| Collection | GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections |
| Level | File |
| Ref No | MS 3518/4/3/3 |
| Alt Ref No | Box 46 MS MS 3518/46 |
| Title | Ellen Pollard: Egyptian diaries |
| Date | 1892 - 1926 |
| Extent | 1 bundle |
| Creator Name | Ellen Pollard, sister of Catherine Robertson Nicoll |
| Description | Envelope inscribed "Aunt Nellie's Egyptian Diaries", with material describing Ellen Pollard's travels in Egypt.
Includes:
A psalm book
An engraving mounted on a wooden block of the Temple of Philae in Egypt.
Two exercise books containing hieroglyphics.
Loose pages of biblical extracts and notes on Egyptian history
Watercolours painted by Katie Pollard (later Catherine Robertson Nicoll)) for the Nile Society [see accompanying note]
Copied correspondence between Lady Reid and William Robertson Nicoll [appears to be unrelated to the Egyptian material]
Egyptian print of the gods Photh and Horus giving immortality to Amenophis
Published pamphlet by the Church Missionary Society 'Talks on Egypt'. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Related Material | Material collected by the Pollard family (mainly relating to Egypt) has also been deposited with the University Museums (many objects but also photographs, notebooks, watercolours, sketchbooks, volumes of press cuttings and a map). |