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Papers of the poet and South African civil servant, Charles Murray (1864-1941).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27256-27285
Scope and Contents

Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.

Dates: 1866-1969, undated.

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.

Typecripts, undated, of short stories, one with an African theme of Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10840
Scope and Contents

Includes:

"Housing Diary", Glasgow, 1934

letter, 1964, of Marion Campbell

verse, undated, including some of Stephen Spender.

Dates: 1934-1964 and undated.

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Typescripts. 38
Correspondence. 36
Poetry. 31
Manuscripts. 24
Novels. 23
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English 51
Undetermined 4
 
Names
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 3
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 2
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Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Scotia Review, literary journal 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
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 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
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
Guthrie, John, Chief Medical Officer, Kuwait Oil Company, composer, 1913-1986 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
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 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
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
Perryman, Kevin Alan, Editor of "Babel", b 1950 1
Placzek, Joyce (author, née Anstruther, then Maxtone Graham, also known as Jan Struther.) 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
Rush, Christopher, author, b. 1944. 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 1
Thomas, Ruth, writer, b. 1967 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Williamson, Crieff, author, b 1915 1
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