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Typescript of two novels by the poet Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27499-27500
Scope and Contents

Educated in Stornoway and Aberdeen, Iain Crichton Smith was a teacher until 1977 when he became a full-time writer in English and Gaelic.

Dates: 1968, 1971.

Typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence of David Thomson, author and radio producer.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10129/1-179
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.

Dates: [1923]-1988.

Typescripts of "An Oidhche Mus Do Sheòl Sinn".

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12472
Scope and Contents

Includes notes, research notes, vocabulary and correspondence.

Dates: circa 2000-2003.

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 David Lindsay (1878-1945).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27247-27252
Dates: [Circa 1920]-1942, 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.

Works of John H Balfour Browne.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4223
Scope and Contents

With manuscript and printed material of Balfour Browne and others, including poetry, essays, plays and novels.

Dates: circa 1880-circa 1920.

Xeroxed typescript of Alasdair Gray`s `Lanark`, book 3, chapters 1-7.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13403
Scope and Contents

The typescript is slightly different from the chapters as published in `Lanark`. The manuscript dedication on the title page states that the copy was given by Alasdair Gray to his friends, ---- and Frances McIlhenny, in Glasgow, xxx.

Dates: 1969.

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Novels. 216
Typescripts. 102
Manuscripts. 90
Correspondence. 51
Drafts. Documents. 45
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Short stories. 44
Plays. 34
Poetry. 28
Notebooks. 27
Notes. 20
Letters. Correspondence. 18
Microfilms. 18
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 16
Photographs. 15
Proofs. printed matter 15
Articles. 12
Diaries. 12
Proofs. Printed matter. 10
Autobiographies. 9
Essays. 9
Research notes 9
Illustrations. Layout features. 8
Photocopies. 7
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Literature (writings). 6
Speeches. Documents. 6
Audiocassettes. 5
Copies. Derivative objects. 5
Memoirs. 5
Page proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 5
Reviews. Document genre 5
Biographies. 4
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Histories. 4
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Annotations. 3
Drawings. Visual works. 3
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Children's literature. Literature (writings). 2
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Mock-ups. 2
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Sketches 2
Sketches. 2
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Account books. 1
Annals. Histories, without comment. 1
Architectural drawings. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
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Bankbooks. 1
Book jackets. 1
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Business letters. 1
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Caricatures. 1
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DVDs. 1
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Emails. 1
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India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 1
Lecture notes. 1
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Lists. 1
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Language
English 167
Undetermined 47
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 2
Russian 1
 
Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 9
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 9
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 8
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 5
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 4
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Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 4
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 4
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 3
Lingard, Joan, author, b 1932 3
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 3
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 3
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 3
Smith, Annie Shepherd Burnett, novelist, pseudonym "David Lyall", née Swan, 1859-1943 3
Ballantyne, Robert Michael, novelist, 1825-1894 2
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 2
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 2
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 2
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 2
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
Lemaire, Angela, artist, engraver, b 1944 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Mackay, Colin, poet, 1951-2003 2
Mair, Henry, Founder of the Scottish Open Poetry Cup Competition, b 1945 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Tennant, Emma Christina, novelist, b 1937 2
Thomson, David, author of "Nairn in Darkness and Light", 1914-1988 2
Whyte, Christopher, poet and novelist, b 1952 2
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Allan, Michael, Stirling, fl 1975-1990 1
Andrews, Cicily Isabel, Dame, author, née Fairfield, pseudonym 'Rebecca West', 1892-1983 1
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 1
Beith, John Hay, writer, pseudonym Ian Hay, 1876–1952 1
Bell, James Horst Brunnerman (mountaineer) (1896-1975) 1
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 1
Black, William, novelist, 1841-1898 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Bochanan, Dùghall, poet, 1716-1768 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Browne, John Hutton Balfour-, barrister, 1845-1921 1
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 1
Caimbeul, Aonghas Phàdruig (poet and writer) 1
Carmichael, Sir Thomas Gibson, 7th Baronet, of Skirling, 1774-1849 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Columba, Saint, monastic founder, c 527-597 1
Crampsey, Robert Anthony, teacher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2008 1
Davison, Meredith Henry Armstrong, anaesthetist and Lecturer on the History of Medicine, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1911-1970 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Erskine, Charles, of Shielfield, Sheriff Substitute for Selkirkshire, 1771-1825 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 1
Galsworthy, John, author, 1867-1933 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Gordon, J M, author of "Fanny Campbell", fl 1900-1998 1
Graham, Angus, forester and architectural historian, 1892-1980 1
Graham, Maggie, author, fl 2000 1
Grant, Alan Alexander, writer, b 1949 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
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hendry, Diana Lois, poet and children's writer, b 1941 1
Hendry, Hamish, poet, fl 1924 1
Hendry, James Findlay, poet and essayist, 1912-1986 1
Hepburn, Thomas Nicoll, author, pseudonym Gabriel Setoun, 1861-1930 1
Horne, John, writer, 1861-1934 1
Howe, Alexia F, Assistant Keeper, National Library of Scotland, writer, née McAlpine, fl 1948-1951 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Jackson, Marshall, Edinburgh, fl 1983 1
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 1
Jenkins, John Robin, novelist, 1912-2005 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kennedy, Alison Louise (writer) (b 1965) 1
Kennedy, Campbell, artist, fl 1967-2011. 1
Lawrence, Thomas Edward, intelligence officer and author, called Lawrence of Arabia, 1888-1935 1
Lindsay, David, writer, 1876-1945 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
Lochhead, Marion Cleland, journalist, editor and author, 1902-1985 1
MacDonald, George, poet and novelist, 1824-1905 1
MacDonald, Mary, née Doyle, wife of Thomas Joseph Douglas MacDonald, author , 1911-1999: recipient 1
MacGregor, James Murdoch, science fiction writer, pseudonym J T McIntosh, 1925-2008 1
MacLeod, Ken (writer) 1
Macdonald, Norman Malcolm, writer and dramatist, 1927-2000 1
MacilleDhuibh, Raghnall, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Celtic Department, University of Edinburgh, b 1946 1
Mackay, Charles, journalist and songwriter, 1812-1889 1
Marshak, Samuil Iakovlevich , poet and translator, 1887-1964 1
Massie, Allan Johnstone (Scottish journalist, columnist, sports writer and novelist) 1
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