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Autograph manuscripts of dramas and other works of Sir David Erskine.
The majority of the works are unpublished, and those which are published present considerable divergences. All the plays were written for the stage, and in some cases the names of the actors appear in the list of dramatis personae. Adv.MS.5.1.16, (i) and (ii) seem to be unconnected with the remainder of the collection.
Correspondence and memoranda of Sir John Sinclair, relating chiefly to his attempts to trace Gaelic manuscripts, to the translation into English of the Gaelic ‘Poems of Ossian’, and to his ‘Fingal; a tragedy, in five acts’.
Correspondence and papers of James Pittendrigh Macgillivray.
Correspondence, production files, scripts, cuttings and other papers of John McGrath.
The bulk of the material dates from ca.1979-1990, though there are some earlier and later items. Much of it concerns McGrath’s work outside 7:84, the theatre company which he and others established in 1971.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Literary and personal papers of Jo Clifford.
Literary and personal papers, c. 1966-2013, of Jo Clifford, comprising mainly playscripts, notebooks and journals. With some earlier family papers including: two travel journals by an unidentified family member, to North Carolina in 1828 and a tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland in 1829; First World War letters of Bertram Clifford, grandfather of Jo Clifford.
Literary papers and correspondence of Henry Mackenzie.
Includes manuscript of, notes for and letters, circa 1810, 1812-1821, concerning Mackenzie`s "Life of Home". With manuscript page, undated, of "Douglas" by John Home and a diary, circa 1803, of Home`s journey to Bath with David Hume in 1776.
Literary papers and correspondence of John Herdman.
Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.
Literary papers of Stewart Conn.
Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, articles and plays, and radio scripts, with some related correspondence.
Literary, personal and political papers of James Kelman, with digital archive.
Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.
Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.
Papers, including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles and reviews, of Robert Nye; with manuscript and typescript drafts of the anthologies, 'The English sermon, 1750-1850' (1976), and 'The faber book of sonnets' (1976), edited by Nye, with associated correspondence.
Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.
Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.
Papers of James Bridie.
Includes correspondence, theatre programmes and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, films and short stories.
Papers of Moultrie R Kelsall.
Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.
Papers of Robert Kemp.
Including diaires, accounts, photographs and typesripts of plays, novels, short stories, addresses, broadcast talks and documentaries.
With letters of, among others, James Bridie and Cedric Thorpe Davie.
Papers of Robert Kemp, including typescripts of plays, novels, short stories, addresses, broadcast talks and documentaries; correspondence, including letters from James Bridie and Cedric Thorpe Davie; diaries, accounts, press cuttings and photographs.
Papers of the Hon William Douglas Home.
Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of a play, memoirs and reviews, together with correspondence on theatrical matters.
Papers of the Traverse Theatre.
Includes minutes, accounts, correspondence and play scripts
Papers of the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh, comprising scripts of ninety-five plays and related correspondence.
Papers of William Douglas Home.
Includes correspondence and play scripts.
Personal and professional papers of Edith Simon
Scripts of plays of Sean Hignett, and others, for television.
With papers concerning Waverley Broadcasting Ltd.