Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1926-1937; 1954; 1967-1968 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 volumes
Context area
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.
Repository
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.
n/a
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
List
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
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
n/a
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
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.
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English