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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents
Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates:
circa 1916-2006.
Papers of Alexander Reid.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents
Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.
Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.
Dates:
1928-1981.
Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13911/1-3
Scope and Contents
A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.
Dates:
1946-1995, undated.