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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.

Literary papers of the poet Edith Anne Robertson (1883-1973).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26977-26984
Scope and Contents

Educated in Glasgow and Germany, in 1919 Edith Anne married James A Robertson who became Professor of Biblical Criticism at Aberdeen University. Her publications included a life of St Francis Xavier as well as poems in English and Scots.

Dates: 1915-1973, undated.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Something leather', by Alasdair Gray, with proofs, illustrations and related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10371/1-32
Scope and Contents Includes nine manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel, drafts of individual chapters, and related notes, correspondence and illustrations. Post-publication material includes copies of the US hardback edition, revised paperback edition, and cuttings of UK press coverage of the book.Alasdair Gray's descriptions have been retained in the scope and contents notes for each file, and include insights into his working process, comments on how the novel progressed, and how...
Dates: 1968-1991.

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.

Manuscript, typescripts and corrected proofs of Gavin Ewart, "Penultimate Poems".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9918
Scope and Contents

Includes unpublished verses.

Dates: 1989.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Old negatives', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11530/1-29
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Old negatives: 4 verse sequences', by Alasdair Gray, heavily annotated and revised by Gray and with extensive notes to his typist and assistant Scott Pearson.

Dates: 1966-1996, undated.

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 of two novels by James Allan Ford (1920-2009).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27486-27492
Scope and Contents

James Allan Ford was educated in Edinburgh and entered the Civil Service in 1938, rising to become Principal Establishment Officer in the Scottish Office. During the second World War he served in the defence of Hong Kong and later drew on this experience for his novel ‘The brave white flag’ (London, 1961).

Dates: [1961, or before]-1987, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and other papers of Duncan Glen, including research materials relating to Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10094/1-65
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and essays, and includes critical work on Hugh MacDiamrid.

Dates: 1941-1989.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of work by Alexander Scott (1920-1989).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26474-26481
Scope and Contents

Alexander Scott was educated in Aberdeen, and after service in the army during the Second World War, became a lecturer in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He was the editor of the ‘Saltire Review’, 1954-1957, served on a number of literary committees, and edited work by William Soutar and Sydney Goodsir Smith, among others. His own literary work consisted of poetry, drama, and criticism.

Dates: 1948-1970, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of works of Kenneth White, including related correspondence and notes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10613/1-48
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, short stories, autobiography and travel works.

Dates: 1963-1992, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence of Alasdair Gray, mainly concerning 'Working legs', as well as other works.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11655/1-34
Scope and Contents

Includes extensive working papers and proofs for 'Working legs', including cast notes and publicity materials, as well as papers relating to the 1997 editions of 'Why Scots should rule Scotland' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1966-1997.

Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.

Dates: 1948-1987.

Papers concerning Denys Hay`s introductory essay, "Fiat Lux" to "Printing and the Mind of Man" (1967).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7684
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, typescript drafts and proofs.

Correspondents include John Carter, Percy Muir and Stanley Morison.

Dates: 1964-1967.

Papers concerning poem sequence of Alan Bold, "Haven".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8666
Scope and Contents

Includes worksheets, typescripts, proofs, litho plates. Lithographs by John Bellany.

Dates: circa 1984.

Papers concerning, "The Age of MacDiarmid. Essays on Hugh MacDiarmid and His Influence on Contemporary Scotland. Edited by P H Scott and A C Davis".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7941
Scope and Contents

Comprising proofs, manuscripts and typescripts of essays, and correspondence.

Dates: 1980.

Papers concerning the literary magazine, "Akros".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8404
Scope and Contents

Comprising corrected typescripts and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, together with editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1976-1982.

Papers concerning the magazine "Lallans".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8435
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of numbers 11-20, and editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1978-1983.

Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10173- is now MSS.27001-27246
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1927-1978.

Papers of and concerning the poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19651-19674
Dates: [1925 or before]-1961, undated.

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Language
English 67
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 10
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 5
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 4
Akros, literary magazine 3
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 3
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Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 3
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 3
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Akros Publications 1
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Bellany, John, artist, b 1942 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Canongate Books (publishers, Edinburgh) 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Davis, Albert C, British Council Representative in Scotland, 1910-1992 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
Ferguson, William, Reader Emeritus in Scottish History, University of Edinburgh, b 1924 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
Galliard Publishing Ltd 1
Garden, Mary, musician, 1874-1967 1
Gillies, Valerie, poet, née Simmons, b 1948 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008: recipient 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 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
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Lallans, Scots language literary magazine 1
Macdonald, Malcolm 'Callum' (printer and publisher) 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
McAlpine, Morag (librarian) (1946-2014) 1
McGregor, Sheila, author of "The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle knitting", fl 1973-2003 1
Morison, Stanley, typographer, 1889-1967 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 1
Muir, Percival Horace, antiquarian bookseller, 1894-1979 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 1
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003 1
Ryder, Michael Lawson, ARC Animal Breeding Research Organisation, Edinburgh, b 1927 1
Saltire Society 1
Scotia Review, literary journal 1
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Soutar, William (poet) 1
Standard Press Ltd, Montrose, publishers 1
Stanford, Derek, poet and critic, 1918-2008 1
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 1
Turnbull, Michael T R B, writer and historian, b 1941 1
Wolfe, William Cuthbertson, Leader of the Scottish National Party, 1924-2010 1
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