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Manuscripts and papers of and concerning the novelist, Neil Munro (1863-1930).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26901-26937
Scope and Contents

Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.

Dates: 1863-1964.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 27 poems of Joe Corrie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10040
Scope and Contents

With four inscribed copies of published collections of Corrie`s poems and short stories.

Dates: 1927-1928 and undated.

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.

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.]

Notebook of Archibald J Cronin.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8334
Scope and Contents

Containing drafts of 11 "Dr Findlay" short stories.

Dates: circa 1920-circa 1981.

Notebook of Elspeth Davie containing drafts of short stories.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19710
Scope and Contents

From folio 106 onwards, the material starts at the back of the volume.

Dates: 1961-1965.

Organisational correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of short stories of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12108/1-4
Scope and Contents

Two files of correspondence of Alasdair Gray with the National Library of Scotland and the University of St Andrews, and some typescripts and manuscripts including short stories from 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1985-2001.

Pages 11-22 of the unauthorised American edition of ‘Two of them’ (New York, 1893), a short story by Sir James Matthew Barrie, with revisions in the author's hand.

 File
Identifier: MS.6646
Scope and Contents

In addition to the many revisions in the author's hand, there is an entirely new opening (folio 1) in manuscript, taking the place of the first ten pages of the original printed text. Otherwise the most important alteration is the change from the first to the third person throughout the narration.

Dates: [1893, or after.]

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.

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Typescripts. 72
Poetry. 52
Manuscripts. 51
Novels. 44
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Articles. 27
Drafts. Documents. 27
Plays. 27
Notebooks. 21
Letters. Correspondence. 19
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 17
Diaries. 12
Photographs. 11
Notes. 9
Proofs. printed matter 9
Reviews. Document genre 9
Scripts. Documents 9
Essays. 8
Speeches. Documents. 6
Autobiographies. 5
Literature (writings). 4
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Photocopies. 4
Proofs. Printed matter. 4
Accounts. 3
Annotations. 3
Memoirs. 3
Research notes 3
Sketches 3
Audiocassettes. 2
Documentaries. 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Illustrations. Layout features. 2
Lectures. 2
Personal papers. 2
Publications. 2
Radio scripts. 2
Scripts. Documents. 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Travel journals. 2
Acrostics. 1
Albums. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Architectural drawings. 1
Authors 1
Biographies. 1
Birth records. Vital statistics records. 1
Book jackets. 1
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Business records. 1
Calculations. 1
Commonplace books. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Copies. Derivative objects. 1
Criticism. 1
Drafts. Documents 1
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
Excerpts. 1
Family papers. 1
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Fliers. Printed matter. 1
Folk tales. 1
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
Inscriptions. 1
Librettos. Documents for music. 1
Lithographs. Planographic prints. 1
Magazines. periodicals. 1
Minute books. 1
Negatives. Photographs. 1
Novellas. 1
Offprints. 1
Orders. Records (documents). 1
Paintings. Visual works. 1
Pamphlets. 1
Pedigrees. Genealogies (histories). 1
Periodicals. 1
Photograph albums. 1
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Political posters. 1
Postcards. 1
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Reports. 1
Reviews. Document genre. 1
Romances. Document genre. 1
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Scores. 1
Second World War (1939-1945). 1
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Sketches. 1
Sound recordings. 1
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Language
English 108
Undetermined 22
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
 
Names
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 8
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) 5
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 5
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
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Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 4
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 3
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 3
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 3
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 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
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 2
Owens, Agnes (author) (1926-2014) 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Scotia Review, literary journal 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Valentine, Anne, writer, fl 1948-1955 2
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Andrew Melrose, Edinburgh, Tea Dealers and Grocers 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Blackie, John Stuart (Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 1
Cottam, Eliza Letitia, née Ironside, fl 1825-1845 1
Crampsey, Robert Anthony, teacher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2008 1
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 1
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir (author) 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 1
Guthrie, John, Chief Medical Officer, Kuwait Oil Company, composer, 1913-1986 1
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964 1
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, 1856-1928 1
Howe, Alexia F, Assistant Keeper, National Library of Scotland, writer, née McAlpine, fl 1948-1951 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hunter, William 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kennedy, A L, writer, b 1965 1
MacGregor, James Murdoch, science fiction writer, pseudonym J T McIntosh, 1925-2008 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
Matheson, Les, poet, fl 1977-1980 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965: recipient 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Mitchell, James Leslie, author, pseudonym Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 1901-1935 1
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968. 1
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 1
Perryman, Kevin Alan, Editor of "Babel", b 1950 1
Placzek, Joyce (author, née Anstruther, then Maxtone Graham, also known as Jan Struther.) 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993: recipient 1
Reid, James Macarthur, author and journalist, pseudonym Colin Walkinshaw, 1900-1970 1
Reid, John M, author, pseudonym 'David Toulmin', 1913-1998 1
Rush, Christopher, author, b. 1944. 1
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Smith, Alexander McCall (author and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Soutar, William (poet) 1
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 1
Stewart, Alison, writer, b 1902 1
Strain, Euphans H, author, d 1934 1
Thomas, Ruth, writer, b. 1967 1
Thomson, William, poet, b ? 1945 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
Urquhart, Frederick Burrows, writer, 1912-1995 1
Warrand, Myra G K, Ryefield, Ross-shire, fl 1900-1950 1
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