Mary Brooksbank

• Reference:GB 254 MS 442
• Dates of Creation:20th Century-2013
• Name of Creator:
  Mary Brooksbank (1897-1978)
• Physical Description:
  1 box

• Scope and Content

  Letters and memoirs by Mary Brooksbank. Minute books of the Scottish Old Age Pensions Association to which she was Secretary. Correspondence concerning her archive.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Mary Brooksbank, nee Soutar was a mill girl, political activist, singer, violinist and poet. She lived in Dundee from the age of 8 or 9 and was largely self-educated, having left school at 11. Before working in the mills, she was briefly in domestic service. A long-time member of the Communist Party, she was expelled after criticising Stalin. Through her later years she entertained widely in the locality, singing, reciting her poetry, appearing often on TV and radio.

• 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.

• Note

  Mary Brooksbank, nee Soutar was a mill girl, political activist, singer, violinist and poet. She lived in Dundee from the age of 8 or 9 and was largely self-educated, having left school at 11. Before working in the mills, she was briefly in domestic service. A long-time member of the Communist Party, she was expelled after criticising Stalin. Through her later years she entertained widely in the locality, singing, reciting her poetry, appearing often on TV and radio.

• Other Finding Aids

  Hard copy of descriptive list held in search room

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Zoe Rae, volunteer, 19 July 2019

• 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.

• Appraisal Information

  Nothing destroyed

• Custodial History

  Records originally held by Brooksbank's nephew, Fred Soutar, who had been practically brought up by Mary. In his old age, Fred had then been cared for by depositor's father, who was also Mary's nephew and had inherited the collection and subsequently passed them to his son, the depositor.

• Accruals

  Possible

• Related Material

  MS 103/3/6

• Additional Information

  Published

  Catalogued

  MS 442

• Subjects

  Music