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Collapse MS 3407 - Helena Mennie Shire, literary scholar: papersMS 3407 - Helena Mennie Shire, literary scholar: papers
Expand 1 - Personal papers1 - Personal papers
2 - Correspondence
Expand 3 - Papers relating to Helena Mennie Shire's academic career3 - Papers relating to Helena Mennie Shire's academic career
Expand 4 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's teaching career at Cambridge4 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's teaching career at Cambridge
Expand 5 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's published works5 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's published works
Collapse 6 - Papers relating to broadcasts, musical presentations, lectures, and conference papers of Helena Mennie Shire6 - Papers relating to broadcasts, musical presentations, lectures, and conference papers of Helena Mennie Shire
Collapse 1 - Papers relating to radio broadcasts and recordings which Helena Mennie Shire compiled or was involved in1 - Papers relating to radio broadcasts and recordings which Helena Mennie Shire compiled or was involved in
1 - Typescripts and notes for '(Finding) the lost songs of Scotland' - a radio talk for the Third Programme, on the literary importance of the Panmure song book, given by Helena Mennie Shire on 28 Jul 1954
2 - Typescript and notes for 'Of the Nativitie of Christ', a programme of Christmas music, poetry and prose of Renaissance Scotland devised by Helena Mennie Shire, including preview from "Radio Times", 17 Dec 1954
3 - Typescripts and notes for 'Scots Songs Discovered', a series of three radio programmes on Scottish song for the Third Programme, broadcast 1956, written and read by Helena Mennie Shire and David Daiches. Includes copy of programme of features on the Third Programme for 1 Apr 1956 - 30 Jun 1956, mentioning Helena Mennie Shires's feature.
4 - Miscellaneous papers and notes relating to broadcasts and talks given by Helena Mennie Shire on the subject of a Scottish song between 1854-56. Includes ms of first two talks on 'Scots Songs Discovered', unidentified typescript of miscellany of Scots song and prose, ancient and modern, probably from a broadcast, and cutting from unidentified newspaper, previewing an arrangement of song and prose on the history of the Dee by Helena Mennie Shire, (1955)
5 - Correspondence to Helena Mennie Shire relating to her radio broadcasts on Scots song given between 1954-56, and related research
6 - Correspondence of Helena Mennie Shire to Harold Thomson with a proposal for a broadcast of Scottish poetry and song celebrating the 'auld alliance' between Scotland and France, with an outline of proposed programme (closed)
7 - Draft letter from Helena Mennie Shire to Head of Religious Broadcasting in Scotland proposing programme on the subject of early scottish 'dream-poems', including 'The Kingis Quair', Orpheus and Eurydice' and others. (Closed)
8 - Letter Kenneth Elliot to Helena Mennie Shire concerning recording of disc no 1 in the series 'A History of Scottish music' with the King's Singer's, with a note of programme contents attached (closed).
Expand 9 - Papers relating to Scotsoun cassette recording of selected works by Alexander Montgomerie, compiled by Helena Mennie Shire, launched at 3rd international Conference of Scottish Language and Literature at Stirling, 1981. includes notes for the commentary written and performed by Helena Mennie Shire.9 - Papers relating to Scotsoun cassette recording of selected works by Alexander Montgomerie, compiled by Helena Mennie Shire, launched at 3rd international Conference of Scottish Language and Literature at Stirling, 1981. includes notes for the commentary written and performed by Helena Mennie Shire.
Expand 2 - Papers relating to musical presentations and concerts of Scottish poetry/song involving Helena Mennie Shire2 - Papers relating to musical presentations and concerts of Scottish poetry/song involving Helena Mennie Shire
Expand 3 - Papers relating to lectures given by Helena Mennie Shire to groups and societies, mainly Musica Scotica3 - Papers relating to lectures given by Helena Mennie Shire to groups and societies, mainly Musica Scotica
Expand 4 - Materials relating to conference Helena Mennie Shire attended and papers she presented4 - Materials relating to conference Helena Mennie Shire attended and papers she presented
Expand 7 - Miscellaneous research papers7 - Miscellaneous research papers
Expand 8 - Material presented to Helena Mennie Shire by colleagues and friends8 - Material presented to Helena Mennie Shire by colleagues and friends
Expand 9 - Miscellaneous material9 - Miscellaneous material

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