Correspondence with R.B. McCallum

  • Reference
    • GB 133 GDN/A/M3
  • Dates of Creation
    • 12 Dec 1929-29 Mar 1949
  • Physical Description
    • 17 pieces; 19 sheets

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Ronald Buchanan McCallum (1898-1973), historian and college head, relating to a request by Scott that McCallum act as a correspondent on the University of Oxford for the Manchester Guardian, which is accepted, with discussion of the work involved, of articles provided, and accompanied by related internal memoranda. Also included is correspondence relating to the alleged ban on a lecture by Aleister Crowley, author and occultist, at the University Poetry Society at Oxford.

There is discussion of McCallum's resignation from his role as correspondent, and of potential successors, of which W. Harrison, politics tutor at The Queen's College, Oxford, is selected.

GDN/A/M3 is an internal employment history index card for McCallum, 1929.