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Literary and personal papers of Laura Hird.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14109
Dates: Circa 1988 - circa 2017.

Literary, artistic and personal correspondence and papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14602/1-431
Scope and Contents At the heart of this archive are the contents of the two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray’s study, and which have been catalogued here in their original filing order. These contain correspondence and papers relating to Alasdair Gray’s literary and artistic endeavours, as well as extensive personal correspondence and research materials.The most recent sections of the archive mainly relate to his last great work, his ‘paraphrasing’ of Dante’s ‘Divine comedy’, published by...
Dates: 1885-2019, undated.

Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1878-1980.

Literary papers of William McIlvanney.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 1(1)-Box 5(40)

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Something leather', by Alasdair Gray, with proofs, illustrations and related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10371/1-32
Scope and Contents Includes nine manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel, drafts of individual chapters, and related notes, correspondence and illustrations. Post-publication material includes copies of the US hardback edition, revised paperback edition, and cuttings of UK press coverage of the book.Alasdair Gray's descriptions have been retained in the scope and contents notes for each file, and include insights into his working process, comments on how the novel progressed, and how...
Dates: 1968-1991.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true' and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', by Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence and source materials.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10749/1-89
Scope and Contents Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true', and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', along with finished copies of all three books. There are some files of correspondence concerning the publication of 'Poor things' and 'Ten tales tall and true', as well as some material concerning 'Something leather'.Most files have an A4 sheet inserted at the beginning by Alasdair Gray with a brief summary of the file's...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1896, 1972-1993.

Manuscripts, typescripts, notes and drafts of Kathleen Jamie, with related papers.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11599/1-54
Scope and Contents Kathleen Jamie was born in Johnstone in 1962, and studied at the University of Edinburgh. These papers date from the period 1988 to 1997. During this time, Kathleen Jamie was writer in residence to various organisations, including the Workington Docks Project and the University of Dundee, and was awarded the Scottish Arts Council Scottish-Canadian Fellowship in 1994. The collection includes papers relating to the following published or broadcast works:The Golden Peak (London:...
Dates: 1980-1997.

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence of Alasdair Gray, mainly concerning 'Working legs', as well as other works.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11655/1-34
Scope and Contents

Includes extensive working papers and proofs for 'Working legs', including cast notes and publicity materials, as well as papers relating to the 1997 editions of 'Why Scots should rule Scotland' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1966-1997.

Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.

Dates: 1948-1987.

Papers concerning Scottish football.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9979
Scope and Contents

Includes:

"Scottish Football Annual, 1875-6"

"Constitution and Rules of the Scottish Football Association" (1873), with manuscript notes

five notebooks, 1867-1903, of Sir George Graham, on Scottish football

21 postcards, 1904-1912, of Scottish football teams and players

typescripts and newspaper cuttings, 1931-1933 and undated, on Scottish football

Dates: 1867-1933 and undated.

Papers concerning Zimbabwe.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.9280
Scope and Contents

With papers, 1979-1980, on the security situation in Zimbabwe

Six albums of newspaper cuttings on Zimbabwe, with an index

typescrip of "Go Forth", a history of the Minsitry of Internal Affairs in Rhodesia.

Dates: 1979-1980 and undated.

Papers, including correspondence, research notes, press cuttings and printed materials, of Dr Sue Innes, mostly concerning her research into the subjects of citizenship, women and gender studies.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12633/1-45
Scope and Contents

The collection contains correspondence, manuscript and typescript research notes, annotated typescripts of research papers, newscuttings and printed materials. Most of the material is undated.

Dates: Circa 1990-2005, undated.

Papers of and concerning Joseph Hislop.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7080
Scope and Contents

Including notes, sketches, typescripts of broadcast talks, photographs, correspondence, press cuttings and concert and opera programmes.

Dates: 1900-1975.

Papers of and concerning Sir John Richmond, containing correspondence, professional and related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8921/1-30
Scope and Contents

Concerning Richmond`s poetry and literary work, his connection with Glasgow artists and the art world in general.

Includes letters of Neil Munro, Arnold Bennett and Hilair Belloc.

Dates: circa 1885-1980.

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd (1893-1981).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27438-27445
Scope and Contents

Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.

Dates: 1896-1980, undated.

Papers of Dr Robert Maclagan Gorrie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11264
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts, cuttings and offprints concerning forestry and soil erosion, especially in India.

Dates: 1918-1952.

