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Literary papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.

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Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1878-1980.

Literary papers of Alexander Law.

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Identifier: Acc.11490
Scope and Contents

Papers mainly concern studies of Scottish schools and school books, education in Edinburgh, and the works of Allan Ramsay. Includes correspondence and papers of Burns Martin and John Walter Oliver on earlier editions of the works of Ramsay.

Dates: circa 1930-1990.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

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Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Literary papers of Anne Stevenson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8486
Scope and Contents

Includes poetry, notebooks and corrected typescripts of collections of poems.

Dates: 1965-1977.

Literary papers of David Morrison.

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Identifier: Acc.12731
Scope and Contents

Comprising mainly unpublished works.

Dates: circa 1995-2006.

Literary papers of George Blake.

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Identifier: Acc.11930
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, typescripts of novels published and unpublished, play-scripts, a diary of a visit to the United States, first copies of published works of fiction and non-fiction. Also includes notes on Blake, copies of articles by him and correspondence and papers of Christopher Dalgleish accumulated in the course of an uncompleted dissertation.

Dates: 20th century.

Literary papers of James B Caird.

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Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1931-1989.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

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Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.

Literary papers of Jean Evans, pseudonym Jane Shaw.

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Identifier: Acc.12060
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts and correspondence.

Dates: 1928-1971, undated.

Literary papers of John Herdman.

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Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.

Dates: 1950-1994.

Literary papers of Naomi Mitchison.

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Identifier: Acc.5912
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, stories, and essays.

Dates: circa 1929-circa 1970.

Literary papers of Nigel Tranter, including manuscripts and typescripts of `Portrait of the Border Country`, `The Lion`s Whelp`, `Lion Let Loose` and `The Pegasus Book of Scotland`.

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Identifier: Acc.13160
Scope and Contents

Notebooks, typescripts and manuscripts mainly relating to `The Pegasus Book of Scotland` (London, 1964), `Lion Let Loose` (London, 1967), `Portrait of the Border Country` (London: Hale, 1972) and `The Lion`s Whelp` (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997).

Dates: circa 1950-1997.

Literary papers of Norman Malcolm Macdonald.

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Identifier: Acc.11876
Scope and Contents

Includes playscripts, a heavily corrected typescript of an historical novel "The Eternal Surge", correspondence and reviews.

Dates: 1974-1999.

Literary papers of Regi Claire.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13397
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, research and correspondence relating to the following books: Inside-Outside (1998); The Beauty Room (2002); Fighting It (2009); The Waiting (2012).

Dates: c. 1999-2012.

Literary papers of Ronald Frame.

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Identifier: Acc.12045
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of short stories, novels, plays, and works for radio.

Dates: circa 1980-2000.

Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12351
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.

Dates: circa 1945-2003.

Literary papers of Stewart Conn.

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Identifier: Acc.12098/1-57
Scope and Contents Literary papers, 1961-1999, of Stewart Conn (b. 1936), a poet and playwright who was for many years a drama producer for BBC Radio Scotland. These papers includes correspondence, typescripts and a small number of manuscript drafts of poetry, and scripts of plays and adaptations for stage, radio and television.Many of the scripts in this collection have never been published, but it includes manuscripts and typescripts relating to the following published works: 'The Chinese tower'...
Dates: 1961-2005.

Literary papers of Stuart MacGregor.

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Identifier: Acc.9392/1-40
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of novels, plays, poems and short stories, with some correspondence and other writings.

Dates: 1963-1975.

Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

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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 and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27446-27464
Scope and Contents

Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.

Dates: 1953-1981, undated.

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Manuscripts. 328
Poetry. 244
Correspondence. 242
Letters. Correspondence. 169
Drafts. Documents. 130
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Articles. 116
Plays. 114
Notes. 105
Novels. 102
Photographs. 102
Copies. Derivative objects. 83
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 81
Short stories. 73
Notebooks. 69
Diaries. 66
Photocopies. 61
Speeches. Documents. 52
Biographies. 49
Histories. 46
Proofs. printed matter 43
Memoirs. 41
Essays. 38
Autobiographies. 34
Reviews. Document genre 32
Lectures. 31
Proofs. Printed matter. 27
Transcripts 26
Translations. Documents. 25
Financial records. 20
Genealogies. 20
Annotations. 19
Microfilms. 19
Fiction. 18
Memorandums. 18
Transcripts. 18
Illustrations. Layout features. 17
Publications. 17
Scripts. Documents 17
Accounts. 15
Lists. 15
Minutes. Administrative records. 15
Reports 15
Research notes 15
Reviews. Document genre. 15
Literature (writings). 12
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Pamphlets. 11
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Professional papers. 11
Scripts. Documents. 11
Travel journals 11
Administrative records. 10
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 10
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 10
Audiocassettes. 9
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Bibliographies. 8
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Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 7
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Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 6
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India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 6
Offprints. 6
Photograph albums. 6
Postcards. 6
Second World War (1939-1945). 6
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Commentaries. 5
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 5
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Language
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Names
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 33
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 18
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 15
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 13
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 12
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Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 12
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 10
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 9
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 9
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 9
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 8
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 8
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 7
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 7
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 7
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 7
Soutar, William (poet) 7
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 6
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 6
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 6
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 5
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 5
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 5
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 5
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 5
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 5
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 5
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 5
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 5
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 5
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 5
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 4
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 4
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 4
National Library of Scotland 4
Purves, David, poet and playwright, b 1924 4
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 4
Akros, literary magazine 3
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 3
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 3
Fulton, Robin, poet, b 1937 3
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 3
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 3
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 3
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 3
Lingard, Joan, author, b 1932 3
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 3
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 3
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 3
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 3
Mitchell, James Leslie, author, pseudonym Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 1901-1935 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
Owens, Agnes (author) (1926-2014) 3
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 3
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 3
Roy, James Alexander, Professor of English, Queen's University, Kingston, 1884-1973 3
Scotia Review, literary journal 3
Scottish National Party 3
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 3
Stevenson, Ronald J, composer and pianist, 1928-2015 3
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 3
Allan, Michael, Stirling, fl 1975-1990 2
Begg, James, fl. 1890-1944 (timber merchant of Glasgow) 2
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 2
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 2
British Broadcasting Corporation 2
British Broadcasting Corporation, Scottish Home Service, 1939-1967, public service broadcaster 2
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 2
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 2
Campbell, Donald, poet and dramatist, b 1940 2
Canongate Books (publishers, Edinburgh) 2
Collinson, Francis James Montgomery, musical director and musicologist, 1898-1984 2
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 2
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938 2
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 2
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Downie, Anne, playwright, b 1939 2
Duncan, Archibald Alexander McBeth, Professor of Scottish History, University of Glasgow, b 1926 2
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 2
Edinburgh International Festival 2
Ellis, Frances Sterling, Walter Scott scholar, fl 1968-1998 2
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 2
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 2
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 2
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hislop, Joseph Dewar, singer, 1884-1977 2
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 2
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 2
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
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