Diary and papers of Matthew John Stewart

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 344
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1898-1956
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 184 items, mainly volumes of diaries

Scope and Content

(1-180) Diaries, 10 January 1898-6 November 1956; (181) Writing pad containing autobiographical notes; (182) Notebook containing genealogical notes on the families of Anderson, Murdoch, Rae and Ritchie, with a sermon and other religious notes; (183) Notebook containing manuscript of John Smith's "The drift or glacial deposits of Ayrshire", printed in Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow, 11 February 1898 (supplement); (184) Envelope containing three photographs (1919), a letter from Guy Benson to M.J. Stewart (1 August 1919?), and a Leeds Arts Theatre playbill, c.1930

Administrative / Biographical History

Matthew John Stewart was Professor of Pathology, University of Leeds, 1918-1950

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of the late Mrs Clara Stewart, widow of Professor Stewart, in November 1974

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

None

Additional Information

The Spaewife by John Galt, Edinburgh, 1823, 3 volumes, is shelved with this collection