UND/F8/A1   10 December 1904
Women's Hostel constitution, drawn up by the principal and students.
Paper, 3f, repaired by T.N. Cotton (of Palaeography and Diplomatic) April 1981

Royal Visits
Reference: UND/F8/A4
Dates of creation:

Governing Body/Council
Reference: UND/F8/BA
Signed minutes and papers for the central executive body of the college. Agendas were filed separately until 1962. The papers include reports both from within the college and also from the university which it had to consider, and also increasingly minutes of sub-committees within the college, especially Finance, Academic, Library and Health and Safety. It also received and discussed the principal's annual report, the college accounts and reports on college admissions, all filed with the minutes, and business plans, JCR constitutions and college handbooks. The files up to 1971 are indexed and the files up to 1980 also have annual lists of the body's members.
1. October 1940 - November 1949.
2. October 1940 - November 1949, duplicate except the principal's reports.
3. February 1950 - May 1960.
4. October 1960 - May 1967.
5. October 1967 - May 1971.
6. October 1971 - May 1974.
7. October 1974 - May 1977.
8. October 1977 - May 1980.
9. October 1980 - May 1983.
10. November 1983 - November 1985.
11. February 1986 - May 1987.
12. November 1987 - December 1988.
13. February 1989 - May 1990.
14. November 1990 - February 1992.
15. May 1992 - February 1993.
16. May 1993 - November 1994.
17. February 1995 - February 1996.
18. May 1996 - May 1997.
19. November 1997 - May 1998.
20. November 1998 - February 1999.
21. May 1999 - November 2000.
22. February - November 2001.
23. February - November 2002.
24. March - November 2003.
25. March - November 2004.
26. March - November 2005.
27. March - November 2006.
28. March - November 2007.
29. Match - November 2008.
30. March - November 2009.
31. March 2010.
32. November 2012.
33. 2013/14
34. 2014/15
35. 2015/16
36. 2016/17
37. 2017/18
A1. October 1940 - November 1949, agendas, annotated.
A2. February 1950 - May 1962, agendas.
B1. 1954 - 1974, correspondence and some papers.
St Mary's was administered by the Finance Committee of the Durham Colleges Council until a governing body was established for the college which first met on 24 October 1940. It became a council in November 2002.

Finance Sub-Committee
Reference: UND/F8/BB This was a sub-committee of Governing Body.

Academic Sub-Committee
Reference: UND/F8/BC This was a sub-committee of Governing Body.

Tutorial Advisory Committee
Reference: UND/F8/BD This was set up in May 1967 following the recommendation of the University's Council.

Chapel Committee
Reference: UND/F8/BE A Chapel Committee was established in 1957.

Library Committee
Reference: UND/F8/BF A Library Committee was started in November 1940.

Development Committee
Reference: UND/F8/BH A Development Committee was established in June 2001.

Monday Meetings
Reference: UND/F8/BI These weekly meetings of the senior college and JCR officers dealt with the day-to-day running of the college.

Office Staff Meetings
Reference: UND/F8/BK Office staff meetings comprised the college staff concerned with the domestic running of the college and were chaired by the principal. They were generally held weekly during termtime.

College Review
Reference: UND/F8/BM Papers collected by St Mary's College as part of their submission for the College Review process. Sections include: Strategy, Brand and Governance; Communication; Composition of the Student Body; Admissions; Student Support and Welfare; Provision for Undergraduates and Postgraduates; and College Resources

Bursar - Financial Records
Reference: UND/F8/C2 For balance sheets 1903-1937, see UND/CA2/11

Friends of St Mary's
Reference: UND/F8/E12 The Friends were established in 2014 to enable not just alumni, but also family members, friends and supporters of students to keep in touch with the college, irrespective of their original connection with it. Friends were to receive regular updates and newsletters, invitations to special events such as a Friends' Formal Dinner, and opportunitites to contribute to college developments, such as enhancing the library.

College groups
Reference: UND/F8/FA
Annual photographs of the assembled college, both senior and junior members. For a period from 1966 to 1984, photos seem only to have been arranged only every second year, otherwise they were done annually, in the Easter term. Also photographs of freshers from 1997, done at matriculation in the Michaelmas term.
A June 1940 group is in Add Ms 1663.

UND/F8/H1   1906 - 1909
Rose Lloyd-Evans photo album. The subjects covered include the sights of Durham, Convocation, dons and her fellow students, mostly of the Women's Hostel, and mostly on Palace Green, also Durham Regatta and the Durham University Sports at Heaton Park in Newcastle. Most of the photos may well have been taken by Rose Lloyd-Evans. In addition are included a number of photographic portraits of her contemporaries and images of dons as reproduced in the Durham University Journal.
The photos have mostly been captioned and dated [by Rose]. The inside cover of the album also has a coloured coat of arms of the university, her name, and “1906-1909”.
1. Convocation, ladies and gentlemen in suits/dresses and hats gathered around the steps to the Castle Great Hall, 1908.
2. Durham Regatta, looking over the Wear from the racecourse with ladies and gentlemen in suits/dresses and hats, some with bicycles, promenading, 1908.
3. Dr J.T. Fowler, 3/4 length, in coat and mortar board with a book under his arm outside Cosin's Library.
4. Mr W.D. Lowe, Mr R.K. Hilton and Dr H. Gee in gowns and mortar boards, conferring, outside Cosin's Library.
5. Ethel Joseph and Dorothea Hodgkinson in gowns and mortar boards outside the lecture rooms (now Palace Green Library).
6. Gwladys Richards, Rose Lloyd-Evans, Marion Wykes and Dorothea Hodgkinson in gowns and mortar boards, conferring on Palace Green, with the Castle master's residence beyond.
7. Dr A. Robinson, Rev H. Ellershaw and a group of unidentified students, in gowns and mortar boards, outside the lecture rooms (now Palace Green Library).
8. Rose Lloyd-Evans, Gwladys Richards, Dorothea Tatham, Gwendolen Pockett and Dorothea Hodgkinson in gowns and mortar boards, by the notice boards outside the lecture rooms.
9. Ethel Joseph, Dorothea Hodgkinson and Dorothea Tatham in gowns and mortar boards approaching Cosin's Library across Palace Green.
10. DUBC 1st IV, ready to row, along the racecourse [at Durham Regatta], [L. Whiteley, S.C.] Bryson, [J.W. Peppercorn, and T.E.] Allen identified, crowd beyond, 1907.
11. DUBC 2nd IV, ready to row, along the racecourse [at Durham Regatta], E.S. Nicholson, J.A.T. Langdon, W.E. Dexter, T?, R.M. Moore, crowd beyond, 1908.
12. Crowd of mainly ladies in dresses and hats around the bandstand at Durham Regatta, 1908.
13. Durham Regatta, looking from the bandstand towards Baths Bridge with a crowd of ladies and gentlemen in suits/dresses and hats, 1908.
14. Edith Ellershaw and Eddie Walker (children) in a dress/sailor suit and hats [at Durham Regatta] with a crowd beyond, including men in striped boating blazers, 1908.
15. “1st Varsity Crew 1908”, Cecil Longden and Douglas Hall in boating and [blue] blazers respectively, with scarves, on the landing stage [by a boat house on the Wear].
16. View over grass tennis courts, with players, at Durham racecourse.
17. “Long Jump. Heaton Park 1908.”, man landing in the sand, 3 officials around with a crowd beyond, [Durham University Sports].
18. Measuring the long jump, with a crowd of officials round the sand pit, [Durham University Sports] Heaton Park 1908.
19. “Durham Castle (from river bank)”, missing.
20. “Leaving Galilee”, a file of students in gowns walking from the cathedral [after chapel] towards the music department, with the castle keep beyond.
21. “The Introduction”, a crowd gathered round [for the start of prize-giving at the Durham University Sports at Heaton Park 1908].
22. “The Wishing Stone” at Finchale Abbey, 7 students sitting on the ruins.
23. C.J. Saunders wading the Wear near Finchale Abbey, in his jacket and cap with a cane.
24. Dr H. Gee, Dr A. Robinson and Prof R.A. Sampson, in gowns and mortar boards, with a dog, conferring on Palace Green, with the Castle master's residence beyond.
25. Durham castle keep from Palace Green.
26. Kepier woods, 2 men sitting by a path.
27. Distribution of prizes at Heaton Park sports, with a presentation party, including one in a wheelchair, around a trophy-laden table.
28. R. French receiving his cup at the University sports at Heaton Park [for the 3 mile team race], 1908.
29. “Dicky”, (?Gwladys Richards), lady in a hat, head and shoulders, 1908.
30. Crowd of ladies and gentlemen around the Castle Great Hall steps [at Convocation], in suits/dresses and hats with some gowns and hoods.
31. [J.T. Fowler], half-length profile, in dog-collar and jacket, (as in Durham University Journal, 16 May 1908, p.41).
32. F.C. Longden, half-length, in suit and tie.
33. Man, half-length, in jacket and tie, moustache.
34. Man, half-length, suit and tie, buttonhole.
35. Three men (?rowers) in jerseys and long shorts coming out of a ?boathouse.
36. A lecturer in gown and mortar board on his dais behind his desk in the ?Palace Green lecture room.
37. Man, half-length, in a suit and tie, with spectacles.
38. Man, head and shoulders, in suit and tie, with spectacles.
39. W.A. Garland, head and shoulders, in suit and tie.
40. Man, 3/4 length, in jacket and tie, arms folded.
41. [Lecturer] coming towards lecture rooms across Palace Green in gown and mortar board with books in his arms “Pusy He's that bad he won't ever take a good photo”.
42.Gertrude E.N. Day “Bill”, head and shoulders, tie, mortar board, spectacles, mounted, by John R Edis, 1909.
43. “Maggie” (?Margaret Owen), head and shoulders, tie, gown, mortar board, mounted, by John R. Edis, 1908.
44. St John's parish church Brandon exterior [from the south-west], a postcard to Mrs Wyke signed by Rosie Lloyd-Evans.
45. View of Framwellgate bridge, Durham castle and cathedral.
46. Man in a suit and tie, sitting on white post and rails, with a castellated turret behind.
47. The Mauretania liner at Liverpool.
48. Lady, head and shoulders, tie, spectacles, cut out of a larger photo.
49. S.C. Bryson, president of DUBC, head and shoulders, suit and tie, 1908.
50. “Gwen” (?Gwendolina Pockett), head and shoulders, dress and necklace, hat.
51. “Dicky”, (?Gwladys Richard), head and shoulders, tie, hat.
52. “Dolly”, half-length, dress, artist's studio landscape background.
53. Lady, head and shoulders, fur coat, hat.
54. Dr A. Robinson, half-length, in academic robes, spectacles (as in Durham University Journal 15 July 1908, p.66).
55. Dr H. Kynaston, sitting in a chair reading a book, in a suit (as in Durham University Journal, 25 March 1908, p.28).
54 BW images in an album of 12 thick card leaves with 2 framed openings on each page, in linen-covered boards with “Photographs” on the front cover
Rose Lloyd-Evans was a student at the Women's Hostel. She matriculated in Epiphany 1907, passed her first year BA exams in Epiphany 1908 and her finals in Easter 1910 and took her BA on 21 June 1910.
Transferred from the archives of King's School Chester by Helen Holyoak, Senior Librarian/Archivist, 9 March 2006, Acc No Misc.2005/2006:57.
Digitised material for Rose Lloyd-Evans photograph album, 1906 - 1909 - UND/F8/H1

