| Description Of Item | The original file was informally titled 'Biographical - Helen Russell' and was compiled by Joan P S Ferguson, librarian to the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh who acted as Russell's literary executor. Routine correspondence, duplicates and rough notes were weeded.
The file contains correspondence between Ferguson and Russell's friends and colleagues; two partial autobiographies by Russell, one titled 'The Education of a Professional Woman 1915-1925'; draft and final copies of the obituary Ferguson wrote for the College journal; notes on Russell's family; list of her publications; and correspondence with Robson McLean & Paterson, solicitors, on Russell's executry. |