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Gardiner, Katy, actor and writer, b 1924: former owner

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Letters and cards, circa 1960-1998, of Ian Hamilton Finlay to Katy Gardiner, with a number of his published works and papers, 1988-1994, relating to the Saint-Just Vigilantes and Stonypath/Little Sparta.

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Identifier: Acc.13132
Scope and Contents Ian Hamilton Finlay and Katy Gardiner became friends when they were both students at Glasgow School of Art in 1942. Many of the letters in this collection are undated, but the earliest are probably from the early 1960s when Finlay was living in Fettes Row, Edinburgh. As well as letters, he regularly sent Christmas and Valentine greetings to Gardiner, and made her gifts of his publications. There are also a number of photocopies and documents relating to some Finlay`s battles, most...
Dates: 1960-1998.