JOHN GRIERSON ARCHIVE

Description: The John Grierson Archive provides a comprehensive account of the career of one of the key figures in the history of documentary filmmaking. The Archive includes notebooks in which Grierson wrote drafts of correspondence, lectures and articles and planned various projects; correspondence with filmmakers, politicians and civil servants; scripts and production notes for films directed, produced and overseen by Grierson including Drifters (1929); notes for, and transcripts of, talks and lectures given by Grierson; articles written by Grierson on film and other subjects; drafts of proposed books written by Grierson on film, education and propaganda; press cuttings; papers relating to various organisations for which Grierson worked including the Empire Marketing Board, the GPO Film Unit, the Imperial Relations Trust, the National Film Board of Canada, Group 3 Film Company, UNESCO, the Association Internationale des Documentaristes; Films of Scotland Committee and Scottish Television.

The archive also includes a collection of periodicals and c 500 photographs of Grierson and stills from various films. A card catalogue of these photographs is available in the University of Stirling Library.
Website: http://www.library.stir.ac.uk/spcoll/media/grierson.html
Keywords: Scotland; Documentary; GPO
Access: By appointment

Online catalogue: http://www.library.stir.ac.uk/spcoll/media/grierson/index.html
Printed catalogue: Yes
Card catalogue: The archive also includes a collection of periodicals and c 500 photographs of Grierson and stills from various films. A card catalogue of these photographs is available in the University of Stirling Library.

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