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Photocopies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: General term for copies produced by photocopying, that is, in a machine employing a light-sensitive process, and usually at a one-to-one scale. In the early to mid-20th century, used regarding copies made by various specific processes; since the mid-20th century, most often refers to xerographic copies.

Found in 589 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript copy of the journal, 1831-1832, of the Reverend James Robert Boyd.

 File
Identifier: Acc.7316
Scope and Contents

Kept during a visit to Edinburgh and the Borders.

With notes and comments by the transcriber John S B Pratt Junior, undated

photocopy of a charcoal sketch, circa 1838, of Dr Boyd

biographical note, 1882.

Dates: 1831-1882.

Typescript of Donald W Nichol, "Pope`s Literary Legacy: the Book-Trade Correspondence of William Warburton and John Knapton".

 File
Identifier: Acc.10837
Scope and Contents

Contains material not printed in the version published, 1992, by The Oxford Bibliographical Society. Includes photocopies of some of the original letters from various libraries.

Dates: 1990.

Typescripts, 1961, of three versions of Alastair Fowler, "The Confidence Man", including copies of three associated letters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8703
Scope and Contents

With typescript, 1965, of Kitty W Scoular, "Natural Magic", and a photocopy of the Blage Manuscript, circa 1530-1550.

Dates: 1961-1965 and undated.

Typescripts of novellas, short stories and plays of Agnes Owens.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14086/1-61
Scope and Contents

This collection contains typescripts of the novellas and short stories of Agnes Owens, including many of the stories which formed part of 'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985) and 'People like that' (Bloomsbury, 1996). Several short stories present in this collection were only published for the first time in 'The complete short stories' (Polygon, 2008).

Many of the typescripts have annotations and corrections in the hands of Agnes Owens, Alasdair Gray and others.

Dates: 2007, undated.

Writings of Vero L Bosazza on nineteenth century explorers of African countries, chiefly David Livingstone.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20333-20340
Scope and Contents Vero L Bosazza, a South Africa geologist who worked in various African countries, became interested in the nineteenth century travellers there, especially David Livingstone. In retirement he wrote extensively on them, his personal knowledge of the localities giving his work a dimension frequently lacking in other scholarship. His writings are almost entirely unpublished, except in the sense that he distributed copies of them to various libraries with interests in African history....
Dates: 1861-1865, 1955-1979.

Xerox copies of letters to Jean, Lady Hunter, from members of the family of Sir James Hall of Dunglass.

 File
Identifier: MS.14196
Scope and Contents

The contents comprise a series of letters from Captain Basil Hall and his wife Margaret (folios 1-72) and another series chiefly from Helen, Lady Hall (folios 73-209).

Dates: 1807-1844.

Xeroxes of three manuscript music books containing airs collected by the sisters Margaret Douglas MacLean Clephane and Anna Jane Douglas MacLean Clephane of Torloisk, Mull.

 Series
Identifier: MS.14949(a)-(c)
Scope and Contents

The airs in the music books are drawn from a broad range of cultures, including Gaelic.

Dates: 1808-1825.