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Carmichael and Gordon papers.

 File
Identifier: MS.109
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) 'The nativite of bairnis' of William, 7th Lord Forbes, and his wife Elizabeth Keith, being the names and dates of birth of their sixteen children (folio 1);(ii) Orders issued by Colonel Robert Montgomerie protecting Robert Gordon of Straloch and exempting him from any 'monthly maintenance' in accordance with the decision of the Estates of Parliament, 1649 (folio 2);(iii) Letter of Robert Gordon of Straloch to the Marquess of...
Dates: 1649-1779, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence and papers of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.349
Dates: 1896-1938, and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: circa 1916-2006.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Literary and personal papers of Ronald Frame.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13654
Dates: Circa 1960-2014.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Literary manuscripts, correspondence and related papers of Jessie Kesson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13722
Dates: Circa 1946-1994.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Literary papers and correspondence of Doug Johnstone.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13300
Scope and Contents

Literary papers and e-mail correspondence, 2008-2011, of Doug Johnstone, mainly relating to "Smokeheads" (London: Faber and Faber, 2011) and "Hit and Run" (London: Faber and Faber, 2012).

Dates: 2008-2011.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Literary papers of Ruth Thomas.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13389
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, c.1990-2012, of Ruth Thomas comprising digital archive, print-outs, notebooks and business correspondence.

Dates: c. 1990-2012.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Literary, personal and political papers of James Kelman, with digital archive.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13471
Dates: circa 1970-2012.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true' and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', by Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence and source materials.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10749/1-89
Scope and Contents Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true', and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', along with finished copies of all three books. There are some files of correspondence concerning the publication of 'Poor things' and 'Ten tales tall and true', as well as some material concerning 'Something leather'.Most files have an A4 sheet inserted at the beginning by Alasdair Gray with a brief summary of the file's...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1896, 1972-1993.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.

Dates: 1933-1961, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10529
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and short stories, undated, and 180 letters, 1979-1990, to Bold on literary matters, including his "MacDiamrid; a Critical Biography".

Dates: 1979-1990 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9887
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, theatre programmes and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, films and short stories.

Dates: 1928-1951.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Moultrie R Kelsall.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7716/1-328
Scope and Contents

Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.

Dates: 1931-1977.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Robert Kemp.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7622
Scope and Contents

Including diaires, accounts, photographs and typesripts of plays, novels, short stories, addresses, broadcast talks and documentaries.

With letters of, among others, James Bridie and Cedric Thorpe Davie.

Dates: circa 1920-1967.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Robert Kemp, including typescripts of plays, novels, short stories, addresses, broadcast talks and documentaries; correspondence, including letters from James Bridie and Cedric Thorpe Davie; diaries, accounts, press cuttings and photographs.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.294- is now Acc.7622.
Dates: Circa 1920-1967.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
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Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 1
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
Thomas, Ruth, writer, b. 1967 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
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