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Corrected typescript and reel-to-reel audio tape recordings of a BBC radio broadcast, 'A Scart for St Andrew: an entertainment for the 30th November devised by Alexander Scott'.
Series
Identifier: Acc.6862(i)-(iii)
Dates:
1976.
Correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11628/1-323
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1885, 1925, 1931-1996, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir Alexander Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11897
Scope and Contents
Includes journals, broadcast scripts and tapes.
Dates:
circa 1918-1975.
Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents
This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates:
1800, 1934-2013, undated.
Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates:
1895-2012.
Draft poetry and prose of Bill Sutherland.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14020
Scope and Contents
With press cuttings, two audio cassettes and copies of 4 publications by Bill Sutherland: 'A Clydeside Lad' (Clydeside Press, 1990); 'Highflats sonnets and other jokes' (n.p., n.d.); 'The Anatony of Wavie McSurd' (Dumbarton: The Author, n.d.); 'Sonnets of a year' (?Dumbarton: ?The Author, n.d.).
Dates:
Circa 1980-2010.
Four audio cassettes containing recordings of poetry readings and a lecture by Gavin Ewart.
Series
Identifier: Acc.7667/1-4
Dates:
1980.
Gaelic oral history recordings, Scottish folk music, and Gaelic psalm singing recordings from the Gairloch Heritage Museum Oral History, Gaelic Story and Song Collection.
Series
Identifier: UNLS008
Scope and Contents
A collection of songs, music, stories and testimony from the Gaelic community.
Dates:
1960-2000.
Glasgow Unity Theatre audio collection, Scottish Theatre Archive.
Collection
Identifier: UNLS026
Scope and Contents
A collection of oral history interviews which focuses on the Glasgow Unity Theatre and its productions designer, Helen Biggar.
Dates:
1983.
Gude Cause Archive.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13293/1-240
Scope and Contents
Electronic archive, digital images, sound and video recordings, and related ephemera of the Gude Cause project, 2008-2010. The project’s main objective was to celebrate the centenary of the Women’s Social and Political Union procession which took place in Edinburgh on 10 October 1909. Furthermore, in the light of a report published before the 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, Gude Cause sought to reenergize women’s participation in Scottish political life.The archive charts the...
Dates:
2006-2010
Letters of Muriel Spark to Tony Strachan with related press cuttings and audio-visual material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12681
Dates:
1957-2006.
Letters to, and audio-cassettes of interviews by, Raymond Ross, editor of "Cencrastus".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12649
Scope and Contents
Interviewees and correspondents include Valda Grieve, Norman MacCaig, Sorley MacLean, Edwin Morgan, Iain Crichton Smith.
Dates:
circa 1979-2000.
Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1937-2001, undated.
Literary papers of Alastair Reid.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12450
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, poetry worksheets, correspondence with poets, translators and editors, manuscripts and typescripts of prose works, including a book written with Robert Graves, photographs and audio and video tapes.
Dates:
1951-2003.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates:
1971-2001.
Manuscripts and typescripts of reviews, critical works and poetry of Tom Leonard.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11807
Scope and Contents
Includes video and radio cassettes concerning "The City of Dreadful Night" and "Radical Renfrew".
Dates:
1965-1999.
Manuscripts, typescripts and research papers of Tom Leonard.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14605/1-42
Scope and Contents
This collection of the papers of the Glasgow poet Tom Leonard includes manuscript and typescript drafts of his poetry, as well as research papers and notes concerning his interests in literary theory, literary history and the Middle East.The poetry drafts include many works for inclusion in his 'Outside the narrative' (Word Power Books, 2009), as well as audio and visual elements for his performance piece 'My name is Tom' (Good Elf Publications, 1978). There are also files of...
Dates:
1817-2016, undated.
Master tapes of Canongate audiobooks.
File
Identifier: Acc.12182- now deaccessioned.
Dates:
Undated.
Musical scores and personal papers of Ronald and Evelyn Center.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11671
Dates:
circa 1930-1989.
Oral history interviews conducted and recorded by Neil C Rafeek and Hilary Young as part of their research for the book ‘The University Experience 1945-1975: An Oral History of the University of Strathclyde’ (2004).
Series
Identifier: UNLS004
Scope and Contents
This collection of oral history interviews with various students and members of academic and support staff at the University of Strathclyde formed part of the research material used by Callum G Brown, Arthur McIvor, and Neil C Rafeek to write a book entitled ‘The University Experience 1945-1975: An Oral History of the University of Strathclyde’. The interviewees discuss both their backgrounds and their experiences of teaching and working at the University of Strathclyde between 1945 and...
Dates:
2002-2003.
Papers, 1846-1983 and undated, of and concerning James F Dickie, fiddler.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10389
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, photographs and music.
With letters and music, 1888-1924 and undated, of James Scott Skinner, and music, 1935-1968 and undated, of John Murdoch Henderson.
Dates:
1846-1983 and undated.
Papers concerning the unveiling of a plaque in memory of Helen B Cruickshank.
File
Identifier: Acc.9194(i)-(ii)
Dates:
1986.
Papers concerning Trevor Royle, "James and Jim: a Biography of James Kennaway" (1983).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8551
Scope and Contents
Includes drafts, proofs, notes and correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1980-1983.
Papers of Alan Bold.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10529
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and short stories, undated, and 180 letters, 1979-1990, to Bold on literary matters, including his "MacDiamrid; a Critical Biography".
Dates:
1979-1990 and undated.