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Speeches. Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing the text of any public address or talk.

Found in 922 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, undated.

Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

Diary of Valda Grieve., 1963.

 Item
Identifier: MS.27237
Scope and Contents

Most of the entries are brief notes of Valda Grieve's engagements and of meetings attended by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’. There are some later notes for speeches.

Dates: 1963.

Draft of an undated speech concerning the Douglas Cause., 18th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5131
Scope and Contents

There is no indication of authorship, and apparently it is not among the published speeches of the trial.

Dates: 18th century.

Drafts and notes of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1776-[1806], undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.11206
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Memorandum in defence of the 1st Earl of Minto's administration of Corsica, 1797, (folio 1); (ii) Draft of a speech on the suspension of Habeas Corpus, January 1797 (folio 2); (iii) Draft of a speech in the House of Lords, 21 November 1798, on Nelson's victory in the Battle of the Nile (folio 25); (iv) Drafts of and notes for speeches in the House of Lords, June 1802-circa April 1803, against the provisions of the Peace of Amiens and the Government's handling...
Dates: 1776-[1806], undated.

Drafts of letters of Valda Grieve and miscellaneous papers., 1929-1986, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27239
Scope and Contents

(i) The drafts of letters of Valda, ?1934-1985, undated begin on folio 1. Some of them are in Christopher Murray Grieve’s, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” hand. There are also some notes for speeches and a few poems. (ii) The miscellaneous papers, including newspaper cuttings and photographs, 1929-1986, undated, begin on folio 32.

Dates: 1929-1986, undated.