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Poster for exhibition at the Islay Festival, 28 May [1993].

‘Surrealism – A Personal View’, lecture to the Orkney Arts Society, Kirkwall Library, 17 November 1983; special talk to full-time fine art students at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts, in co-ordination with the British Council, San San Campus, 22 February 1993; ‘George Wyllie and Scul?ture’, a one day workshop and lecture for students at the Bartlett School of Architecture, 11 June 1993; ‘There is no Sanity Clause’: Christmas lecture at the an Lanntair Arts Centre, Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, 17 December 1992; ‘Aspects of Scottish Sculpture’, a talk at the Collective Gallery, Edinburgh, 22 July [year not stated]; ‘An evening with George Wyllie: performance, lecture and tour as devised by the artist’, Crawford Arts Centre, St Andrews, 15 January [year not stated]; talk on Scul?ture and other aspects of Wyllie’s work at Saltcoats Town Hall, 22 March [year not stated]; ‘Art in the Park: celebrate Mayfest with George Wyllie and the Saltire Society’, Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 11 May [year not stated]; ‘Locomotive Immortality: the pataphysical approach to arch!tecture’ [date, year and venue not stated]; ‘Corrupting the Young’: hand-painted poster for a performance and lecture at the ‘Mac Lec Theatre’ [date and year not stated]; untitled talk about his work, to be delivered as part of a festival at the Granary [date, year and town not stated]; untitled, free talk about his work, to be delivered in the drama studio [date, town and venue not stated].

Hand Hollow exhibits, 1982-1983, 44 colour transparencies; Americana, January, September 1987, November 1988, 81 colour transparencies; ‘Liberty’ and WAM [Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA], 1983, March 1984, May 1985, 54 colour transparencies.

Typescripts, printed extracts and press cuttings by George Wyllie and others. 1984-2003, with a few earlier items.

Contents include: 'Decorating as poetical act', by Karen-Claire Voss, typescript 1994, 5 pp; 'All that jazz': George Melly interview by Emily Partridge, 'Scotland on Sunday', 1 July 2001, pp 16-19, press cutting; 'Purpose': poem by Eileann [?] with covering letter to George Wyllie, undated; 'Crystal ship': poem by Tessa Ransford, April 2003; Colour illustration of Black Mount, Rannoch Moor, with layout sketch on verso, undated; 'Art in Scotland', by Cordelia Oliver, 'Anglistik und englischunterricht', vol 38/39, 1989, pp 117-138, offprint, 2 copies; 'My airport plan is plain sailing', by Kathleen Mearns [suggestion of airport on Clyde Estuary], 'Greenock Telegraph', 15 August 2002, p 10, press cutting; Famedram books catalogue, undated, 3 copies; 'Why I (sort of) hate fireworks', by George Wyllie, August 2001, typescript, 2pp; 'The ‘Skylight’ and Para Handy’s dream', by George Wyllie, 2001, typescript, 2 pp; ‘The Granny Kempock Stone and the Gourock that was’, and ‘Sea serpent on the beach’, undated typescript, 6 pp; 'I once went down to the sea again', by George Wyllie, May 2003, typescript; 'The Spire and a Bird', by George Wyllie, May 2003, typescript; 'The Clackmannan sea chest', with sketch, by George Wyllie, August 2001, with biographical details; 'Scotland': poem, with sketch ‘How to make Ayr waves’, undated; 'In Canna harbour' and other poems with sketches, and covering letter from Allan Law, Gourock, 26 February 2003; 'The Fall': description of installation, by George Wyllie, November 2001; 'The difference of Hiroshima', by George Wyllie, undated; Correspondence with Dumfries and Galloway Council re Wyllie’s '32 Spires for Hibernia' exhibition at Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries, April-July 1997; Press cutting re cynicism about democracy, 'The Herald', 26 April 2003; Definitions of ‘field’ sent to George Wyllie by Kenny [Munro], 5 September 1997, with campus map of University of Glasgow; Invitations to Memorial to George Rickey, Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, New York on 24 October 2002, and to Country Tribute for George Rickey at Hand Hollow, New York on 26 October 2002, with obituary of George Rickey by Cordelia Oliver, 'The Herald', 29 July 2002, press cutting; 'Extending concepts', manuscript notes by George Wyllie, undated, 4 pp; Colour picture of puffer, undated; Glasgow coat of arms, undated press cutting, with leaflet on Saint Mungo, Patron Saint of Glasgow, by Elspeth King, Glasgow Museums and Galleries, 1984, 4 pp; Old Gourock and Ashton Parish Church guidebook, c 1997, 12 pp; Illustration of safety pin on Nokia mobile phone advertisement, 'The Herald', 11 March 2003, press cutting; 'Stone language', with illustration of standing stones, by Norman Hallendy, 'Independent on Sunday', 15 October 2000, pp 36-37, press cutting; Fax from Mike Wilson to George Wyllie, 13 July 2001, on Wyllie’s ‘Tweed Bike’ at Velo-city 2001; Edinburgh Airport’s 'Look who’s talking' lunchtime talks by George Wyllie, Mary Marquis and Jeremy Spake at Edinburgh Festival Theatre, May 2000: flyer, 10 copies, and letter from Angela Petrie, Angela Petrie Associates, Glasgow to George Wyllie, confirming arrangements, 3 March 2000; 'Let’s name this ship', by George Wyllie, 1981, typescript on card; Sketch for Agnus Dei, 1966 or 1968; Photocopied extracts from ‘A journey from Hagar Qim to the Ring of Brodgar’, edited by David Bellman, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh, December 1976, 11 pp, with information on Martin of Tours (c 316-397), photocopy, unknown source and date; Dynamic place awards 2002: supreme award The Falkirk Wheel, Scottish Enterprise, 2002, 12 pp booklet; Millennium award for the most healing show on the Fringe to George Wyllie and cast of ‘Bye, bye, blackbird’, 1999; 'The making of Ronnie Singh': outline of a feature film by Stuart Hepburn, 7 March 1996, typescript, 15, 11 pp; Sketches of a lamb, with manuscript captions, by George Wyllie, undated, 4 pp; Article on Sean Connery, 'The Herald' Magazine, 8 March 2003, press cutting.

Folder entitled 'Press: 2000-2002'

Album entitled 'ADDAGM (RH & Third Eye)'

Poster for Glasgow Group Christmas exhibition at John D Kelly Gallery, Glasgow, 6-27 December [1980].

Sketches, exhibition notes, correspondence, colour and black and white photographs of various sizes, poster, postcard, press cuttings, article about Neil Munro.

Cuttings books containing correspondence, press cuttings, invitations, exhibition catalogues and memorabilia.

Invitation to preview on 7 January 1981, press release, catalogue notes and posters for A Way with the Birds and other Scul?ture at Collins Exhibition Hall, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, 8-28 January 1981.

Still Life with Crocodile: two handwritten posters (slight differences), each signed by George Wyllie and dated 1981.

HH Church [Hand Hollow Foundation, New York, USA], September 1982, August 1983, July 1984, 44 colour transparencies; HH Temple of Fertility, March and July/August 1983, February/March and July 1984, February 1990, 104 colour transparencies; HH Fertility Eagle, 1983, 9 colour transparencies.

Project notes, sketches, correspondence, notes of meetings, colour and black and white photographs, various sizes, press cuttings, brochure on Clyde Waterfront Regeneration Strategy, July 2003, leaflet on Waterbus services, draft Crystal Ship Feasibility Study by Mott MacDonald, August 2003 and incomplete version, also synopsis, notes and photographs for Crystal Ship film.

Folder entitled 'Press: 01/[ ]'