UND/F8/H2   1948
Mrs Lonsdale Ragg's “The Women's Hostel 33 Claypath”, subtitled, “An account of the original hostel for women in Durham University, by its first Principal”.
With a covering letter from Miss MB Fergusson, principal of St Mary's, sending this copy to the university librarian 2 June 1949. Then transferred to the archive with Ramage's papers from his desk in Cosin Library gallery 13 September 2006, Acc No Misc.2006/2007:8.

UND/F8/H3   1964 - 1969
Mary Holdsworth's programmes and catalogues for concerts and plays in the north-east, with one in France, with a festival catalogue, and texts of a play and poems.
20 booklets

UND/F8/H4   [1890 - 1922]
Holdsworth family photo album, featuring Sir William Searle Holdsworth, OM, KC, DCL, LLD, FBA, (7 May 1871 – 2 January 1944), a legal historian, amongst whose works is the 17 volume History of English Law. He was the son of a London solicitor, Charles Joseph Holdsworth, and his wife Ellen Caroline (née Searle). Born in Beckenham, Kent, he attended Dulwich College, and then went to New College Oxford in 1890 where he took first-class honours both in History (1893) and in Law (1894), and second class honours in the BCL (1896). He was a fellow of St John's College Oxford (1897-1922), professor of Constitutional Law at University College, London (1903 to 1908) and the Vinerian Professor of English Law and fellow of All Souls at Oxford from 1922. Many of the photos feature himself, his siblings, his wider family and his contemporaries at Oxford (many previously at Dulwidch). Many of the photos are in the form of formal cartes de visite with backgrounds of photographers' studios; others are snaps of family or groups of friends.
1. WSH, head and shoulders, by Fred Hollyer of 9 Pembroke Square, Kensington [1902]
2. J.S. Holdsworth (wife) at 18, head and shoulders (née Wood)
3. Mrs Euphemia Caryer Searle, half-length (gt-grandmother to WSH)
4. Henry Grazebrook, head and shoulders, by Jabez Hughes of Rye, Isle of Wight (gt-uncle to WSH)
5. Eliza Grizebrook, half-length, by Jabez Hughes of Ryde, Isle of Wight (gt-aunt to WSH and 2nd wife of 4.)
6. J.C. Searle, half-length seated, by L.S. & P. Co (grandfather to WSH)
7. Mrs Searle, head and shoulders (grandmother to WSH)
8. [Ellen Caroline Holdsworth née Searle], mother of WSH , head and shoulders, by Negretti & Zambra of Crystal Palace
9. Miss Farmer, half-length seated with book, (1st cousin once removed to WSH)
10. [Miss Farmer], full length, seated at a table
11. Miss Holdsworth, half-length seated, (aunt to WSH)
12. Gilbert Wood, head and shoulders, by Lavender of Bromley and Beckenham (father to JSH)
13. [Gilbert Wood], 3/4 length, seated, outside
14. [Gilbert Wood], head and shoulders, by Lavender of Bromley and Beckenham (father to JSH)
15. Mrs [Ellen C.] Holdsworth with five children, on a lawn tennis court, with gardens beyond: Edward R. Holdsworth (Teddie), Nellie Holdsworth, Charles S. Holdsworth (Charlie), William S. Holdsworth, Mary Holdsworth (holding a tennis racquet)
16. Teddie Holdsworth, half-length, in cap and cape, holding a cat
17. [Teddie Holdsworth], head and shoulders, by J. James Bayfield of 37 Gipsy Hill, Norwood
18. Mary Holdsworth, head and shoulders, flowers behind
19. Richard Searle, head and shoulders, in wig and gown, (uncle to WSH)
20. Charlie Holdsworth, head and shoulders
21. William A. Holdsworth, head and shoulders (uncle to WSH), by Elliott and Fry of 55 Baker St, London
22. Henry Grazebrook, standing by a plinth and balustrade, in frock coat, with rolled umbrella and top hat (1st cousin once removed to WSH)
23. Mrs Guest, full length, seated, by a vase with a painted backrop, “Beauty of Bath”, (gt aunt of WSH)
24. Mr Guest, full length, seated, by a table and books, with plinth and drapes, and painted backrop (gt uncle to WSH)
25. Mrs Grazebrook, full length, seated by a table with a stag sculpture (1st cousin once removed to WSH by marriage, later married Revd Till)
26. Emily Jones, Mary Holdsworth, William S. Holdsworth, heads and shoulders, all in boaters
27. Mrs Guest, 3/4 length, seated with a fan by a table, by Charles Knight of Ryde, Isle of Wight (gt aunt to WSH)
28. Nellie Holdsworth, WSH, Charlie Holdsowrth, [William Searle] Holdsworth (father), WIlliam Holdsworth (uncle), Mary Holdsworth, full length, in a garden
29. Nellie Holdsworth, Mary Holdsworth, Mary ?Evans, heads and shoulders
30. Wilson Frazer, Charlie Holdsworth, heads and shoulders
31. Arthur W. Dentith, Charlie [Holdsworth], WSH, heads and shoulders
32. [George Stuart] Robertson (b1872) of New College Oxford (matric 1891), head and shoulders
33. Ashley Pratt, brother of Cowper Pratt, died, head and shoulders
34. Clarke “(keen Esperantist)” , head and shoulders, by C. Clare of Freiburg
35. F.D. Smart of Dulwich College and Keble College Oxford, head and shoulders
36. G.D. Jennings, 3/4 length, seated reading a book, by Ernest Alden of 208 Shaftesbury Ave, WC
37. Mr Searle, half length seated, by the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Co on 110 Regent's St (gt-grandfather to WSH)
38. Bobbie ?terrier dog
39. Tinker ?Jack Russell dog, on a chair
40. Lousada of New College Oxford, head and shoulders
41. Mrs Ethel V. Duff-Watson, head and shoulders in a hat, “Mofie”, by John F. Lessels, Scotland, June 1906
42. Alexander Duff-Watson, half length, “Duffie”
43. Bourtree Bush manse with church beyond, with Mr and Mrs Duff-Watson standing outside the manse porch
44. [Sir] George Macartney (1867-1945), eldest son of Sir Halliday Macartney, head and shoulders, by T.C. Turner & Co of 10 Barnsbury Park, N
45. Dora Macartney, head and shoulders (sister of W.W. Borland)
46. WSH “freshman” [at New COllege Oxford], 19 years old, 1890, 3/4 length, standing by a plinth, in gown and mortar board
47. [Joseph Robert Francis] (Joe) Frazer (b1869) of Dulwich College and Merton College Oxford (matric 1887), head and shoulders, by Hills & Saunders of Oxford
48. [John Bannerman] Wainewright (b1871) of New College Oxford (matric 1890), head and shoulders, by Thomas Fall of 9 & 10 Baker St, London
49. [Arthur William] Dentith of Dulwich College, Trinity Hall Cambridge (1893-1896), and the Indian Civil Service, head and shoulders
