Scrapbook of Edinburgh University student Ella MacGregor, 1920s
Item — Box: CLX-A-345
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0181
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook/diary of Ella MacGregor, an Edinburgh University student in the 1920s. It contains handwritten autobiographical accounts and thoughts, cuttings of poems and songs, copies of photographs of people involved in the University's student life (for example, V. K. Mowat, joint editor of the Student 1923-24; John B. Colquhoun, President of the Union; Lilian M. Roger, President of Edinburgh University Unionist Association), of famous people who visited the University (G. K. Chesterton; Sybil Thorndike), and of the band "Yahoo Sextette", composed of members of the University. Also includes autographs of various people linked to the University, collected by Ella, with her comments under each signature. Autographer includes Isabel Scott Moncrieff and A. W. McIntosh. Ten pages of the scrapbook have cuttings relating to University sports event and teams. There are also cuttings relating to Union Debates, and to writer Bruce Marshall, who was a student at the University at the same time as Ella MacGregor.
Dates
- 1920s
Creator
- MacGregor, Ella, fl 1920s (Edinburgh University student) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open. Please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
Very little is known on the author and compiler of the scrapbook / diary. Her name was Ella MacGregor and she was studying Economic History at the University of Edinburgh in the 1920s.
Extent
1 notebook
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donated in September 2018. Accession no SC-Acc-2018-0181.
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in October 2018.
- Autographs
- Chesterton, G K, 1874-1936 (English writer and journalist)
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.)
- Colquhoun, John B, fl 1920s (President of Students Union, University of Edinburgh)
- Diaries
- Marshall, Bruce, 1899-1987 (Scottish writer)
- Mowat, V K, fl 1920s (Joint editor of the Student magazine, 1923-24)
- Roger, Lilian R, fl 1920s (President of Edinburgh University Unionist Association)
- Societies and Clubs
- Sports
- Student activities | Edinburgh (Scotland)
- Thorndike, Sybil, 1882-1976 (English actress)
- University of Edinburgh -- students
- Women students
Creator
- MacGregor, Ella, fl 1920s (Edinburgh University student) (Compiler, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk