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	TheBeadSite.com Center for Bead Research Peter Francis, Jr. Director In Memoriam Peter Francis Jr. 1945 - 2002 Peter Francis Jr., Director of the Center for Bead Research in Lake Placid, NY died December 7, 2002 while on a research trip to Ghana, Africa. In an effort to preserve the legacy of Peter's work, thebeadsite.com is now a Read Only Reference Site and is no longer processing memberships or responding to inquiries, but will remain on the Internet for research purposes. The Center for Bead Research materials have been shipped to The Bead Museum in Glendale, Arizona to be documented, archived, stored, and eventually, made available to the public. This is an ongoing project made possible by the many friends and supporters of the late Peter Francis, Jr.

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