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Collapse D5063 - Edgar Osborne (1890-1978), County Librarian of Derbyshire 1923-1954 - 1904-1996D5063 - Edgar Osborne (1890-1978), County Librarian of Derbyshire 1923-1954 - 1904-1996
Expand 1 - Second World War diaries - 1939-19451 - Second World War diaries - 1939-1945
Expand 2 - Photographs - [c1885]-19562 - Photographs - [c1885]-1956
Expand 3 - First World War papers - 1917-19183 - First World War papers - 1917-1918
Expand 4 - Library Association Conference, Brighton - c.19474 - Library Association Conference, Brighton - c.1947
5 - Hand-drawn and coloured menu for `Complimentary dinner' by Chief Officers of Derbyshire County Council of H Wilfrid Skinner, Clerk of the Peace, 1914-1950 - 29 Dec 1950
Expand 6 - Documents associated with Edgar Osborne's retirement as County Librarian - 19546 - Documents associated with Edgar Osborne's retirement as County Librarian - 1954
7 - Hand-printed New Year's card from John R Biggs and family, Brighton - 1958
Expand 8 - Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books - 1958-19758 - Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books - 1958-1975
Expand 9 - Miscellanous - 1925-[c1930s]9 - Miscellanous - 1925-[c1930s]
10 - Bibliography (a collection of 39 published articles by Osborne) - 1913-1957
11 - Articles (mainly manuscript and typescript) regarding children's literature - [20th cent]
12 - Correspondence regarding a 19th century manuscript copy of "The Three Bears" on display at the Victoria and Albert Museum, with photostats of the book - 1951
Expand 13 - Tissington Hall Library catalogues 1904, 1907, 1938 - 1904-193813 - Tissington Hall Library catalogues 1904, 1907, 1938 - 1904-1938
Expand 14 - Hatfield Library correspondence - 1949-195714 - Hatfield Library correspondence - 1949-1957
15 - Correspondence of a general nature including references to book sales, war-time salvage, calendaring of documents, receipt of honorary Master of Arts degree from the University of Nottingham etc - 1950s-1960s
Expand 16 - Correspondence - 1954-197116 - Correspondence - 1954-1971
17 - Papers regarding Young Canada's Book Week - 1949-1956
18 - Valuation list of books at Osborne's home - [1950s]
19 - Letter and colour photocopy regarding "LHS (Lillian H Smith) memorial window at Toronto Public Library, Canada. - 1996
20 - Press cuttings - (1950-1965)
21 - Autobiographical note - (1968)
22 - Article[?] about Smalley Mill - (1950s)
23 - Copy of University of Nottingham Gazette No.29 p435 - address regarding conferring degree of Master of Arts on Edgar Osborne - (Sep 1958)
24 - Birth and death certificates - 1929-1978
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Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), naval officer and arctic explorer

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