Jenkinson, Francis John Henry, 1853-1923 (librarian)
Dates
- Existence: 1853 - 1923
Biography
Francis John Henry Jenkinson (1853-1923), librarian and bibliographer, was born Forres, Moray in 1853. He was educated at Marlborough College before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated in the first class of the classical tripos in 1876. Jenkinson became a fellow of Trinity in 1878 and was college lecturer in Classics from 1881 until 1889. It was at this time that he was introduced to Henry Bradshaw, the University Librarian, who would have a great influence on Jenkinson's future, both in his bibliographic work and his eventual career. Jenkinson became University Librarian in 1889. During his time as Librarian Jenkinson oversaw the gift of Lord Acton's library, the largest single collection ever received by the Library, and the donation of 140,00 hebrew fragments from the Cairo Genezah. From 1915 Jenkinson spent much time collecting literature, especially ephemera, of the war, an archive, still held in the Library and called the War Reserve Collection, which would eventually prove to be both extensive and important. He was married twice: first, on 6 July 1887, to Marian Wetton (d. 1888), fifth daughter of Champion Wetton of Joldwynds, near Gomshall, Surrey, and sister-in-law of Charles Villiers Stanford; and second, on 2 April 1902, at Crowborough to Margaret Stewart (1859–1933), daughter of Ludovick Charles Stewart. He had no children. He died on 21 September 1923 at a nursing home, The Nook, Hampstead, following an operation, and was buried at Trumpington.
Found in 193 Collections and/or Records:
'Diary 1882-1900', 1882-1900
Made up at a later date [1932?] in a blank foolscap volume. Contains two manuscript entries for 20 December 1893 and 23 January 1894 (apparently recording ATB's change of schools); several pages from ATB's pocket diaries of 1896 and 1897; a playbill for The Mikado (January 1897); and a series of original letters to and from ATB or his mother (1898-1900), concerning the finding of employment for ATB, with lists of the letters and covering notes by ATB (1914 and 1932).
Douglas Crawford McMurtrie: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson and Cambridge University Library, 1922-1923
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Draft inscription for a brass tablet in memory of Sir Michael Foster in hand of F.J.H. Jenkinson, 31st July 1908
With letter from Margaret, Lady Foster, to Jenkinson, 31 July 1908.
Edgar Hoskins: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson and Samuel Sandars, 1889-1891
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Edward Lynch Pearson: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1920
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Edward William Byron Nicholson: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1897
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Egypt Exploration Society: Letter to Francis Jenkinson, 1922
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Ernst Heinrich Zimmerman: Correspondence to Francis Jenkinson, 1913
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Facsimiles of Cambridge University Library manuscripts
Photographic facsimiles of a folios of a number of CUL manuscripts, including Nn.2.41, Ii.6.32 and Kk.5.16
Ferdinand-François-Ernest Van der Haeghen: Letter to Francis Jenkinson and obituary card, 1896-1913
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Field Names in Great Leighs Parish, Essex
Notes and diagrams regarding field names in Great Leighs Parish, Essex, 1820-1838, compiled 1912-1913, 96 folios: (fo. 1) title page; (fo. 2) prefatorial note; (fo. 6v) text with diagrams, with the names arranged in alphabetical order. Inside the front cover is a letter from Andrew Clark to Francis Jenkinson, 4 July 1913.
F.J.H. Jenkinson: Ornithological Notebook
Diary and notebook containing occasional entries of birds observed or killed, mostly in the Scilly Isles, later at Cambridge, 1867-1880. The notebook also contains a copy of ornithological notes made by Jenkinson's father, John Henry Jenkinson, when in the Scilly Isles, 1854 and 1857-1858.
Francis and Margaret Jenkinson: Memorabilia, 1933 (circa)
[89] Obituary of MCJ, in The Cambridge Chronicle, 17 MAY 1933. [90] Photograph of 'the late Mrs. Francis Jenkinson', unnamed paper, n.d. [91] Photograph of Mrs. Jenkinson, by J. Palmer Clarke, Cambridge, n.d. [92] Photograph of Francis Jenkinson, by Whyte, Inverness, n.d. [93] Photograph of Richard Rowe, Trinity College.
Francis Crawford Burkitt: Letter to Francis Jenkinson and notes on MSS, 1899
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Francis Jenkinson and Charles Sayle: Cambridge Books
The volumes contain chronological lists of books printed in Cambridge owned by Cambridge University Library or found in other libraries. MS.Add.8763: 1521-1698; compiled by F.J.H. Jenkinson, c. 1890-1918, and annotated at the front 'F. Jenkinson's MS. with some notes by C. Sayle'. There are occasional cuttings from dealers' lists. MS.Add.8764: 1699-1900; compiled by C.E. Sayle, c. 1896-1902.
Francis Jenkinson and others: Miscellaneous Letters and Postcards
Correspondence preserved on account of its philatelic interest, and comprising mainly postcards addressed to F.J.H. Jenkinson, Librarian, and other members of the Library staff, together with a few addressed to Alfred Newton, Professor of Zoology, and other members of the University. The senders were booksellers or private individuals. A few of the postcards are unsigned or signed only with initials.
Francis Jenkinson: Correspondence
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers concerning Cambridge University Library business.
Francis Jenkinson: Correspondence
Correspondence from family members, members of the University and others on a wide range of subjects.
Francis Jenkinson: Correspondence
General correspondence on a wide range of subjects.
Francis Jenkinson: Diaries
Yearly diaries detailing library work, social events and natural history notes. Also includes ephenera notes and photographs removed from the diaries.
Francis Jenkinson: Letters and papers from Cambridge University Library Diaries
Francis Jenkinson: Letters to H.M. Bannister, 16 Oct. 1908-16 Feb. 1909
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Francis Jenkinson: Miscellanea (Including Sanders Lecture)
Includes a bibliography of Scilly, drafts of speeches, papers on incunabula and manuscripts, correspondence concerning Cambridge University Library and other subjects and various booklists.
Francis Jenkinson: War Correspondence
Francis J.H. Jenkinson as a boy, with father [copy photograph]
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 192
- University Archives (GBR/0265) 1
- Type
- Archival Object 164
- Collection 29
- Subject
- Lectures 2
- Belgium 1
- Field names 1
- First World War (1914-1918) 1
- Grenoble 1