50. [Henry Tilson] Morgan (b1871) of New College Oxford (matric 1890), head and shoulders, by Hills & Saunders of Oxford
51. Joe Frazer of Dulwich College and Merton College Oxford, head and shoulders, by W. Blackall of 9 Magdalen St, Oxford
52. R.O. Winstedt, head and shoulders, by Soame of Oxford
53. Fortescue of Dulwich College and Brasenose College Oxford, by Hills & Saunders of Oxford, head and shoulders
54. Arthur R. Stone of Sidmouth, full length, in a boater, with cigarette, outside a glasshouse
55. Adeline Nichols, head and shoulders
56. Unidentified man, standing outside, pipe in mouth
57. Mary Powell (child), sitting on a carpet on a cushion with a book
58. Oona Ball (child), standing in a garden with a toy wheelbarrow
59. [Alfred James] Carver (1826-1909), headmaster of Dulwich College (1852-1883), head and shoulders
60. [James Edward Cowell] Welldon (1854-1937), headmaster of Dulwich College (1883-1885), full length, seated in gown with mortar board
61. [Arthur Herman] Gilkes (1849-1922), headmaster of Dulwich College (1885-1914), half length, outside, in gown and mortar board
62. Ida Gilbert Wood (child), half length (neice of WSH's wife)
63. Winter Williams [of Corpus Christi College Oxford, b1875, k in WW1], head and shoulders, by Hills & Saunders of Oxford (pupil of WSH; brother of Ivy Williams the first lady barrister)
64. Tattie Hill, 3/4 length, in gown and mortar board, holding a magazine (half cousin to WSH)
65. Firth of St John's [College Oxford], 3/4 length, by Hills & Saunders of Oxford
66. W. Wallace Campbell, head and shoulders
67. F.E. Smith Lord Birkenhead, Lord Chancellor, full length on ice skates, with a building ,people and trees beyond, taken by A.B. Graveme of Oriel College Oxford, 1921-1922
68. Mary Holdsworth, head and shoulders (sister of WSH)
69. Nellie Holdsworth, head and shoulders (sister of WSH)
70. St John's College Oxford, New Buildings Quad, 1902
71. Mrs P. Gilbert Wood (Eva), 3/4 length, outside, with hat and holding a bouquet (wife of WSH's brother-in-law)
72. Old Shawfield, drawing room entrance, with lawn tennis court in front
73. W.D. Borland, 3/4 length, leaning on a mantelpiece with ornate carved overmantel
74. Ada Hill, head, (half cousin to WSH)
75. Amherst Macartney, head and shoulders (2nd son of Sir Halliday Macartney)
76. WSH head, 1902 (copy of centre of 1)
77. ?Lilibert Holdsworth hearly 4, full length, holding a chaise longue
78. Mrs W.D. Borland when about 15 as Gilbert Gilbert Wood, full length, holding the same chaise longue as in 77
79. MI8 Group Great War: Fuller (PO), Cumber (PO), Willoughby-Wood, Nichols, Mrs Reynolds, WSH, Miss Tomlinson, in an ?office
80. William Tingey, half length
81. Corley of St John's College Oxford, head and shoulders
82. Mary Holdsworth, Mrs Ellen Holdsworth, Nellie Holdsworth, Teddie Holdsworth, outside on a lawn tennis court
83. J. Gilbert Borland and sister, full length, in a garden
84. Zit Ormiston, head and shoulders
85. [Walter Devonshire] Ellis (b1871) of New College Oxford (matric 1890), head and shoulders
86. Harry Gibbons, head and shoulders (2nd cousin to WSH)
87. Fred Walters, head and shoulders
88. J.E.C. Welldon bishop [of Calcutta] (1898-1902), head and shoulders
89. Mr Davies, head and shoulders, by Byrne & Co of Richmond
90. Mrs Davies, head and shoulders, by Byrne & Co of Richmond
91. A.F. Campbell of Grant St United Free Church Glasgow, head and shoulders, 1907
92&93. “WSH with picnic party” of 5 ladies and 3 men, outside, 1890s, 2 versions
94. St John's [College Oxford] Archery Club Ladies meeting: A.B. Gravem of Oriel College, with bow and cigar, Miss McCormick in hat, WSH in boater with cigar, by T.S. Wilder of St John's College, 1922
95. WSH with pipe with another in a horse and trap, at Marok, Norway, 1910
96. Teddie Holdsworth, aged 2, in a dress, standing on a rustic chair, [1880], by Negretti & Zambra of Crystal Palace
97. Charlie Holdsworth, aged 5, in a suit with hat, on a rustic bench, 1880, by Negretti & Zambra of Crystal Palace
98. WSH, aged 9, in a suit with a bowler hat, 1880, by Negretti & Zambra of Crystal Palace
99. Nellie Holdsworth, aged 3, in a dress, seated on a chair, August 1880, by Negretti & Zambra of Crystal Palace
100. Johnnie Searle, head and shoulders, by the London Mutual Photographic Association Ltd of 170 Fleet St, London (uncle to WSH)
101. William A. Holdsworth, head and shoulders, by Elliott & Fry of 55 Baker St, London (uncle to WSH)
102. Harry Grazebrook, head and shoudlers, by B. Kisch of Durban, Natal (1st cousin once removed to WSH)
103. Annie Grazebrook, head and shoulders, wife to Harry, holding child Toodie, by B. Kisch of Durban, Natal
104. Boys-Stones, outside, in uniform, turban, gauntlets and boots
105. Gilberta Borland, head and shoulders, by Speaight Ltd Photographers of 157 New Bond St, London
106. WSH, R[ichard] (Dick) W.G.H., Dr ?, Mrs Berthon with stick and handbag, all in hats, outside
107. [Picnic] “lunch at St Mary Pardon Brittany”, ? with pipe, WSH, Dick Holdsworth with cap and bottle, Mrs Berthon, Mrs J.S. Holdsworth, outside, seated
108. Gilbert D. Borland (child), outside, sitting on a plinth
109. Lady, head and shoulders “taken in Rangoon & sent home in Aug. 19(18?)”
110. Man, head and shoulders, ?also taken in Rangoon 1918
111. “Dulwich College Sixth Form v. School” , 13 boys (?cricket XI), in whites, with one blazer and some caps, outside the college front door, 1890
112. In a churchyard, Mary Holdsworth and “Aunt Annie” looking at a table tomb
113. F. John Shirley, half length, in a RNVR sub-lieutenant uniform, by Swaine
114. Three men in top hats and tails, in humorous pose, by Hugh Owen of Barmouth
115-120. Eights Week at Oxford 1921: (115) a bump about to take place on the Green Bank with two VIIIs in the bank; (116-118) river crowded with punts with college barges beyond; (119-120) covering letter from Halford Constant at Oxford 19 June explaining about attending court in Bristol re the recovery of his stolen motorbike
118 BW prints, many mounted, +2f, in an album of 20f (tick boards) + 2 endleaves (card), in padded leather embossed in gold, with part of a clasp
Size: 290 x 230mm
Digitised material for Holdsworth family photograph album, 1890 - 1922 - UND/F8/H4

