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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 James B Caird.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.
Dates:
1931-1989.
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 Joseph Chiari.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13331
Scope and Contents
Literary papers, circa 1937-1989, of Joseph Chiari; includes manuscripts of poetry, prose, plays and non-fiction work, with some correspondence.
Dates:
Circa 1937-1989.
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 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.
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 Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12937
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, articles and plays, and radio scripts, with some related correspondence.
Dates:
1938-1964.
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.
Literary papers of the poet Bessie MacArthur (1889-1983).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27426-27429
Dates:
1914-1975, undated.
Literary papers of Thomas Sturdy Law (1916-1997), comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, and correspondence and papers relating to literary matters, Scottish socialism, and the Scots language.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13225
Scope and Contents
Thomas Sturdy Law, though one of the lesser-known 20th century Scottish poets, is an interesting figure. From a mining background and largely self-educated, he worked almost exclusively in Scots throughout his long and prolific writing life, which co-existed with his career as a technical writer. His poems were published in many periodicals and latterly under his own imprint, Fingerpost Publicatiouns. Law was championed at various times by Christopher Grieve, Douglas Young, Hamish Henderson,...
Dates:
1943-1997.
Literary papers of Tom Bryan.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13566
Scope and Contents
Tom Bryan (1950- ) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, but has long been resident in Scotland, his mother’s country. A widely-published and broadcast poet and writer, he has published six collections of poetry, three non-fiction books, two collections of short stories and a novel. Tom Bryan has held a number of residencies and Royal Literary Fellowships, and was the sixth Brownsbank Writing Fellow. He co-edited `Northwords` magazine, founded `The Eildon Tree` and has edited other literary...
Dates:
Circa 1981-2014.
Literary papers of Tom Pow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12233/1-87
Scope and Contents
Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates:
1969-2003.
Manuscript and typescript fair copies of approximately 200 poems, circa 1967-1974, by Eric Rayne Mackinnon, many of which are unpublished. With letters, 1967-1974 and undated, to Robert Leslie Cockburn Hunter.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13210
Scope and Contents
Eric Rayne Mackinnon spent much of his adult life in mental hospitals, including the Royal Edinburgh and Carstairs State Hospital. But his gift for poetry, his love of music and of nature, and his Christianity, enabled him to overcome the circumstances of his illness and produce a remarkable body of work. He counted several poets among his friends – Kathleen Raine was a particular admirer and champion. Mackinnon published a number of small collections, including The Spark of Joy, (1970), The...
Dates:
1967-1974.
Manuscript containing the letter of Prester John, and other works.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.1.41
Scope and Contents
Originally 2 separate manuscripts: (a) folios 1 and 16, (b) folios 2-15. Part (a), a bifolium, is by a single anonymous hand, origin and date unknown. John Mackenzie, secretary of the Highland Society of London described part (a) as “A small Octavo Vellum Manuscript in Prose, containing two Leaves, signed, London Janry. 5th. 1803 John Mackenzie”. (Highland Society of Scotland minutes.) Part (b) was written by several hands, one text to each. The main text, the Letter...
Dates:
(?)15th century-17th century.
Manuscript material of David Livingstone, additional to MSS.10707-10756: Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
Series
Identifier: MSS.20314-20316
Dates:
1849-1873.
Manuscript notes and writings of George Mackay Brown, including journal entries, lists, drafts of a short story, review, and poems.
File
Identifier: Acc.13910
Scope and Contents
Assorted fragments of manuscript writing, including:A list of essays by George Mackay Brown for a proposed collection, 'drawn up with Brian Murray 23 November 1992'.A letter, 1993, from Celtic Cross Press concerning a review for 'A girdle round the moon', by Christopher J Moore, with notes of George Mackay Brown concerning the book written on the envelope.A manuscript draft, Christmas Eve 1981, of a story beginning 'The yellow dynasty it was called'....
Dates:
1979-1992, undated.
Manuscript of a poem of John Caulfield, "The Triumph of Love".
File
Identifier: Acc.8046
Scope and Contents
With a letter of Thomas Blacklock to Caulfield.
Dates:
circa 1774.
Manuscript of `The Life and Tragedy of the roiall Lady Mary, late Queene of Scotts. Together with the speeches and accidents at her Execution in Fotheringham Castell the 8th day of February 1586`.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.3
Scope and Contents
The poem is preceded by a dedicatory letter from John Woodward to James Douglas, `one of his Majesties Secretaries for Scottland` (folio 2). Dr Lohmann attributes the authorship of the poem to Woodward, but it is probable that his name is included because he had the manuscript copied for presentation. Adv.MS.33.7.14 contains a similar dedication by him. Dr Lohmann identifies Douglas as Sir James Douglas of Spott, but he may have been the youngest brother of Archibald Douglas of Whittinghame...
Dates:
17th century.
Manuscripts and corrected typescripts of 90 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8983
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence.
Dates:
1981-1984 and undated.