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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
E - Estate records of the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1794-1863
F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
FBO - Records of the Booth family of Lincolnshire, related to Sir John Franklin - 1817-1838
FEG - Records of Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, daughter of Sir John and Eleanor Franklin and wife of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1828-[early 20th cent]
FEP - Records of Eleanor Anne Porden, first wife of Sir John Franklin - 1800-1828
FJR - Records of John Richardson, colleague, friend and later relative of John Franklin - 1820-1861
FKA - Records of the Kay family, related to Sir John Franklin by his marriage to his first wife, Eleanor - 1797-1860
FLJ - Records of Jane, Lady Franklin nee Griffin, second wife of Sir John Franklin - 1841-1871
FSJ - Records of Sir John Franklin - 1810-[early 20th cent]
FWP - Records of William Porden, father-in-law of Sir John Franklin - 1754-1822
GBM - Records of Boyd Pollen Manningham - 1823-1830
GEL - Records of Edith Lyttelton Gell - 1880-1937
GFK - Records of Frederick Gell - 1840-1869
GHW - Records of Henry Willingham Gell - 1855-1938
GJF - Records of John Franklin Gell - 1872-1873
GJP - Records of Reverend John Philip Gell - 1836-1897
GMF - Records of Mary Frances Gell, grand-daughter of Sir John Franklin - 1930-1940
GPH - Records of Reverend Philip Gell - 1844-1870
GPL - Records of Philip Lyttelton Gell, son of John Philip and Eleanor Isabella Gell nee Franklin, grandson of Sir John Franklin - 1873-1922
GPV - Records of Colonel Philip Victor Willingham Gell and his wife Aileen Edith Pauline Gell nee Maunsell - 1896-1976
LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
OBJ - Objects collected by members of the Franklin and Gell families - [c350-c1900]
1 - Piece of hangings of the Princess of Wales' boudoir - 1863
2 - Three fans - [early 18th cent]
3 - 'Aboriginal doll' - [1840s]
4 - Souvenir scroll containing verses 1-14 of the Gospel of St John - [19th cent]
5 - Letters, writings and drawings by Erasmus Augustine Kallihirua, also known as Qalasirssuaq, an Inuit, who acted as a guide to Captain Erasmus Ommaney, commander of H.M.S. Assistance on an 1850 expedition to find Franklin - 1853-1855
6 - Palm leaf manuscript - 1871
7 - Seal of the Universities Settlement in East London, designed by Philip Lyttelton Gell, with card of notes explaining the design to celebrate the opening of Toynbee Hall - 1884
8 - Nuts and acorns mounted on cards - [1840s]
9 - Two brass spurs worn by Thomas Gell at the Battle of Albuera in the Peninsular War - [early 19th cent]
10 - Horn book of Honor Borrow - [c1715-c1725]
11 - Two commemorative medallions: one from the International Exhibition, 1862 and the other from the Exhibition of the Arts and Industry of All Nations, 1882 - 1862-1882
12 - Two pieces of mummy cloth mounted on card, one described as being from Thebes - [c350]
13 - Two samples of cloth made from cotton grown by "Free Labor" - [mid 19th cent]
14 - Pincushion, with label attached identifying it as made by "Methinna", a Tasmanian girl - [c1840]
15 - Pincushion - [c1830-c1850]
16 - Scapulary worn by a Tasmanian prisoner's boy - [c1835-1843]
17 - Two bone hair pins - [19th cent]
18 - Coronation medal of William IV in case - 1831
19 - Pill box made from painted card - [19th cent]
20 - Printed gift label for Rev John Philip Gell from his children on his birthday - [c1860-c1898]
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