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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:

Miscellaneous prose works of William Edmondstoune Aytoun., [Circa 1862-circa 1864.]

 File
Identifier: MS.4925
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript of part of the first draft of an article, 'Banting on corpulence', published in “Blackwood's Magazine” November 1864 (folio 1);(ii) Manuscripts, undated, of four apparently unconnected fragments on rhetoric, one of which appears to follow the plan outlined in 'Notes for a treatise on public speaking', 1860 (see MS.4928) (folios 4, 12, 19, 36);(iii) Manuscripts, undated, of a note on 'Bands between sovereigns of...
Dates: [Circa 1862-circa 1864.]

Miscellaneous prose works or drafts by William Sharp and 'Fiona MacLeod', largely unpublished., [Before 1906.]

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Identifier: MS.8777
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Five apparently unpublished stories by William Sharp (folio 1);(ii) Six apparently unpublished stories by 'Fiona MacLeod' (folio 46);(iii) Part of an apparently unpublished article by William Sharp on 'Pélleas et Mélisande' by Maurice Maeterlinck (folio 64);iv) Reviews by 'Fiona MacLeod' of ‘The Cuchullin saga’ (London, 1898); of 'A field for modern verse' by Stephen Phiilips, in ‘The Dome’, February 1899; and of...
Dates: [Before 1906.]

Newspaper cuttings of poems, short stories and articles by various authors, collected by Eric Lyall., 1913-1937, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.24638
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Eric Lyall was the secretary of the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse, and these papers reflect that interest.

Dates: 1913-1937, undated.

Notebook kept by the 6th Marquess of Lothian, chiefly concerning the service in Ireland of the Midlothian Fencible Cavalry Regiment, of which he was Colonel., 1797-1799.

 Item
Identifier: MS.5750
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains copies of correspondence, orders, etc., a report of the Regiment's movements in the 1798 rebellion, and, inter alia, a treatise, 1801, on the etymology of military words (folio 68 verso), two stories (folios 103 verso, 136 verso), and notes on military theory.

Dates: 1797-1799.

Notebook of Archibald J Cronin.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8334
Scope and Contents

Containing drafts of 11 "Dr Findlay" short stories.

Dates: circa 1920-circa 1981.

Notebook of Elspeth Davie containing drafts of short stories.

 Item
Identifier: MS.19710
Scope and Contents

From folio 106 onwards, the material starts at the back of the volume.

Dates: 1961-1965.

Notebook of Neil Munro containing a later manuscript of "Boboon's children"., 1895.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26908
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.

Dates: 1895.

Notebook of Neil Munro containing a later manuscript of 'Jus Primae Noctis'., 1895.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26909
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.

Dates: 1895.

Notebook of Neil Munro containing an unfinished manuscript of 'Tale of the black soldier', apparently unpublished., 1896.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26910
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.

Dates: 1896.

Notebook of Neil Munro containing drafts of and notes for various stories., 1895.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26907
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains a continuation of "Boboon's children" (folio 1), and an early draft of 'The red hand' (folio l2). Also notes for and the beginning of an apparently unpublished story, "A man's clothes", 1895 (folio 18, 1 verso).

Dates: 1895.

Notebook of Neil Munro containing drafts of stories., ?1895.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26906
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains a continuation of 'The lost pibroch' (folio 1), and drafts of 'The sea fairy of French foreland' (folio 22) and the beginning of 'Boboon's children' (folio 21 verso).

Dates: ?1895.

Notebook of Neil Munro containing early drafts of various stories., 1895.

 File
Identifier: MS.26905
Scope and Contents The notebook contains early drafts, 1895, of 'War' (folio 1), lacking the beginning, 'Jus Primae Noctis' (folio 28), and the beginning of 'The lost pibroch' under the title 'The half town pipers' (folio 19 verso). 'Jus Primae Noctis' was first published in ‘New Review’, volume xvi (1897), pages 662-673, and is included in the Inveraray edition of ‘The lost pibroch’ (Edinburgh, 1935). This manuscript also contains the beginning of 'The half town bard' (folio 22 verso), an unpublished...
Dates: 1895.