Essays
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Essay on ‘Halldór Laxness at home and away’., 2004.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/11
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
2004.
Letters of various correspondents to Smith Elder and Company, publishers., 1860-1878
File
Identifier: MS.32001
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged alphabetically by writer. Where two or more letters are held for a writer they are arranged by date.Most of the letters are contained in the orange filing slips that were used commonly by Smith Elder and Company in the administration of its correspondence. Several of these slips are marked "Publication Department".MacDonald, Duncan. Letter, 12 April 1862, concerning a work by MacDonald on British Columbia. Folios 1-4....
Dates:
1860-1878
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of letters and literary manuscripts submitted to Smith Elder and Company, publishers.
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Letters and manuscripts sent to Smith Elder and Company, publishers, excluding those known to have been sent specifically to the Editor of the "Cornhill Magazine".
Literary manuscripts of poems, essays and short stories submitted to Smith Elder and Company., 1860-1874.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.32002-32003
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts were submitted to Smith Elder and Company to be considered for publication. It is uncertain whether any of the submissions were published.That the manuscripts are of genres - poems, short stories, essays - well suited to publication in a magazine might suggest that they were intended for the consideration of the Editor of the "Cornhill Magazine". However, as there are no indications on the manuscripts to support this, they have been treated as submissions to Smith...
Dates:
1860-1874.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of letters and literary manuscripts submitted to Smith Elder and Company, publishers.
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Letters and manuscripts sent to Smith Elder and Company, publishers, excluding those known to have been sent specifically to the Editor of the "Cornhill Magazine".
Personal and professional papers of Edith Simon
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13772/1-325
Scope and Contents
The papers of writer and artist Edith Simon relate to both strands of her artistic life, documenting her prolific output as an author of contemporary novels, historical novels, and histories, as well as a pioneering artist across multiple forms.The papers contain both personal and professional correspondence; notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts, research material, and news cuttings concerning her writing career; alongside photographs, news cuttings, art diaries and...
Dates:
Majority of material found within circa 1932-2008
Research notes, lectures and essays on Halldór Laxness., 2002-2004.
File
Identifier: Acc.13542/9
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most, but not all, of Magnusson's published works are represented. Also included here are the translations that Magnusson undertook on the work of the Icelandic author and Nobel prize winning novelist Halldór Laxness (1902-1998). Material relating to Magnusson's book on Mastermind "I've started so I'll finish" can be found in the Mastermind section.The material includes correspondence relating to book proposals, research notes compiled by Magnusson while working on his books, and...
Dates:
2002-2004.