Short stories.
Found in 358 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, papers, bromides and negatives of 'Chapman' literary magazine.
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems, short stories, articles and reviews, together with editorial correspondence.
Correspondence, proofs, artwork and paste-ups of the literary magazine 'Chapman'.
The magazine was founded in 1970 and includes poetry and articles on all aspects of Scottish culture, including theatre, politics, language and arts.
Developmental materials of Ian Rankin for various creative works, including contact details and working notes., Circa 1985-2012.
Draft manuscript of 'No Scottish twilight' (1947), edited by Maurice Lindsay and Fred Urquhart, with assorted literary manuscript material.
Draft translations and other writings of Charles Scott Moncrieff., 1925.
Drafts, fragments, typescript, reviews, prefaces and short pieces of Ruthven Todd., 1958-1977, undated.
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).
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966, undated.
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.
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966.
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.
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays, undated, of Hector MacIver., [1928-1966.]
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.
Dramatic works and short stories of Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Circa 1931-Before 1956.]
Dramatic works, short stories and poetry of Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Circa 1919-before 1956.]
Editorial correspondence and submissions for 'Shouting it out' by Tom Pow, a collection of short stories for children., 1979, 1993-1995.
Eight letters, 1818-1835, of John Gait to various correspondents, with a draft agreement between Gait and Richard Bentley, 1832, a holograph poem, 'Music', 1834, and three leaves of manuscript of the stories 'A Rich Man' and 'Tribulations of Reverend Conal Kilmun'., 1818-1835.
Eleven monthly parts of the family magazine, 'The Star', written by the Bigg family of Carnwath.
The issues contain stories, verse, news of family affairs, and a few drawings, in the handwriting of the various contributors. The May issue is missing.
Fair copy of a short story, 'John Vincent', written under the pseudonym 'William Douglas' by George Douglas Brown, but never offered for publication., 1897.
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.
File, 'Writings' of Marshall Anderson. Containing typescript short stories and scripts by Marshall Anderson., Undated.
Final manuscript of the short story 'The veiled portrait' by James Grant., [1874, or before.]
Besides being a most prolific writer of fiction (he produced some fifty-six novels), James Grant wrote on the history, particularly military history, of Scotland. He was a keen supporter of the Volunteer Movement in Edinburgh, and founded, in 1852, the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights.
Folder entitled 'Notes for stories', including manuscript drafts of "The French class" and 'Notes on the short story'., Undated.
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Folder including typescript drafts of 'Notes on the short story'; manuscript and typescript drafts of talks on writing short stories; and miscellaneous manuscript notes on writing., Undated.
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Folder including typescript of a short story., Undated.
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Four series, each containing six Linmill stories by Robert McLellan, broadcast on BBC radio., 1960-1965.
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.
Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.
Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).
Galley proofs, circa 1958, of Ian Hamilton Finlay, "The Sea-Bed and Other Stories", with corrections by Finlay.
With printed copies of two short stories, undated, of Finlay with his annotations and corrections.
Humorous stories and anecdotes, largely Scottish, with occasional extracts from contemporary books, reviews, and newspapers, all 18th century.
Internal dates in the manuscript are from 1740-1762. Newspaper-cuttings, pasted on the boards and binding pages, are dated 1779-1780.