TitleHarold Frost scrapbooks
Reference codeMS1005
Date1928-1967
Creator
- Frost, Harold (1892-1975) verger and psychic researcherMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
Harold Frost, psychic researcher and verger, was born in Colchester, Essex in 1895. During the First World War, he served with the Inns of Court OTC, before being gazetted to the 7th Suffolk Regiment and serving at the Somme, France and in Belgium. During the 1920s and 1930s, Frost became interested in psychic research and investigated and worked with various medium circles in Essex and other areas. In 1939, Frost became medical clerk to the Chairman of Colchester Medical Board of the Ministry of Labour, later being transferred to Ministry of Food Headquarters Office, Colwyn Bay for licensing of firms in animal feeding stuffs. In 1942, he was transferred to Chelmsford Essex Divisional Food Office as Salvage Officer for Essex and Hertfordshire areas and once again to the Ministry of Supply, carrying out testing at Springfield Uranium Factory, Lancashire.
Between 1955 and 1961, Frost moved to Dacca, East Pakistan and worked as a General Manager of Zeenat Printing Works and in public relations. He returned to England in 1962, joining the Sue Ryder organisation and carried out general duties and nursing. From the 1960s to his death in 1975, he served as a verger in Banbury.
Scope and ContentConsists of 4 hard-bound scrapbooks with some handwritten notes and typescript notes of sittings with mediums of various circles eg. Mark's Tey circle in Essex. Some letters and press cuttings are enclosed.
Conditions governing accessOpen for research. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.
Extent4 volumes
Finding aidsCatalogued online (click on the "contains" icon below). A pdf version of the hard-copy catalogue is also attached to this description.
See Harry Price (1881-1948) archive (ref. HP) for contemporary papers and letters about investigating mediums held at the Senate House Library. Senate House Library also holds photographs of Harold Frost, c1914-1970 (MS1013).
Level of descriptionfonds