UND/F8/H5   1974
Edna Jenkinson papers. Some administrative papers from her work as a senior lecturer in the university's department of Classics and Ancient History.
1 file

UND/F8/H6   1923 - 1926
Nellie Hanson SMC Photo Album
Album of Nellie Hanson (1902-1986), later Mrs Senior, SMC 1922-1926, BA, of herself and contemporaries at St Mary's College, at leisure and sport at 8 The College, Abbey House and outside Durham.
1. Durham cathedral from Prebends Bridge, Framwelgate Bridge beyond
2. Garden at 8 The College
3. Prebends Bridge, looking NW
4. Durham cathedral [from 8 The College] “top corridor”
5. South Bailey arch, from the bridge side
6. St Mary the less (St John's College chapel) “from my window”
7. Durham cathedral from Palace Green.
8. Marion, in hat and coat, by a fence, wood beyond, Houghall Fields, September 1923
9. [Nellie] (missing October 2011)
10. Nan [Parkin and Nellie], on the beach at Roker Caves, 29 May 1924
11. Joy [and Nellie] on the beach at Roker Caves, 29 May 1924
12. [Nellie] by a picket fence at Roker Park
13. Joy by a picket fence at Roker Park
14. Dorothy, Mudd, [Nellie], Bunny, Nan [Parkin], Joy, Nick, in fancy dress at a hospital fete, 26 May 1923
15. Rufie, Timothy (1st prize), fancy dress, as Golden Shred, with golliwog, in a garden
16. Montie Gour, in fancy dress as an “Indian Lady”, in a garden
17. Joy, in fancy dress, as “Reckitt's Blue”, in a garden
18. Nan [Parkin], in fancy dress, as a milkmaid, in a garden
19. [Nellie], in fancy dress, in a garden
20. Bimbo, in fancy dress, as “Quaker Oats”, in a garden
21. Twinkle [Pallister] and Sammy [Bibby], in [SMC] striped blazers, in [8 The College] gardens, May 1923
22. Tommy [Thompson], Tarzan [Hibell], Bim and [Nellie], in dresses, on the tennis courts, with racquet, 2 June 1923
23. Ban and Joy, in suits, in 8 The College gardens, February 1923
24. Dorothy, [Nellie] and Mary, in hats and suits, on the steps of 8 The College
25&26. The Seniors of SMC in the garden of 8 South Bailey, in skirts/dresses, 17 May 1925: “Button” (Charlotte P. Watson) , “Jill” (Elinor Hollis) , “Rufie” (Eveline Scorer) , “Sammy” (Mary M.J. Bibby) , “Eppie” (Gwenllian M. Goode) , Jean [L. Gillett], “Twinkle” (Barbara A. Pallister) , [Nellie Hanson], “Tarzan” (Winnifred M. Hibell) , “Nan” (Annie M. Parkin) , “Biddy” (Edith M. Bell) , “Tommy” (Olive M. Thompson) , “Bunny” (Edith Erwin) , “Jack” (Stella P.T. Jacka) , “Flip” (Phyllis M. Teitelbaum) , “Nick” (Mary A. Nicholson) , “Smiler” (Florence T. Mackie) , “Brasso” (Dorothy Forster) , “Pip” (Harriet A. Lee)
27. Pat, Bunny [Erwin], Joy, Nan [Parkin] and [Nellie] by Sunderland Bridge, 21 May 1925
28. Bunny [Erwin], [Nellie], Nan [Parkin], Joy and Ruby in Croxdale Woods
29. A[lice] Fox, H[ilda] Taylor, P[hyllis] Stamper, Dr Wilkie, M[ary] Dent, E[veline] Scorer, and Nellie, in hats and coats, at Finchale Priory, 23 May 1925
30. [Nellie], E[llen] Purdy and I[rene] G.M. Powys, on the [8 The College] fire escape, 21 May 1925
31. UMCA fete, “some madrigal singers”, in hats: [Nellie], E.M. Bell, O.M. Thompson, W.M. Hibell, J.R. Salmon, M.L. Bolton, E. Erwin, Diamond, Canon Hughes, Houghton, 14 June 1924
32. UMCA fete stall, Canon Hughes, Green, Houghton, Tommy [Thompson], 14 June 1924
33. UMCA fete stall, Houghton, Rhodes, Green, 14 June 1924
34. In the garden, Mr Houghton, E.M. Bell, W. Hibell, Mr Diamond, F.D. Bunt
35. In the garden, Mr Diamond, Mollie, Roe, Kemp, Holmes, Stranks
36. Outside at the back of SMC, Nellie in gown with papers, 20 November 1924
37. In the garden, Dorothy in a white elephant dress, 26 May 1923
38. Nan [Parkin] in hiking gear in Austria, village and valley beyond, August 1924
39. Houghall Woods, with hats and flowers, Rufie, Tarzan [Hibell], Eadie, Tommy [Thompson], Bunny [Erwin], 29 May 1924
40. SMC Boat Club coxed IV rowing on the Wear, O. Thompson, D. Peaps, M. Bibby, C.P. Watson, K.C. Millington (St Chads), June 1925
41. SMC Boat Club coxed IV at St Chads landing stage, 1925
42. DULTC 1st pair, in whites and coats, J. Hughes (Home Society), J.L. Gillitt (SMC), 1926
43. Tennis match Colleges v Staff, on court, Miss Middleton and Mr R. Rich, May 1926
44. On the tennis court, Mr R. Rich
45. On the tennis court, Miss Wilkie, Mr G.S. Gonway (serving)
46. On the tennis court, Mr Norman (obscured), Miss Donaldson
47. Staff LTC match, Mr R. Rich on court
48. After Convocation, at the Abbey House gate, Joy in academic dress, 29 June 1926
49. After Convocation, at the Abbey House gate, Nan [Parkin] in academic dress, 29 June 1926
50. [After Convocation, at the Abbey House gate], Nellie [in academic dress], 29 June 1926 (missing)
51. [After Convocation], by railings, Bunny [Erwin] in academic dress, 29 June 1926
52. [After Convocation], by railings, Nellie in academic dress, 29 June 1926
53. Durham Castle from Palace Green, June 1926
54. In the Abbey House garden, Phil, Bunny [Erwin], Nellie, Jo, Dumps.
55. Abbey House entrance, Nan [Parkin], Mary, Nellie, May 1926
56. “On the tank”, Bunny [Erwin], Mary, Dorothy, 12 June 1926
57. Outside Abbey House, Nellie, May 1926
58. On the beach at Sandsend, [Nellie], Bunny, July 1925
59. Outside Abbey House, Bunny [Erwin], May 1926
60. Outside Abbey House, Jean, June 1926
61. Outside Abbey House, Bunny [Erwin], May 1926
62. Durham Cathedral, from the west over the river
60 BW prints stuck on to card leaves, in covers titled “ALBUM” in a cartouche on the front
Size: 160 x 130mm
Digitised material for Nellie Hanson photograph album, 1922-1926 - UND/F8/H6

