Identity area
Reference code
MS 78
Title
David Waterson, RE, FSA, (Scot)
Date(s)
- 1918-1964 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 folder
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
David Waterson, artist, painter, etcher and mezzotint engraver, was born in Brechin in 1870. He studied at the Edinburgh School of Art, was elected ARE in 1901 and RE in 1910. He married Ann Wallis, a St Andrews graduate in 1924 and was granted the Freedom of the City and Royal Burgh of Brechin in 1954, a fortnight before his death. He was a keen entomologist and was responsible for discovering a species of wood wasp, hitherto thought to exist only in fossil form, in the ancient forest of Montreathmont near Brechin.
Repository
Archival history
After Waterson's death his wife gifted his drawings of the Hymenoptera of Angus to Queen's College, Dundee. They were taken to the Department of Zoology by Professor Peacock, and after his death in 1976 they were found amongst his papers by his son and returned to the University. They were held in the Photographic Department in the University Library, where they remained until deposited in the Library's manuscript collection in 1981.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Photocopies of entries relating to David Waterson in reference works and newspaper articles relating to him and his wife c.1954-1964; scrapbook and miscellaneous notes and sketches 1918-1921; water-colour studies of the Hymenoptera of Angus c.1919-1923; miscellanea.
Accruals
Not expected
System of arrangement
Usually chronological within series.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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.
Conditions governing reproduction
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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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The records are on paper and include photographs.
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Description control area
Description identifier
MS 78
Rules and/or conventions used
Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Status
Catalogued
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English