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Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984

 Person

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

87 letters of Joseph Macleod to William Montgomerie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9155
Scope and Contents

Concerning personal and literary matters.

With three letters, 1950-1953, of Macleod to Norah Montgomerie.

Dates: 1944-1982.

Diaries of Joseph Macleod, pseudonym Adam Drinan.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13506/1-30
Scope and Contents

Thirty diaries of Joseph Macleod, who wrote under the pseudonym Adam Drinan. Though none of the volumes could be described as journals, they are more substantial than simple appointment diaries and there are sequences of journal-type entries throughout the series. This collection fills many gaps of the run of diaries at Acc.10509/7-15.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1918-1954, 1979.

Letters to Joseph Macleod from various correspondents.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12964/1-19
Scope and Contents This collection of letters was found by his family long after the National Library of Scotland had acquired the bulk of Joseph Macleod's archive in 1992. It is not quite clear why this correspondence was filed separately by Joseph Macleod, but much of it is personal, from family and friends. Some correspondents have proved unidentifiable during the somewhat hasty compilation of this inventory; any further information or corrections will be gratefully received by the Manuscripts Division,...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1917-1955, undated.

Letters to Naomi Mitchison.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5869
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Neil Gunn, Gordon Bottomley, and Adam Drinan.

Dates: 1941-1942 and undated.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6154
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, and 27 letters to Bruce from correspondents including Ivor Brown, Neil Gunn and Joseph Macleod.

Dates: circa 1937-1974.

Poem, 1956, of Joseph Macleod.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8647
Scope and Contents

With letter, 1983, of Macleod to George Bruce, enclosing a typescript poem.

Dates: 1956-1983.

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Subject
Typescripts. 6
Poetry. 5
Letters. Correspondence. 4
Manuscripts. 4
Correspondence. 2