Record

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
Administrative History	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).

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