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Manuscripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.

Found in 4488 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts of articles by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’; and, ‘Beyond the Oedipus Situation’., 1941-circa 1942.

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Identifier: MS.50189
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1941.‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’.Typescripts and offprint, 1941, of an article, ‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’, contributed to ‘The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis’, 1941. Folios 1-112 and folios 128-131.Typescript, 1941, of an article, ‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’. This typescript is annotated, by...
Dates: 1941-circa 1942.

Typescripts of nine short stories by Violet Jacobs., 1921-[circa 1945], undated.

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Identifier: MS.27412
Scope and Contents

With the exception of the last (folio 158), a story set in India, of which the first four leaves are missing, they are all published in ‘The lum hat and other stories’. Much of 'The Wade Monument', and two leaves of 'Banny Firelocks' are missing. Also included are a letter from Oliver and Boyd, 1944, rejecting a proposal to publish a collection of short stories (folio 1), and a manuscript fragment of 'Banny Firelocks' (folio 37).

Dates: 1921-[circa 1945], undated.

Typescripts of papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘A Study of Schizoid States’; and, ‘Schizoid Factors in the Personality’., 1940.

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Identifier: MS.50188
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1940.‘A Study of Schizoid States’.Typescript, 1940: ‘Carstairs Hospital List of admissions: 1st July to 17th Oct. 1940. Finally diagnosed as Psychoses and Psychopaths’. Folios 1-2.Manuscript notes, 1940, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn concerning the subject of schizophrenia. Folios 3-73.Incomplete draft manuscript, 1940, of ‘A Study of Schizoid States’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn....
Dates: 1940.

Typescripts of papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’; and, ‘Psychology as Prescribed and as a Proscribed Subject’., 1939.

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Identifier: MS.50187
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1939.‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’.Printed ‘Final Programme’, 1939, for the National Council of Mental Hygiene, Fifth Biennial Mental Health Conference. Folios 1-2.Typescript draft, 1939, of ‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper has been annotated (folio 3 recto) by Fairbairn, ‘Draft – not included in paper’. The draft has been...
Dates: 1939.

Typescripts of poems of Sydney Durward Tremayne probably chosen and arranged for ‘Selected and new poems’., [1973, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.26682
Scope and Contents

There are several manuscript and typescript lists of contents, and an author's note (folio 26) which was not published.

Dates: [1973, or before.]

Typescripts of sequence of poems titled 'Love Cycle' and manuscripts/typescripts of several, mostly unpublished early poems., 1931-1946.

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Identifier: Acc.11621/139
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1931-1946.

Typescripts of short stories by Robert McLellan., 1947-1972.

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Identifier: MS.26416
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) 'The Cat', published in ‘No Scottish Twilight’, edited by M Lindsay and F Urquhart, (Glasgow, 1947), pages 149-154 (folio 1). This had been included in the Linmill series, but Robert McLellan withdrew it. (ii) Early versions of three Linmill stories, 1948-1949 (folio 7); (iii) Manuscript synopsis of a series of stories set in Milngavie, with corrected typescripts of one of them, 1965 (folio l5); (iv) Typescript of 'The Trap', a Linmill story submitted to the...
Dates: 1947-1972.

Typescripts of speeches by Sir Hugh McPherson., 1930-1931.

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Identifier: MS.19615
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of 'A journey through Bihar', a broadcast talk to schools by Sir Hugh McPherson, with related correspondence, 1930-1931 (folio 1);

(ii) Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of 'The Aboriginal races of the Chota Nagpur plateau', an address to the Royal Anthropological Institute, Edinburgh, 1931 (folio 13).

Dates: 1930-1931.

Typescripts of the article ‘The Nature of Aesthetic Experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1938.

