| Description | /1. 1 x ts. letter, 4 March 1981, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2p.
/2. 1 x ts. letter, 18 March 1981, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1p.
/3. 1 x ms. draft letter, n.d., from [Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta], 2p.
/4. 1 x ts. letter, 19 March 1981, from the Friends of Stonypath Garden, Bradford, to the Sheriff Officers for the Court District of Hamilton, Strathclyde, 1p.
/5. 1 x ts. draft letter, 23 March 1981, from Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to the Sheriff Clerk, Hamilton, 1p.
/6. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 23 March 1981, from Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to the Sheriff Clerk, Hamilton, 1p.
/7. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 23 March 1981, from Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to the Sheriff Clerk, Hamilton, 1p.
/8. 1 x ts. draft letter, n.d., copy of a ts. letter, 23 March 1981, from Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to the Sheriff Clerk, Hamilton, 1p.
/9. 1 x ts. draft letter, n.d., copy of a ts. letter, 24 March 1981, from Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to the Sheriff Clerk, Lanark, 1p.
/10. 1 x ms. memo, n.d., by unidentified author, 1p.
/11. 1 x ts. letter, 25 March 1981, from the Sheriff Clerk, Lanark, to Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1p.
/12. 1 x ts. letter, 24 March 1981, from Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to the Sheriff Clerk, Lanark, 1p.
/13. 1 x ts. letter, 31 March 1981, from the Solicitor to Strathclyde Regional Council, Hamilton, to Douglas Hall, Keeper of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh,1p.
/14. 1 x ts. memo, n.d., by Douglas Hall and title 'Ian Hamilton Finlay', 1p.
/15. 2 x copies of a ts. letter from Timothy Mason of the Scottish Arts Council, to Michael Schmidt , Director of Carcanet New Press Ltd, Manchester. 20 February 1981. Reprinted by the New Arcadians. 2p.
/16. 2 x copies of a ts. letter from Michael Schmidt , Director of Carcanet New Press Ltd, Manchester, to Timothy Mason of the Scottish Arts Council. 13 February 1981. Reprinted by the New Arcadians. 2p.
/17. 2 x copies of a ts. letter, 23 March 1981, from the New Arcardians, Little Sparta: 'An Open Letter to the Minister with Responsibility for the Arts', 4p.
/18. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 3 March 1981, from the Assistant Head of Consumer Protection at Strathclyde Regional Council, Glasgow, to Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, 1p.
/19. 1 x ts. letter, 26 March 1981, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Councillor Allison, 1p.
/20. 1 x ts. exhibition notice with note for visitors attached, 'The Forest and the Revolution' at Little Sparta, May - October 1981, 2p.
/21. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 18 September 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Alexander Walker, Sheriff Officer, 1p.
/22. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 18 September 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Councillor Robert Logan, Glasgow District Council and Chairman of the Scottish Art Council Art Committee, 1p.
/23. envelope with ms. additions, postmarked 20 September 1982, addressed to the Librarian, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, from Little Sparta
/24. 1 x ts. letter, 25 September 1982, from Susan Finlay, Little Sparta, to Council Logan, Chairman of the Scottish Art Council Art Committee, 1p.
/25. 1 x ts.letter, 9 October 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Alan Bold, 1p.
/26. 1 x ts. letter, 9 October 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Minister for the Arts, 1p.
/27. 1 x ts. letter, 27 September 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Bruce Logan of W and J Burness WS, solicitors to the Scottish Arts Council, 1p.
/28. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 1 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Director of the Department of Finance, Strathclyde Region, 1p.
/29. envelope, postmarked 2 November 1982, addressed to Margaret Mackay / Douglas Hall at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, from Little Sparta
/30. 1 x ts. letter, 1 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Alexander Walker, Sheriff Officer for Strathclyde Region, 2p.
/31. 1 x ts. letter, 2 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Margaret [Mackay] and Douglas [Hall] of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1p.
/32. 1 x ts. letter, 4 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Mr Mackay, Editor of The Scotsman, 5p.
/33. 1 x ts. letter, 5 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Mr Hood, Assistant Editor of The Scotsman, 2p.
/34. 1 x ts. letter, 5 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Bruce Logan, of W and J Burness WS, solicitors to the Scottish Arts Council, 1p.
/35. 1 x ts. letter, 6 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Editors of Kaleidoscope, BBC, 1p.
/36. 1 x ts. letter, 7 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finaly, Little Sparta, to David Sanderson, Chairman of Finance ('or whatever'), Strathclyde Regional Council, 1p.
/37. 1 x ms. letter, 21 November 1982, from John Tetley, London, to Douglas Hall, Keeper at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 2p.
/38. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 29 November 1982, from Douglas Hall, Keeper at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, to John Tetley, London, 1p.
/39. 1 x copy of the letters page from Poetry Nation Review, no. 29, including a letter from Patrick Eyres and Ian Gardner on the 'Ian Hamilton Finlay Affair', 1p.
/40. 1 x ts. letter, 7 October 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Alan Bold, 1p.
/41. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 27 October 1982, from Dr R.W.D. Oxenaar of the Rijksmusem Kröller-Müller, to Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, 1p.
/42. 1 x ts. letter, 4 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay and Sue Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Chief Executive of Strathclyde Regional Council, 1p.
/43. 1 x copyof a ts. letter, 2 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Minister for the Arts, 2p.
/44. 1 x copy of a ts. letter with ms. addtions, n.d., from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Patrick Eyres, 1p.
/45. 1 x ts. letter, 10 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Bruce Logan, of W and J Burness WS, solicitors to the Scottish Arts Council, 1p.
/46. 1 x ts. letter, 15 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay and Sue Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Depute Regional Assessor, Strathclyde Regional Offices, 1p.
/47. 1 x ts. letter, 16 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Editor of The Scotsman, 1p.
/48. 1 x ts. letter with ms. addition [by Margaret Mackay?], 28 October 1982, from Marianne Brouwer of the Rijksmusem Kröller-Müller, to Keith Hartley of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1p.
/49. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 21 November 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Edinburgh, to Mr Young, the Assistant director of Finance, Lanark Sub-Region, Strathclyde Regional Council, 1p.
/50. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 13 December 1982, from Nicholas Sloan, Martock, Somerset, to the Secretary of State for Scotland, Edinburgh, 1p.
/51. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 10 December 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Alexander Walker, Sheriff Officers for Strathclyde Region, 1p.
/52. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 1 December 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to the Depute Assessor, Lanark Sub-Region, Strathclyde Regional Council, 1p.
/53. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 1 December 1982, from Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, to Sir William Rees-Mogg, Chairman of the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1p.
/54. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 23 November 1982, from the Finance Director of the Arts Council of Great Britain, London, to Ian Hamilton Finlay, Little Sparta, 1p.
/55. 1 x copy of a ts. letter, 21 November 1982, from Nicholas Sloan, Martock, Somerset, to the Secretary of State for Scotland, Edinburgh, 1p. |