Including:

1. corrected typescripts of "Prisoners of War", 1914, and "Barley, Honey and Wine", circa 1923

2. plays

3. letter, undated, of George Bernard Shaw to Mitchison, commenting on "Barley, Honey and Wine".

Most of the typescripts are undated, and relatively few have been published. Some of the one-act plays were written for amateur drama groups competing in Scottish Community Drama festivals. Joe Corrie sometimes wrote more than one play with the same plot, and he would alter an act of a longer play to make it a one-act play in its own right. He also adapted some of his stage plays for broadcasting.

The contents are as follows. (i) 'A Saint in Armour: a play in four scenes', ?1954 (folio 1); (ii) “The Maid of Domrémy”, undated (folio 123). This is the first scene only of (i), with a few alterations, and may be the text of the play televised on 4 February 1954.

The plays include an adaptation of Tom Hanlin's novel ‘Once in every lifetime’ (London, 1945) (folio 29) and three plays (folios 1, 86, 137) related to his short stories (MS.27421, folios 13, 83, 102). There are two versions of the play 'One more chance' (folios 86, 112).

A journalist by training, Alexander Brown Paterson was a founder and chairman of the Byre Theatre, St Andrews, where many of his plays, including these, were first produced.

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

The typescripts include verses from 'The Rainbow Field' (folio 2), 'The Book of Duds' (folio 25) and 'Later Numbers' (folio 42).

There are several manuscript and typescript lists of contents, and an author's note (folio 26) which was not published.

A small collection of typescripts of poems submitted to 'Lines Review'. These include typescripts, and some related letters, of Tom Buchan, Fred Cogswell, Rayne MacKinnon, Hermann Pálsson, John Taylor, Stephen Watts, Eric Wishart, and William Wolfe.

Most of the poems are dated from 1954-1974.

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of:

'Unlikely stories, mostly' (Canongate, 1983);

'1982, Janine' (Cape, 1984);

'The fall of Kelvin Walker' (Canongate, 1985);

'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985);

'Old negatives' (Cape, 1989).

Includes "A Plan for the Mound" and "Social Readjustment", together with five short stories on African themes.

Joe Corrie worked as a miner in Fife and Ayrshire, and many of his plays and stories are set in mining communities. He was a prolific writer who published a number of plays, several collections of poetry, and two novels, as well as numerous stories and articles in newspapers. Many of his plays were popular with amateur dramatic groups.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the Rebus novels by Ian Rankin.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the Rebus novels by Ian Rankin.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the Rebus novels by Ian Rankin.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the Rebus novels by Ian Rankin.