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Reference NoED/GR6S/K17
Alt Reference NoGR6S/K17
TitleRecords of Dunnottar School Records (Dunnottar Parish)
DescriptionED/GR6S/K17/1 Log Books (1864 - 1930)
ED/GR6S/K17/2 Admission Registers (1930 - 1974)
ED/GR6S/K17/3 Miscellaneous Records (1989)
Date1864 - 1974
Extent7 volumes
​Open or Restricted AccessOpen
Administrative HistoryOverseen by Dunnottar Parish and School Board.
New school opened 13 March 1889.

LIST OF HEADTEACHERS:
1. Peter Bain: 1862 - March 1875 (retired). Information taken from the Valuation Rolls. <p>
2. James Mitchell Cameron: 15 March 1875 - July 1900 (retired).
3. Frank Reid, MA: August 1900 - 26 October 1923 (died).
4. John M. Nish, MA: 24 March 1924 - 9 April 1947 (retired).
5. Robert Douglas, MA: 9 April 1947 - 17 May 1954 (retired). From Banchory Devenick School.
6. George W. McConachie, MA, FEIS: 17 May 1954 - 15 October 1967 (retired, died 1981).
7. Alexander Swan, MA: 16 October 1967 - 17 December 1971. From Cove School.
8. David Wilson Ogilvie, MA: 21 January 1972 - 1 July 1976. From Crudie School, Aberdeen.
Moved to Dumfries.
9. Ronald J. Smith, MA: 20 August 1976 - . From Fettercairn School.

The 1989 history of the school records that William Anderson, FEIS, was headmaster of the school between 1899-1901, and his diaries (1895-1961: 67 volumes) are held by Dundee City Archives.
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