Letters, photographs and printed items regarding the Ogilvie family, Alex Ogston and other Aberdeen University alumni.

Letter from Jack Fisher, Portsmouth, dated 18 September 1872; four pages from Royal Naval College Greenwich booklet, starting with Admiralty circular January 1873; An account of James Porter's expenses preparing for Naval Medical Service, 1877; three letters, all 1902, to "Jamie" (James Porter), one from "Frank" (Ogilvie), the others from Alex Ogilvie; cutting and illustration supplement from the Banffshire Journal, 1904, about "Three Banffshire Educationists", George, Alex and Joseph Ogilvie; note of congratulations to Porter from Alex Ogston, 1908; a letter to Porter from Frank Ogilvie, 1908; a printed booklet "The Ogston Testimonial", 1909; a section of Aberdeen Grammar School Magazine about Ogston; note of congratulations from Alex O. to Porter, 1912; two letters to Porter, 1913, from R. Gavin Brown (?) and George S. Frail (?); a letter to Porter from Alex Ogston, 1914, another from Alex Oglivie, 1915 and a third from Frank Ogilvie, 1916; a letter to Porter from Marian Bisset Smith (?) dated 1935; a printed booklet giving notice about a University of Aberdeen General Council Meeting, 1935; a handwritten speech, no date, author unclear; three photographs, an individual and two group portraits relating to Aberdeen University; a cartoon annotated "Aberdeen Medical School?" and a print portrait signed by Alex Ogston, no date.

Record Details

Item reference: PTR/1/4; MS1972/078
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1872-1935
Creator: Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Porter
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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