Dr Charlie Dixon was a Senior Lecturer in the Mathematics Department at the University of Dundee and had worked there for over 47 years on his retiral in 2000, making him one of the University's longest serving members of staff. Charlie was a dedicated and enthusiatic teacher and the students' perennial favourite. He was an avid supporter of extending access to University to those who might not have considered further studies. Dixon was the founding member of the University's Schools Liaison Office and the first Dean of Students for the Faculty of Science and Engineering.
Educated at Morgan Academy, Dundee, Charlie went on to study mathematics at the University of St Andrews. His first post was a research assistant at Queen's College, Dundee before moving to London in 1960 to work in the meteorology department at Imperial College, London. Charlie returned to Dundee two years later as lecturer, then senior lecturer in the Mathematics Department at the University. Dr Dixon also taught at the University of Western Australia and for a short spell, at the University of New Mexico.
Charlie was married to Margaret who had worked Dundee College of Commerce and Maryfield Hospital. Charlie was an accomplished bagpipe player and also enjoyed gardening in his spare time. Charlie died in 2009 aged 74 years old.
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UR-SF 78
Lecture notes, teaching aids, correspondence, personal papers, invitations and membership cards related Charlie Dixon's time at the University of Dundee; papers and correspondence relating to international teaching posts; photographs and papers relating to Margaret Dixon's employment at Maryfield Hospital and Dundee College of Commerce; photographs and emphermera relating to Charlie Dixon.
Usually chronological within series.
Colin McLeod contacted and subsequently deposited Charlie Dixon's collection with the University Archive. Colin Mcleod also deposited his own collections along with more of Charlie and Margaret Dixon papers.
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The collection had been in the possession of Charlie Dixon. Following his death, his friend Colin McLeod cleared the papers from Charlie's house.
Description compiled by SK, 27/01/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Lecture notes, teaching aids, examination papers, staff papers, invitations, events and memberships all relating to Dr Dixon's time at the University of Dundee.
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Description compiled by SK, 27/01/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Lecture notes, examination papers, teaching aids and correspondence relating to Dr Dixon's time teaching at the University of Dundee including the topics of mathermatical sciences, meteorology & the weather, and theoretical mechanics. Includes weather related papers sent to Dr Dixon whilst at the University of Dundee.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 5/10/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Letters of appointments, staff appraisal and curriculm vitae
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 5/10/2017
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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Department handbooks for various University departments; School Liaison; Extra- mural Education classes; campus maps; mathermatics summer school, 1967 - 1968; Thesis by R J Y McLeod titled ' Basis Functions For Curved Elements in the Finite Element Method' for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy, University of Dundee 1972.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 5/10/2017
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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Event programmes, invitiation and menus related to the University of Dundee. Includes invited to the Installation of the Chancellor Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, 1967, University Burns Suppers, and public lecture programmes.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 5/10/2017
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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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A variety of membership cards and badges relating to the University of Dundee. Includes University of Dundee staff cards with photographs.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 5/10/2017
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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Papers and correspondence relating to University of St Andrews, 1964-1966, Kingswood College, University of Western Australia including Casey '69 , college pamphlets, University church service programme 1974, Gazette, 1969; Imperial College of Science and Technology; Hamilton College, New York, 1971; Stevens Institute of technology, New Jersey 1971; Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania 1971; American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1971; New Mexico State University, 1980.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 05/10/2017
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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Papers relating to Charlie Dixon's time as a student at University College and personal correspondence from family, friends, colleagues & students.
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Description compiled by SK, 27/01/2017
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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Undergraduate and postgraduate papers relating to Charlie Dixon's time as a student. Includes bursay card issued by the Corporation of Dundee Education committee; Scottish Universities Entrance Board certificate, 1952; Certificates of Merit 1953-1956; notebooks covering chemistry, physics, dynamics, analytic geometry, alegbra and science; papers relating the graduation ceremonies in 1957 and 1965;
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 5/10/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Letters and cards including a letter from the Ministry of Labour and National Service regarding deferment under the arrangement for men with first class honours degree in science or engineering, 1957 and letters from colleagues and students, both local and international.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 5/10/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Papers and travel notes varying in detail relating to trips abroad including Moscow, Israel, Hong Kong, Katmandu and Singapore; Diary of a Cycling Tour May 2-21 1970 by R B M Levick; notes on a trip to Perth Prison (presumed to be Perth,Western Austrailia); Australian Youth Hostel Association membership card, 1974.
