Annuals and Romance Digests

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  • Reference
    • GB 254 MS 423/2
  • Dates of Creation
    • c. 1956-1980
  • Physical Description
    • 1 Box

Scope and Content

1/ Boys Will Be Boys, new and revised edition (1957), cover damaged 2/ The Beezer Book for Boys and Girls (1960 annual) writing on inside cover 3/ Beryl the Peril (1961 annual) writing on inside cover 4/ Beryl the Peril (1963 annual) 5/ Beryl the Peril (1965 annual) writing on inside cover 6/ The Buster Book of Gags! (1970) 7/ COR!! Comic Annual (1984) writing on inside cover 8/ Monster Book for Boys (1957) writing on inside cover 9/ The Rover Book for Boys (1956) 10/ Shiver and Shake Annual (1979) 11/ Smash Annual (1970) writing on inside 12/ Smash Fun Book (1971) writing on inside and back cover 13/The Sparky Book 1967 For Boys and Girls (1967) 14/ The Sparky Book 1968 For Boys and Girls (1968) 15/ The Sparky Book 1969 for Boys and Girls (1969) 16/ The Sparky Book for Boys and Girls (1970) 17/ Stories of Pluck (ND) 18/ Uncle Mac's Children's Hour Story Book (1952) writing on inside cover 19/ Wham! Annual (1968) 20/ Wham! Annual (1969) 21/ Blue Rosette Romances, No 10, Sweet Deceiver (ND) 22/ Blue Rosette Romances, No 14, A Girl in Danger (ND) 23/ Blue Rosette Romances, No 15, When Love Flames (ND) 24/ Blue Rosette Romances, No. 46, Kiss from a Stranger (ND) 25/ Blue Rosette Romances, No. 47, Holiday Paradise (ND) 26/ Blue Rosette Romances, No. 48, Strangers No Longer (ND) 27/ Commando, No. 4547, The Pigeon Patrol (2012) 28/ Dandy, Comic Library No. 211, Puss 'n' Boots in Pigs Can Fly (1992) 29/ Dandy, Comic Library No. 248, Puss 'n' Boots in "The Good Old 'Daze'!" (1993) 30/ Love & Life Library, No. 29, The Bad in Her (ND) 31/ Love & Life Library, No. 53, The Man from Hollywood (ND) 32/ Love & Life Library, No. 54 Dark Lover (ND) 33/ Love & Life Library, No. 63, Dangerous Moonlight (ND) 34/ Love & Life Library, No. 64, Latin Lover (ND) 35/ Love & Life Library, No. 65, Runaway Blonde (ND) 36/ Love & Life Library, No. 66, The Girl From Cheyenne (ND) 37/ Silver Moon Romances, No. 48, Strangers in the Dark (ND)

Arrangement

There are 37 books total in this box. This box contains 20 books and comics annuals from publishers including Collins, DC Thomson, and Dean & Son. There are also 17 smaller digest comics from DC Thomson which are numbered and arranged after the larger books. The romance digests do not have dates and the information is not available online. The digests may need to be stored separately in sleeves to protect them.

Access Information

Open for consultation subject to preservation requirements. Access must also conform to the restrictions of the Data Protection Act (2018), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2018) and any other relevant legislation or restrictions. Clinical information is closed for 100 years.

Acquisition Information

Given to Professor Chris Murray to be donated to the University Archives

Archivist's Note

Description compiled by Hailey Austin

Conditions Governing Use

Reproduction is available subject to preservation requirements. Charges may be made for this service, and copyright and other restrictions may apply; please check with the Duty Archivist.

Custodial History

They were donated by Morris Heggie who was an editor at DC Thomson as well as a writer of Oor Wullie and The Broons.

Accruals

Not expected

Additional Information

Published