Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and lectures.

With letters of and to various correspondents, including James Bridie, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Naomi Mitchison, and Edwin Muir.

And documents and correspondence concerning the SNP, PEN, the Saltire Society, and other organisations.

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...

Content Description

Records concerning the activities of Derek Suttie relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014, specifically through engagement with Workers Educational Association (WEA) Scotland, Adult Learning Project (ALP) Edinburgh and Crisis (part of The Salvation Army).

Scope and Contents Papers of Nancy Somerville relating to community learning and development events concerning the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. The collection is comprised of items relating to events organised and facilitated by members of the Edinburgh Community Learning and Development Partnership and associated groups, as well as collated material relating to other events with a referendum-focus. Also included are journal articles relating to community learning and development events around the...

Scope and Contents

Posters designed by Alasdair Gray for exhibitions, plays, readings and other events, as well as promotional artwork for some of his novels.

There is a mix of original drawings, paintings and paste-ups, as well as prints and reproductions.

Many of the posters in this collection were reproduced in 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).

Scope and Contents

Material produced by the Citadel Youth Centre, Edinburgh, relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. Includes photographs, promotional material and workshop content from a ‘Creative Weave’ event led by Dr Priscilla Chueng-Nainby, held on 18 July 2014, in conjunction with Edinburgh’s Active Citizens Group. Also includes a copy of 2013 Annual Report of the Citadel Youth Centre.