[with apologies for cross-posting]
* Collections of the Month: 'Cold Comfort'
Royal Navy officer Sir John Franklin was last seen in 1845 while on an
expedition in the Arctic. His wife, Lady Jane Franklin (1792-1875), was
determined to discover his fate. She spent her time writing to influential
people for support, and her own fortune on sending search parties to the
region. This month we explore their story, using materials from the Scott
Polar Research Institute's Arctic collections.
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* Latest additions:
Descriptions from the Universities of Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Leeds,
Nottingham, and Middlesex, and from the Bodelian Library, the Bodleian
Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, the Borthwick
Institute of Historical Research, Cambridge University Library, the
Institute of Commonwealth Studies, the Museum of English Rural Life, the
Scott Polar Research Institute, and the Women's Library.
These include descriptions of the archive and papers of politician Bernie
Grant (1944-2000); literary papers of poet and broadcaster Sir John Betjeman
(1906-1984); and records of beuaty contest Miss Great Britain.
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