Papers of Alexander (Sandy) Hutchison 1943 - 2015

Published materials by Alexander Hutchison and various other authors; audio cassettes and video tapes made by Alexander Hutchison and various other sources; transcript of Alexander Hutchison's interview with Andrew Duncan; collection of correspondence in email and letter format, to and from Alexander Hutchison; various notes on the life of William Sharp; information and notes about the William Sharp event held at the (then) University of Paisley; drafts, copies and notes of various works later published by Alexander Hutchison; typed copies of works by various authors; collection of conference papers with presentations given by Alexander Hutchison; miscellaneous materials relating to the collection. Copies of the published works of Alexander Hutchison c.2006-2013.

Dr Alexander (Sandy) Hutchison was born in 1943 and brought up in Buckie, a fishing town on the north-east coast of Scotland. After graduating from Aberdeen University Sandy travelled to North America and Canada where he lived for 18 years. Sandy taught at various institutions on the Pacific north-west coast of Canada including the University of Victoria's English Department. Sandy undertook his doctorate on Roethke at Northwestern University whilst living in Chicago.

Sandy returned to Scotland in 1984 and worked for several years in the Department of Education and Staff Development at the (then) University of Paisley, now the University of the West of Scotland. Sandy published a number of books of poetry as well as a series of broadsheets and was Chair of the Arts Development Group of UWS. Sandy sadly died in November 2015 after a short illness.

The arrangement of this material reflects the original order in which it was received.

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Gift: Mr Alexander Hutchison, 2009

Fonds level description compiled by Adele Stanton. Arrangement and file level descriptions compiled by Adele Stanton, (MSc Student, Glasgow University), November 2011, under instruction of UWS Special Collections Librarian, Allison Buchanan.

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