Papers of Agnes Annabel Kidston, artist and heritage conservationist, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
551 532
Description Papers of Agnes Annabel Kidston, artist and heritage conservationist, North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
Date 1940
Collection Papers of Agnes Annabel Kidston, artist and heritage conservationist, North Berwick, East Lothian, S
Catalogue Number 551 532
Category All Other
Scope and Content A collection of 9 photographic prints of St Leonard's School, St Andrews, by Miss Kidston. Bishopshall, St Leonard's School, St Andrews, Fife. The photographs are undated but have been catalogued as c1940. St Leonard's School was originally a medieval college. This survived until 1747 when it was merged with St Salvator's College and the buildings were abandoned. In 1881, these were turned into a school. Bishopshall was built in 1867-8 as a university hall of residence. It was owned by Bishop Charles Wordsworth in 1874-87 (hence the name), and bought by the school in 1887.
Archive History Donated to the Scottish National Buildings Record, likely pre-1954. The prints are all mounted on cards stamped with 'National Buildings Record Scottish Council'. Miss Kidston may possibly be identified with Agnes Annabel Kidston (1896-1981), artist, and first president of the Art Committee of St Andrews.
Related Material See also collections 551 512 and 551 513 for two surveys of St Andrews possibly carried out around the same time by Dr James Younger MacDonald and Dr David Jack on behalf of St Andrews Preservation Trust, and collection 551 919.
Access Conditions There are no restrictions upon access but please contact the archive in advance of a visit.
Administrative History Agnes Annabel Kidston, artist (1896-1981). Born in Helensburgh, Kidston studied at the Glasgow School of Art and at the Slade School of Fine Art. In 1936 she moved to live with her sister Margaret in St Andrews. Miss Kidston was later to become the first president of the St Andrews Art Committee, and taking an active role in conservation, was a founder member of the St Andrews Preservation Trust. Miss Kidston died in North Berwick in 1981. The photographer is recorded as 'Miss Kidston' on the mounted prints.
Accruals No further accruals are anticipated.
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