William McLaren collection
McLaren, William1948
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Two archival boxes containing a collection of books, 26 volumes in all, illustrated by William McLaren (1923-1987). William McLaren grew up in Cardenden, attending Auchterderran East School, then Beath High, then Edinburgh College of Art.
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2 boxes.
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Box 1 (of 2) contents - 1. ‘Sunshine and Storm’ by Witold Wankowicz (1948) 2. ‘Let's Garden’ by Enid Blyton (1948) 3. ‘Gentleman Adventurer’ by Charles Kennaway (1951) 4. ‘Surrey Gardens’ by Eric Parker (1954) 5. ‘Ritchie or, Behind the Tartan Curtain a comedy’ by John P. Barter (1954) 6. ‘The Tenth Muse’ by Sir Harry Luke (1954) 7. ‘Merry Hall’ by Beverley Nichols (1955) 8. ‘The Scots Cellar – It’s Traditions and Lore’ by F. Marian McNeil (1956) 9. ‘Sunlight on the Lawn’ by Beverley Nichols (1956) 10. ‘Castle in the Sea’ by Michelle Lorraine (1956) 11. ‘Marlborough's Duchess’ by Louis Kronenberger (1958) 12. ‘Oasis of the North’ by Dawn MacLeod (1958) 13. ‘The Burns Encyclopaedia’ by Maurice Lindsay (1959) 14. ‘Laughter on the Stairs’ by Beverley Nichols (1959)Box 2 (of 2) contents - 1. ‘Love for a King’ by Andrew Graham (1959) 2. ‘The Saturday Book’ by John Hadfield (1959) 3. ‘The Love Songs of the Heroines of Robert Burns’ by Rev. John C. Hill (1961) 4. ‘Madeira’ by Rupert Croft-Cooke (1961) 5. ‘Garden Open Today’ by Beverley Nichols (1963) 6. ‘Aurora's Glade’ by Christopher Sansom (1968) 7. ‘Garden Open Tomorrow’ by Beverley Nichols (1968) 8. ‘The Gathering of The Clans and Other Poems’ by The Earl of Haddington (1968) 9. ‘Scotch - The Whisky of Scotland in Fact and Story’ by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart (1970, ISBN: 0370000609) 10. ‘The Gift of a Home’ by Beverley Nichols (1972, ISBN:0491007035) 11. ‘Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea’ by Jules Verne (1973, ISBN: 0460050710) 12. ‘I Love Mountains and Other Poems’ by The Earl of Haddington (1975). Also contains – Booklet ‘100 Years: A Celebration of his Life and Works’ produced by Cardenden History Group, 2023. Copy of article ‘The Cardenden Muralist’ from Scots Magazine, March 1993. Two copies of William McLaren Chronology by Jim Hickey and Robin Mitchell (2016). Extra page added at front lists related records held by Fife Archives, and material held by Special Collections at National Library of Scotland (one copy with additional comments and links). Two A3 copies of two-page entry for William McLaren from Edinburgh College of Art volume, 1940-1945.
Dewey class:
759.941
Language:
English
BRN:
3428734