UND/F8/H7   1927 - 1929
Nellie Hanson UWCS Photo Album
Photo album of 3 summer camps of the University Women's Camp for Schoolgirls [?North-Eastern branch] at Pateley Bridge (1927) and then at Red House prep school in Nun Monkton (1928 and 1929), which Nellie Hanson helped to run as orderly (1927) and then chaplain (1928 and 1929).
1. Full group at Pateley Bridge 1927, in pinafores with white diamond-shaped lapel badges, identified: W. Talbot, B. Byfield, M. Scorer, M. Thompson, W. Evans, A. Leighton, B. Chrystal, E. Child, M. Kirkby, M. Smith, L. Bayes (Ass. Ord.), B. Reay (Games), L. Robson (chaplain), N. Cheriton (Ass. Adj.), N[ellie] Hanson (Orderly) I. Cleminshaw (Chronicle), M. Patterson (Ass. H.M.), D. Cheriton (Adjutant), E. Patterson (Housemother), E. Erwin (Rambles), B. Froggart (Sing-Song), M. Sewell, W. Lewis, F. Mackley, B. Foster, A. Beddowes, C. Phillips, C. Ward, B. Brayshaw, W. Brangle, B. Whiteman, G. Looney, N. SMith, W. Robson, M. Evans, H. Klier, M. SHores, H. Giles.
2. “The Drill Hall” .
3. “Eleven Little Officers” , formal group.
4. “Adj. gives an exhibition” , various crossing a stream.
5. “Pateley from Greenhow” , view along a road.
6,7. Lofthouse, the waterfall, girls paddling.
8. “Perilously perched”, 4 girls showing a leg in the water [at Lofthouse].
9. “In pensive mood” , 6 girls variously sitting.
10. “The beauty chorus” , 6 girls in the Lofthouse waterfall.
11. “A clap-dance in ideal surroundings” , girls in the river.
12. “The domestic staff off duty” , 4 girls sitting.
13,14. How-Stean [Nidderdale] wooden building camp, girls sitting outside “after the caves” .
15. “The gate-post plus” [?Nellie Hanson].
16. “Five happy campers” sitting outside.
17. “Rambles + games at Stump Cross” , 2 girls by a stone wall.
18. “Time, tide, and traffic on Greenhow Hill” , girls sitting in and by the road with a horse and cart beyond.
19. “Barbara & Winnie tete-a-tete” , seated.
20. “Bank Holiday in camp” , 4 girls sitting on a wall.
21. “Three craws sat upon a wa'” , 3 girls sitting on a wall.
22. “Chaplain enjoys a joke” , sitting on a wall.
23. “After study circle” , girls sitting in a meadow.
24. “After the stalactites” , girls seated outside the entrance to Stump Cross Caverns.
25. “Humpty Dumpty” , girl standing on a wall by a telegraph pole
26. “After the campers' homegoing on the straw” , girls lying on straw indoors.
27. “Chaplain + Adj set out on a walk” .
28. “Adj caught” , in bathing costume by a river.
29. Fountains Abbey, church.
30,31. Fountains Abbey, view from Anne Boleyn's seat.
32. Fountains Abbey, nave interior looking west.
33. Fountains Abbey, church east end exterior.
34. Red House School Marston Moor 1928, formal group outside the entrance, all in pinafores with round white lapel badges, identified: D. Lyle, H. SHort, M. Hollis, E. Arkell, E. Silvester, C. Gill, M. Jones, J. Dowlen, I. Black, M. Walter, M. Davies, M. Holmshaw (Rambles), E. Randall (Games), K. Turner (M.O.), J. Cadman-Smith (Adj.), N[ellie] Hanson (chaplain), M. Patterson (H.M.II), C. Hutson (H.M.I), N. Harrison (Sing-Song), E. Erwin (Orderly), P. Steeds (Bells), E. Miles, O. Jones, E. Hall, N. Payne, M. Thompson, M. Joll, N. Rice-Jones, N. James, P. Gale, N. Kirkatrick, N. Prior, D. Davey, R. Seddon, E. Clancey, M.C. Smith, E. Lyddiatt, M. Watson, E. Thomas, M. Kershaw, W. Smith, W. Robson, E. Burns, C.C. Smith.
35. The chapel [at Red House].
36. Red House main front.
37. The campers, formal gorup outside the entrance.
38. The full camp (similar to 34).
39. Nun Monkton church exterior.
40. Nun Monkton village pond, cattle in it, house beyond.
41. Nun Monkton church doorway.
42. “Orderly + Sing-Song” , in the village.
43. “Orderly's circle” , 7 girls outside Red house entrance.
44. York Minster from Lendal Bridge.
45. “Chaplain's circle” , 9 girls outside Red House entrance.
46. Bishopthorpe palace from the river.
47. Sports Day, “officers threading needles”.
48. Sports Day, “blind chariots” .
49. Sports Day, hockey match, officers v campers.
50. Sports Day, officers race, the start.
51. Sports Day, tug of war.
52. Nun Monkton, juncture of the rivers Nidd and Ouse, cattle in the river.
53. Red House view across the lawn tennis court.
54. Red House chapel east window.
55. Knaresborough petrifying well.
56. Red House woods.
57. The officers, outside Red House.
58. “Our busy orderlies”, 2 girls outside.
59. “Still officers”, girls on rugs outside.
60. “Watching the bathing”, lady in striped blazer seated on a river bank with dog.
61. “More officers and NE secretary”, outside Red House.
62. Red House School Moor Monkton 1929, formal group outside the entrance, in pinafores with round white lapel badges, with some officers holding symbols of their office, identified: S. Barrett, W. Prestage, L. Thorp, W. Hoskin, K. Matthews, J. Chisholm, M. Weir, E.S. White, E. Stringward, K. Dovey, G. Watson, B. Nicklin, F. Gibbs, E. Stewart, D. Wood, M. Harrison, B. Boiteux, T. Meetham, E. Green, H. Green, J. Emrie, M. Pyle, P. Burton, P. Mingard, H. Johnson, M. Moore, M.R. Smith (Rambles), I. Walker (Swimming), R. Tomline (Sing-Lo), G. Woodcock (Sing-Hi), W.M. Frost (S'Adj.), J. Cadman (Adj.), N[ellie] Hanson (Chaplain), E. Erwin (H.M.), O. Brown (Tother), E.M. Randall (Bells), D. McKenna (Orderly), W.M. Talbot (Baths), Jo WIlliams, Jay Williams, B. Britton, M. Hirst, E. Thomas, K. Welton (Baby), G. Walton, P. Liddle, K. Johnson, R. Johnson.
63. “Twelve little officers” , on the tennis court, in various dresses.
64. “Officers' rest hour” , on rugs on the lawn.
65. “Orderly off duty” [D. McKenna] on a rug near the entrance.
66. “Self Ass Ord H.M.I”, [Nellie Hanson, ?, E. Erwin] kneeling on a rug on the lawn.
67. “More officers” , in various dresses on the lawn.
68. “S'Adj and S.O.” [W.M. Frost and ?I. Walker] standing on the lawn.
69. “The officers' cricket team” , group, in pinafores, with jerseys, bats and balls.
70. “The Bugginses”, 5 girls variously attired on the lawn.
71. “The tidy kings” , 6 girls variously attired on the lawn.
72. “Vaudeville after cricket”, 4 girls ?performing, by the flagpole.
73. “Still officers” , group on the tennis court.
74. “Officer's obstacle race” , trying to bite ?food on strings.
75. “The first camp” , 8 girls in coats and hats, with cases.
76. “The last obstacle” , crawling under string.
77. “The fancy dress party” , lined up on the tennis court.
78. “The cocoanuts” , 2 girls in ?fancy dress.
79. “Visitors' day” , 4 relaxing on deck chairs.
80. “The dormy captains” , 7 girls.
81. “Visitors' day” , 5 relaxing on deck chairs.
82. “Tea time” , lots of girls sitting on the lawn.
83. “Sunday afternoon” , girls lying on rugs on the lawn.
84. York city walls [north-east corner], girls sitting in the tower.
85. “Gathering peascods” [?dance].
86. “By the waters of the canal after Rowntree's”, girls seated [?by the River Foss].
87-90. Picnic lunch in the tower at the north-east corner of York city walls, various seated including “Sing-Hi and Sing-Lo” , and “Adj” .
91. York minster, from the south-east, central tower.
Card album, 23f laced into card covers, with 91 BW prints stuck on
Size: 200 x 290mm
Digitised material for Nellie Hanson UWCS photograph album 1927-1929 - UND/F8/H7

