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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 manuscripts, correspondence and related papers of Jessie Kesson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13722
Dates:
Circa 1946-1994.
Literary papers and notebooks of Ewan Morrison relating to `Close Your Eyes` (2012) and `Tales from the Mall` (2012).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13605/1-64
Dates:
2000-2012.
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 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.
Literary papers of Ronald Frame.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12045
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of short stories, novels, plays, and works for radio.
Dates:
circa 1980-2000.
Manuscript and typescripts of novels and short stories by Eona Macnicol.
File
Identifier: MS.19706
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Typescript with manuscript corrections of the novel ‘Colum of Derry’, 1954, dated 1946 by the author, Eona Mcnicol (Folio 1.)
(ii) Three pages of corrected typescript of ‘Lamp in the night wind’, 1957. (Folio 128.)
(iii) Corrected typescript, being the second draft of 'Grey boy', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, volume 301 (1967), pages 537-547. The last page is missing. (Folio 132.)
(iv) Final typescript and broadcast script of 'A night of rain, 1968....
Dates:
1946-[1969, or before.]
Papers of James Bridie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9887
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, theatre programmes and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, films and short stories.
Dates:
1928-1951.
Papers of Moultrie R Kelsall.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7716/1-328
Scope and Contents
Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.
Dates:
1931-1977.
Typescript drafts of novel of Jessie Kesson, "Where the Apple Ripens" (1978).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7845
Scope and Contents
With manuscript and typescript of associated short story and radio play, undated.
Dates:
1978 and undated.