Record

MS 4030 - George Macdonald, author, photographs

Collection	GB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
Level	Fonds
Ref No	MS 4030
Alt Ref No	ABDUA 30199, ABDUA 30208
Title	George Macdonald, author, photographs
Date	c 1860-1905
Extent	2 items: 0.10 linear metres
Creator Name	George MacDonald (1824 - 1905), author, poet and preacher
Administrative History	George MacDonald was born in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, on 10 December 1824, and died at Ashstead, Surrey, on 18 September 1905. After attending schools in Huntly and Aberdeen, he studied at King's College, Aberdeen during sessions 1840 - 1842 and 1844 - 1845, graduating AM in March 1845. In 1868 he was awarded the degree of LLD by the University of Aberdeen. A detailed account of his life and his career as a teacher, congregational minister, preacher, poet, novelist and lecturer in London, Arundel, Manchester and elsewhere, and information regarding his family is given in the biography, George MacDonald and his Wife (London, 1924), by his eldest son, Greville MacDonald, MD. Other information regarding his novels will be found in Robert L. Wolff, The Golden Key: a Study of the Fiction of George MacDonald (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961). Bibliographical details are given in J.M. Bulloch, A Bibliography of George MacDonald in Aberdeen University Library Bulletin , 5 (1925), 679-747. An article by J.M. Hutton, Sour Grapeshot , correcting some errors in Bulloch's work, was published in Aberdeen University Review , 41 (1965), 85-88. In an article in The Book Collector 17 (1968), 13-25, Unfamiliar Libraries , Hutton describes the George MacDonald Collection in the Brander Library, Huntly, which contains several MSS and a collection of first editions and other items relating to the author. MacDonald's philosophy and writings are also discussed in the Aberdeen University thesis by Glenn E. Sadler, The Cosmic Vision: a Study of the Poetry of George Macdonald (1967). This includes a chronological table of MacDonald's life and writings, an extensive bibliography, and an index of MacDonald MSS located or consulted.
Custodial History	Formerly in collection of MacDonald's secretary, William Carey Davies, and gifted by Davies's family to George MacDonald Society. A twenty-five year loan arrangement covering these photographs and 21 printed books, was agreed between the University and the Society in 2007.
Source	Transferred from the museum collections in April 2019 (former ref. ABDUA 30199 & 30208).
Description	Black and white bust photograph of George MacDonald, in his older years. Full beard and moustache, wearing a dark velvet jacket and white shirt. Black and white photograph of George MacDonald, with his family. MacDonald is at the centre with his wife Louisa leaning on his right shoulder, and eleven children surrounding.
Access Status	Restricted
Access Conditions	Items are stored in special environmental conditions and require an acclimatisation period of 24 hours before they can be accessed.
Related Material	Literary MSS, collected material (Aberdeenshire Museums Service - see Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988) (Reference : NRA(S)3522 and NRA 38423 Macdonald) Correspondence, literary MSS and papers, 1851-1905 (Harvard University: Houghton Library - see NUC MS 81-590) Correspondence (c3400 items) (Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library - see Guide 1976) Correspondence and poems (London University: Kings College Archives) (Reference : KCLCA K/PP82) MS of Diary of an Old Soul (Oxford University: Balliol College Library - see Mynors, Catalogue of MSS) (Reference : MS 418) Manuscripts (Manchester Archives and Local Studies - see ASLIB Directory of Literary and Historical Collections 1993) Letters (22) to Henry Allon, 1866-91, nd (Dr Williams's Library - see Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988) (Reference : MS 24110 (220-41)) Letters to Lord and Lady Mount-Temple and poems, 1862 - 1900 (National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Division) (Reference : MS 9745) Letters to Henry Septimus Sutton (Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections) (NRA 12432 Sutton) Letters (42), 1851-94 (Huntington Library - see Guide to Literary MSS 1979)

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