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Manuscript and typescripts of novels and short stories by Eona Macnicol.

 File
Identifier: MS.19706
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript with manuscript corrections of the novel ‘Colum of Derry’, 1954, dated 1946 by the author, Eona Mcnicol (Folio 1.) (ii) Three pages of corrected typescript of ‘Lamp in the night wind’, 1957. (Folio 128.) (iii) Corrected typescript, being the second draft of 'Grey boy', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, volume 301 (1967), pages 537-547. The last page is missing. (Folio 132.) (iv) Final typescript and broadcast script of 'A night of rain, 1968....
Dates: 1946-[1969, or before.]

Manuscript drafts and corrected typescript of novel of Nigel Tranter, "Past Master".

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6303/1-5
Dates: Majority of material found within [Before 1965.], 1973

Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of Naomi Mitchison, "You May Well Ask".

 File
Identifier: Acc.7219
Scope and Contents

Being a volume of autobiography covering the years 1918-1940.

Dates: 1978.

Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of poems of Alan Jackson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6053/1-33
Scope and Contents

Poems and notebooks of Alan Jackson, Edinburgh poet, some of them used in his book 'Underwater wedding' and 'Salutations'.

Dates: 1955-1968, undated.

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 drafts of and concerning George Douglas Brown.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8171-8180
Scope and Contents

Many of the drafts are early compositions, but they include all that apparently now exists of 'The House with the Green Shutters', published in 1901 (MSS.8171-8172), and two items not by George Douglas Brown (MS.8178).

MSS.8171-8176 are written in school notebooks.

Dates: [1896, or before-?1901, ?1923.]

Manuscripts and typescript drafts of George Davie, "The Crisis of the Democratic Intellect".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9287
Scope and Contents

With manuscript drafts of part of the work.

Dates: 1986.

Manuscripts and typescripts of fifty poems of Robert Alan Jamieson, with a prose article on Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10781/1-2
Scope and Contents These manuscripts and typescripts represent Robert Alan Jamieson's work in this medium since the publication of his last volume of poems in 1986. They are intended for inclusion in a forthcoming collection, but have been compared with the published versions which have already appeared in periodicals, where this has been possible. As the collection itself has not yet been published, the main assessment of then has been a comparison between the various manuscript and typescript versions of...
Dates: Circa 1989-1993.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by George MacBeth (1932-1992).

 File
Identifier: MS.26940
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'The Silver Needle' (folio 1). The poem was published in ‘Ambit 30’ (1966/1967), pages 22-26, and ‘New Worlds SF’, 1, number 170 (1967), pages 77-83. (ii) Manuscripts, two typescript drafts with manuscript corrections, and a carbon typescript of the final version of ‘Lusus: a verse lecture’ (London, 1972) (folio 24).

Dates: [1966, or before]-[1972, or before.]

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 and typescripts, undated, of translations of poetry and prose by George S Fraser.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11406
Scope and Contents

Includes related correspondence, 1965-1986, and an undated manuscript of W S Graham.

Dates: 1965-1986 and undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and printed books of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5665 Box 1(1)-Box 12(5)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, plays, translations, and historical and critical works.

Dates: Circa 1923-1971, undated.

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Drafts. Documents. 130
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Language
English 188
Undetermined 51
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Names
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 7
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 6
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 5
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 5
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 4
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Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 3
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 3
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 3
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 3
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 3
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Home Service, 1939-1967, public service broadcaster 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 2
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Lingard, Joan, author, b 1932 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 2
National Library of Scotland 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Riddell, Alan, poet and editor, b 1927 2
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 2
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Akros, literary magazine 1
Allan, Michael, Stirling, fl 1975-1990 1
Amman, Alexander, Polish Army, fl 1939-1942 1
Anderson, William James, Senior Curate, St Mary's, Chelsea, 1894-1972 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Arbuckle, Sir William Forbes, Knight, Secretary, Scottish Education Department, 1902-1966 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment) 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Bochanan, Dùghall, poet, 1716-1768 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Brecht, Eugen Berthold Friedrich, playwright, 1898-1956 1
British Broadcasting Corporation 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Home Service, public service broadcaster 1
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Region, -1939, public service broadcaster 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948: recipient 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Cameron, John, of Fassifern, c 1699-1785 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Campbell, Austin, film director, fl 1960-1971 1
Campbell, Donald, poet and dramatist, b 1940 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Church of Scotland, Itu Leper Colony, Nigeria 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Craig, Robert, Principal of University of Rhodesia, 1917-1995 1
Craigie, Sir William Alexander, Knight, philologist, 1867-1957 1
Cranna, John, Scottish Unionist Association, fl 1937-1953 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davie, George Elder, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1912-2007 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 1
Drysdale, George John Learmont, composer, 1866-1909 1
Edinburgh International Festival 1
Edinburgh Sir Walter Scott Club 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Eveling, Harry Stanley, playwright, 1925-2008 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Ferrier, Susan Edmonstone, novelist, 1782-1854 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 1
Gallus Stage Productions, theatre company 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Geddes, John Maxwell, composer, 1941-2017 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
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