Professor Arthur Alexander Matheson, QC, Chair of Scots Law in University College, Dundee 1949-1980, Dean of the Faculty of Law 1955-1958, Master of Queen's College, Dundee 1958-1966

• Reference:GB 254 UR-SF 19
• Former Reference:GB 254 RECS C/19.
• Dates of Creation:1914-1980
• Name of Creator:
  Professor Arthur Alexander Matheson
• Physical Description:
  4 boxes (0.30 linear metres)

• Scope and Content

  Professor Matheson's lecture and tutorial notes for different aspects of law and papers relating to Lord Cooper's Inquiry into university education in Dundee, 1947; papers from Scottish University Law Faculties Conferences; general correspondence; photographs.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Arthur Alexander Matheson was Emeritus Professor of Scots Law in the University of Dundee. He graduated MA with first-class honours in Classics, and LLB, with distinction, from the University of Edinburgh and became a Classical Exhibitioner at Balliol. He passed advocate in 1944. In 1949, at the age of 29, he was appointed to the newly instituted Chair of Scots Law in University College, Dundee and was the first Dean of the Faculty of Law, created in 1955. From 1958 until 1966 he was Master of Queen's College, Dundee during which time the ground was prepared for the foundation of the University of Dundee in 1967. He retired due to ill health in 1980 and died just before Christmas in 1981.

• Arrangement

  Usually chronological within series.

• Access Information

  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.

• Acquisition Information

  The records were gifted by Professor Wilkinson, University of Dundee in February 1980.

• Note

  Arthur Alexander Matheson was Emeritus Professor of Scots Law in the University of Dundee. He graduated MA with first-class honours in Classics, and LLB, with distinction, from the University of Edinburgh and became a Classical Exhibitioner at Balliol. He passed advocate in 1944. In 1949, at the age of 29, he was appointed to the newly instituted Chair of Scots Law in University College, Dundee and was the first Dean of the Faculty of Law, created in 1955. From 1958 until 1966 he was Master of Queen's College, Dundee during which time the ground was prepared for the foundation of the University of Dundee in 1967. He retired due to ill health in 1980 and died just before Christmas in 1981.

  This collection was previously catalogued as RECS C/19.

• Other Finding Aids

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• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  The records are on paper and include photographs.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Keren Guthrie May 2009

• Conditions Governing Use

  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.

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  UR-SF 19