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Typescripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.

Found in 1011 Collections and/or Records:

Literary papers of the poet Edith Anne Robertson (1883-1973).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26977-26984
Scope and Contents

Educated in Glasgow and Germany, in 1919 Edith Anne married James A Robertson who became Professor of Biblical Criticism at Aberdeen University. Her publications included a life of St Francis Xavier as well as poems in English and Scots.

Dates: 1915-1973, undated.

Literary papers of Tom Pow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12233/1-87
Scope and Contents Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates: 1969-2003.

Literary papers of Wendy Wood.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8197
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of autobiographical work and stories.

Dates: circa 1930-1980.

Literary papers of William McIlvanney.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14097 Box 1(1)-Box 5(40)

Manuscript and corrected typescript of the play "The Hart of Scotland" (later retitled "The Bruce") by Robert Simpson Silver.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10544
Scope and Contents

With typescript modifications and new scenes and a printed copy of the text.

Dates: 1948-1950.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of a sequence of seven poems of Tom Leonard, "Situations Theoretical and Contemporary".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9044
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

Manuscript and typescript drafts of the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, tenth and eleventh poems from Situations Theoretical and Contemporary (Newcastle: Galloping Dog Press, 1986).

Dates: 1985.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of eight poems of David Morrison.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4719
Scope and Contents

With signed copy of Morrison`s "The White Hind and other Poems" (1968).

Dates: 1965-1968.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and other works of Mary Stewart, with related papers and digital resources.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13680/1-29
Scope and Contents

The papers relate mainly to the following books by Mary Stewart:

‘Madam, Will You Talk?’ (London, 1954)

‘The Crystal Cave’ (London, 1970)

‘A Walk in Wolf Wood’ (London, 1980)

‘The Wicked Day’ (London, 1983)

‘Thornyhold’ (London, 1988)

‘Frost on the window, and other poems’ (London, 1990)

‘Stormy Petrel’ (London, 1991)

‘Rose Cottage’ (London,1997).

Dates: Circa 1954-1997.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Something leather', by Alasdair Gray, with proofs, illustrations and related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10371/1-32
Scope and Contents Includes nine manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel, drafts of individual chapters, and related notes, correspondence and illustrations. Post-publication material includes copies of the US hardback edition, revised paperback edition, and cuttings of UK press coverage of the book.Alasdair Gray's descriptions have been retained in the scope and contents notes for each file, and include insights into his working process, comments on how the novel progressed, and how...
Dates: 1968-1991.

Manuscript and typescript of an autobiography, "The Buzzing Fly" by Fanny Susan Copeland.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11904
Scope and Contents

Concerns Copeland`s life in Slovenia and wartime internment in Italy. Includes poems and biographical notes.

Dates: circa 1960-1975.