Cold Comfort
Collection descriptions
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Franklin and his family
- Sir John Franklin (1786-1847): Arctic explorer
- Jane, Lady Franklin (1792-1875): traveller and social reformer; Sir John's second wife; organiser of the Franklin search expeditions
- Eleanor Anne Porden (1797-1825): Romantic poet; Sir John's first wife
- Thomas Adam Franklin (1774-1807): correspondence of Sir John's brother
- Willingham Franklin (1780-1824): correspondence of Sir John's brother
- John Griffin (fl 1786): silk-weaver; Lady Franklin's father
- Frances Griffin (born 1788): Lady Franklin's sister
- Sophia Cracroft (1816-1892): journals and correspondence of Sir John's niece
- Eleanor Isabella Franklin (1824-1860): correspondence of Sir John's daughter
- John Phillip Gell (1816-1898): Lady Franklin's son-in-law
The Franklin Searches
- Sir Horatio Austin (died 1865): leader of the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, 1850-1851
- Robert Allan (1812-1903): for the first Franklin Search Expedition led a party to explore Lowther and Garrett Islands
- William Kennedy (1814-1890): leader of the British Franklin Search Expedition, 1851-1852, sponsored by Lady Franklin
- Charles Forsyth (circa 1810-1873): leader and commander of the schooner Prince Albert on the British Franklin Search Expedition in 1850, sponsored by Lady Franklin
- William Penny (born 1809): commanded the British Franklin Search Expedition, 1850-1851
- Sir Edward Inglefield (1820-1894): leader of the British Franklin Search Expedition in 1852; author of A summer search for Sir John Franklin; with a peep into the polar basin (1853)
- Sir Richard Collinson (1811-1883): commander of the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, 1850-1855
- Sir Edward Belcher (1799-1877): led the British Naval Franklin Search Expedition, 1852-1854
- Sir Francis McClintock (1819-1907): commander of Fox on the British Franklin Search Expedition, 1857-1859
- Charles Francis Hall (1821-1871): leader of the United States Franklin Search Expedition, 1864-1869
Lady Franklin's correspondence
- Emma, Queen of Hawaii (1836-1885): the Queen supported charitable causes
- Henry Grinnell (1799-1874): founding member of the American Geographical & Statistical Society; financed four expeditions to search for Franklin
- Sir Allen Young (1827-1915): examined relics of the Franklin expedition
- Sir William Edward Parry (1790-1855): Arctic explorer
- Sir George Back (1796-1878): Arctic explorer; advised the Admiralty on the search for Franklin
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