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115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.

Dates: 1934-1978.

Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11993
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts of novels, short stories and non-fiction, research notes, lectures and reviews.

Dates: 1958-2000.

Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 1945], undated.

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.

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.

Literary papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.

Dates: 1950-1994.

Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12351
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.

Dates: circa 1945-2003.

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.

Organisational correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of short stories of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12108/1-4
Scope and Contents

Two files of correspondence of Alasdair Gray with the National Library of Scotland and the University of St Andrews, and some typescripts and manuscripts including short stories from 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1985-2001.

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.

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.

Papers of Alan Bold, David Morrison, and Tom Scott.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6329/1-9
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, articles and essays.

With letters of Alan Bold and Tom Scott to David Morrison, on literary matters.



Dates: 1972-1974 and undated.

Papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10532
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Papers of David M Black.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8864
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, articles, reviews lectures, with associated correspondence.

Dates: circa 1958-1980.

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.

Papers of Katherine Cecil Thurston.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11378
Scope and Contents

Includes literary and personal correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories and plays, and photographs.

Dates: 1903-1911.

Papers of Muriel Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12082
Scope and Contents

Includes research material, manuscript and typescript of the novel, "Aiding and Abetting", manuscripts of short stories, and correspondence files, 1997-2000.

Dates: 1932-2001.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10360
Scope and Contents

Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.

Dates: 1933-1990.

Papers of Richard J McLeish.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9576
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems and short stories, and also two letters of Neil Gunn, on literary matters.

Dates: 1913-1962.

Papers of Wendy Wood.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9915
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, memoirs, short stories and articles.

Dates: circa 1930-1980.

Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13911/1-3
Scope and Contents

A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.

Dates: 1946-1995, undated.

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Typescripts. 21
Correspondence. 17
Poetry. 13
Novels. 12
Articles. 7
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English 23
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Names
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 2
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
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Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965: recipient 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 1
Perryman, Kevin Alan, Editor of "Babel", b 1950 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993: recipient 1
Reid, James Macarthur, author and journalist, pseudonym Colin Walkinshaw, 1900-1970 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
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