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Description compiled by the Archivist
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Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Membership cards, invitations, subscritptions and events not related to the University of Dundee. Memberships include: The British Association for the Advancement of Science; the British Computer Society; The Bell Club; University of St Andrews Scientific Society.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 05/10/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
Margaret Dixon was married to Dr Charlie Dixon, a senior Maths lecturer at the University of Dundee. Margaret worked at Maryfield Hospital and Dundee College of Commerce.
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Photographs of staff and patients and photocopied newscuttings relating to Maryfield Hospital , Dundee, 1949-1974;
Colin McLead deposited Charlie and Margaret's papers with the University of Dundee Archive Services in 2016.
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Margaret's papers were in the possession of family friend, Colin McLeod. who also had Charlie Dixon's papers.
Description compiled by SK, 27/01/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
Margaret Dixon was married to Dr Charlie Dixon, a senior Maths lecturer at the University of Dundee. Margaret worked at Maryfield Hospital and Dundee College of Commerce.
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Photographs of staff and patients of Maryfield Hospital; magazine excerpt 'Party Time' of Princess Margaret's visit to Maryfield Hospital; copies of newscuttings of Maryfield Hospital staff, and Hospitals' Christmas Carol Concert brochures, 1996 and 2005.
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Description compiled by SK, 27/01/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
Margaret Dixon was married to Dr Charlie Dixon, a senior Maths lecturer at the University of Dundee. Margaret worked at Maryfield Hospital and Dundee College of Commerce.
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Folder of papers and correspondence relating to Dundee College of Further Education, Dundee Commercial College and Dundee College of Commerce. Includes list a major prize winners 1961-1962; college magazines and newletters; Booklets from the official opening of Dundee College of Commerce, 1970; 'Staff Scene'; photograph of Dundee College of Commerce staff outing to Pitlochry; 'Ecco' magazines; freshers' handbooks; 'Focus' newsletters; Dundee College of Commerce prospectus 1985-86; staff handbooks; invitations and events.
Colin McLeod deposited Charlie and Margaret Dixon's papers. Margaret's papers came in with Colin McLeod's own papers - Acc 2016/759
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Description compiled by S Kelly 05/10/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Black & white and colour photographs and copies of newspaper articles relating to Charlie Dixon.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 27/09/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Photographs including Charlie's time as a student at University of St Andrews; a photograph of Dundee Jute Industries Pipe Band which includes names of some of the pipers, c1955; Kingswood College, Western Australia 1969 & 1974; Student Charities Campaign, University of Dundee; photographs of Charlie's time teaching at the University of Western Australia; photographs of family friends; family photographs and Dr Dixon's retiral party.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 27/09/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Copies of newcuttings relating to Charlie Dixon including articles connected to his work at the University of Dundee, the Boys Brigade, events he played the bagpipes at and his obituary.
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Description compiled by S Kelly, 27/09/2017
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.
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Photographs and transparencies of Dundee Jute Industries Pipe Band and works outing c1950-1960; Register with inserted sheet music, inside cover notes, 'Attendance register, probably form Bowbridge Works, Dundee. Acquired by James Dixon, a metal-worker at Bowbridge Works, and used by his son Charlie Dixon, a member of Jute Industries Pipe Band, to keep pipe music scores' dated May 1947 - September 1949 and includes names of weavers.
Colin McLeod delivered the items to Archive Services.
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The collection had been in the possession of Charlie Dixon. Following his death, his friend Colin McLeod cleared the papers from Charlie's house. These items were deposited by Colin McLeod Acc 2016/759.
Description compiled by S Kelly, 26/03/2018
Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.
Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.