Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of a pamphlet entitled ‘Ten minutes of reflection on the late events in France. Recommended by a plain man to his fellow citizens’ (Woodbridge, 1793). (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript, 1803, of two apparently unpublished poetical letters, 'The new Oxford guide', which follow very closely the form and style of Christopher Anstey's ‘The new Bath guide’ (London, 1766), and therefore may possibly be by Christopher Anstey himself. (Folio...

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscript of two poems by Robert Brown Cunnynghame entitled “Tales o' the daft days. The mistress's tale or The hunt the gowk” and “Tale third. The boarding school Miss's tale or Bailie Blair's courtship”. These are apparently unpublished continuations of the three parts of “Tales o' the daft days” published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, November and December 1822, and March 1823. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript, 1823, of an apparently...

Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...

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This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.

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Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.

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Series 4, number 5, 'The Shuilfie', is missing.

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As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.

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The contents are as follows. (i) The Moon's Story - A Dream of 1849 (folio 1); (ii) Recollections of a conversation with Lord John Russell at Pembroke Lodge, 1848 (folio 8); (iii) Recollections of Woburn, 1856, being notes from a conversation with Francis, Duke of Bedford (succeeded 1872) (folio 13); (iv) Notes of conversations with Lord John Russell from the journal of Nina, Countess of Minto, 1863-1872 (folio 35); (v) Epigram on Sir Sidney Smith by John, 4th Marquess Townshend, undated.

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The notes, 'Letters of W. Drummond to sundries all his owen hand. Sept. 16, 1693', and 'Manie of them printed, 1703', on folio 103, which was found loose in this volume, seem to refer to the contents of MS.2061.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...

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Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.

Scope and Contents Contact details, circa 2004-2012, of people to be used as characters in Rankin’s novels, collected by or sent to Ian Rankin. Folios 1-3.Arnold, Gavin Glass, Katie Martin, John Mellon, Jim Robison, Elaine Data Protection: names, phone numbers, email addresses Notes, 1985-Circa 2000, by Ian Rankin on his creative writing, including story ideas and personal notes. Folios 4-Notes are manuscript and typescript. The series contains notes on ideas...

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The contents are as follows. (i) Drafts and fragments of short stories, 1958-1973, undated (folio 1). They include 'The Garden of Forking Paths' (folio 1), a translation of a story by Jorge Luis Borges, published in ‘Ficciones’, edited by A Kerrigan (London, 1962), pages 89-101. (ii) Typescript of 'The Freedom Riders', a play, undated (folio 83); (iii) Reviews, prefaces, short pieces and fragments, 1966-1977, undated (folio 90).

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Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

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Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

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Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...

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Many of the drafts are early compositions, but they include all that apparently now exists of 'The House with the Green Shutters', published in 1901 (MSS.8171-8172), and two items not by George Douglas Brown (MS.8178).

MSS.8171-8176 are written in school notebooks.