Scotland -- Politics and government -- 20th century

Content Description A collection of papers and correspondence relating to the publication history of Whither Scotland?, edited by Duncan Glen, from the archives of its publisher Victor Gollancz. A small quantity of typed and holograph contracts, correspondence and associated materials, between and concerning Duncan Glen, his publisher, and other interested parties. Includes 23 ALS and Typed Letters Signed (TLS) from Duncan Glen, and TLS from Tony Benn, Jo Grimond and...

Scope and Contents Collection composed of: circa 200 separate copies of reports of investigation into complaints against the various Scottish local government councils, regional and district, carried out by the Commissioner for Local Administration in Scotland, mainly 1970s; various planning documents, reports and news-sheets, including those on transport, community land schemes, Clyde recreation, crime, community councils, school and college councils, regional councils, housing, special housing, role of...

Scope and Contents Housing: Complaints about the house include dampness, doors and windows not fitting, condensation, draughts. Very critical of the Differential Rent Scheme which will add ten shillings to their rent. Expresses belief that if the corporation insisted on young wage earners contributing to the rent then they should automatically have the tenancy when older family members die. They had previously been in Lochinvar Camp "a terrible place - a terrible rough lot down there". By contrast their...

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"Scottish arts and affairs. A weekly Causerie"’, by "Mountboy" [Hugh MacDiarmid], manuscript, 12pp, c 1927-1929, being lines on: The National Party of Scotland; The Socialists and the Industrialists; The Irish Question; and, A narrow Standpoint.

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"Scottish arts and affairs. A weekly Causerie", by "Mountboy" [Hugh MacDiarmid], manuscript, 7pp, c. 1927-1929, being lines on: The Case for Scottish Independence; Devolution or Dominion Status; and, Plays and Playwrights in Scotland.

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"Scottish arts and affairs. A weekly Causerie", by "Mountboy" [Hugh MacDiarmid], manuscript, 9pp, c. 1927-1929, being lines on: Scotland and the Bank of England; The Port Edgar Scandal; Land Settlement in Scotland; and, Scottish Memoirs 1550-1746.

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"Scottish Local Government Changes", by a Special Correspondent [Hugh MacDiarmid], manuscript, 9pp, c 1927-1929.

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"Scottish Interests at Westminster", by "Our Own Correspondent" [Hugh MacDiarmid], manuscript, 7pp, c. 1927-1929, being lines on: Hebridean Mail Contract; Orkney MPs views; Scottish Banks and 10/- Notes; Land settlement; and, New Holdings in Moray and Nairn.

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This series contains manuscripts or typescripts of 128 polemical and political articles on Scottish affairs written by MacDiarmid between 1927 and 1929, using the pseudonyms "Mountboy", or the bylines "special correspondent", "London correspondent", or "our own correspondent". 571 folios in total.

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of: work on aspects of the output of Swedish writer Göran Tunström (1937-2000); material relating to study periods, and writing and publication while at Edinburgh and Aberdeen Universities, and afterwards; notes providing a picture of Edinburgh University Library at a time of transition in the mid-1990s; and, tracts and other publications, 1940s-1960s, relating to Scottish independence. The material being: ...