Research notes
Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of Robert Pearse Gillies to Sir Samuel Egerton Brydges, David Erskine, 11th Earl of Buchan, and others.
Letters concern literary, antiquarian and social matters.
Includes a file on the provenance of these letter books and their significance.
Literary and personal papers of Muriel Spark.
Includes incoming correspondence and manuscript, typescript and research papers for "The Finishing School".
Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.
Includes manuscripts of novels, short stories and non-fiction, research notes, lectures and reviews.
Literary papers and notebooks of Ewan Morrison relating to `Close Your Eyes` (2012) and `Tales from the Mall` (2012).
Literary papers of George Blake.
Includes correspondence, typescripts of novels published and unpublished, play-scripts, a diary of a visit to the United States, first copies of published works of fiction and non-fiction.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.
Magnus Magnusson's translations of the works of Halldór Laxness., 1948-2002.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and other works of Mary Stewart, with related papers and notebooks., Circa 1954-1997.
The papers relate mainly to the following books by Mary Stewart:
‘Madam, Will You Talk?’ (London, 1954)
‘The Crystal Cave’ (London, 1970)
‘A Walk in Wolf Wood’ (London, 1980)
‘The Wicked Day’ (London, 1983)
‘Thornyhold’ (London, 1988)
‘Frost on the window, and other poems’ (London, 1990)
‘Stormy Petrel’ (London, 1991)
‘Rose Cottage’ (London,1997).
Manuscript and typescript notes for short story 'Going Up and Coming Down'., Circa 1994.
During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.
Manuscript and typescript working papers of Prof Archibald A M Duncan for his books: "Scotland: the Making of the Kingdom" (1975), the third edition of W C Dickinson, "Scotland from the Earliest Times to 1603" (1977) and "The Acts of Robert I, King of Scots, 1306-1329" (1986).
Manuscript entitled "Collections towards a history of tolbooths, bridewells and prisons in Edinburgh", compiled by John A Fairley.
Includes related printed papers, and historical notes by Fairley on this and other topics of Edinburgh history and biography.
Manuscript prologue to a projected histocial novel of Meredith H Armstrong Davison, "The Melee of the Lowlands, a Story of the 16th Century".
Includes notes on events in Scotland in 1542-1543.
Maps, and related papers, collected to support research for online geographic data resources owned or supported by EDINA.
This includes Digimap, UKBORDERS, Agcensus and Scottish land use information.
"Material for Lt Col Hon H D Napier`s Biography of Lord Napier of Magdala".
Miscellaneous notes of Peter Butter concerning the work of Edwin and Willa Muir., Circa 1960-1999.
Notebooks and research notes, of Margaret Elphinstone, for the novel "Voyageurs".
Notes and chapter draft on Aðun’s Tale for 'The Icelandic Sagas' Vol.1., 1999.
Notes and chapter draft on Egil’s Saga for 'The Icelandic Sagas' Vol.1., 1998-1999.
Notes and chapter draft on Eyrbyggja Saga for 'The Icelandic Sagas' Vol.1., 1998.
Notes and chapter draft on Gisli’s Saga., circa 1974.
Draft possibly used as basis for, but not the actual draft for 'The Icelandic Sagas' Vol.2.
Notes and chapter draft on Grettir’s Saga for 'The Icelandic Sagas' Vol.2., 2002.
Notes and chapter draft on Hrafnkel’s Saga for 'The Icelandic Sagas' Vol.1., circa 1998.
File also contains Hrafnkel’s Saga play of 1956.