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Interviews.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Statements, transcripts, or recordings of conversations in which one person obtains information from another such as for research purposes, publication, or broadcast.

Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:

Account of the experiences of Alpin MacGregor, 1st Gordon Highlanders, as a Prisoner of War, and notes on interviews conducted by his father, Rev Duncan MacGregor, with soldiers repatriated to Holland.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13710
Scope and Contents Account of the experiences of Alpin MacGregor, 1st Gordon Highlanders, as a Prisoner of War, 1918, and notes on interviews conducted by his father, Rev Duncan MacGregor, with soldiers repatriated to Holland, early 1918.Alpin MacGregor was a Sergeant Major in the 1st Gordon Highlanders. In the regular army when the First World War broke out, MacGregor`s was amongst the first battalions to form the British Expeditionary Force in August 1914. In the retreat following the battle at...
Dates: 1918

Administration files of the Gude Cause project, relating to freelance administrator role., Circa March 2009.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13293/1-7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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: Circa March 2009.

Administrative papers, publicity materials, photographs and other papers relating to 7:84, theatre company., 1940-1988, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.11615/80-85
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

The bulk of the material dates from ca.1979-1990, though there are some earlier and later items. Much of it concerns McGrath’s work outside 7:84, the theatre company which he and others established in 1971.

Dates: 1940-1988, undated.

Album of newspaper cuttings., 1885-1932.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9942/52
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings covering 1885-1932. Interviews with and articles about Kirk, and obituaries from various papers.

Dates: 1885-1932.

Audio recordings of a radio programme, 1981, concerning William Johnstone and an associated interview, undated, with him.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.7936(i)-(ii)
Scope and Contents

The tapes were produced by the BBC.

Dates: 1981 and undated.

Audiotapes containing recordings of interviews with Ishbel MacDonald and readings of her diaries held at the National Archives in London., 1970s-1980s

 File
Identifier: Acc.13629/12
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Correspondence, research papers, photographs and audio tapes, 1904-1994, of Dr. Alice Gilmore Vines (1923-2009) relating to her PhD thesis on Margaret Ethel Gladstone MacDonald (1870-1911) and Ishbel MacDonald (1903-1982), James Ramsay MacDonald’s wife and daughter.Dr. Vines collected this material in the course of her research for an intended biography of the two women. Over a number of summers she visited Ishbel in Lossiemouth and corresponded with her. Unfortunately, she had...
Dates: 1970s-1980s

Biographical material concerning Alasdair Gray, mostly replies to interview questions., 1982-1986, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9247/51-52
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

This collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and illustrative material relating to a wide range of Alasdair Gray’s work, including twenty-nine stage, radio and television plays, and the following published works:

'Lanark' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1981). 'Lean tales' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1985). 'Lean tales' (London: Abacus, 1987). 'Old negatives' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989).

Dates: 1982-1986, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Fife Archives oral history audio collection.

 Collection
Identifier: UNLS041
Scope and Contents

A collection of oral history material with a focus on two particular groups: the Thornton Ladies Oral History Group; and the Thornton Railwaymen.

Dates: 1993-1995.

Gaelic oral history recordings, Scottish folk music, and Gaelic psalm singing recordings from the Gairloch Heritage Museum Oral History, Gaelic Story and Song Collection.

 Series
Identifier: UNLS008
Scope and Contents

A collection of songs, music, stories and testimony from the Gaelic community.

Dates: 1960-2000.

Glasgow Unity Theatre audio collection, Scottish Theatre Archive.

 Collection
Identifier: UNLS026
Scope and Contents

A collection of oral history interviews which focuses on the Glasgow Unity Theatre and its productions designer, Helen Biggar.

Dates: 1983.

Interview notes with Charles Hill speaking on John Drewe for 'Fakers, forgers & phoneys'., 2002.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/122
Scope and Contents From the Series: Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates: 2002.

Interview transcripts (A-B) on Scottish History for BBC Scotland Radio series 'Tales of My Grandfather'., 1999.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13542/376
Scope and Contents

Interviews with Geoffrey Barrow, Ronnie Black, Steve Boardman and Dauvit Broun. Also includes photocopied essays on Scottish history.

Dates: 1999.