UND/F8/H8   1977 - 1981, 1985
Alison Foster scrapbook
Alison C. Foster was an undergraudate at the college 1978-1981. She was JCR president 1980-1981 and returned to the college 1997-1998. The scrapbook covers her time as an undergraduate, her life at St Mary's, as its JCR president/senior woman, and also her interest in DSU affairs, her social life and her academic life studying Geology/Geophysics.
1. BW print of 2nd year Geology/Geophysics students, on the steps of the department, full length.
2,3. Newspaper cuttings listing A level results from Acklam Sixth Form College (G.B. Williams underlined) and South Park Sixth Form College.
4. Letter from Miss J. Quinn, SMC resident tutor, inviting ACF to interview, 4 November 1977.
5. Letter from Joan Kenworthy offering ACF a place at SMC, 17 November 1977.
6. ACF's Arthur Holmes Society membership card, 4 October 1978.
7. ACF's British Rail student railcard, 8 November 1978.
8. ACF's National Union of Students membership card for 1978-1979.
9. ACF's Durham Union Society membership card, Michaelmas 1978.
10. Durham Union Society Calendar Michaelmas 1978.
11. Freshers' Conference Handbook 1978.
12. ACF's Freshers' Conference membership card, 1 October 1978.
13. Federation of Conservative Students, DU Association, membership card 1978/9.
14. An Introduction to the Federation of Conservative Students leaflet 1978.
15,16. DU Conservative Association programme of events, Michaelmas 1978 & Epiphany 1979.
17. Robert Sheaf's manifesto as a conservative MEP.
18. DU Conservative Association annual dinner ticket, 1 December 1978.
19. Palatinate cutting re statement by Andrew Wicks, DU Conservative Association chairman, with image.
20. Palatinate cutting re Jane Ardouin's resignation as DSU Executive Officer (Services), with image, 18 October [1978].
21. Palatinate cutting re resignations from the DSU Executive (group photo).
22. Thank you letter from the Durham Conservative & Unionist Association for help in the recent [district] elections, 16 May 1979.
23. Election poster for Matthew Lavis conservative.
24,25. [College Newsletter] cuttings re SMC sports: darts and rowing.
26. Newspaper cartoon: “Evening Harry - Ladies darts tonight is it?”
27. Palatinate cutting on the death of Lynda Payne of SMC in the Lakes in the snow, 24 February [1979].
28. Colour print of the view from [ACF's] room R18 of a cherry tree in blossom with the cathedral beyond.
29. SMC formal “Land of the Rising Sun” programme.
30-32. University College The June Ball programme, place card, and colour photo of ACF and [Paul Hunter], [1979].
33. Advert for Druidstone accommodation in Broad Haven, note “2H Fieldwork. Met Tim” .
34-39. Party invites 1979: (34-36) engagement of Christopher Simons and Mandy Bradley, 11 November; (37) Pamela Mosey A Conservative Party 3 November; (38) Janet and Sheila [Wallace], Guy Fawkes 9 November; (39) Caroline and Liz [Kennedy], Birthday Bop in Klute, 12 November.
40-42. SMC Informal Ball “Sea Fever” programme, notice, and colour photo [of ACF, Tim and Chris Fielding], 30 November [1979].
43. Party invite from Kilian [WIlliams], 21st Birthday, 6 March 1980.
44. Number (41) for Northern University Regatta.
45. St Chad's College Theatre Company programme for George Farquhar's “A Beaux Stratagem”, January [1980].
46,47. Palatinate cutting and motion listing supporters (including ACF) re DSU continuing as members of NSU, 6 March 1980.
48. Palatinate cutting re library fines by Alison M. Stevenson, 6 March 1980.
49. Palatinate cutting (with image) interviewing James Cathcart as DSU External Affairs Officer, 23 January 1980.
50. Palatinate cutting (with image) re James Gray as incoming DSU president, 7 February 1980.
51. St Chad's College Candlemass Ball programme, menu, tickets, and photo of ACF and Tim 1980.
52. Letter to ACF re a disputed SMC [JCR presidental] election, 4 February 1980.
53. Letter to ACF from Joan Kenworthy congratulating her on being elected SMC JCR president, 7 February 1980.
54,55. Valentine Day limerick and message.
56. SMC Leap Day disco advert, 29 February [1980].
57. Palatinate report on the SMC JCR presidential election, 21 February 1980.
58. Congratulations card [to ACF on her election as JCR president] from Julie [Parfitt].
59. Invites 1980 for: (59) Alison [Dove's] party at SMC, 26 April; (60) Adrian and Rachel [Goudie's] party at SMC; (61) Ralph McTell plus Michel Haumont at Dunelm Ballroom, 5 May; (62) Frances [Hancock], Jane and Peter's 21st and Farewell tea party at SMC, 9 June; (63) Durham Regatta ticket, 14 June; (64) St Chad's Garden Party, 17 May; (65) Karen, Kathryn, Kirstin party at Castle Inn, 5 June; (66) John, Katie, Steve, Veronica, Sabbaticals Party in the Riverside Room, 10 June.
67. Programme for St Mary's Dramatic Society's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, ay Hild Bede, 23-26 April [1980].
68. SMC chapel card, Easter term 1980.
69. SMC Valedictory Service paper, 17 June 1980.
70-74. SMC Summer Ball “The Dune” Ball 9 May 1980 notice, 3 letters declining and 1 accepting invites, and a programme.
75. Letter to ACF from Steve Weatherseed of DSU re the Maintenance Fee Committee, 22 May 1980.
76. Computer job card invite to an SMC party from Jane [Vigar] and Linda [Grey], 18 June.
77,78. Letters to ACF from M.H.P. Bott and P.D.B. Collins about changing course from Geology/Geophysics to Physics, 24 & 10 August 1979.
79. DUCK week programme, 1-8 November 1980.
80. Letter to ACF from Eric Halliday, Master of Grey, about a clash over the use of a sculling boat, 28 October 1980.
81. Invite from Joan Kenworthy to drinks with the IES and International students, 2 October 1980.
82. SMC chapel card, Michaelmas term 1980.
83,84. Palatinate cutting re the inter-collegiate competition for DUCK week 1980 fund raising, won by SMC, with a thank you letter from Lesley Angus to ACF, 20 November 1980.
85-87. Palatinate cuttings of SMC's contributions to DUCK (including image of Mary's fairies float), November 1980.
88-90. SMC Michaelmas dinner menu, ACF's speech notes, and pre-dinner drinks invite, 21 November 1980.
91-94. Correspondence of ACF with Graham Sawyer of The Union Society re coming to SMC for dinner and to speak to students re the Society, 12 June - 15 October 1980.
95-. Invites, 1980, to: (95) Dinner in University College, 20 November; (96) 21st Birthday Party in Castle for Diane and Maria [McNamara], 22 November; (97) 21st Birthday party in SMC for Marie-Anne [Rose] and Clare [Brindley], 29 November; (98) 21st Birthday Party at the City Rugby Club for Jon Ford and Mike Orton, 21 November; (99) tea at home with M.H.P. Bott, 23 November; (100) St Chad's Bonfire Party; (101) Dinner with Fred Holliday and Ian Graham in the Castle Senate Room, 20 October, with menu (102); (103) Back to School Party in St Cuthbert's, 21 November; (104) 21st Birthday Party in the Castle for Glen [Chipp] and Phil, 8 November; (105) letter from Simon at St Chad's changing an invite, 21 November; (106) 21st Birthday Party at 1 North Bailey for Helen [Hall] with Richard [Foster], 29 November; (107) 21st Birthday Party at the Chaplaincy for Margaret [Emery]; (108) 21st Birthday Party at the Castle for Keith [Watson], 6 December.
109,110. The Bailey Ball Gone Hollywood programme and reception invite, 14 November [1980].
111,112. SMC Informal Ball “House of Horror” notice and programme, 26 November [1980].
113. St Chad's Informal colour photo of ACF, Tim, Karen + man.
114,115. SMC Christmas service in St Oswald's invite and service paper, 7 December 1980.
116. Palatinate cutting re David Bellamy's resignation from the Botany Dept.
117. Palatinate cutting of the letters page, from Simon Keable-Elliott, Tim Leftley, and Charlotte Davies.
118. DU Conservative Association newsletter re Sir Keith Joseph's visit, 10 November 1980.
119-126. Invites 1981 for: (119) Jeremy's 21st Birthday Edward Breakfast in Meadowfield, 17 January; (120) SMC end of term party, 15 March; (121) The Balcony Boys at Hatfield, 16 March; (122) Elizabeth's 21st Birthday Party at Trevelyan, 7 March; (123) Alison [Dove's] 21st Birthday Party at SMC, 7 March; (124) Helen, Sheila [Wallace], Rosemary & William, 84 Nondescript Years at The Castle Inn, 30 January; (125) Ushaw College Senior Men and Women's Dinner, 26 February; (126) JCR buffet lunch at Trevelyan, 28 January.
127. Arthur Holmes Society annual dinner menu at Collingwood College, 6 March 1981.
128-130. St Chad's 25th Jubilee Candelmass Ball programme and invites, 6 February 1981.
131-133. SMC [first] JCR Guest Night correspondence, March 1981.
134. Letter from Biddy [Baxter] to ACF thanking her for the St Mary's Day Dinner (when she gave a speech) of 27 February 1981.
135-140. DSU presidential and others election manifestoes of Rob Beckley, William Clemmey, Ian Brown, Elaine Black, February 1981.
141-142. Palatinate reports on the DSU president election campaign and result, February 1981.
143. Invite to a meeting on personal safety from Penny Jones, 11 June [1981].
144. Palatinate letter re the murder of Jacqueline Hill.
145. Northen Echo cutting re the dangers of dimly lit Prebends Bridge, 12 January 1981.
146. Palatinate image of Rob Beckley.
147. ACF's DSU voting card.
148. Satirical DSU election manifesto of Uncle Reggie.
149. Palatinate letter, with image, from Penny Jones re her Creche Campagn.
150. [DSU] emergency motion re Lesley Doyle.
151. Palatinate letter from Stephen Poppitt re DSU financing.
152. Palatinate cutting re SMC's JCR's motion re a rebate for inadequate shared rooms.
153. Palatinate image of Paul Manley.
154. Palatinate report on Nick Gibb's election rant.
155-164. Invites 1981 for: (155) Hazel's Housewarming Party at SMC, 11 Apil; (156) Annabel [Burrows], Mandy and Linc 21st Birthday Party at The Castle Inn, 12 May; (157) acceptance by Tom [Brown] of Ushaw of a lunch invite; (158) Chris [Benn] and Nigel's Vicar's and Virgin's Party at The Castle Inn, 7 May; (159) Nigel and Anne [Burton's] 21st Celebration at Fowler's Yard, 13 June; (160) Steve [Roper] and Marj Almost 42 Party at SMC, 16 June; (161) Grad's House barbecue, 21 June; (162) Annabel Burrows and Irene Hindmarsh, St Aidan's dinner, 27 April; (163) Alison [Brenner] 21st Birthday Party at The Castle Inn, 16 May; (164) SMC principal at home, 19 June.
165. Duke of Wellington Inn bill [for Geophysics dinner], 18 June.
166. Ralph Waller farewell drinks invite, 23 June.
167. SMC Valedictory Service invite, 18 June.
168. Final years sherry with staff invite from M.H.P. Bott, 8 June.
169. Thank you card for being “a super senior woman”.
170. Good luck card from the Social Committee.
171. Get Well card from Penny.
172,173. Palatinate reports on [DU] croquet and badminton teams, Richard Foster and Tim Bird underlined.
174. DU Congregation programme, 1-2 July 1981.
175,176. SMC Graduands' Service invite and service paper, 30 June 1981.
177. Letter from Dr Lavis to ACF thanking her for her contribution to the Ian Graham Memorial Fund, 4 September 1985.
178. Home addresses of 3rd year [Geology/Geophysics] students, with some notes of first destinations, [June 1981].
179. Congratulation cards on passing finals from Aunty Mary and Uncle Neil, Dorothy, Bessie and Joan.
Paper file, 33f with 179 items stuck or stapled on

