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Frobisher Family Archive
Catalogue reference: FRO
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This record is about the Frobisher Family Archive dating from 1719-2001.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- FRO
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Title (The name of the record)
- Frobisher Family Archive
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1719-2001
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Description (What the record is about)
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Family papers, photograph albums and scrapbooks. Records inherited and created by George Frobisher (1911-1997) in the course of researching and publicising his family history. Includes two day books used by members of the family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and several 19th century photographs. The archive contains material about the explorer, Sir Martin Frobisher.
The collection is stored in an antique wooden box belonging to the Frobisher family and is arranged as follows:
FRO/1 Wooden Box
FRO/2 Day Books
FRO/3 Photographs and Photograph Albums
FRO/4 Family History Research Papers
FRO/5 Family History Scrapbooks
FRO/6 Correspondence with archivists
FRO/7 Handwritten family tree -
Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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There are related collections held by the West Yorkshire Archive Services (Calderdale), Calderdale Acc No 1080, 17/03/1986, catalogue reference FRO. Catalogue link: http://www.catalogue.wyjs.org.uk/calmview/TreeBrowse.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&field=RefNo&key=CC01080, and the Hudson’s Bay Company Archive at the University of Manitoba, Canada.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Heritage Quay - University of Huddersfield Archives
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Frobisher; George (-1997)
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 0.5 linear metres
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Original available: how to access .
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- George Frobisher (d. 04/09/1997, Carnforth) deposited some of his papers with the West Yorkshire Archive S, George Frobisher expressed a wish that the papers be given to the Huddersfield Local History Society, but as they did not have a repository, the Society's Honorary Secretary and University's Archivist, Hilary Haigh, suggested in 1997 that they come to the University Archive. George's son, Keith Frobisher, therefore gave further papers to Huddersfield.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- Wooden box, albums, printed documents, manuscripts.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Family papers inherited and created by Keith Frobisher's father, George Frobisher, and passed to Keith on his father's death, 4th September 1997. George Frobisher took a keen interest in his family's history, tracing their roots back to the 13th century and undertaking a lecture tour of Canada. George Frobisher was survived by his wife, Mildred.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/69b3bf41-807c-404b-bcc5-2bd32d1b2a25/
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Frobisher Family Archive