Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAC/1/2/Macalister
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJCR/SJAC/1/2/Macalister
Title
Donald Macalister
Date(s)
- 1883-1905 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-series
Extent and medium
50 files and 4 items. Paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1854-1934)
Biographical history
Sir Donald Macalister was born in Perth, Scotland, on the 17th May 1854, the son of another Donald Macalister. He was educated in Scotland for the first few years of his life, and then in Liverpool, before being admitted to St John’s College, Cambridge in 1874. He had won a scholarship from St John’s, but also from Balliol, Worchester, and Oxford. He was Senior Wrangler and a Smith’s prizeman in 1877, and was immediately elected as a fellow of the college.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes: tutorial & admissions papers; lists of exhibitions and scholarships.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The admissions papers are arranged alphabetically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Former Ref.
TU11