Archives and Manuscript Catalogue

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This collection includes all of the original artwork for the novel 'Old men in love' (Bloomsbury, 2007).

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...

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Eight letters, 1984-2010, to David Morrison; correspondents include Alasdair Gray, Norman MacCaig and John Manson. With manuscript drafts of two poems by David Morrison.

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Manuscript annotations to the text on pages 490, 491, 538, 539 and 545 were intended by Gray to be included in new editions of the novel.

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Eight ledgers or notebooks contain diary entries, draft letters and literary notes and drafts of stories, poems, plays and the novel 'Old men in love'; with six corrected and annotated typescripts of 'Fleck', a play; and a file of cuttings of reviews of the French edition of 'Lean tales'.

Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...

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...

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Drafts, proofs and some source materials and correspondence for 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

Alasdair Gray's own manuscript drafts are accompanied by typescript transcriptions produced by his typist Scott Pearson, which are then in turn heavily annotated and corrected by Gray. These annotations then inform the next set of manuscript drafts, giving a unique insight into how the book developed and grew.

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This collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and illustrative material relating to a wide range of Alasdair Gray’s work, including twenty-nine stage, radio and television plays, and the following published works:

'Lanark' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1981). 'Lean tales' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1985). 'Lean tales' (London: Abacus, 1987). 'Old negatives' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989).

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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'.

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Two files of correspondence of Alasdair Gray with the National Library of Scotland and the University of St Andrews, and some typescripts and manuscripts including short stories from 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

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Includes a thesis entitled "The World of 4 to 7 Years", 1960, together with printed items illustrating Gray`s work as a graphic artist and book designer.

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Includes notebooks, sketchbooks, diaries, literary fragments and personal documents.

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Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of "Poor Things", "Ten Tales Tall and True", and "Why Scots Should Rule Scotland", together with correspondence concerning publication of "Poor Things".

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Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and poems.

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The original of this typescript was corrected by Alasdair Gray, and has further annotations concerning typesetting.

Scope and Contents Contains:Print, undated, of 'Is Scotland a possible nation? Yes - make it!', by Alasdair Gray. Number 59 of 60.Print of a photograph, 2007, of Alasdair Gray at his desk, by Jim Clark.A poster for an international conference on works of Alasdair Gray, 16-17 November 2012, Brest, Faculté Victor-Segalen. The artwork for this poster is based on the cover of 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009).Poster and flyer designed by Alasdair Gray for 'Double...

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Includes copies of various publications and sound recordings featuring works by or concerning Alasdair Gray.

There are also two LPs from Decemberism records which contain no material related to Alasdair Gray, but were presumably gifted to him after the release of their 'Some Gray stuff' (2006).

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A heavily annotated paperback proof of 'Poor things', donated by Alasdair Gray to Mark Fleming for auction at a Scotland in Europe fundraising event, with an accompanying letter explaining the donation.