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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, 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.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).
Dates:
1968-1983.
Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents
Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.
Dates:
1878-1980.
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.
Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.
Papers of Robert J B Sellar, Including notebooks, diaries, and scripts of radio plays and dramatisations.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7918 Box 1-Box 5
Dates:
1911-1962, undated.