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Floppy disks. Magnetic disks.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Thin, round, flexible disks with magnetic surfaces for storing and retrieving data.

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'One green bottle or the fragile summit', a screenplay based on the novel 'One green bottle' by Elizabeth Coxhead. Also containing Amstrad disks., 1992-1994, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12394/69-74
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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: 1992-1994, undated.

Manuscript drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11203/1-12
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1967, 1985, 1993-1994.

Outreach and collaborative production files of 'Just pretending' created with mct theatre company., 2000, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/212-215
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 2000, undated.

Outreach and collaborative production files of 'SeXshunned', Glasgay festival 2004., 2004, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/226-227
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: 2004, undated.

Papers of Janet Adam Smith relating to her autobiography., 1914-1998, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/72-77
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

Dates: 1914-1998, undated.

Photographs and contact prints of 'Just pretending'; with floppy disc, labelled ‘Wedding photo’., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12911/215
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs, contact prints, CD ‘rehearsal shots’, and floppy disc "'Marching on’ photoshop TIFF"., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12911/113
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: Undated.

Photographs, slides, transparencies and scans relating to the work and activities of Alasdair Gray; with related digital and analogue media.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13950 Box 1(1)-Box 9
Scope and Contents Includes slides, transparencies and photographs of artworks of Alasdair Gray and some of his friends and contemporaries, as well as audiovisual and digital material. The photo albums of images of Hillhead and the west end of Glasgow were likely collected to act as source materials for the Hillhead SPT subway mural.Many of the slides, transparencies and photographs found here were collated for use in 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009), and some were previously deposited with...
Dates: 1896-2011.

Printout of autobiography by Janet Adam Smith from diskette, containing pages 1-85 and notes., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13861/72
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

Dates: Undated.

SLA Multimedia., 1980-2004.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13656/104
Scope and Contents AV Scot Archive (Scottish Branch of the Library Association Audio Visual Group), 1980-1982, containing photographs of the `Creation and application: practical use of audio-visual media in libraries` Conference, 1980.VHS of AV Scot lecture on video disc - Jordan hill College, 1981.VHS of SLA Scottish Writers interview material with Janice Galloway, Des Dillon, and Berard McLaverty.VHS of NOW film.3.5in Floppy disk, with title: Powerpoint -...
Dates: 1980-2004.

Three Amstrad disks containing text of 'One green bottle'., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12394/72-74
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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: Undated.

Tour file of 'Borderland' by Andrew Doyle, containing schedules, staging information, two floppy discs and rehearsal notes., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12911/153
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: Undated.

Touring production files of 'Boiling a frog' by Christopher Brookmyre, adapted for the stage by Christopher Deans., 2005, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12911/141-146
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 2005, undated.

Touring production files of 'Borderlands' by Andrew Doyle., 2005, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/150-154
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 2005, undated.

Touring production files of "Can't pay? Won't pay" by Dario Fo., 2003, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/125-126
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 2003, undated.

Touring production files of 'Factory girls' by Frank McGuinness., 1982, 2002, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/120-124
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 1982, 2002, undated.

Touring production files of 'Marching on' by Gary Mitchell., 2001, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/111-113
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 2001, undated.

Touring production files of 'Private agenda'., 2004, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12911/137-140
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Many of the production files contained information which could be deemed sensitive under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998. For the sake of record, one file (‘Caledonia Dreaming’) has been kept in its entirety, though anyone wishing to consult it will have to comply with the terms of the Act and complete relevant paperwork. Potentially sensitive material, such as contracts, have been removed from all other files and shredded.

Dates: 2004, undated.