Collection MS 454 - Alan Sharp papers

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MS 454

Title

Alan Sharp papers

Date(s)

  • c1965-c2013 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

15 boxes of papers and 1 volume

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Name of creator

(1934-2013)

Biographical history

Born in Alyth, Sharp was adopted and raised in Greenock. Leaving school at 14 Sharp did a variety of jobs before moving to London with the intention of writing.

In 1965, his screenplay 'A Knight in Tarnished Armour' was broadcast by the BBC. He also published his first novel 'A Green Tree in Gedde', which won the Scottish Arts Council Award in 1967, the same year he published 'The Wind Shifts'.

Sharp emigrated to the USA where he found critical and popular success writing film screenplays, also moving into television in the 1980s and 1990s. His feature film projects included The Osterman Weekend (1982), Rob Roy (1995) and Dean Spanley (2008).
Sharp married four times and had a total of six children

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Sharp

Archival history

Records held in Britain, USA and New Zealand. At the request of Brian Cox, actor and friend, Harriet Sharp gathered her husband's papers together after Sharp's death. However, Harriet herself died before she could collect the papers in New Zealand

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Scope and content

Screenplays, inc shooting scripts, handwritten drafts by Sharp and print outs. Partial manuscripts of unpublished novels. Notebooks containing journal entries and ideas and notes. Personal letters between Sharp, his family and friends, and professional correspondence

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Not expected

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Usually chronological within series, although new accessions have simply been added to each series

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Conditions governing access

Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

Conditions governing reproduction

Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

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MS 454

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Description compiled in line with the following standards: International Council on Archives, ISAD(G) General International Standard Archival Description; International Council on Archives, ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families; National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

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Catalogued

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  • English

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