unknown.
GB 0096 MS 1005 1926-1937; 1954; 1967-1968 Collection (Fonds) 4 volumes Frost , Harold , 1892-1975 , verger and psychic researcher

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.

Provenance is unknown.

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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.

1 series of 4 volumes.

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

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.
English

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Prepared by Gillian Murphy

Compiled in compliance with the General International Standard on Archival Description, 2nd edition, Ottawa 2000 and the National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

September 2003

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Content and structure area

Scope and content

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.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

1 series of 4 volumes.

Conditions of access and use area

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.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

List

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

The original files on India are deposited at the offices of the World Council of Churches in Geneva.

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Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with the General International Standard on Archival Description, 2nd edition, Ottawa 2000 and the National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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