Papers relating to Joseph E. Josephs' autograph album, 1924-2011, n.d.

File

MS. 6735/2

Held in our offsite storage facility

Comprises:

Folder 1: List of individuals featured in the autograph album presented in the album's page order and including the persons' names, brief information about them, places with dates, and occasional description of the circumstances of obtaining the autographs, n.d.
Folder 2: Additional notes and anecdotes on the persons, whose signatures feature in the autograph album, n.d.
Folder 3: Notebook that appears to include a wish-list of names to be entered in the autograph album, n.d.
Folder 4: Additional autographs not in the album, with related correspondence, and Francis Josephs' list of the names. Here are also letters relating to autographs already in the album (with several signed photographs) as well as letters refusing autographs, 1924-1984.
Folder 5: Papers relating to the idea of a book or a TV programme inspired by Joseph Josephs' autograph collecting: a) The 12 Dec 1952 issue of Bromley & West Kent Mercury including an article 'Words' great ones sign for Beckenham Man' (with its photocopy provided by the Central Library, Bromley in 1984); b) Letter from Tom Theobalds with possible anecdotes to be included in a TV programme, 25 Mar 1959.
Folder 6: Biography of Joseph E. Josephs, 2011, and notes on his autograph album prepared by Francis Josephs in 2008 ahead of the album's appearance on the TV programme 'Antiques Road Show', including a list of the autographs by date.