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Literary and personal papers of Jo Clifford.
Literary and personal papers, c. 1966-2013, of Jo Clifford, comprising mainly playscripts, notebooks and journals. With some earlier family papers including: two travel journals by an unidentified family member, to North Carolina in 1828 and a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1829; First World War letters of Bertram Clifford, grandfather of Jo Clifford.
Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Literary papers of John Herdman.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.
Literary papers of Ronald Frame.
Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of short stories, novels, plays, and works for radio.
Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, articles and plays, and radio scripts, with some related correspondence.
Manuscripts of parts of George Scott-Moncrieff's verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’, and of his history of the Catholic Church in Scotland, ‘The mirror and the cross’.
Notebook containing the manuscript of a farce, 'Redwood', in two acts, with short stage instructions and occasional verses in the text.
Watermark evidence suggests a date for the volume circa 1795.
Notebook of W S Graham containing drafts of poems, a radio play, notes and illustrations.
Notebook on Africa, and typescripts, of Naomi Mitchison.
Papers of Alexander Reid.
Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.
Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.
Papers of Alexander Scott.
Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.
Papers of Arnold Kemp, Robert Kemp, and relating to the Kemp family.
Papers, circa 1960-2002, of Arnold Kemp, with papers and correspondence, circa 1851-1995, relating to Robert Kemp and the Kemp family.
Papers of James Kennaway, including literary notebooks and drafts of novels, plays and short stories.
Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.
Papers of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland, and his father.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Papers of William Hutchison Murray and Anne Burnet Murray
Professional and personal papers of Ethel Bassin; including papers concerning her biography of Francis Tolmie, 'The Old Songs of Skye' (1977).
Two notebooks and part of a playscript of Naomi Mitchison.
Notebooks concern Africa and family historical research, and the script is on an African theme.