Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1934 - 2019
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Literary, artistic and personal correspondence and papers of Alasdair Gray.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14602/1-431
Scope and Contents
At the heart of this archive are the contents of the two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray’s study, and which have been catalogued here in their original filing order. These contain correspondence and papers relating to Alasdair Gray’s literary and artistic endeavours, as well as extensive personal correspondence and research materials.The most recent sections of the archive mainly relate to his last great work, his ‘paraphrasing’ of Dante’s ‘Divine comedy’, published by...
Dates:
1885-2019, undated.
Manuscript drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11203/1-12
Scope and Contents
Drafts, proofs and some source materials and correspondence for 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.
Alasdair Gray's own manuscript drafts are accompanied by typescript transcriptions produced by his typist Scott Pearson, which are then in turn heavily annotated and corrected by Gray. These annotations then inform the next set of manuscript drafts, giving a unique insight into how the book developed and grew.
Dates:
1967, 1985, 1993-1994.
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- Digital audio tapes. 1
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- Financial records. 1
- Negatives. Photographs. 1
- Novels. 1
- Personal papers. 1
- Photographs. 1
- Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 1
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