Inventory of the Angus McDougall Scrapbook, 1926-1964

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Descriptive Summary

Repository

University Archives, Duke University

Creator

McDougall, Angus Dougal.

Title

Angus McDougall Scrapbook, 1926-1964

Language of Material

Material in English

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

1 Items

Abstract

Angus McDougall taught sculpture in Durham, N.C. and made numerous sculptural renderings of Duke University professors, students, and affiliates, as well as other major figures including Helen Keller and Frederick Douglas.

His scrapbook contains photographs of his sculptures and his human subjects, family photos, clippings, a book jacket and correspondence.

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

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Copyright Notice

Copyright for Official University records is held by Duke University; all other copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Angus McDougall Scrapbook, University Archives, Duke University.

Provenance

The Angus McDougall Scrapbook was received by the University Archives as a transfer in 1978.

Processing Information

Processed by Jessica Wood, February 2007

Encoded by Sherrie Bowser, June 2007

Accession A80-79 is described in this finding aid.

Descriptive sources and standards used to create this inventory: DACS, EAD, NCEAD guidelines, and our local Style Guide.

This finding aid is NCEAD compliant.

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Biographical Note

Angus McDougall was born in Oxford, England. He studied sculpture in Boston, Massachusetts during the 1920s, and later in Italy. Eventually he returned to England to study drawing and architecture, and where he enrolled in the Royal College of Art’s Sculpture School. In 1938, he returned to the U.S. and served as a designer for Steuben Glass, Inc. and as advertising manager at Creative Age Press. He later moved to Durham, N.C., where he taught sculpture and made portrait heads on commission.

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Collection Overview

Scrapbook contains family photos, photos of Angus McDougall’s sculptures, clippings, a book jacket for George Roy Elliot’s 1953 Flaming Minister: A Study of Othello as a Story of Love and Hate designed by McDougall and a 1959 letter with accompanying photographs from “Brother Tom.”

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Subject Headings

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