Scope and Contents 'Acid Test'. Published in full, 1998, in ‘Deliberately Thirsty’. Folios 1-34. (Story on folios 23-27) Published in full, 1998, in ‘Edit Magazine’. Folios 35-52. (Story on folios 39-40) Published in full, 1998, in ‘The Scotsman WeekEnd’. Folios 53-54. 'Auld Lang Syne'. Extract published, 1992, Part One, in ‘The Evening News’. Folios 55-56.'Charades'. Published in full, 2017, in ‘Country Life’ magazine. Folios 57-59.'Father Christmas's Revenge'. Published in full,...

Scope and Contents 'Not Just Another Saturday'. Published in full, 2005, for SNIP. 2 copies, folios 1-4.‘Saint Nicked'. Part One, 2003, published in ‘Radio Times’. 2 copies, Folios 5-24. Part Two, 2003, published in ‘Radio Times’. Folios 25-102. (Story on folios 39-40)'Tell Me Who To Kill'. Published extract, 2003, in ‘Scotland on Sunday’. Folios 103-106.'Tit for Tat'. Published extract, 1992, Part One, in ‘The Evening News’. Press cutting. Folios 107-108. Published extract,...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, short stories by Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Also included are administrative papers relating to the process of publication. Published copies of several short stories are held; some as full versions, others as extracts. Additionally, some correspondence relating to the short stories is included.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, short stories by Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Also included are administrative papers relating to the process of publication. Published copies of several short stories are held; some as full versions, others as extracts. Additionally, some correspondence relating to the short stories is included.

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The text includes the ‘Story of Felix’, i.e. of Robert Keith, ‘Ambassador-Keith’ (folio 22), and is in the autograph of Dr Robert Douglas, Minister of Galashiels, according to a note signed T C B (Thomas Craig-Brown) on folio iii. On folio iii is written, in Sir Walter Scott’s hand, ‘Copy Manuscript of Mrs Cockburn’.

At the beginning is a letter of the Earl of Haddington to Scott, returning the manuscript, 1822.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.

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Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of novels, plays, poems and short stories, with some correspondence and other writings.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) ‘Substance of a speech delivered by the Lord Advocate at a dinner given to him by his constituents at Leith, on Friday 8th January, 1841’ (Edinburgh, 1841) (folio 1); (ii) Manuscript of a speech by Lord Rutherfurd, probably his address of congratulation on behalf of the Faculty of Advocates to David Boyle on his elevation to the Lord Presidency of the Court of Session, 1841 (folio 9); (iii) ‘Inaugural address by Andrew Rutherfurd Esq., M.P., on his...

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All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.

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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.

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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).

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Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.

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One of the typescript copies is incomplete.

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The two typescripts begin on folios 1 and 39.

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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.

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The stories include "The wells o' Dee", 'Jock Johnson' and 'Burning the water'.

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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.

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Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.

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'...

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There are three copies of each story.

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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.

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...