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Letters. Correspondence.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

23 letters to Hamish Henderson from correspondents including Ewan MacColl and Douglas Young.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10528
Scope and Contents

With corrected typescript of Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci`s "Lettere dal Carcere".

Dates: 1950-1986.

Five letters to Hamish Henderson, one each of David Gascoyne and Douglas Young and three of Robert Garioch.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9703
Scope and Contents

Mostly concerning Henderson`s "Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica".

Dates: 1949 and undated.

Letter of Hamish Henderson to W G McCullough.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10871
Scope and Contents

Concerns Henderson`s work on a translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Lettere dal Carcere".

With inscribed copy of Henderson`s "Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica".

Dates: 1949.

Letter of Piero Sraffa to Hamish Henderson.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10552
Scope and Contents

Concerns Henderson`s translation of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Carcere".

Dates: 1951.

Letters of Hamish Henderson, Ian Hamilton Finlay and George Mackay Brown to Maurice Fleming.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14018
Scope and Contents

Comprising two letters (1957, 1958) of Hamish Henderson; two letters (1965, ?1966) of Ian Hamilton Finlay; one letter (1966) of George Mackay Brown.

Dates: 1957-1966.

Letters to Maurice Fleming, mainly relating to traditional Scottish song, stories and folklore. Correspondents include Mary Brooksbank, Hamish Henderson, Ewan McColl and Jeannie Robertson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13168
Scope and Contents

The letters are from a wide range of correspondents in Scottish traditional music and literary circles. They largely relate to traditional Scottish song and story, and to the work of Hamish Henderson and his like in collecting it.

Dates: 1960-2001 and undated.

Papers of Hamish Henderson

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10788
Scope and Contents

Includes original draft of the introduction to edition of Antonio Gramsci, "Letter dal Carcere", and correspondence, including seven letters of Willa Muir, on ballads, and a letter of Douglas Young, discussing Henderson`s "Elegies for the Dead in Cyrenaica".

Dates: 1939-1966.

Two letters each of Robert Garioch and George Campbell Hay to Hamish Henderson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9967
Scope and Contents

With autograph transcripts, undated, of Garioch for the School of Scottish Studies.

Dates: 1972-1978 and undated.