George W. Willis

Career Museum Professional / Trader / Antiquarian / Politician

Biography Honorary Curator, Basingstoke Museum according to accession book. Apparently he established the Willis Museum, in Basingstoke in 1931. He was a local clock maker and former Mayor of the town [Alison Petch [as part of 'The Other Within' project 2006-9] 07/03/2007]

Biography References http://www.hants.gov.uk/museum/willis/aboutus.html / http://www.aboutbritain.com/WillisMuseum.htm

County No counties listed

Relationship Other Owner / PRM Source

Archaeological or Ethnographic Sound archives

Collected around 1942

Dates active Unknown, active 1942

Donated around 1942

English collections Edison Bell phonograph records to play on PRM phonograph

Oxford Uni Education Unknown

Oxford based No

English collection size 16