Papers of H Forsyth Hardy, 1920-1994, film critic and director of films of Scotland, 1955-1975

Posthumous material, and papers collected by the Grierson Archive, including:

• Material relating to John Grierson: a Documentary Biography (published 1979) and other papers concerning Grierson, 1963-1991
• Material relating to H Forsyth Hardy's life and career, including correspondence relating to visit to US/Canada 1976
• Correspondence relating to Royal Scotland 1952-1953
• Miscellaneous reviews, notebook, press cuttings 1963-1972
• Papers relating to Films of Scotland, including committee reports, correspondence, press cuttings, publications (including Scotland on Screen souvenir programmes 1960-1983)1954-1988.
• Material relating to Edinburgh Film Guild, Film Societies, Edinburgh International Film Festival , including manuscript and typescript for Slightly Mad and Full of Dangers: The Story of the Edinburgh Film Festival (published 1992) 1929-1992
• Correspondence, articles, transcripts, programmes and press cuttings undated
• Material relating to Scottish Cinema, including correspondence, papers and manuscripts/typescripts relating to Scotland in Film (published 1990)1946-1990
• Articles, transcripts, press cuttings, scripts, reviews and publications undated
• Writings on the GPO Film Unit, including: correspondence, papers, articles and typescripts 1933-1940
• Obituaries undated
• General writings and broadcasts on cinema including publications 1945-1947
• Articles and reviews 1930s-1950s
• Broadcast transcripts and articles 1940s-1980s
• Scrapbooks 1930s-1940s
• Press cuttings 1929-1990
• Publications 1927-1982

H Forsyth Hardy (1910-1994 ) was born in Bathgate, West Lothian and educated at Bathgate Academy. He became the first film critic of the Scotsman in 1929 . He was one of the founders of the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1947 . After a period of 15 years in the Scottish Office working on film production, he became Director of Films of Scotland (1955 ) and over a period of 20 years raised the finance for 150 films. Following his retirement in 1975 , Hardy went on to write several texts on John Grierson (1898-1972 ) and Scottish film. He was an accomplished broadcaster and speaker and was appointed an OBE.

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Fonds level description compiled by H M Kemp and Alan Borthwick, Scottish Archive Network project, 10 May 2002.