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Jenkinson, Francis John Henry, 1853 - 1923 (librarian)

 Person

Dates and places

1853-1923. Born in Forres, Elgin, Morayshire. Educated Marlborough College and Trinity College. Elected Fellow 1878. Elected University Librarian 1889-1923.

Geographical areas

Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

Legal status / Nationality

British

Sphere of activity

Librarianship

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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Assorted administrative papers, accumulated by Henry Bradshaw and Francis Jenkinson for guidance, in one sequence, 1870 - 1924

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 6/7/2/1
Scope and Contents

Covers such subjects as: accounts; shelving of star classes; fire alarm procedure; salaries; working of boiler; space; needs of Library; how to bring more light into the Library.

Dates: 1870 - 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Assorted correspondence, notes and memoranda, newscuttings and official parliamentary papers relating to the Copyright Act and Cambridge University Library's objections to certain parts, 1911

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 7/2/31
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Cover works transferred under copyright legislation and, latterly, the administration of the Agency for the Copyright Libraries.

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
 Sub-Series

Assorted letters received during the Librarianships of J. Power (1845-64), J.E.B. Mayor (1864-7), Henry Bradshaw (1867-86) and Francis Jenkinson (1889-1923), including those passed on by the Vice-Chancellor, 1855 - 1914

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 6/6/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

These cover every aspect of the administration of the Library, its holdings, buildings and staff.

Dates: 1855 - 1914
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Bibliographical notes and jottings, 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 6/7/2/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Assembled by the Librarian and other officers on all aspects of Library administration and management; that is, collections, buildings and staff.

Dates: 1890 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Copy bromide prints, made in 2000, of studio portraits of Francis Jenkinson (1853-1923), aged about 40 years, 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 12/2/1
Scope and Contents

Show him seated at a table with books, seated holding a book, looking at and away from the camera.

Dates: 1893
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Correspondence, notes, reports and plans relating to successive projects to extend the Library by i) excavating bookstacks under Senate House lawn and under the East and West Courts and ii) roofing-in the courts for stacks and a reading room, 1914 - 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 9/1/12
Scope and Contents

Includes plans by B.L. Hurst in connection with bookstack project beneath Senate House lawn; correspondence between Librarian and architect Edward P. Warren (1857-1937) and plans relating to East and West Courts projects; printed brochure describing new underground storage at Bodleian Library.

Dates: 1914 - 1919
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
 Item

Letter from E.M. Forster to Francis Jenkinson, Librarian, declining [unspecified] position offered him on the Library staff, 1902-02-03

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 10/1/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The records relate to the development and management of the Library's holdings, buildings and staff.

Dates: 1902-02-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Letter to H.S. Foxwell relating to the borrowing rights of senior members of the University, 1889-08-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 8/3/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Fonds:

These cover reader admission and orientation, borrowing, reprography and management of the Library service outside core hours.

Dates: 1889-08-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
 Sub-Series

Papers, 1870 - 1924

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 6/7/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Assembled by the Librarian and other officers on all aspects of Library administration and management; that is, collections, buildings and staff.

Dates: 1870 - 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Summaries of letters from the Copyright Agent, J.G. Bradford, 1912 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ULIB 7/2/33
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Cover works transferred under copyright legislation and, latterly, the administration of the Agency for the Copyright Libraries.

Dates: 1912 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records of governance and finance are restricted for 50 and 30 years respectively by order of the Library Syndicate. Records containing personal data restricted for 80 years under data protection legislation. Restrictions are clearly indicated in catalogue entries.
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Votes for F.J.H. Jenkinson, 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/O.X 19
Scope and Contents

He was elected.

Dates: 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).