Wright, Gordon

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The photographs were the work of publisher and photographer Gordon Wright. He had worked on photographs and lay-out for the nationalist literary magazine Catalyst and his first publication was a pamphlet by the Scottish poet, Willie Neill. He was also responsible for Four points of a Saltire, a book of poems by Sorley Maclean, George Campbell Hay, William Neill and Stuart McGregor, and a book of Liz Lochhead's poems Memo for Spring . Wright was said to own the largest collection of photographs of Hugh MacDiarmid.

From the guide to the Photographs of Scottish writers, 1968-1979, (Edinburgh University Library)

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creatorOf Photographs of Scottish writers, 1968-1979 Edinburgh University Library
referencedIn Stanford University, Housing Advisory Committee, records, 1968-1974 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Stanford University Press archival book copies, 1900-2012 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Wendell Holmes Stephenson Papers, 1820-1968 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Profiles of Stanford faculty and staff, 1979-1986 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
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correspondedWith Stephenson, Wendell Holmes, 1899-1970 person
associatedWith Stokes, Donald. person
associatedWith Wright Gordon b. 1942 person
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