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Academic and literary papers, including typescripts, drafts and correspondence, of Angus Calder.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9851/1-66
Scope and Contents
Concerning his doctoral thesis, books and broadcasts, his involvement in East African literature, his editorship of 'Journal of Commonwealth literature' and convenorship of the Scottish Poetry Library.
Includes lectures notes, drafts, histories, correspondence and interviews.
Dates:
1960-1988.
Administrative records, reports, general correspondence and papers of the Franco-Scottish Society, Scottish Branch.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13272/1-61
Dates:
1980-2010, undated.
Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10893/1-451
Scope and Contents
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
1972-1991.
Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11628/1-323
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1885, 1925, 1931-1996, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Alexander Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11897
Scope and Contents
Includes journals, broadcast scripts and tapes.
Dates:
circa 1918-1975.
Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents
This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates:
1800, 1934-2013, undated.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates:
1895-2012.
Gude Cause Archive.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13293/1-240
Scope and Contents
Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates:
2006-2010
Letters of Muriel Spark to Tony Strachan with related press cuttings and audio-visual material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12681
Dates:
1957-2006.
Letters to, and audio-cassettes of interviews by, Raymond Ross, editor of "Cencrastus".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12649
Scope and Contents
Interviewees and correspondents include Valda Grieve, Norman MacCaig, Sorley MacLean, Edwin Morgan, Iain Crichton Smith.
Dates:
circa 1979-2000.
Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1937-2001, undated.
Literary papers of Alastair Reid.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12450
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, poetry worksheets, correspondence with poets, translators and editors, manuscripts and typescripts of prose works, including a book written with Robert Graves, photographs and audio and video tapes.
Dates:
1951-2003.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates:
1971-2001.
Manuscripts, typescripts and research papers of Tom Leonard.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14605/1-42
Scope and Contents
This collection of the papers of the Glasgow poet Tom Leonard includes manuscript and typescript drafts of his poetry, as well as research papers and notes concerning his interests in literary theory, literary history and the Middle East.The poetry drafts include many works for inclusion in his 'Outside the narrative' (Word Power Books, 2009), as well as audio and visual elements for his performance piece 'My name is Tom' (Good Elf Publications, 1978). There are also files of...
Dates:
1817-2016, undated.
Musical scores and personal papers of Ronald and Evelyn Center.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11671
Dates:
circa 1930-1989.
Papers, 1846-1983 and undated, of and concerning James F Dickie, fiddler.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10389
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, photographs and music.
With letters and music, 1888-1924 and undated, of James Scott Skinner, and music, 1935-1968 and undated, of John Murdoch Henderson.
Dates:
1846-1983 and undated.
Papers concerning the unveiling of a plaque in memory of Helen B Cruickshank.
File
Identifier: Acc.9194(i)-(ii)
Dates:
1986.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8551
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1980-1983.
Papers of Alan Bold.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10529
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and short stories, undated, and 180 letters, 1979-1990, to Bold on literary matters, including his "MacDiamrid; a Critical Biography".
Dates:
1979-1990 and undated.
Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11309
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.
Dates:
1904-1988.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents
This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates:
circa 1948-2006.
Papers of Sir Harold Montague (Monty) Finniston.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11424
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, lectures, reports and photographs.
Dates:
20th century.
Papers of T J Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla), including literary and autobiographical notebooks.
Series
Identifier: Dep.265
Dates:
Circa 1957-1975.
Papers of the Reverend Prof Franz Hildebrandt.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9415
Scope and Contents
Includes theological and personal correspondence.
Dates:
1920-1985.