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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents
Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates:
circa 1916-2006.
Literary papers of Muriel Spark, containing manuscripts, research material for critical works, and papers concerning her autobiography, 'Curriculum vitae'.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10989/1-280
Dates:
1943-1993.
Papers of Muriel Spark.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12082
Scope and Contents
Includes research material, manuscript and typescript of the novel, "Aiding and Abetting", manuscripts of short stories, and correspondence files, 1997-2000.
Dates:
1932-2001.
Papers of Nigel Tranter.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10360
Scope and Contents
Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.
Dates:
1933-1990.