Irene McDonald interview

• Reference:GB 254 MS 361
• Dates of Creation:1950s-2012
• Name of Creator:
  Irene McDonald
• Physical Description:
  1 envelope

• Scope and Content

  Interview with Irene McDonald giving details of her life and employment; 2 x photographs of nursing/nursery nurse staff, 1950s; 2 x notes concerning staff and ages of children in the Nursery

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Irene McDonald was one of three sisters, born 1 July 1934. Her father was a music teacher the Dundee High School, her step-father a wood machinist at Astral Beattie, while her mother was employed at various times in Dundee's jute factories. Irene was educated at at St Mary's and then at St Joseph's, both in Lochee. Irene first worked at D White & Sons, Tea Merchants, Lochee, then with Manhattan Jute Works Nursery and finally at Beatties Bakery, Kings Cross Road. Irene was married but had no children. Irene's exact date of death is unknown, only that in was between February 2012 and December 2013.

• 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

  Depositor

• Note

  Irene McDonald was one of three sisters, born 1 July 1934. Her father was a music teacher the Dundee High School, her step-father a wood machinist at Astral Beattie, while her mother was employed at various times in Dundee's jute factories. Irene was educated at at St Mary's and then at St Joseph's, both in Lochee. Irene first worked at D White & Sons, Tea Merchants, Lochee, then with Manhattan Jute Works Nursery and finally at Beatties Bakery, Kings Cross Road. Irene was married but had no children. Irene's exact date of death is unknown, only that in was between February 2012 and December 2013.

• Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

  Digital recording

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Jan Merchant, 13 May 2014

• 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.

• Custodial History

  The interview was conducted by Anne Davies and was subsequent to those of the Abernyte Oral History Project. Held by depositor until gifted to DUA

• Accruals

  Not expected

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 361