Photos

  • Reference
    • GB 133 TAI/6
  • Dates of Creation
    • c.1890s-1930s
  • Physical Description
    • 35 items Photos have been put in melinex wallets.

Scope and Content

Miscellaneous photos including: 1) Mounted photo of Dr Hermann Hager, lecturer in German, Owens College, died 1895; 2) Mounted photo of J.L. Entwistle, Apr 1898; 3) Mounted photo of Victor Kastner, professor of French, University of Manchester 1895-1909; 4) Photo of the Prince and Princess of Wales leaving Whitworth Hall, from the supplement to the Owens College Union Magazine, 1901; 5) Group photo of the (Manchester) Students Representative Council 1906-1907, from Manchester University Magazine, names of some members written on by Tait; 6) Group photo of the (Manchester) Students Representative Council 1910, from Manchester University Magazine; 7) Photo of the British Universities Student Congress, Manchester 1911, from the Manchester University Magazine; 8) Photo from the Manchester University Magazine of some of its journalists, names included underneath, 1912. With pencil notes by unidentifiable author on dorse, 1952?, referring to the relationship and subsequent engagement between Thomas Walton Newbold and Ellen Wilkinson, both present in the photograph. Both went on to be M.P.s; 9) Postcard of Tait, Tout, Fiddes, Powicke, and others at a formal event, names on dorse, Jan 31 1914; 10) postcard of University of Manchester department of history staff and graduands, 1915 (includes Tout, Tait, Ramsay Muir, Arthur Redford, Goronwy Edwards); 11) Postcard of Tait walking with women, Bowness 1918; 12) postcard of Tait sitting on rocks in Newquay, 1924; 13) photo of T F Tout sitting in a deckchair, June 1929; 14) Post card of Tait, Tout and others on a walking holiday, Easter 1932; 15) Photo of Tait and his brother in a garden, dated "forties." All father photo's undated;16) Photo of Tait in later life sitting in chair; 17)Postcard with group picture including Tait, names on back; 18) Postcard of Tait at his parents' house; 19) Mounted photo of A.E. Prince in military uniform, history lecturer, Queens University, Kingston; 20) Picture of G.C. Simpson, the Chairman of the Union, from Manchester University Magazine; 21) Picture of the presentation to James Hoyle, some names written on by Tait, from Manchester University Magazine; 22) Cartoon of James Hoyle, "Keeper of Keys," name written on by Tait, from Manchester university magazine; 23) Cartoon of Economics professors, names written on by Tait, from Manchester University Magazine; 24) Cartoon of Classics professors, names written on by Tait, from Manchester University Magazine; 25) Picture of a young James Tait from the supplement to the Owens College Union Magazine.

Archivist's Note

It is not clear whether the cuttings from the journals were collected by Tait.