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Literary papers of Norman Malcolm Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11876
Scope and Contents

Includes playscripts, a heavily corrected typescript of an historical novel "The Eternal Surge", correspondence and reviews.

Dates: 1974-1999.

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.

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.

Manuscript of "No one to worry us", a novel by Tony Strachan.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12954
Scope and Contents

With a related letter of Rebecca West.

Dates: 1947-1949.

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, proofs and correspondence relating to 'Old men in love', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12899/1-38
Scope and Contents These working papers for 'Old men in love', the final novel of Alasdair Gray, reflect the book's journey from three plays written by Gray for stage and television in the 1970s to their reworking some thirty years later into the fictional John Tunnock's unfinished novels. The novel changed title several times throughout its development, and descriptions of material have been provided based on the title used in that draft.The set of twenty bound typescripts highlight Alasdair...
Dates: 1975-2007.

Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents

The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.

The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.

Dates: ?19th century-[?1921].

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 Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of Allan Campbell McLean.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12134
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, typescripts of novels, correspondence and financial papers.

Dates: 1960-1989.

Papers of and concerning Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10282/1-69
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of plays, novels and poems, with over 500 letters of and to various correspondents.

Dates: 1916-1977.

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 Annie S Swan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6003
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts of novels and plays, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1881-1943.

Papers of Emma Tennant.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9870
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, drafts and corrected typescripts of novels.

With some correspondence, 1978-1987, including letters of Stephen Spender, Ted Hughes and Liz Lochhead.

Dates: circa 1970-1988.

Papers of George Friel.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8797
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, together with associated correspondence.

Dates: 1932-1974.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

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.

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Language
English 62
Undetermined 4
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 2
 
Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 6
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 3
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 3
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
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Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
Mackay, Colin, poet, 1951-2003 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Thomson, David, author of "Nairn in Darkness and Light", 1914-1988 2
Andrews, Cicily Isabel, Dame, author, née Fairfield, pseudonym 'Rebecca West', 1892-1983 1
Beith, John Hay, writer, pseudonym Ian Hay, 1876–1952 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 1
Caimbeul, Aonghas Phàdruig (poet and writer) 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Erskine, Charles, of Shielfield, Sheriff Substitute for Selkirkshire, 1771-1825 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Graham, Angus, forester and architectural historian, 1892-1980 1
Grant, Betty (friend and correspondent of George Mackay Brown) (fl. 1967-1996) 1
Grant, Peter (friend and correspondent of George Mackay Brown) (fl. 1967-1996) 1
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
Lochhead, Marion Cleland, journalist, editor and author, 1902-1985 1
MacDonald, Mary, née Doyle, wife of Thomas Joseph Douglas MacDonald, author , 1911-1999: recipient 1
Macdonald, Norman Malcolm, writer and dramatist, 1927-2000 1
MacilleDhuibh, Raghnall, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Celtic Department, University of Edinburgh, b 1946 1
Mair, Henry, Founder of the Scottish Open Poetry Cup Competition, b 1945 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McLean, Allan Campbell, novelist, 1922-1989 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Murison, David D, lexicographer, 1914-1997 1
Pound, Ezra Loomis, poet, 1885-1972 1
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 1
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926 1
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926: recipient 1
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 1
Rush, Christopher, author, b. 1944. 1
Scott, Margaret Heather, wife of Tom, poet and editor, née Fretwell, b ? 1934: recipient 1
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 1
Smith, Annie Shepherd Burnett, novelist, pseudonym "David Lyall", née Swan, 1859-1943 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 1
Stanford, Derek, poet and critic, 1918-2008 1
Strachan, Tony, novelist and editor, correspondent of Muriel Spark, fl 1947-2010 1
Tennant, Emma Christina, novelist, b 1937 1
Tennant, Emma Christina, novelist, b 1937: recipient 1
Thomas, Ruth, writer, b. 1967 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
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