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Correspondence. 49
Manuscripts. 39
Photographs. 29
Articles. 19
Notebooks. 17
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Poetry. 17
Drafts. Documents. 16
Notes. 16
Diaries. 13
Letters. Correspondence. 13
Speeches. Documents. 10
Reviews. Document genre. 9
Novels. 8
Proofs. Printed matter. 8
Financial records. 7
Short stories. 7
Histories. 6
Obituaries. 6
Plays. 6
Publications. 6
Autobiographies. 5
Biographies. 5
Copies. Derivative objects. 5
Memorandums. 5
Pamphlets. 5
Accounts. 4
Administrative records. 4
Excerpts. 4
Literature (writings). 4
Minutes. Administrative records. 4
Negatives. Photographs. 4
Personal papers. 4
Photocopies. 4
Reports 4
Reviews. Document genre 4
Albums. 3
Annotations. 3
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 3
Ephemera. 3
Essays. 3
Lectures. 3
Maps. Cartographic materials. 3
Minute books. 3
Periodicals. 3
Postcards. 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Reports. 3
Scripts. Documents 3
Scripts. Documents. 3
Slides. Photographs. 3
Audiocassettes. 2
Christmas cards. 2
Exhibition catalogues. 2
Fragments. 2
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 2
Illustrations. Layout features. 2
Legal documents. 2
Lists. 2
Magazines. periodicals. 2
Newsletters. Serials. 2
Offprints. 2
Photograph albums. 2
Photographic prints. 2
Politics. 2
Professional papers. 2
Research notes. 2
Rules. Instructions 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sketches. 2
Transcripts 2
Transcripts. 2
Travel journals 2
Videocassettes. 2
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Agendas. Administrative records. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Authors 1
Autographs (manuscripts). 1
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Cumbernauld (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - North Lanarkshire. Longitude: -3.9833. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
Devon. Europe - United Kingdom - England. County. Longitude: -3.8167. Latitude: 50.7333. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Digital audio tapes. 1
Documentaries. 1
Documents. 1
Drama. Literary genre. 1
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
Envelopes. 1
Essays 1
Exercise books. 1
Family papers. 1
Fiction. 1
Financial statements. 1
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English 65
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 5
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 2
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 2
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
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Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Akros Publications 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Amalgamated Slaters' Society of Scotland 1
Askew, Gilbert, 1893-1950 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Citrine, Lord Walter Maclennan, 1st Baron Citrine, Trade unionist, 1887-1983 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938: former owner 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davidson, Andrew Nevile, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral, 1899-1976 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dobie, Kirkpatrick, Dumfries, grain merchant and author, 1908-1999 1
Erickson, John, military historian, 1929-2002 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Feather, Lord Victor Grayson Hardie, Baron Feather, Trade unionist, 1908-1976 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Gorrie, Robert Maclagan, Commissioner, Indian Forestry Service, 1897-1970 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Graham, Sir George, Knight, Secretary of the Scottish Football Association, 1892-1974 1
Graham, William Franklin, evangelist, b 1918 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Halliday, James, author, historian and politician, 1927-2013 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hewitt, David, editor, "The Angry Corrie", b 1961 1
Hird, Laura (novelist and short story writer) 1
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Innes, Susan Katriona (journalist and feminist historian) 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kay, Katharine Cameron, painter and etcher, née Cameron, 1874-1965 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Lidwell, Michael, writer, fl 2006 1
MacPhárlain, Calum, Gaelic activist and writer, 1853-1931 1
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Macmillan, Maurice Harold, 1st earl of Stockton, Prime minister, 1894-1986 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McAlpine, Morag (librarian) (1946-2014) 1
McIlvanney, William Angus (novelist, poet and journalist) 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Mountain Leader Training Scotland, Glenmore 1
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
National Party of Scotland 1
Ogilvie, John, Minister of Cumbernauld, b 1865 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Richardson, Mary, Carlowrie, Kirkliston, fl.1894-1895 1
Richmond, Sir John Ritchie, Knight, Honorary President of Glasgow School of Art, 1869-1963 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
Scottish Football Association, governing body 1
Scottish National Party 1
Scottish Patriots, cross-party campaigning organisation 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Shinwell, Lord Emanuel, Baron Shinwell, Politician, 1884-1986 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Standard Press Ltd, Montrose, publishers 1
Taylor, Wilfred (journalist and author) 1
Tewson, Sir Harold Vincent, Trade unionist, 1898-1981 1
The Robert Burns World Federation Limited 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Whitley, Henry Charles, Minister of St Giles', Edinburgh, 1906-1976 1
Wilson, George Renfrew, engineer, b ?1900 1
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