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Short stories.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Relatively brief invented prose narratives.

Found in 358 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts, undated, of Edward Albert, chiefly of short stories and articles., 1st half of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.9126
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: 'Barrabel' (folio 1); 'The great gray seal' (folio 17); 'Christmas at a youth hostel' (folio 26); Four book reviews (folios 51 and 349); 'The Simpson sisters' (folio 170); 'At the pictures' (folio 179); 'Eleven thirty' (folio 212); 'Lyonesse' (folio 185); 'Heather Jock' (folio 54); 'The ship in the bay' (folio 32); 'The small tent' (folio 335); The script of a broadcast appeal, 21 July 1935, for the Scottish Youth Hostels Association (folio 347.Some...
Dates: 1st half of 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / 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. / Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert.

Typescripts, undated, of short stories by Edward Albert., 1st half of 20th century.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9122-9123
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 / 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. / Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of, and notebooks containing material collected for, the fictional works of Edward Albert. / 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.

Typescripts, undated, of three short stories by Margaret Noël-Paton., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.27473
Scope and Contents

Three short stories 'Full Circle' (folio 1), 'Immortal Moment' (folio 7) and 'Predicament' (folio 27). There is a manuscript list of alternative titles for the last (folio 26).

Dates: Mid 20th century-late 20th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary works of Margaret Hamilton Noël-Paton (born 1896), grand-daughter of Sir Joseph Noël-Paton, the painter. / Biography and fiction of Margaret Noël-Paton.

Typescripts, undated, some with manuscript corrections, of short stories of Tom Hanlin., [1942-1948.]

 File
Identifier: MS.27421
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Some of the short stories were published in English and American magazines. There are two versions of 'Temper the Wind' (MS.27420, folios 51, 64), 'My shadow on the side of the tunnel' (MS. 27420, folios 128, 140), 'And always will be' (MS.27421, folios 39, 57) and 'Strange the way' (MS.27421, folios 180, 200). The versos of MS.27421, folios 119-141 contain parts of an early version of ‘The miracle at Cardenrigg’.

Dates: [1942-1948.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Typescripts of literary works by Tom Hanlin (1907-1953). / Typescripts, some with manuscript corrections, of short stories of Tom Hanlin.

Unpublished essays, reviews and other short prose works., 1932-1948.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13145/61-64
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the following published volumes by Michael Roberts:'These our Matins' (London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1930)'New Signatures', collected by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1932)'Elizabethan Prose. Selected and prefaced by M. Roberts' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1933)'New Country', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1933)'Critique of Poetry' (London:...
Dates: 1932-1948.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Michael Roberts, including some later papers of Janet Adam Smith concerning Michael Roberts. / Manuscripts and typescripts of prose articles and talks. / Manuscripts and typescripts of prose articles and talks.

Various compositions of George Douglas Brown., 1897-1898, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8180
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript, in the author's hand, of 'Honest Jack' by George Douglas Brown, a one-act farce. Brown's only experiment in play-writing was never published. (Folio 1.)(ii) Typescript, with a few corrections in Brown's hand, of two chapters of "The doctor's stories". Intended as an autobiography of a doctor, the work remained unpublished. The date of composition is probably 1898. See James Veitch, 'George Douglas Brown', page 110. (Folio...
Dates: 1897-1898, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts and drafts of and concerning George Douglas Brown. / Various manuscripts of George Douglas Brown bound together.

Various manuscripts of George Douglas Brown bound together., 1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8177-8180
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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.

Dates: 1897-[1901, or after], ?1923.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts and drafts of and concerning George Douglas Brown.

Writings of Janet Wills, sister of William and Robert Chambers and wife of William Henry Wills.

 File
Identifier: MS.3652
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise accounts of a visit to Glasgow Blind Asylum (folio 1) and of experiences, real or fictitious, in Argyll (folio 5), Epping Forest (folio 10), France (folio 20), and the Rhineland (folio 28), and stories (folio 47), undated.

Dates: Late 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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