Short stories.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Relatively brief invented prose narratives.
Found in 362 Collections and/or Records:
Stories written by William Hunter, of Oban, whilst being held as a prisoner of war in Germany during the Second World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13825
Content Description
Hunter was interned in a number of different camps for officers, including Oflag VII C, Oflag IX A/Z and Oflag VIB. Whilst the stories were written during his internment, they do not describe his experiences during that time.
Prior to the Second World War, Hunter had lived in Ferozepur and Allahabad, India before moving to Oban around 1936, which is reflected in his stories.
Dates:
1941-1945.
'Story of the Recluse', an unfinished story, by Robert Louis Stevenson, with notes by George S Hellman., Circa 1885.
Item
Identifier: MS.3794
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.
Dates:
Circa 1885.
Synopses, manuscripts and corrected typescripts of the fourth series of the Linmill stories by Robert McLellan., 1965.
File
Identifier: MS.26414
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Robert McLellan wrote a number of short stories, chiefly based on his own childhood at Linmill fruit farm in Lanarkshire, many of which were both broadcast and published.
Dates:
1965.
‘Tales from the people of Sutherland’: stories, beliefs, riddles, etc., collected by Miss Charlotte Louisa Dempster., 1859.
File
Identifier: MS.2140
Scope and Contents
The volume contains entries by various writers, including John F Campbell of Islay, by whom there is an index (folio 2) and a sketch (folio 184).
Dates:
1859.
Ten literary notebooks of Morley Jamieson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7547
Scope and Contents
Including drafts of poems and short stories.
Dates:
circa 1948-1976.
The Melrosian Annual, 1888
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13258
Scope and Contents
Manuscript volume consisting of essays, short stories, anecdotes and verse contributed by past and present members of staff of the firm of Andrew Melrose, Edinburgh, Tea Dealers and Grocers. Many of the contributions are reminiscences of the shop and its customers including Professor John Stuart Blackie, f.198, Edinburgh and society. The volume is illustrated with a few pen and ink drawings.Inscribed W.R.M. on inside front cover. With note at the front affirming that this volume...
Dates:
1888, 1917
Three notebooks of Elspeth Davie including manuscript drafts for short stories., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10631/18-20
Scope and Contents
From the Record Group:
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Dates:
Undated.
Three typescripts,undated, of ‘The four strangers’, a volume of short stories by Edward Albert., [1932, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.9076
Scope and Contents
One of the typescript copies is incomplete.
Dates:
[1932, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Typescripts and proof of ‘The four strangers’ by Edward Albert.
Transcriptions from Irish manuscripts into Roman script made by Dr Donald Smith.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.1
Scope and Contents
Transcriptions from Irish manuscripts into Roman script made by Dr Donald Smith when in Ireland circa 1798. On inside front cover are some calculations and disconnected passages from Irish tales in the scribe’s hand. His nephew, John Smith, left his signature and a table of contents on the following flyleaf.The contents (text) are as follows.(i) Eachtra Chloinne Ríogh Na hIoruaidhe. Beginning ‘Ard Righ uasal oireadha, fiosach, firghlic, fioreolach calma, curate,...
Dates:
[Circa 1798.]
Two typescripts with manuscript corrections, of 'Space Cat and the Dog Star' by Ruthven Todd., [Circa 1956.]
File
Identifier: MS.26851
Scope and Contents
The two typescripts begin on folios 1 and 39.
Dates:
[Circa 1956.]
Typecripts, undated, of short stories, one with an African theme of Naomi Mitchison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10840
Scope and Contents
Includes:
"Housing Diary", Glasgow, 1934
letter, 1964, of Marion Campbell
verse, undated, including some of Stephen Spender.
Dates:
1934-1964 and undated.
Typescript drafts of novel of Jessie Kesson, "Where the Apple Ripens" (1978).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7845
Scope and Contents
With manuscript and typescript of associated short story and radio play, undated.
Dates:
1978 and undated.
Typescript of an apparently unpublished collection of short stories entitled ‘Dargai’ by Edward Albert., 1st half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9122
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript and typescripts, undated, of a collection of short stories entitled ‘Dargai’, and three other short stories, “The Wells o’ Dee”, ‘Jock Johnson’, and ‘Burning the water’, by Edward Albert.
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Typescripts, undated, of short stories by Edward Albert.
Typescript of Anne Valentine, "The Delegation", a short story.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10004
Dates:
1955.
Typescript of short stories of Edward Albert., 1st half of 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9123
Scope and Contents
The stories include "The wells o' Dee", 'Jock Johnson' and 'Burning the water'.
Dates:
1st half of 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscript and typescripts, undated, of a collection of short stories entitled ‘Dargai’, and three other short stories, “The Wells o’ Dee”, ‘Jock Johnson’, and ‘Burning the water’, by Edward Albert.
