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Microfilm of manuscripts of ‘The betrothed’ and ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’ by Sir Walter Scott, from the Pforzheimer Library.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.875
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, [1825, or before], of ‘The betrothed’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23047);

Manuscript, [before 1829], of the ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’, 1st and 2nd series, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23048).

Dates: [1825, or before; before 1829.]

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 Alasdair Gray relating to his novels, short stories and poetry.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8799/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of:

'Unlikely stories, mostly' (Canongate, 1983);

'1982, Janine' (Cape, 1984);

'The fall of Kelvin Walker' (Canongate, 1985);

'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985);

'Old negatives' (Cape, 1989).

Dates: circa 1952-1984.

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 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 Archibald J Cronin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10106
Scope and Contents

Includes school and university notes and essays, and corrected manuscripts of novels, short stories and autobiography.

Dates: 1911-1978.

Papers of Euphans H Strain.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9206
Scope and Contents

Includes novels, short stories, and a diary.

Dates: 1894-1908 and undated.

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 John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9243
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, autobiography articles, essays and reviews.

Dates: 1965-1985.

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.

Papers of Muriel Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12082
Scope and Contents

Includes research material, manuscript and typescript of the novel, "Aiding and Abetting", manuscripts of short stories, and correspondence files, 1997-2000.

Dates: 1932-2001.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10360
Scope and Contents

Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.

Dates: 1933-1990.

Papers of Robert Kemp.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7622
Scope and Contents

Including diaires, accounts, photographs and typesripts of plays, novels, short stories, addresses, broadcast talks and documentaries.

With letters of, among others, James Bridie and Cedric Thorpe Davie.

Dates: circa 1920-1967.

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.

Typescript drafts of novel of Jessie Kesson, "Where the Apple Ripens" (1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7845
Scope and Contents

With manuscript and typescript of associated short story and radio play, undated.

Dates: 1978 and undated.

Typescripts of 'Gentlemen of the west' and five short stories for 'Lean tales', by Agnes Owens.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8822/1-7
Scope and Contents

Typescripts of Agnes Owens for her novel 'Gentlemen of the west' (Polygon, 1984), and for several of the short stories which formed her section of 'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985).

Dates: Undated.

Typescripts of literary works by Tom Hanlin (1907-1953).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27417-27425
Scope and Contents

Tom Hanlin worked as a coalminer at Armadale, West Lothian, until 1946 and much of his fiction is set in Scottish mining communities.

Dates: 1942-1949, undated.

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Names
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 2
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
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Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 2
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Crampsey, Robert Anthony, teacher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2008 1
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 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
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Howe, Alexia F, Assistant Keeper, National Library of Scotland, writer, née McAlpine, fl 1948-1951 1
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 1
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kennedy, Alison Louise (writer) (b 1965) 1
MacGregor, James Murdoch, science fiction writer, pseudonym J T McIntosh, 1925-2008 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968. 1
Owens, Agnes (author) (1926-2014) 1
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 1
Rush, Christopher, author, b. 1944. 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Strain, Euphans H, author, d 1934 1
Thomas, Ruth, writer, b. 1967 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
Valentine, Anne, writer, fl 1948-1955 1
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