Morison, Marion Seonag Graham nee Wright, 1921-2018 (Dip. Social Study, Edinburgh University)

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Biography

Dip. Social Study 1944. Awarded the John Craigie Cunningham prize for best thesis. Title of thesis: "Labour Maladjustment".

"Born in Helensburgh in 1921, Seonag joined the Red Cross as a nurse during the Second World War. ‘The hotel at Garelochhead was turned into a hospital so I worked there,’ she told The Oban Times in 2015. ‘I went to university at St Andrews and studied Philosophy, but I wanted to be a social worker, so I studied Social Science at Edinburgh University. After that I took a Mental Health course at the London School of Economics.’" [The Oban Times obituaries, 2018, https://www.obantimes.co.uk/2018/07/19/obituary-marion-seonag-graham-morison/].

Sources: Student admission file, EUA; Edinburgh University calendar; Ancestry.co.uk, accessed March 2020.

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W32 Wright, Marion Seonag Graham, 1943-1947

File — Box SW53

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/960

Scope and Contents Dip. Social Study 1944. File contains: Enrolment form, application form, placement reports, correspondence. Her correspondence discusses her work in the Personnel Department of Humber Ltd, Coventry, while residing in a Ministry of Labour Hostel, and the transition from war time to peace time production. She also writes about her wish to move into psychiatric social work.Awarded the John Craigie Cunningham prize for best thesis. Title of thesis: "Labour Maladjustment" [NB a copy...

Dates: 1943-1947

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Department of Social Work / Student Records / Admission Files: Certificate and Diploma in Social Study