IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 F/MM
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: MACGREGOR, John (d 1892)
Date(s): 1855-1887
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.19 linear metres (119 documents).
Name of creator(s): MacGregor | John | d 1892 | philanthropist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
John MacGregor was a barrister and philanthropist with the nickname 'Rob Roy'. He was active in a number of good causes, sitting on the committees of the Ragged School Union, the British and Foreign Bible Society, the Reformatory and Refuge Union and the Protestant Alliance. In 1851 he founded the Shoe Black Brigade, and in 1853 the founded the Open Air Mission, becoming an open-air preacher himself. In 1854, with long-time associate Lord Shaftesbury, he founded the Pure Literature Society. He died in 1892.
Information from The Times, Friday, Jul 22, 1892; pg. 8; Issue 33697; col B.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of philanthropist John MacGregor relating to his charitable work, including letters; scrapbook of pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, hymn sheets, and posters, mainly relating to the Shoe Black Society, the Ragged Schools and general missionary work; album of press cuttings; album of obituary notices for MacGregor; printed ephemera for various charities and sports clubs, including pamphlets and articles by MacGregor.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
F/MM/001 to F/MM/119.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
The following two items forming part of AC/58/002 were transferred to the History Library on 15.1.1958: A. 1873-75 bound volume of The Reformatory and Refuge Journal, B. {1854-1892} bound volume of numerous tracts written by John MacGregor.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited in 1957 and 1958.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.