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Archive of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10893/1-451
Scope and Contents

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1972-1991.

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 and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

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.

Correspondence, production files, scripts, cuttings and other papers of John McGrath.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11615/1-110
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the material dates from ca.1979-1990, though there are some earlier and later items. Much of it concerns McGrath’s work outside 7:84, the theatre company which he and others established in 1971.

Dates: Circa 1926-1997.

Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates: 1988-2003.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Letters to W R Aitken.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7506
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include Helen B Cruickshank, Duncan Glen, Benno Schotz and Tom Scott, on literary matters.

With script of radio talk, 1962, of W R Aitken, "The Peripatetic Librarian", with associated correspondence.

Dates: 1959-1967.

Literary and personal papers of Jo Clifford.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13458
Scope and Contents

Literary and personal papers, c. 1966-2013, of Jo Clifford, comprising mainly playscripts, notebooks and journals. With some earlier family papers including: two travel journals by an unidentified family member, to North Carolina in 1828 and a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1829; First World War letters of Bertram Clifford, grandfather of Jo Clifford.

Dates: Circa 1966-2013.

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.

Literary papers of Stewart Conn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12098/1-57
Scope and Contents Literary papers, 1961-1999, of Stewart Conn (b. 1936), a poet and playwright who was for many years a drama producer for BBC Radio Scotland. These papers includes correspondence, typescripts and a small number of manuscript drafts of poetry, and scripts of plays and adaptations for stage, radio and television.Many of the scripts in this collection have never been published, but it includes manuscripts and typescripts relating to the following published works: 'The Chinese tower'...
Dates: 1961-2005.

Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12937
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, articles and plays, and radio scripts, with some related correspondence.

Dates: 1938-1964.

Literary papers of Tom Pow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12233/1-87
Scope and Contents Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates: 1969-2003.

Papers of Alex McCrindle.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10239
Scope and Contents

Includes play scripts, memoirs and correspondence.

Dates: 1947-1990.

Papers of and concerning Edith Macarthur, actor, including playscripts, production photographs, press cuttings and programmes.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13182/1-88
Scope and Contents

The papers span Edith Macarthur's long career on stage and screen. They include playscripts, photographs, programmes and reviews of many of the plays in which she featured, along with some scripts and other memorabilia relating to her wide range of television work.

Dates: 1942-2006.

Papers of and relating to Harry Lauder.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13330
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1900-1935, of and relating to Sir Harry Lauder. Includes scripts of `patter`, songs and music by Lauder and other writers; draft of `Immortal Memory` speech given by Lauder in Boston, USA, 1915; letter, 1917, of Hannen Swaffer, editor of `The Weekly Dispatch`, praising Lauder`s appearance on the London stage after his son`s death in action in France in December 1916.

Dates: Circa 1900-1935.

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Names
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 4
Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh 3
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Macrae, John Duncan Graham, actor, 1905-1967 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
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7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland) 1
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Alexander, Donald, documentary filmmaker, 1913-1993 1
Burnaby, Anne, screenwriter, fl 1952-1957 1
Church of Scotland, Itu Leper Colony, Nigeria 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Cooper, Budge, documentary filmmaker 1
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 1
Dunlop, Isobel V S, Secretary of the Saltire Music Group, b 1901 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Films of Scotland Committee 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) 1
Gray, John, broadcaster, 1918-2006 1
Gray, Sir Alexander, Knight, Professor of Political Economy, University of Edinburgh, 1882-1968 1
Gunn, Gilbert, writer and director, 1912-1967 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Hewson, Andrew, literary agent, fl. 1981-2016 1
Hignett, Sean, playwright and novelist, fl 1971-1987 1
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Lauder, Sir Henry MacLennan, Knight, comedian, 1870-1950 1
Low, Bet, artist, 1924-2007 1
MacDougall, Ian, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society, b 1933 1
MacNeacail, Aonghas, poet, b 1942 1
Macarthur, Edith, actor, b. 1926 1
Macdonald, Andrew Buchanan, Superintendent of the Itu Leper Colony, 1892-1970 1
Magnusson, Magnus, scholar, broadcaster and enviromentalist, 1929-2007 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McCrindle, Alex, actor, 1911-1990 1
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 1
Saltire Society 1
Schotz, Benno, sculptor, 1891-1984 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 1
Small, William, Lanarkshire miners' leader, founder member of Scottish Labour Party and Independent Labour Party, d 1903 1
Smith, Hazel Elizabeth Simpson Goodsir, 2nd wife of Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, née Williamson, 1928-2004 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Swaffer, Hannen, journalist, 1879-1962 1
Watt, Sir Robert Alexander Watson-, Knight, developer of radar, 1892-1973 1
Waverley Broadcasting Limited 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
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