| Ref No | DF/MIN/10/2/25 |
| Alt Ref No | DF10/2/25 |
| Acc No | 2021/9 |
| 2015/37 |
| Title | F.N. Ashcroft collection: papers and correspondence |
| Description | File 1: Includes correspondence of F.N. Ashcroft, documentation confirming Ashcroft's change of name from 'Friedrich Noel Ashcroft Fleischmann' to 'Frederick Noel Ashcroft' in 1914, obituaries for Ashcroft, extract from will bequeathing collections to the British Museum (Natural History), and notes on 'F.N. Ashcroft's collection of zeolites from Northern Ireland' by W. Campbell-Smith
File 2: Correspondence between FN Ashcroft, Oxford and Prof Arthur Holmes, University of Durham, regarding reprinting of photographs of Swiss minerals and the Rhone Glacier, taken by Ashcroft. Also disuss personal matters, the progression of World War 2, treatment of Jewish people by the German Nazis and the sad death of Mrs Victor Goldschmidt by barbiturate overdose upon the eve before her deportation to a concentration camp in Poland, 1942-1943 |
| Date | 1916-1965 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM Archives |
| Extent | 2 files |
| Level | File |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX294 | Ashcroft; Frederick Noel (1878-1949); Mineralogist | 1878-1949 |
| PX1751 | Holmes; Arthur (1890-1965); Professor; Geologist | 1890-1965 |