| Title |
MCELDOWNEY COLLECTION |
| Reference |
SEPP/MAC |
| Creator |
McELDOWNEY, AP |
| Covering Dates |
c. 1917-c. 1977 |
| Extent and Medium |
8 volumes, 3 files, bundle; Paper |
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| Content and context |
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Andrew Patrick "Mac" McEldowney (1903-1978, SE 1921) was born on 6 April 1903. He attended Aldenham Officer Training School in Hertsfordshire and went on to study at Selwyn College, Cambridge and from there to St Thomas's Hospital in London. All his life he was an enthusiastic athlete, his greatest passion being for Rowing. He later became coach to the Putney Rowing Club which is also where he had his Doctors surgery. Selwyn College was able to purchase his collection of papers in 2006.
Includes scrapbook, photograph albums and diaries relating to Aldenham School and Selwyn College and the Boat Club as well as a manuscript history of the Boat Club mainly relating to his participation in and history of the Boat Club
2005-06/37;2011-12/2 - Purchased from e-Bay from antiquarian dealer, Richard Miller, in Suffolk, June 2006. It is believed that members of the McEldowney family sold the collection at auction in Suffolk sometime in 2006. A buyer interested in family collections and memorabilia purchased the collection and then auctioned it again on eBay in June 2006. Selwyn College was then able to bid successfully for the collection. The collection will be added to the Boat Club Archives which are part of and housed with the College Archives.
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| Further information |
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Obituary in The Selwyn College Calendar 1978-9, p. 57
See SECS/1 for Boat Club Archives and personal history of the Boat Club by Martin Brown at SECS/1/12
Initial handlist, July 2006
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| Index Terms |
| McEldowney, Andrew Patrick (1903-1978) doctor |
| Selwyn/SEPP/MAC contains: |
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1
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Scrapbook. This volume contains mainly news cuttings and photographs relating to McEldowney's school days at Aldenham and his time at Selwyn College Cambridge when he was a member of the Boat Club. There are also other papers and correspondence relating to his retirement from coaching and also as a doctor in 1965. The volume is rather fragile and there are many loose items.
1 volume; Paper; The volume is rather fragile and there are many loose items. |
c. 1917-c. 1977 |
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2
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Photograph albums.
3 volumes; Paper. |
1917–1953 |
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3
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Miscellaneous photographs and other papers. A large bundle of photographs of students at Selwyn and presumably members of McEldowney's family and friends with some holiday shots. There are also loose pages, perhaps from the photograph albums. A file entitled Anglo-American fete 1976 and notes on McEldowney's Boat Club career are also included here.
Paper. |
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4
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Diaries. Four pocket diaries containing detailed accounts of events and memories.
4 volumes; Paper. |
1921–1928 |
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5
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Files on the history of Selwyn Boat Club.
3 files; Paper. |
c. 1972-c. 1974 |
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6
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Selwyn College Musical Society Programmes. 2 programmes.
2 items; Paper. |
1924–1925 |
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7
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Selwyn Boat Club menus.
7 items; Paper. |
1933–1956 |
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8
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Probate papers. Probate documents for McEldowney's parents, his father AJ McEldowney, deceased 1941 and his mother, Ethel McEldowney, deceased 1958.
1 bundle; Paper. |
1941–1958 |
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9
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Correspondence.
Paper. |
1976–1982 |
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