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Note: I have been
able to find in the Minutes of Moray House. It's mainly formal material,
but I hope it will be of interest to Sally. I have sent this email as a
copy to her as well.
BIOGRAPHY: The earliest references are to Minues of the the then Edinburgh Provincial
Committee (EPC) which was responsible after 1907 for teacher training in
'Moray House'. Later Moray house College of Education came into being with
its own Board of Governors.
BIOGRAPHY: 6 October 1920
"...it was prposed to appoint Mr J (?) P MacGregor from the office of the
Director of Studies at the Glasgow Training Centre to the post of second
clerk in the office of the Director of Studies in Edinburgh...Mr MacGregor
to be paid at the rate of �300 per annum."
BIOGRAPHY: [At this time the college administration was headed by a Chief Clerk and
Cashier. There appears to be some debate between EPC and the Central
Executive Committee on the number and remuneration of administrative and
clerical staff.]
BIOGRAPHY: 16 March 1921
The Salaries of Administrative staff were fixed by the Central Executive
Committee:
"...Second Clerk, Mr J.P.MacGregor, 11 years of service, present salary
�300, proposed scale �220 - �400, proposed salary �400."
BIOGRAPHY: 1 November 1939
It was agreed to recommend that Mr I P MacGregor succeed the retiring
Chief Clerk (on 1 April 1940) and on a salary scale of �400 to �500,
starting at �400 pa. This recommendation was agreed by the CEC in December.
BIOGRAPHY: 6 November 1940
It was noted that Mr MacGregor had done much of the work of his original
post and his new post "alone under great difficulties".
BIOGRAPHY: [This reflects the impact of World War II and other staff requiring to
take military service].
BIOGRAPHY: 17 November 1948
"Careful consideration was given to the amount of work devolving on Mr
MacGregor, and appreciation was expressed of his excellent services." It
was noted that he had been in the training colleges service for 39 years.
BIOGRAPHY: 16 February 1949
He was a member of a Sub-Committee set up to look at ways of improving the
garden of the college's Nursery School. Later this group looked at other
college gardens.
BIOGRAPHY: His salary had risen to �710 pa.
BIOGRAPHY: 26 May 1948
He received an honorarium of �50 for 1947/8 in respect of his additional
work under the Emergency Scheme [which dealt with the recruitment of
teachers from the armed forces etc after the War]
BIOGRAPHY: 24 May 1950
He was reappointed to the Board of Management of the Edinburgh University
Vacation Courses as Honorary Secretary.
BIOGRAPHY: 20 May 1953
It was recorded that he was absent on medical certificated grounds from 1
August 1952 to 31 March 1953.
BIOGRAPHY: 19 June 1957
His "...able and devoted service" was noted.
BIOGRAPHY: 19 November 1958
Even 'though he had reached retirement age of 65 it was agreed that he
should continue for a further year because of his "wide experience" and
against the background of a major reorganisation of Moray House.
BIOGRAPHY: He reached 50 years of service on 18 July 1959.
BIOGRAPHY: 23 June 1959
"Mr Ian P MacGregor, Chief Clerk to the Governors [of Moray House College
of Education] retiral on 312 July 1959."
BIOGRAPHY: Item XXVIII. Retirement of Mr MacGregor, Chief Clerk. -
BIOGRAPHY: The Principal paid tribute to the devoted service of Mr I.P.MacGregor,
Chief Clerk, who was due to retire on 31st July after fifty years'
service. He had the interest of the College at heart and had been of the
utmost help to successive Principals. Dr Inglis [Principal] expressed his
regret at the parting. The Chairman [of the Governors] associated himself
with the observations of the Principal and conveyed to Mr MacGregor the
thanks of the governors for his devoted service.
BIOGRAPHY: Mr MacGregor in his reply expressed his thanks for the appreciation of his
services and stated that he had been happy to enjoy the confidence of the
governors and of their predecessors in office."
BIOGRAPHY: [During the War 1943/4 he was responsible for some 14 staff. This had
reduced after the War in 1945/6 to 7, but with the expansion of the
college this had increased to 17 during 1958/8.]
BIOGRAPHY: I hope the above gives a flavour of Mr MacGregor's work at Moray House.
Unfortunately, the Archive doesn't have records from this time of a more
informal nature - just the formal ones!
BIOGRAPHY: Regards
Hugh Perfect
Honoray Archivist
Moary house Archive
University of Edinburgh
DEATH: died of pulmonary tuberculosis
Note: BIOGRAPHY: Thank you for the above query from Sally Taylor. Here is what
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