Wilkie, Robert Blair, Editor of the "Scots Independent", 1913-1998

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'Newspaper and magazine delivery book' containing cuttings and notes, circa 1945, of Robert Blair Wilkie; later repurposed by Alasdair Gray, 2005, as a diary., 1945, 2005.

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Identifier: Acc.13021/6

Scope and Contents From Alasdair Gray's description:In 1945 [Robert Blait Wilkie] pasted newspaper cuttings referring to Scottish affairs into 11 pages, then made several [manuscript] notes, chiefly on recto pages, for an essay on the Scottish theatre. They show some animosity toward the Glasgow playwright, James Bridie.[...]On 3rd November 2005, when on leave from the Brownlee Infectious Disease clinic of Gartnavel Hospital, I turned the book upside down and started a diary...

Dates: 1945, 2005.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings. / Ledgers.

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Wilkie, Robert Blair, Editor of the "Scots Independent", 1913-1998

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

'Newspaper and magazine delivery book' containing cuttings and notes, circa 1945, of Robert Blair Wilkie; later repurposed by Alasdair Gray, 2005, as a diary., 1945, 2005.

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