Ewan Dobie Children's Comics
- Reference:GB 254 MS 444
- Former Reference:GB 254 MS 340/9
- Dates of Creation:1985-1996
- Name of Creator:
- Physical Description:1 box
Scope and Content
Draft list MS 444/1 The Beano No. 2740, January 21st 1995 MS 444/2-4 Disney's Big Time Comic Nos. 2-3, n.d. MS 444/5-34 Disney's Big Time Comic Nos. 5-37 [with gaps] n.d. MS 444/35 Bugs Bunny No. 28 August 1994 MS 444/36 Bugs Bunny No. 36 April 1995 MS 444/37 Danger Mouse Annual 1985 MS 444/38 Disney & Me Issue 1 April 1991 MS 444/39 Disney and Me Issue 70 8 July 1994 MS 444/40 Disney and Me Issue 120 7 June 1996 MS 444/41 Disney and Me Issue 128 1 October 1996 MS 444/42 Disney's The Lion King: A Nature Fun and Learn Series No. 3 c 1995 MS 444/43 Disney's The Lion King: A Nature Fun and Learn Series No. 10 c 1995 MS 444/44 Disney's The Lion King: A Nature Fun and Learn Series No. 11 c 1995 MS 444/45 Disney's Mickey and Friends No. 40 1994 MS 444/46 Pingu Magazine Issue 14. c1994 MS 444/47 Tom & Jerry No. 3 June 1994 MS 444/48 Tom & Jerry No. 11 February 1995 MS 444/49 The Trolls Magazine No. 46 1994 MS 444/50 The Trolls Magazine No. 47 1994 MS 444/51-180 Farthing Wood Friends Nos. 1-130, 1993-1995 MS 444/181-182 Farthing Wood Friends Holiday Specials Nos. 2-3, 1994
Administrative / Biographical History
Ewan Dobie is a joiner in the Dundee/ Blairgowrie/ Perthshire area.
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
Hailey Austin was given these comics via her boyfriend. She chose to donate them because they are a part of local Dundee history as well as a children's comics collection from the 1980s/1990s. Many of the Farthing Wood comics have the name McFarlane on them, one has the name Craig McFarlane. Hailey deposited the comics with the Archive.
Note
Ewan Dobie is a joiner in the Dundee/ Blairgowrie/ Perthshire area.
Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Hailey Austin 10/07/2018, Amended by Kenneth Baxter, January 2020
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 disposed of
Custodial History
Ewan discovered these comics c2008 in a house he bought in Coupar Angus and saved them for a few years. The comics were left alongside every Goosebumps book. When cleaning out his house, he gave the comics to Hailey, his son's girlfriend, as she was doing a PhD in comics.
Accruals
Not expected
Additional Information
Published
Catalogued
MS 444
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