139 letters to George Mackay Brown.
Scope and Contents
Three files of correspondence for the period 1987-1989, mostly concerning works of George Mackay Brown, but with some personal correspondence also included.
There are letters from Hugo Brunner, Brown's editor at John Murray, throughout the files, as well as correspondence from Cyril Cusack concerning a proposed stage adaptation of 'Andrina', and several letters from smaller publishers including Celtic Cross Press, The Old Stile Press and Balnain Books. Letters from broadcasters and magazines mainly concern requests for contributions.
Dates
- Creation: 1987-1989.
Creator
- Brown, George Mackay, poet and writer, 1921-1996 (Recipient, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access at present. Please contact Archives and Manuscripts Division at manuscripts@nls.uk for further information.
Conditions Governing Use
No reproduction at present.
Extent
3 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1993, by George Mackay Brown, Stromness.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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