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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.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'The ends of our tethers', by Alasdair Gray, with some related cuttings and correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12609/1-23
Dates: 1995-2003, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of John Buchan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6482
Scope and Contents

Comprising photocopies of corrected typescripts of an essay, 1893, "Angling in Still Waters", and two short stories, undated, "Coriolanus" and "Other Gods".

Dates: 1893 and undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Photocopies of cards, acrostics, poems and stories of George Mackay Brown sent as birthday greetings to Alan, Peter and Betty Grant.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13125
Scope and Contents

Most of the material in this file was sent as birthday greetings to Alan, son of Peter and Betty Grant, with some birthday acrostics to the parents.

Dates: 1974-1995.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Typescripts of novellas, short stories and plays of Agnes Owens.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14086/1-61
Scope and Contents

This collection contains typescripts of the novellas and short stories of Agnes Owens, including many of the stories which formed part of 'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985) and 'People like that' (Bloomsbury, 1996). Several short stories present in this collection were only published for the first time in 'The complete short stories' (Polygon, 2008).

Many of the typescripts have annotations and corrections in the hands of Agnes Owens, Alasdair Gray and others.

Dates: 2007, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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