Drafts. Documents.
Found in 2329 Collections and/or Records:
Working notebooks of William Sharp containing miscellaneous notes., [Before 1906.]
On the whole, the notebooks were used for quotations from English, Italian, Gaelic and Greek writers, as well as for many Gaelic expressions, customs, etc., which William Sharp evidently considered for possible inclusion in his own writings. The notebooks contain lists and arrangements of stories, poems, etc., as well as outlines and rough drafts of particular works.
Works and portions of works, verses, anagrams, and impresas, chiefly in draft, of William Fowler, secretary to Queen Anne, consort of James IV; and extracts from the works of others., Late 16th century-early 17th century.
Also included are 'Noates for Basilicon Doron' (folio 94) and part of the translation of Machiavelli's 'Prince' (folio 144).
Works of prose of Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1934-1936, 1955, 1963-1964, 1973, undated.
Includes corrected typescripts of articles, reviews and broadcast talks, together with 55 letters from various correspondents.
Writings of William Winter Hamilton., 1971-1992, undated.
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.