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Scrapbooks of Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter and Daisy Helen Burnley-Campbell

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2080

Content Description

These two scrapboosk were compiled by Margaret Jane Campbell Hunter (a.k.a. Mrs Burnley-Campbell of Ormidale (1857-1938)) and her daughter Daisy Helen Burnley-Campbell (later Warrand (1891-1973)). Dealing with both public and private life, they contain a substantial quantity of material relating to Margaret’s participation in the Gaelic movement, including events devoted to Gaelic language, Highland culture, games and music. They also record her involvement in the suffragette movement, militant and non-militant in Scotland and England, as well as her participation in high society life, including sporting occasions and theatre. The scrapbooks culminate in a large quantity of material relating to the First World War, in which Margaret was active on the home front in Scotland, and Daisy as an ambulance driver in Calais and Women’s Legion driver in both London and Edinburgh. Margaret’s son, Colin William Burnley-Campbell was killed in France in 1915.

Dates

  • Creation: 1909-1919

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

The two scrapbooks are bound in red and green cloth respectively, both with black spine strips and corners of a harder wearing cloth. The red is in more fragile condition, with much of the spine strip lost and the hinges fragile. Both are rubbed and stained.

Conditions Governing Access

Open. Please contact the repository in advance.

Extent

2 Volumes

1 folder

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Retained by the family until recently, then sold in auction. Subsequently purchased by the University of Edinburgh Heritage Collections in October 2022. Accession no. SC-Acc-2023-0021.

Physical Description

The two scrapbooks are bound in red and green cloth respectively, both with black spine strips and corners of a harder wearing cloth. The red is in more fragile condition, with much of the spine strip lost and the hinges fragile. Both are rubbed and stained.

Processing Information

Catalogued by Aline Brodin and Paul Barnaby in April 2023, using information supplied by the seller.

Author
Aline Brodin
Date
April 2023
Description rules
Isad(G)2
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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