Margaret Tait Collection

• Reference:GB 241 D97
• Dates of Creation:1949 - 1998
• Name of Creator:
  Margaret Tait
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  46 boxes

• Scope and Content

  1-3. Personal Correspondence and photographs 4. Aspects of Kirkwall; Land Makar; Where I Am Is Here; The Drift Back; a filmography 5. Films: Scars of Battle (not made), script 6. Films: Scars of Battle (not made) 7. Films: Scars of Battle (not made) 8. Films: Scars of Battle (not made), scripts 9. Biographies and photos of Margaret Tait and tributes 10. Films: The Big Sheep; Place of Work; Hugh MacDiarmid; Portrait of Ga; Garden Pieces 11. Poems and other unfinished film products 12. Films: On the Mountain aka Rose Street; Orquil Barn; The Ba; Where I Am Is Here. 13. Films: Blue Black Permanent, continuity stills 14. Films: Blue Black Permanent, photos, notes, scripts 15. Films: Dark Water aka Blue Black Permanent, notes, photos, scripts 16. Films: Blue Black Permanent, scripts 17. Films: Blue Black Permanent, bits and bobs, locations, correspondence to market film, reviews, legal, 1973 script, notebooks, Dark Water script, photos, misc. 18. Films: Blue Black Permanent screenplay and shooting script 19. Films: Blue Black Permanent correspondence, notes, working papers, letters, photos, work on script 20. Films: Blue Black Permanent correspondence with Channel 4 and BFI, pre-production, promotions, music, script, photos, original concept (Dark Water) 21. Films: Blue Black Permanent scripts, promos, editing notes, shooting, schedules, budget, production notes. 22. Reviews of all films 23. Film festivals Margaret Tait took part in, awards and Blue Black Permanent screenings, including Orkney. 24. Ancona Films: publicity, accounts, Rose Street Film Festival, official documents 25. Ancona letters, business letters 26. Galatea was Luckier; The Light Summer Nights; Gaudemus; shorter scripts, notebooks, letters. 27. Folders entitled, "Orquil Burn, Happy Bees"; "The Leaden Echo, The Golden Echo"; business papers; invoices; correspondence from/to crew, last audience etc. Blue Black Permanent folder: "Tail Piece and other films"; correspondence and notebooks 28. Royalty Sheets, other film producers, notes, working papers. 29. Volumes listing shooting arrangements; Ancona films, photos, correspondence, reviews etc. Folder entitled, "Land Makar". 30. Folders entitled, "Film Maker on Tour"; "Stories, some published"; Sc. F. Council, Carnegie Trust, sponsorship" 31. Stories: De tour, Day Trip to Gulmarg; press cuttings. 32. Envelope: misc bits, personae postscript, "The Lilywhite Boys". 33. Personae: The Lilywhite Boys 34. Part Personae/Stories, The Lilywhite Boys 35. Papers - on location, "The Pleasant Place" , correspondence showing of films; Folder entitled, "Lists, general and personal"; Edinburgh Film Festival Programmes; Envelope, "Immagine Populari Siciliane" 36. Place of Work, notes, reviews, correspondence 37. Envelopes: "University of California"; "Correspondence with Channel 4" ; Folders: "Ancona Films - money matters"; "Film festivals, arts council, etc." 38. Penelope Waiting; Kabella Plus; General short stories; Tonight 39. Sweet Content; Isabella; A Distant Drum (Brave Thunder); The Odd Odyssey; Penelope Waiting 40. Guest Book; programmes for film shows; reviews 41. Envelope: "Mike Leggett"; Folders: "Tours and Festivals 88-89"; "Distribution Publicity"; "Berlin" 42. DVD of 'Blue Black Permanent.'

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