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Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13289/1-109
Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...
Dates: 1951-2011.

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 Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13460/1-64
Content Description

Literary papers of Andrew Greig, circa 2000-2013, relating mainly to the following works: `Getting Higher`, `At the Loch of the Green Corrie`, `As Though We Were Flying`, `Found at Sea`, `Fair Helen`.

Dates: circa 2000-2013.

Literary papers of R B Cunninghame Graham.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9237
Dates: circa 1915-circa 1936.

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.

Literary papers of Stewart Conn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12098/1-57
Scope and Contents Literary papers, 1961-1999, of Stewart Conn (b. 1936), a poet and playwright who was for many years a drama producer for BBC Radio Scotland. These papers includes correspondence, typescripts and a small number of manuscript drafts of poetry, and scripts of plays and adaptations for stage, radio and television.Many of the scripts in this collection have never been published, but it includes manuscripts and typescripts relating to the following published works: 'The Chinese tower'...
Dates: 1961-2005.

Literary papers of the poet and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27446-27464
Scope and Contents

Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.

Dates: 1953-1981, undated.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Something leather', by Alasdair Gray, with proofs, illustrations and related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10371/1-32
Scope and Contents Includes nine manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel, drafts of individual chapters, and related notes, correspondence and illustrations. Post-publication material includes copies of the US hardback edition, revised paperback edition, and cuttings of UK press coverage of the book.Alasdair Gray's descriptions have been retained in the scope and contents notes for each file, and include insights into his working process, comments on how the novel progressed, and how...
Dates: 1968-1991.

Manuscript drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11203/1-12
Scope and Contents

Drafts, proofs and some source materials and correspondence for 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

Alasdair Gray's own manuscript drafts are accompanied by typescript transcriptions produced by his typist Scott Pearson, which are then in turn heavily annotated and corrected by Gray. These annotations then inform the next set of manuscript drafts, giving a unique insight into how the book developed and grew.

Dates: 1967, 1985, 1993-1994.

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.

Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of works of Kenneth White, including related correspondence and notes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10613/1-48
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, short stories, autobiography and travel works.

Dates: 1963-1992, undated.

Microfilm of correspondence, 1726-1800, lecture notes, 1787, and an early manuscript draft, [?1767], of ‘Case for the respondents', which concerns the Douglas Cause.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.763
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Correspondence, 1726-1800, of and collected by the Very Reverend John Lee (MS.3431, folios 225-226);

Early manuscript draft, [?1767], of the ‘Case for the respondents', in which the full Hamilton case in the Douglas Cause was set out in detail, written by Professor Hugh Blair (MS.5356, folios 59-122);

Notes, 1787, of a series of lectures on rhetoric (MS.9974).

Dates: 1726-1800.

Microfilm of letters and other papers of George Combe (1788-1858), lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.968
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Drafts of letters, 1820-1834 (MS.7377);Letter copy book, 1824-1837, used while in England and Germany (MS.7394);Letter copy book, 1841-1844, used while in Germany and Edinburgh (MS.7398);Phrenological notebook, [circa 1810] (MS.7401);Diary, 1811-1815 (MS.7402);Papers, 1805-1845 (MS.7436, folios 70-76).The dates are taken from the records for the original documents and might not be the...
Dates: 1805-1845.

Microfilm of letters and papers of Charles Robert Cockerell, relating to the National Monument of Scotland on the Calton Hill, Edinburgh.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1373
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Memoranda and drafts or copies of some letters of Charles Robert Cockerell, together with letters or copies of letters of various correspondents, 1822-1829 (MS.638);

Memorandum, 1823, by Charles Robert Cockerell on the principles of Greek architecture, with reference to the adoption of the Parthenon as the model of the National Monument (MS.639).

Dates: 1822-1829.

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Drafts. Documents. 201
Correspondence. 110
Letters. Correspondence. 98
Manuscripts. 56
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Notes. 49
Poetry. 47
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 35
Photographs. 23
Notebooks. 20
Articles. 19
Lists. 19
Speeches. Documents. 17
Diaries. 16
Photocopies. 15
Accounts. 14
Novels. 14
Reports. 14
Lectures. 13
Memorandums. 13
Proofs. printed matter 13
Legal documents. 12
Microfilms. 12
Histories. 11
Printed materials. Object genre. 11
Biographies. 10
Documents. 10
Minutes. Administrative records. 10
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Language
English 123
Undetermined 77
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
Multiple languages 3
Scots 3
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 6
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
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Gairm Publications 2
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 2
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 2
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 2
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Akros, literary magazine 1
Argyll Publishing (Glendaruel) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Ballantyne, Alexander Thomson, printer, 1776-1847 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Ballantyne, John, artist, 1815-1897 1
Berlioz, Louis-Hector, composer, 1803-1869 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Brewster, Sir David, Knight, natural philosopher and academic administrator, 1781–1868 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902: recipient 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet, author) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Byres, James, of Tonley, antiquary and architect, 1734-1817 1
Cadell, Thomas, publisher, the Younger, 1773-1836 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885: collector 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Cunningham, Ian Campbell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland, b 1938 1
Curtler, Gerald, protector of animals, 1909-1976 1
Curtler, Gerald, protector of animals, 1909-1976: recipient 1
Dalrymple, Sir Hew Whitefoord, 1st Baronet, General, 1750-1830 1
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649 1
Drummond, William, of Hawthornden, poet, 1585-1649: recipient 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Edward VIII, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1894–1972 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Fawcett, Benjamin, engraver and colour printer, 1808-1893 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
George V, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1865-1936 1
George VI, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1895-1952 1
Gilfillan, Robert, poet, 1798-1850 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Gollancz, Sir Victor, Knight, publisher, 1893-1967 1
Goodier, Rawdon, biologist and mountaineer, b 1931 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, D A, correspondent of Sir Compton Mackenzie, author, fl 1969: recipient 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Grange, Richard Manisty Demain, author of "A Short History of the Scottish Dress", fl 1967-1970 1
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Harvie, Christopher Thomas, Professor of British and Irish Studies, University of Tübingen, b 1944 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994: recipient 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Herald, James Watterson, painter, 1859-1914 1
Hess, Rudolf Walter Richard, deputy of Adolf Hitler, 1894-1987 1
Hewson, Andrew, literary agent, fl. 1981-2016 1
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 1
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 1
Home, John (minister, soldier and author) 1
Hopkinson, Cecil, music bibliographer and bookseller, 1898-1977 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, 1943-2015 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Jarvie, Gordon, writer and editor, b.1941. 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873: recipient 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
MacCormick, Margaret (wife of John MacCormick, née Miller) 1
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