Collection of William Fulton Jackson photographs, 1855-1931, General Manager, North British Railway Company

• Prints and negatives of many topics, including ships, places throughout the world, people etc 1904-1930
• Volumes entitled 'Souvenir of a Holiday in...' relating to different holiday destinations 1913-1920 (they contain prints/photographs found within the rest of the collection)
• Photograph albums belonging to the Cameron family undated

William Fulton Jackson , born 1855  , was educated at St Enoch Parish school in Glasgow, Scotland. After leaving school he was employed with Messrs Westlands, Laidlaw and Co as a junior clerk. He went on to join the ranks, in the office of the Secretary, of the North British Railway Company in 1877  . He was then appointed the General Manager of the North British Railway Company in 1899  . Jackson was the last general manager to be appointed before the 'grouping' of the railways in 1923  . He was also heavily involved with the Young Men's Christian Assosciations and Evangelistic Committee.

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received

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Deposit: William Lind: c1980

Fonds level description created by Andrew Thomson, Hub Project Archivist, 18 December 2004

Digital file level list available in searchroom

No known copies

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Reproduction subject to usual conditions: educational use and condition of documents.

This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 248 procedures

William Lind purchased the collection from a Glasgow saleroom c1978

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