This collection includes the letters, diaries, books, photographs albums and correspondences of the Scott family (Harold Loran Scott (1889-1958) and Eveline Scott (1889-1976) who worked at Robert College for many years. As an extremely prolific writer, Eveline Scott’s diaries kept between 1910 and 1970 shed light on daily life at Robert College and in contemporary Turkey. Eveline Scott’s correspondences with her son David Scott, who lost his life at the French front during the Second World War, are very significant documents. Daily life at the college and narratives of Anatolian trips stand out in the diaries, photographs, and the letters of Eveline Scott as main themes. Written from the perspective of a woman and an educator, Scott’s work provides rich material for a historical narrative that is often lacking in both Ottoman and modern Turkish historiography. Scotts’s clothing designs also enrich this collection. The administrative correspondences of Harold Scott exist in the Robert College archive of the Columbia University Library. The classification, cataloging, and digitization of this collection will start soon.

For detailed information about the Scott Family, see:

http://www.boun.edu.tr/en-US/Content/About_BU/History/Museum