UND/F8/H9   1940 - 1954
Margaret Fergusson's (principal 1940-1955) photographs of SMC's senior women when she was principal.
1. Sarah Errington (1938-1941), in the church doorway [at her wedding to] Rev J. McManners, 1951.
2. Sarah Errington, cutting her wedding cake with Rev McManners, 1951.
3. Hugh McManners standing in romper suit, 1 year 4 months, March 1953.
4. ?Joyce Daintith (1938-1942, SW 1941/2), kneeling with dog in SMC garden, 1940.
5. Dorothy M. Teasdale (1939-1943, SW 1942/3) [married/engaged to Leslie C.] Lowther, both seated on a rug on steps in front of SMC, Summer 1944.
6. Group of Kathleen Lamb, Betty Yates, Miss Prestcott, Lila Hellerova, Dorothy Modral, Kate L.M. Lewis (1940-1944, SW 1943/4), Muriel E. Robinson, seated in SMC garden, Summer 1944.
7. [Isobel Thomas] (1943-1947, SW 1946/7) head and shoulders, by Turners (Photography] Ltd of Newcastle.
8. Isobel Thomas, in wedding dress, walking down the path of St Paul's church Jarrow with her husband Rev [William H.] Jefferson, 30 October 1948. Copyright The Shields Gazette.
9. Edith Muriel Beer (1945-1950, SW 1949/50), on a balcony at SMC, [?1949].
10. Cynthia G. Tett (1947-1951, SW 1950/1), at her wedding to Richard U. Dawes, with best man and 2 bridesmaids, outside, [?1951]. By Kenneth Pratt Ltd of 27 Arundel St, Portsmouth.
11. J. Constance M. Gilbey (1948-1952, SW 1951/2), in gown and hood, [?1951].
12. Renate S. Heydeman (1950-1954, SW 1953/4), head and shoulders, with brooch, [?1954].
12 BW prints