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Identifier: MS.50184
Scope and Contents The article ‘The Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, developed from Fairbairn’s papers, ‘The ultimate nature of aesthetic experience’ and ‘The nature of aesthetic experience’. The article was published in the ‘British Journal of Psychology’. The typescripts have been arranged in the order in which they appear to have been created and revised. Carbon copy, mostly, of a typescript draft, [1938] of the article ‘The ultimate basis...
Dates: 1938.

Typescripts of the short novel 'Doors Open' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers., 2006-2007.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50425-50427
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, novels, novellas and graphic novels by Ian Rankin. The working papers include, variously, synopses, research material, development notes, and evidence of editorial interventions. With these also are papers relating to the process of publication: some administrative, particularly contracts, and promotional materials; others, including advertisements and cover proofs, concerning actual publication....
Dates: 2006-2007.

Typescripts of two papers, ‘The Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’ and ‘The Nature of Aesthetic Experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with press cuttings of reviews of each of the meetings at which the papers were read., 1938.

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Identifier: MS.50183
Scope and Contents The paper ‘The ultimate basis of aesthetic experience’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, was read by Fairbairn at a meeting of the Scottish Branch of the British Psychological Society, 29 January 1938. Fairbairn read a slightly revised version of the paper, under the title ‘The nature of aesthetic experience’, to a meeting of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, 2 March 1938. The papers formed the basis of Fairbairn’s subsequent article, published in the ‘British Journal of...
Dates: 1938.

Typescripts, with a few manuscripts of poems in English, by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1930-1939, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26121
Scope and Contents

There are several copies of some of the poems, and a number of title-pages, which suggest that Sydney Goodsir Smith was arranging the poems for publication.

Dates: 1930-1939, undated.

Typescripts, with a few manuscripts, of radio programmes written by Hector MacIver., 1937-1961, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26289-26290
Scope and Contents

Many of these radio programmes were for the BBC's schools broadcasts and Scottish Children's Hour, but Hector MacIver also contributed to 'Arts Review' and more general programmes. Some correspondence and other material is included, notably in connection with his programme 'Leith ships at war' in 1947 (MS.26289, folio 57).

Dates: 1937-1961, undated.

Typescripts, with a few manuscripts, of radio programmes written by Hector MacIver., 1937-1948.

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Identifier: MS.26289
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of these radio programmes were for the BBC's schools broadcasts and Scottish Children's Hour, but Hector MacIver also contributed to 'Arts Review' and more general programmes. Some correspondence and other material is included, notably in connection with his programme 'Leith ships at war' in 1947 (MS.26289, folio 57).

Dates: 1937-1948.

Typescripts, with a few manuscripts, of radio programmes written by Hector MacIver., 1949-1961, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26290
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of these radio programmes were for the BBC's schools broadcasts and Scottish Children's Hour, but Hector MacIver also contributed to 'Arts Review' and more general programmes. Some correspondence and other material is included, notably in connection with his programme 'Leith ships at war' in 1947 (MS.26289, folio 57).

Dates: 1949-1961, undated.

"Unbound Notebook" of George Crabbe., 1822-1827.

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Identifier: MS.42077
Scope and Contents

Title taken from the "Index of English Literary Manuscripts", volume 3, part 1, page 297 (London : Mansell, 1986), which has a full description of the contents of the notebook.

Dates: 1822-1827.

Uncompleted account of living Scottish gentry, in alphabetical order, with names from A to D, by John Philp Wood., [1795, or after.]

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Identifier: MS.1876
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Leaves found loose in the volumes have been placed in MS.1878, with some other loose papers, and references have been made to and from the volumes in which they were found.

Dates: [1795, or after.]

Unfinished and unpublished book, entitled 'Cactus and Columbine', relating to the United States, containing manuscript and typescript notes and drafts., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13220/33-35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...
Dates: Undated.

Unfinished and untitled novel, undated, by George Combe, dealing with the childhood and early manhood of a boy who was anxious to go to sea., [1805-1858.]

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Identifier: MS.7438
Scope and Contents From the Series:

MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.

The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.

The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.

Dates: [1805-1858.]