Fonds 072 - Eileen Scott fonds

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Eileen Scott fonds

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  • Textual record

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CA WVAN 072

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  • 1956-1993 (Creation)
    Creator
    Scott, Eileen, b. 1919

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1752 photographs : col. slides ; 35 mm
50 cm of textual records

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(1919-)

Biographical history

Eileen M. Scott was born on May 15, 1919. She attended Lord Byng High School until Grade 10, and in 1941 completed a four year art course at the Vancouver School of Art. Due to the scarcity of jobs in the art profession, she took a business course at the Duffus School of Business and was later employed with the London and Western Trust Company, as well as with the British Properties as a private secretary. Scott later worked as a payroll clerk for the Municipality of West Vancouver until her retirement in 1963.

After her retirement, Scott refocused her interest in the arts by studying photography. She was an active member of the Vancouver Pacific Camera Club which included professional members. While photography became her main focus, in 1982 Scott wrote a book titled "Porridge and Old Clothes," This work documents Scott's early life in Vancouver, and the lives of her ancestors who were Scots from the Lowlands who settled in Manitoba in the early 1880s.

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Scope and content

Fonds consists of photographs taken by Eileen Scott depicting many regions of British Columbia, with particular emphasis on West Vancouver. The slides also depict views of Scotland, and plant and animal life. The fonds also includes correspondence, Scott's published book Porridge and Old Clothes, notes on photography, and a scrapbook of newsclippings, announcements, and art.

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  • English

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    Some slides are missing, including series 13.

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    Final

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    Full

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    Created March 26, 2010

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