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Typescripts, undated, of short stories by Edward Albert.
Typescript of the end of 'The ebbs of Bernera' by Edward Albert., [1932, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.9138 (2)
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.
Dates:
[1932, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
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Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of 'Tales of the north west' and 'The ebbs of Bernera' by Edward Albert.
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Typescripts of 'Tales of the north west' and 'The ebbs of Bernera' by Edward Albert.
Typescript short story of "It's nae bluidy wonder!", by Tom Scott., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.11750/109
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.
Dates:
Undated.
Typescript, undated, of an autobiographical work of Margaret Mackenzie Scott, "Childhood of a Nobody", with other papers.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6620/1-6
Scope and Contents
Including typescripts of a short story, undated, and articles, 1923-1940.
Dates:
1923-1940 and undated.
Typescript, undated, of Edward Albert of various short stories and articles, chiefly unpublished., Early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.9135
Scope and Contents
The contents include:
'It came with a lass' (folio 13);
'The house with the dead leaves' (folio 40);
'The purple headland' (folio 55);
'The knock at the door' (folio 94);
“Granny Grinton's shop” (folio 95);
A review of ‘Juno and the paycock’ (folio 144);
'Tendencies in modern fiction' (folio 148);
'Miss Sin' (folio 180);
“Mrs Murphy's home” (folio 194);
'The judgement of Solomon' (folio 204);
'Cab, sir' (folio 213);
'The Scottish Youth Hostels Association' (folio 227);
'The four forty-five'...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
Typescript, undated, of two apparently unpublished short stories of Edward Albert entitled 'The resurrection man' and "Garrity's garage"., 1st half of 20th century
File
Identifier: MS.9116
Scope and Contents
There are three copies of each story.
Dates:
1st half of 20th century
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
Typescript, with a few manuscript corrections, of parts of the novel ‘Stained radiance’ by James Leslie Mitchell., [1930, or before]-[1932, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26036
Scope and Contents
Folios 1-15 are from an early version of ‘Stained radiance’; folios 16-39 correspond to pages 214-230 of the published novel.
The versos of folios 1-15 contain the typescript, marked up for printing, of part of the story 'Dawn in Alarlu', published in James Leslie Mitchell's ‘Persian dawns, Egyptian nights’. A page is missing between folios 10 verso and ll verso, and the typescript of pages 150-157 of the printed version is missing.
Dates:
[1930, or before]-[1932, or before.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the novelist James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), the author 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', and of his wife Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell.
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Papers chiefly typescripts of the publications of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'.
Typescripts and manuscripts of ‘Adventures in Babysitting', 'An Afternoon’, 'Another Cup of Coffee for the Road', 'An Appointment', 'A Betting Man', 'The Big Strip Tease', 'Billy Bone', 'Breaking’, 'A Case of Eyes', 'Character Building', short stories by Ian Rankin; with related working notes., 1983-2014, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.50454
Scope and Contents
‘Adventures in Babysitting: An everyday tale of Hollywood folk’. Folios 1-33. Separated materials MS.0219 – remember to change in AS Typescript, undated, revised draft. Folios 1-15. Typescript, undated, early draft. Folios 16-29. Working notes of Ian Rankin, undated. Folios 30-33. 'An Afternoon’. Folios 34-35. Partial typescript, 1984, first page, with...
Dates:
1983-2014, undated.
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 short stories of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin, other than Rebus short stories.
Typescripts and printed copies of fiction and drama by James Leslie Mitchell, ‘Lewis Grassic Gibbon’., 1924-1935, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26059
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of part of a work on Sir William Wallace with the deleted title, 'Lang Syne', circa l935 (folio l);
(ii) Typescript of the beginning of a satire, 'Lowland Scots as a literary medium', undated (folio ll);
(iii) Typescripts of two unfinished versions of the story, 'Walpurgis Eve', undated (folio l3). The title has been altered to 'Lost Tribes', but only the opening page of one version (folio l4) corresponds to the story...
Dates:
1924-1935, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the novelist James Leslie Mitchell (1901-1935), the author 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', and of his wife Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell.
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Papers chiefly typescripts of the publications of James Leslie Mitchell, 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon'.
Typescripts and proof of ‘The four strangers’ by Edward Albert., [1932, or before], 1932.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9076-9077
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.
Dates:
[1932, or before], 1932.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.
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Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.
Typescripts of and notes and fragments concerning 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea' by Ruthven Todd., 1966, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.26853
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i)Draft typescript, with manuscript corrections, of 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea', 1966 (folio 1); (ii) Fair typescript, 1966 (folio 47); (iii) Miscellaneous notes and fragments, undated (folio 99).
Dates:
1966, undated.