Fragments.
Found in 259 Collections and/or Records:
Letters of David, Earl of Buchan, and others., 1811-1878, undated.
The contents are as follows:
(ii) Letters of David, Earl of Buchan, to James Haig of Bemersyde, 1811;
(ii) Letter of Henry, Lord Brougham, to S Gray, ?1812;
(iii) Letter concerning William Glen, the poet, 1872;
(iv) Letters of Dean Farrar, Sir Alexander Grant and John Cairns, about a temperance meeting in Edinburgh, 1877-1878;
(v) Letter of ?Thomas Arthur, 1864;
(vi) A fragment of a letter of Matthew Arnold, undated.
Letters of horning for the payment of maills due from the barony of Moulin., Circa 1694.
Letters of Thomas and Jane Carlyle., 1823-1874, undated.
The contents include a letter of Edward Irving, 1827 (folio 226); the verse, 'Simon Brodie had a cow', in Thomas Carlyle's handwriting, 1849 (folio 240); a draft of Carlyle's letter to David Laing on a proposed exhibition of Scottish historical portraits, 1854 (folio 247); and a fragment of an account by Carlyle of his early life, undated (folio 271).
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family, with undated drafts and miscellanea., 27 June 1865-1870, undated.
Includes 22 draft letters, ?1867-?1870, an "Author’s note of 1868" to 'Sartor Resartus', a page of manuscript of 'Past and present', a note for 'Cromwell', a galley-proof of 'Frederick', other fragments, a book-plate, and a stencil for a silhouette.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names Chorely to Christy., 1821-1917.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames and company names from Dorset to Douglas, G., 1808-1927.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Children to Cholmondeley., 1828-1920.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Donnegan to Dorrien., 1828-1925.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of correspondents with surnames from Graves to Gray, G., 1816-1910.
Letters, undated, of Sir Walter Scott and his family and of John Gibson Lockhart, with several anonymous letters, verses and other fragments addressed to or collected by Scott's mother., [1758-1854.]
"Leyden's poems, &c. MS", collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1794-1837, undated.
Literary papers, drafts, typescripts and related correspondence of Michael Roberts., 1922-1960, undated.
Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1923-1978, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poetry and prose works, including books, articles, lectures and notes. Much of the material is fragmentary, and some was reworked or copied by Hugh MacDiarmid at a later date.
Loose leaf notebook of Ruthven Todd., 1947-1948.
The notebook contains notes of poems with the names of the magazines to which they were submitted for publication (folio 1), addresses, fragments of poems and miscellaneous notes (folio 50).
Loose leaves from notebooks, undated, of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., Mid 19th century.
The loose leaves consist of fragments of prose works, excerpts from reading, occasional scraps of poetry, and miscellaneous notes.
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fragments of Ruthven Todd concerning Mull., 1962, 1967, undated.
The papers include part of a letter (probably an application for a grant) describing the book (folio 42). Most of the material concerns Mull.
Manuscript and typescript of 'Carotid Cornucopius' by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1945.
The contents are as follows. (i) Fragments of the original manuscript of ‘Carotid Cornucopius’, containing part of the third and fourth chapters (folio l); (ii) Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of the first chapter of ‘Carotid Cornucopius’, 1945 (folio 5).
Manuscript fragments and notes of Muriel Spark., Circa 1954-1980, undated.
Manuscript of act I, and typescripts of 'True Minds', a play by Nancy Brysson Morrison about Thomas and Jane Carlyle, broadcast in 1952 and 1954., 1952, 1954, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of Act I, entitled 'The Flint and the Flame', undated (folio 1). This is not the version written for broadcasting. (ii) Two typescripts of a version intended for broadcasting, undated (folio 15). The second (folio 56) is heavily corrected and has pencilled remarks by Peggy Morrison. (iii) Annotated typescript of the broadcast, 1954 (folio 90). (iv) Fragments of typescripts, 1952, undated (folio l36).
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 651-699, ‘Tailzie’-‘Writ’, pages 869-926., 1781-1822.
The volume also contains a fragment of an index (folio 207), and notes on Baxter versus Balleny, 22 January 1805 etc., and Pearson Thomson`s trustees versus Balfour etc., 21 December 1805 (not in the published work) (folio 210).
Manuscript of part of an article, undated, apparently a history of the Knights Templar in Scotland, probably by a member of the Grant family., [?19th century.]
Besides being a most prolific writer of fiction (he produced some fifty-six novels), James Grant wrote on the history, particularly military history, of Scotland. He was a keen supporter of the Volunteer Movement in Edinburgh, and founded, in 1852, the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights.
Manuscript of parts I, II, and IV of 'Bothwell' by William Edmondstoune Aytoun; with fragments of part IV, written on the reverse of some corrected galley proofs of parts II and IV., [1856, or before.]
Manuscript prepared for typing, of the prelude and chapter 1 to chapter 3, part 4 of the novel ‘Mungo’ by George W Slaney, (‘George Woden’)., [1932, or before.]
Two later fragments have been tipped in at the end.