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Audiocassettes.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cassettes of audiotape. According to international standards, the tape is usually 0.15 inches (3.8 millimetres) wide and can carry 4 to 8 tracks.

Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:

Papers relating to Harry Gordon, Scottish entertainer, including research of Marillyn Gray., 1937, 1949, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12942/117
Scope and Contents

Includes: A scrap book of Harry Gordon's 'Daily Record' articles concerning his Transatlantic visit in 1949. Manuscripts of sheet music and the comic play 'Thunder over Inversnecky', broadcast April 1937. Audio cassette of Marillyn Gray’s spoken notes, researching Harry Gordon’s career; recorded in Aberdeen Central Library.

Dates: 1937, 1949, undated.

Personal and literary papers of Elizabeth MacLennan and John McGrath., 1971-1990, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/413-441
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1971-1990, undated.

Personal and literary papers of John McGrath., 1971-1990.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/417-441
Scope and Contents

Aside from, though related to, his work with 7:84, John McGrath was involved in the study of political theatre, and was himself the subject of many articles, papers and dissertations. Much of the material listed in this section falls into this category, though there is also some that might equally well have been incorporated into the main 7:84 sequence, and vice-versa. There is some overlap with, and duplication of, items in the main sequence.

Dates: 1971-1990.

Photocopies of drafts of four radioscripts by Donald MacLeod of lessons on piobaireachd, with three cassettes of sound recordings by him.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10764/1-4
Scope and Contents

With three casettes of piobaireachd played MacLeod.

Dates: Circa 1960-1980.

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.

Playscript, 1982, of 'Dual heads' by Shelley Berc, including some correspondence, 1983, and two tape recordings, undated., 1982-1983.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9830/17
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Papers from the archives of the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1965-1985 (with one item from 1951). Includes playscripts, photographs, programmes, posters and promotional artwork.

Dates: 1982-1983.

Playscripts of the Traverse Theatre., 1951-1985.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9830/1-54
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Papers from the archives of the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, 1965-1985 (with one item from 1951). Includes playscripts, photographs, programmes, posters and promotional artwork.

Dates: 1951-1985.

Production file of various workshops, containing notes, correspondence and supporting material of 'The Banyan tree' from the TAG Theatre Company. Also containing audio cassette., 1993-1996.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12911/231
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: 1993-1996.

Production files, scripts and administrative papers of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12911/1-317
Scope and Contents

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: Majority of material found within 1946, 1971-2006.

Prompt script, audiocassette and programme of 'Lambrusco nights', by Kathleen Crombie., [1992].

 File
Identifier: Acc.11443/19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Arranged alphabetically by title. The date in square brackets is that of the Fifth Estate production, where this has been possible to establish.

Dates: [1992].

"Scotland's Record": audio recordings concerning Scotland`s social and industrial history in the 20th century.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.22196-22630
Scope and Contents

A collection of sound recordings of interviews with people from across the spectrum of Scottish life. The interviews reflect themes includng political administration, industry, crofting and fishing, health, science, transport and social history.

Dates: Mid 20th century.

Scottish Ornithologists' Club Wildlife and Oral History Collection.

 Series
Identifier: UNLS009
Scope and Contents The collection includes: interviews with Scottish ornithologists; after dinner speeches, 1968-1981, made at the annual Scottish Ornithologists' Club conference; recordings relating to Fair Isle and the Scottish Bird Islands Study Cruise at the time of the International Ornithological Congress in 1966. The remainder of the collection comprises recordings of birds from various locations around Scotland, including St Kilda. Amongst the group represented here is a selection from a...
Dates: 1960-2005.

Scripts for ‘Saga Story' with 3 audio tapes of the recordings., 1994.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/392a-c
Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains scripts and research undertaken by Magnusson for a variety of television and radio programmes running from 1961 until 2006. There are a significant number of scripts for the BBC archaeology programme 'Chronicle' which Magnusson presented from 1966. There are individual scripts and research materials on various programmes that Magnusson presented throughout his televsion career. There are a number of scripts and interviews for Magnusson's radio series "Tales...
Dates: 1994.

Scripts, programmes and other papers of Marillyn Gray, Scottish actor and theatre director, mostly relating to the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12942/1-124
Scope and Contents

Papers of Scottish actor and theatre director Marillyn Gray (1930-2006), chiefly relating to the Gateway Theatre, Edinburgh, in which she was a regular performer. The Gateway papers came into her care at some point after the theatre closed possibly entrusted to her by, or after the death of, Sadie Aitken (1905-85) Gateway Theatre General Manager, some of whose papers are in the collection.

Dates: 1925-1997.