Novels.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Invented prose narratives of considerable length and a certain complexity that deal imaginatively with human experience through a connected sequence of events involving a group of persons in a specific setting.
Found in 497 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of short stories by Neil Munro, including a synopsis of a novel, ‘The new road’., 1892-1920, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26915
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.
Dates:
1892-1920, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the novels of Ian Rankin., 1984-2018.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50310-50444
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:
1984-2018.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the novels of Ian Rankin.
Manuscripts, typescripts and working papers of the thriller novels of Ian Rankin., 1986-2008.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50412-50431
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:
1986-2008.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the novels of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the novels of Ian Rankin.
Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of novels of Mary Stewart., 1950-1982.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9565/1-80
Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the novels of Ian Rankin., 1984-2018.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50310-50445
Scope and Contents
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:
1984-2018.
'Mary Lawrence' by Cecilia Campbell, an unpublished novel written circa 1850 and revised and enlarged in 1877., [Circa 1850], 1877.
Item
Identifier: MS.14300
Scope and Contents
It was probably this manuscript which Mrs Campbell offered to Blackwood and Sons for publication in 1878 (see MS. 4372, folio 127).
Dates:
[Circa 1850], 1877.
Materials relating to 'The Gabriel Hounds' by Mary Stewart, published 1967.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.4666/1-10
Dates:
Circa 1967.
Microfilm of Drafts and notes [1801-1802] of Joseph Strutt for the novel, ‘Emma Darcy, or, the Manners of Old Times’, which Sir Walter Scott completed and published as ‘Queenhoo-Hall’ in 1808.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.280
Dates:
[1801-1802].
Microfilm of eight ledgers of Alasdair Gray, containing work notes for stories, poems, plays, and his last novel, with draft of letters and many diary entries.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2061-2062
Dates:
1945-2008.
Microfilm of four ledgers of Alasdair Gray., 1973-2008.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.2061
Microfilm of manuscript of 'The heart of Midlothian' by Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.327
Dates:
[1818, or before.]
Microfilm of manuscript of the novel ‘Now and then’ by Samuel Warren.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.283
Dates:
[1847.]
Microfilm of manuscript of the novel ‘Witchwood’ by John Buchan, here called 'The minister of Woodilee'.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.73
Dates:
1925-1926.
Microfilm of manuscripts and drafts of and concerning George Douglas Brown.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.75
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Draft, [1901, or before], of parts of the novel ‘The house with the green shutters’ by George Douglas Brown (MS.8171);
Draft, [1901, or before], of chapter XV of the novel ‘The House with the Green Shutters’ by George Douglas Brown (MS.8172); Outline, notes, and draft chapters of the unpublished novel 'The incompatibles' by George Douglas Brown, probably written about 1900-1901 (MS.8173);Outline, notes, and draft chapters of the...
Dates:
[1896, or before-?1901.]
Microfilm of manuscripts of ‘The betrothed’ and ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’ by Sir Walter Scott, from the Pforzheimer Library.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.875
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [1825, or before], of ‘The betrothed’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23047);
Manuscript, [before 1829], of the ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’, 1st and 2nd series, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23048).
Dates:
[1825, or before; before 1829.]
Microfilm of original manuscript of ‘Redgauntlet’ by Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.163
Dates:
[1824, or before.]
Microfilm of page proofs of ‘Ivanhoe’, ‘Tales of my landlord' ('The bride of Lammermoor' and 'A legend of Montrose’), and ‘The Abbot’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.852
Dates:
[1819, or before; 1820, or before.]
Microfilm of page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.832
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand, [1822, or before] (MS.3402);
Page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand, [1822, or before; 1823, or before.] (MS.3403).
Dates:
[1822, or before; 1823, or before.]
Microfilm of page proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand., [1822, or before; 1823, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.346
Dates:
[1822, or before; 1823, or before.]
Microfilm of proofs of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott., [1823, or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.347
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Page proofs, [1823, or before], of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott, with extensive corrections and additions in Scott’s hand (MS.3404);
Proofs, [1823, or before], of the first edition of ‘Quentin Durward’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.3405).
Dates:
[1823, or before.]
Microfilm of proofs of ‘The fortunes of Nigel’, and ‘Quentin Durward’, by Sir Walter Scott.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.346-347
Dates:
[1822, or before; 1823, or before.]
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant (Adam Matthew, 1999).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1209-1234
Scope and Contents
The content descriptions for each microfilm are taken from the catalogue descriptions of the original items and as such there may be variations between the contents of the microfilms and the descriptions provided.
The dates are taken from the accession records for the original documents and might not be the specific dates of the documents on the microfilm.
Dates:
?19th century-[?1921].
Microfilm of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Margaret Oliphant. Reel 5. ‘The quiet heart’, articles for “Blackwoods magazine”, ‘Annals of a publishing house’., [1854, or before-1898 or before.]
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1214
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [1854, or before], of chapters ix-xxxvii of 'The quiet heart' by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4859);Manuscripts, [1855, or before-1898 or before], of various works of Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (MS.4860);Manuscript, [1897, or before], of part of ‘Annals of a publishing house: William Blackwood and his Sons’ by Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant, consisting of the first twelve chapters of text, corresponding...
Dates:
[1854, or before-1898 or before.]
Microfilm of the incomplete manuscript of ‘Waverley’ by Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.8
Dates:
?1805-1814.
Microfilm of the manuscript of chapters 4 and 1-2 of 'Il bizarro, a Calabrian tale', an unpublished novel by Sir Walter Scott.
Item
Identifier: MS.15558 [Mf.MSS.37]
Scope and Contents
There is a summary of the novel in ‘The journal of Sir Walter Scott’, page 709.
Dates:
[1832.]