Joyce McDougald Archive

85 annual pocket diaries, filled in by Joyce McDougald, 1930-2015.

Joyce Mary McDougald was born in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, in 1920. In 1930 she won a scholarship to Nottingham Girls' High School, and afterwards another scholarship to St James Secretarial College in London, graduating with a diploma with honours. Following secretarial posts in Liverpool and London, Ms McDougald moved to York in 1955 where she worked as secretary to Munby and Scott, solicitors.
She retired in 1982 but remained in York, although she enjoyed travelling abroad. A Quaker, Ms McDougald had a long association with the York Quaker hospital The Retreat.
Joyce McDougald died in December 2015, at the age of 95.

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The diaries were gifted to the Borthwick Institute in 2016 following the death of Ms McDougald.

Joyce Mary McDougald was born in Keyworth, Nottinghamshire, in 1920. In 1930 she won a scholarship to Nottingham Girls' High School, and afterwards another scholarship to St James Secretarial College in London, graduating with a diploma with honours. Following secretarial posts in Liverpool and London, Ms McDougald moved to York in 1955 where she worked as secretary to Munby and Scott, solicitors.
She retired in 1982 but remained in York, although she enjoyed travelling abroad. A Quaker, Ms McDougald had a long association with the York Quaker hospital The Retreat.
Joyce McDougald died in December 2015, at the age of 95.

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Created by S.A. Shearn, 08/01/21

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