UND/F8/H10   1916 - 1943
Photograph album of Miss Rachel Eleanor Duff Donaldson (RD) (principal 1915-1940), containing photos of college buildings and students, often with herself, and their activities (especially plays) at The Abbey and (mostly) 8 The College, and outside Durham, and also some of students' homes and susbequent children sent to her. Many of the images have captions, in often rather unclear tippex. There are also some inserted notes identifying individuals in some of the images.
1. “Going-down picnic Rothbury” Miss Dacomb (seated, front left), senior tutor, censor, and lecturer in history(?), RD (seated, front right), standing in back row: Mabel Lamb, Fay Stuart, Kathleen McGowan, Dorothy Martin, Irene Rowell; lunch with strawberries and cream in 1929.
2. “D.W.S.A. Hospital Tournament” RD standing on lawn (left) with tennis partner (Manley?).
3. “Convocation” group outside, RD (standing, front row, third from left) with M. Watts (front row, third from right), Erica Lea (back row, first from left), and L. Wathers (? front row, first from left) [?1926].
4. “The Sundial” RD standing on lawn next to sundial, in fur-trimmed coat.
5. “Garden” RD seated on steps, in fur-trimmed coat.
6. “Dr. H. I. Wilkie” portrait photograph, head and shoulders, of senior tutor and lecturer in English.
7. “Elizabethan Madrigals” postcard of the college society, in costume, c.1925; front right: Lording Tankard; W. Rigby becomes woman; pouring liquid into tankard 'Baby' Morton; to her right Kathleen McGowan; to right behind W. Rigby - in cape and plumed hat, D. King; left front seated with church warden raw HARE; to right of seller of 'farings' and looking at bottle 'Paddy' O'Grady.
8. “Riders to the Sea” Dramatic Society production in 1928; on stage, K. McGowan (kneeling on left), Mary Drury (kneeling on right), V. Lambert (standing), and one other student (crouching).
9-11. “Congreve's Way of the World” Dramatic Society production in 1939; students in costume standing in front of steps in 8 The College garden.
12. Female student (? Miss Dacomb) posed in academic cap, hood and gown, with book, 3/4 length.
13. Dramatic society production of Catherine Parr by L. Baring, 1928, showing three students on stage, in costume, by John R. Edis.
14. Dramatic society production, showing five students in costume, all standing on stage; lady with fan - Nancy Rigby, centre - Mary Drury, second from right - Fay Stuart.
15. “College Chapel” interior, showing the altar, built in the garden of 8 The College.
16. “Tennis Four”, four students before a door, in whites and college blazers with a racquet; Mary Watts (front left), 'Bunny' Urwin (front right), Jean Gillett (back left), c.1923x1926.
17. Four tennis players [on a tennis court], in whites and college blazers (2 striped, 1 plain), with a racquet: Dorothy Martin (front left), Jessie Watson (front right), Mary Wilson (back left), and Margaret Watts (younger sister of Mary Watts, back right); c.1927x1928.
18. Dinner party group, in black tie/long dresses, 6 men (1 cleric), 4 ladies (RD front row, 2nd from L).
19,21. “Edmondbyers. 1938” RD seated on a hill, picnicking, with 2 [students].
20. “Saltburn. 1938” RD standing (centre) with two students on the pier, Flat Scar beyond.
22-24. “Ullswater. 1939” RD picnicking with 6 [students], seated on a treed grassy hillside.
25. Women's Hostel members in 1916, standing in the Abbey House entrance. Back row: E.J. Cann, H.M. Spraggon. Second to back row: W. Wheatley, E.P. Troughton, D. Tomlinson, G. Pestell. Second to front row: R. Worsley, N.M. Tunstall, RD, A. Barlow, W. Dodds. Front row: K. Harle, A. Garbett, D. Thwaite, M.B. Robinson.
26. “A. Macintyre”, Aline Marion Reed Macintyre, (B.A. in 1922, Principal's Secretary 1922-1923, Bursar of St Mary's College 1923-1925), in evening dress and pearls, half length.
27. “M. Sinker”, Mary Christian Sinker seated at a desk reading a book, (B.A. in 1924), half length.
28. “D. Goinapathy”, two women and one man of Indian descent standing in a garden.
29. “Ullswater 1939” two seated students on a hillside (as in 22-24).
30. “1936” group of nine students in the garden of 8 The College, variously dressed.
31. “1936” group shot of five students (four in academic dress) standing in garden of 8 The College.
32. “V. Broxup”, Vera Forsyth Broxup with a dog standing on a lawn, (B.A. in 1923, Secretary of St Mary's College 1925-1926, senior tutor).
33. 5-8 The College buildings.
34. “The cedar” view of garden of 8 The College.
35. “The garden” two students standing near the sundial and pond in the garden of 8 The College.
36. “Main building” vegetable garden with the back of 8 The College beyond.
37. “View from College Window” of 12 The College (part), the water tower, refectory and cathedral beyond.
38. “Front of main building” archway and entrance to 8 The College.
39. “Welldan House (?)” view of South Bailey buildings.
40. South Bailey street frontage.
41. “Abbey House” front from Palace Green.
42. Young woman standing among vegetation in [8 The College] garden.
43. Back of [?Welldon House] with the cathedral tower beyond.
44. View N from the city gate at the end of the South Bailey towards St Cuthbert's.
45. “M. Cavell” woman with two children seated on steps in front of a house.
46. Young child gesticulating in a perambulator in front of a gate.
47. “H. Dales” young child sitting in a wicker basket, arms raised.
48. “C. Gulliver” woman with [daughter] seated on a beached boat.
49. Young child standing in a garden.
50. “R. Hartley” a young girl, half length.
51. Infant seated on a cushion [in a photographer's studio].
52. “Professor J.H. How.”, in clerical garb, head and shoulders.
53. Woman holding a toddler by a lamp-post.
54. Young girl in a bonnet seated with a picture book in a tent.
55. Ten students with RD (middle row, left) in the garden of 8 The College.
56. Infant seated in a perambulator; inscription on back - “Kate at 8 1/2 months. (June, 1943). With best wishes for Christmas and after. Inez Branson.”
57. “Students' Homes”“E. Millar” (formerly Ellen M. Wathes), front of a house.
58. “Students' Homes”“L. Brigham” front of a house “Craigstone” .
59. “Students' Homes”“E. Dales” lane leading to house and additional buildings with mountains in background.
60. “Students' Homes” from the interior of a home showing door and garden.
61. “Boroughbridge Modern School, Yorks. P.M. Flaternan, Oct. 1944.”, exterior.
62. View from the Banks up to 13 The College and the cathedral western towers “Taken by H. Moericke (?)”
63. “Garden” and the back of 8 The College.
64. “Garden” of 8 The College with cedar tree.
65. “Garden Steps” in 8 The College.
66. “College Chapel” interior looking towards the altar, with lilies.
Black leather album with black paper pages; 48f with 66 BW prints
Size: 225 x 310mm
Digitised material for Rachel Eleanor Duff Donaldson photograph album, 1916 - 1943 - UND/F8/H10

UND/F8/H11   1923 - 1933
Certificates and photos from Eveline Blackett's time at Bede Collegiate Girls' School, Sunderland (mostly) and Durham University.
Eveline Blackett (Mrs. Brown): 1925-1929, 1929 B.A., 1930 One term at St Hugh's College, Oxford, Crosby Fellowship, London - Research Fellowship held at Crosby Hall, London. Mary Gray Allen Studentship at St Hugh's College, Oxford. 1930 Temporary post, Blackheath High School, 1930 Prox. acc. Bryn Mawr Scholarship, 1931 Assistant Mistress, Casterton School, Cainforth, 1933 M.A.
Given by her son 12 October 2005.
For her [1926 or 1927] college group photo, see UND/F8/FA1927.
Digitised material for Eveline Blackett photographs and certificates, 1923 - 1933 - UND/F8/H11

UND/F8/H12   1927
Charles Letts's 1927 Self-Opening Pocket Diary [of Irene Rowell (1926-1930 BSc)], with the university arms on the cover and a list of university dates for 1927 stuck inside the front cover, with only a few entries made for January.
Paper booklet, printed with some ms entries
Size: 105 x 70mm

UND/F8/H13   1964
Photo of Rag Week, St Mary's team (7) with one riding a tricycle, Annie Kolbe on far right, with a covering letter of 2002 from Kolbe.
BW print + 1f

UND/F8/H14   [c.1955]
Photos featuring Margaret E. Selby (BA 1955), with a copy sheet identifying her. She taught at Moreton Hall, Shropshire, then returned to Durham as a tutor at Lightfoot House in 1958 before being at St Luke's Cowley, Oxford, by 1961. She went on to be the first paid employee in the country working for Christian Aid, then set up and ran a Centre for refugees in Balsall Heath in Birmingham in the early 1960s, then worked as chaplain at Aston University before working for Sheffield Diocese and finally as Director of Studies at Mirfield College.
1. SMC students in gowns assembling outside the college entrance [for a college photo].
2. 7 women students sitting on steps outside a large window.
3. 43 women students sitting on the same steps.
4. Rag procession, outside Palace Green Library, SMC pantomime horse, with part of Hatfield's Everest float, 1953.
4 BW prints, + 1f
Given by her niece, January 2021, Acc No Misc.2020/21:25.