Manuscripts of Works by Hamish Henderson

Edinburgh University's Hamish Henderson Archive contains manuscripts from all points of his career as a writer, scholar, and activist.

The manuscripts are partially sorted and fall under the following categories:

Original poems and songs
Talks and lectures
Essays and articles
Letters to the press
Translations (primarily from Italian and German)
Notebooks (containing drafts of poems, lectures, talks, and letters)
Fieldwork notes (including transcripts of songs)
School of Scottish Studies materials
Materials relating to political campaigns (Nuclear Disarmament, Anti-Apartheid, Scottish Assembly)
Personal Papers (including World War II-related documents, diaries, address books, and financial papers)
Sketches
Scrapbooks

A detailed catalogue is currently being prepared. In the meantime, please contact the Centre for Research Collections for fuller information.

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