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Material of David Wilson relating to Dunfermline College of Physical Education

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1972

Content Description

This collection includes textbooks, booklets, memorandums, newspaper cuttings, typed documents, and audiotapes relating to Dunfermline College of Physical Education and donated by David Wilson. The textbooks cover subjects as varied as history, physical education, sword-dancing, poetry, French grammar, self-defence, geography, etc. The fonds is arranged by types of documents:

  1. File on the history of Dunfermline College of Physical Education;
  2. Textbooks and manuals;
  3. Audiotapes.
  4. Loose item: annual report of Dunfermline College of Physical Education Old Students' Association, 1965.

Dates

  • Creation: c 1900-c 1980

Language of Materials

English; with some French and Scots in specialised textbooks.

Conditions Governing Access

The file and the textbooks are open for consultation (please contact the repository in advance). Tthe audiotapes are not currently accessible for technical reasons.

Extent

4 boxes (1 folder, 19 audiotapes, 1 cassette, 1 booklet, and 48 volumes. )

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated in 2017 by David Wilson. Accession no SC-Acc-2017-0114.

Related Materials

Special Collections also hold the Records of the Dunfermline College of Physical Education (cataloguing in progress).

Processing Information

Catalogued by Aline Brodin in November 2019.

Title
Material of David Wilson relating to Dunfermline College of Physical Education, c 1900-c 1980
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
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