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Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates: 1988-2003.

Editorial correspondence and papers of Derick S Thomson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11418
Scope and Contents

Papers concern Thomson`s "Companion to Gaelic Scotland" and "Gairm" magazine

Dates: circa 1952-1992.

Galley proofs of "A Symposium on the After War Religion", unpublished work edited by Denis Saurat, and including an essay of Hugh MacDiarmid.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9410
Scope and Contents

With five letters to Robert S Silver, three from Saurat and one each from MacDiarmid and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1946-1952.

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.511-518
Scope and Contents

There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.

Dates: 1821-1870, undated.

Letters to and papers collected by James Greig (1861-1941), art critic of the ‘Morning Post’.

 File
Identifier: MS.9809
Scope and Contents Most of the material concerns the artists Walter Richard Sickert and James McBey. The contents are as follows:(i) Correspondence, 1910-1932, undated, chiefly concerning McBey's paintings and etchings, but including a few letters of Sickert (folio 1);(ii) Printed and manuscript articles by Sickert, 1912-1932, undated, most of which have been reprinted in ‘A free house! ... the writings of Walter Richard Sickert’, edited by Osbert Sitwell (London, 1947)...
Dates: 1910-1935, undated.

Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1937-2001, undated.

Literary, artistic and personal correspondence and papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14602/1-431
Scope and Contents At the heart of this archive are the contents of the two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray’s study, and which have been catalogued here in their original filing order. These contain correspondence and papers relating to Alasdair Gray’s literary and artistic endeavours, as well as extensive personal correspondence and research materials.The most recent sections of the archive mainly relate to his last great work, his ‘paraphrasing’ of Dante’s ‘Divine comedy’, published by...
Dates: 1885-2019, undated.

Literary papers, a political notebook and letters of Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Politician and Author [1845-1937]. With three letters to Gavin Maxwell.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13262
Scope and Contents

The main interest of the papers lies in the manuscripts and proofs of some of Sir Herbert’s many literary works including `Robert the Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence`, 1897, `The Chevalier of the Splendid Crest`, 1900, `A Century of Empire, 1801-1900`, 1909, `Inter-alia : A Scottish Calendar of Crime and other historical essays`, 1924, and `Evening Memories`, 1932.

Dates: 1884-1937, 1945, undated

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 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 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.

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Correspondence. 75
Proofs. printed matter 58
Typescripts. 46
Manuscripts. 39
Proofs. Printed matter. 38
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Letters. Correspondence. 34
Poetry. 29
Drafts. Documents. 28
Articles. 21
Notes. 21
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 19
Photographs. 13
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 10
Novels. 10
Notebooks. 9
Reviews. Document genre 9
Essays. 8
Illustrations. Layout features. 8
Short stories. 7
Copies. Derivative objects. 6
Biographies. 5
Financial records. 5
Histories. 5
Microfilms. 5
Minutes. Administrative records. 5
Pamphlets. 5
Slides. Photographs. 5
Speeches. Documents. 5
Translations. Documents. 5
Accounts. 4
Annotations. 4
Audiocassettes. 4
Diaries. 4
Drawings. Visual works. 4
Fragments. 4
Legal documents. 4
Memorandums. 4
Photocopies. 4
Plays. 4
Research notes. 4
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 3
Criticism. 3
Documents. 3
Lectures. 3
Lists. 3
Literature (writings). 3
Minute books. 3
Page proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 3
Personal papers. 3
Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Reports. 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Scripts. Documents. 3
Administrative records. 2
Autobiographies. 2
Cashbooks. 2
Family papers. 2
Floppy disks. Magnetic disks. 2
Instructions. Document genre. 2
Inventories. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Lecture notes. 2
Magazines. periodicals. 2
Offprints. 2
Parliamentary papers. 2
Postcards. 2
Prefaces. 2
Prints. Visual works. 2
Professional papers. 2
Proofs. printed matter. 2
Publishers and publishing. 2
Sketches 2
Sketches. 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Transcripts 2
Transcripts. 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Account books. 1
Albums. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Bibles. 1
Book industries and trade 1
Bookplates. 1
Business records. 1
Calculations. 1
Caricatures. 1
Cartoons. Humourous images. 1
Catalogues. 1
Certificates 1
Certificates. 1
Charts. Graphic documents. 1
Christmas cards. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Compact discs. 1
DVDs. 1
Dedications. Documents. 1
Detached leaves. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Digital audio tapes. 1
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Language
English 81
Undetermined 24
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 6
Multiple languages 3
French 1
 
Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 9
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 5
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 4
Akros, literary magazine 3
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 3
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Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 2
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 2
Thomson, Derick Smith, Emeritus Professor of Celtic, University of Glasgow, 1921-2012 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Aitken, James, correspondent of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, fl 1839: recipient 1
Aitken, Margaret Carlyle, niece of Thomas Carlyle, essayist and historian, d 1932 1
Akros Publications 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Arthur, Sir George Compton Archibald, 3rd Baronet, Private Secretary to Earl Kitchener, 1860-1946 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Campbell, John Lorne, scholar of Scottish Gaelic folklore, 1906-1996 1
Canongate Books (publishers, Edinburgh) 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Cunningham, Ian Campbell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland, b 1938 1
Daiches, David, literary critic and scholar, 1912-2005 1
Davenport, John, writer, fl 1954-1957 1
Davis, Albert C, British Council Representative in Scotland, 1910-1992 1
Douglas, George Norman, travel writer, 1868-1952 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Drummond, Andrew Alastair Landale, Minister of Eadie, Alva, d 1966 1
Dunlop, William, playwright, b 1951 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Empson, Sir William, Knight, poet and literary critic, 1906-1984 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, Duncan, author and publisher, 1905-1977 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980: recipient 1
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 1
Galliard Publishing Ltd 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008: recipient 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Harvie-Brown, John Alexander, naturalist, 1844–1916 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994: recipient 1
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Hess, Rudolf Walter Richard, deputy of Adolf Hitler, 1894-1987 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kitchener, Horatio Herbert, Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, 1850-1916 1
Lallans, Scots language literary magazine 1
Lister, Michael, author, b 1962 1
Lorimer, Robert Lewis Campbell, publisher, 1918-1996 1
Lorimer, William Laughton, Professor of Greek, University of St Andrews, 1885-1967 1
MacDonald, George, poet and novelist, 1824-1905 1
MacDonald, Greville, writer, 1856-1944 1
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn (political scientist and politician) 1
Matheson, Angus, 1912-1962 (Professor of Celtic Languages and Literatures, University of Glasgow) 1
Matheson, William, Reader Emeritus in Celtic, University of Edinburgh, 1910-1995 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McAlpine, Morag (librarian) (1946-2014) 1
McGregor, Sheila, author of "The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle knitting", fl 1973-2003 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Morison, Stanley, typographer, 1889-1967 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 1
Morrison, Hew, 1850-1935 (Librarian, Edinburgh Public Library, Gaelic scholar) 1
Muir, Percival Horace, antiquarian bookseller, 1894-1979 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Parker, Agnes Miller, wood engraver and book illustrator, 1895-1980 1
Pont, Timothy, topographer, fl 1574–1611 1
R and R Clark Limited, Edinburgh, printers 1
Rae, Gilbert, poet, 1875-1955: recipient 1
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003 1
Royle, Trevor Bridge (broadcaster and author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) (b 1945) 1
Saltire Society 1
Sanderson, John, collector, d 1986: collector 1
Saunders, Robert Crombie, poet and Editor, 1914-1991. 1
Saurat, Denis, writer, 1890-1958 1
Scotia Review, literary journal 1
Scottish Literary Journal 1
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 1
Silver, Robert Simpson (James Watt Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Glasgow) 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
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