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Academic and literary papers, including typescripts, drafts and correspondence, of Angus Calder.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9851/1-66
Scope and Contents

Concerning his doctoral thesis, books and broadcasts, his involvement in East African literature, his editorship of 'Journal of Commonwealth literature' and convenorship of the Scottish Poetry Library.

Includes lectures notes, drafts, histories, correspondence and interviews.

Dates: 1960-1988.

Corrected typescript drafts and proofs of William Wolfe, "Scotland Lives" (1973).

 File
Identifier: Acc.9537
Scope and Contents

With associated notes and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1973.

Corrections and additions by the first Earl of Cromer in an advance proof of a speech he afterwards delivered on Free Trade and Protection to the Glasgow and West of Scotland Unionist Free Trade Club on 10 January 1908.

 File
Identifier: MS.2250
Scope and Contents

Also included are three letters to the donor, James MacLehose, the Glasgow printer (including one from Lord Cromer accompanying the corrected proof), the final printed copy of the speech and the menu and toast list of the luncheon at which the speech was delivered.

Dates: [1908, or before.]

Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates: 1981-1996, 2010.

Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates: 1988-2003.

Letters of Thomas Carlyle to his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.511-518
Scope and Contents

There are no letters of Thomas Carlyle to his father. Several letters of Jane Welsh Carlyle (sometimes added to Carlyle’s letters as postscripts) and of various members of Carlyle’s family are included. Other writers are Daniel Corrie, Bishop of Madras, 1836; W H Wills, ‘Editor and factotum‘ of Charles Dickens, 1855; and Rudolf Sonnenburg, who brought out a German edition of ‘Frederick’, 1867. There are also letters of Carlyle to Whewell, 1861, Emerson, 1869, and others.

Dates: 1821-1870, undated.

Literary papers, a political notebook and letters of Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, Politician and Author [1845-1937]. With three letters to Gavin Maxwell.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13262
Scope and Contents

The main interest of the papers lies in the manuscripts and proofs of some of Sir Herbert’s many literary works including `Robert the Bruce and the Struggle for Scottish Independence`, 1897, `The Chevalier of the Splendid Crest`, 1900, `A Century of Empire, 1801-1900`, 1909, `Inter-alia : A Scottish Calendar of Crime and other historical essays`, 1924, and `Evening Memories`, 1932.

Dates: 1884-1937, 1945, undated

Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13289/1-109
Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...
Dates: 1951-2011.

Literary papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13460/1-64
Content Description

Literary papers of Andrew Greig, circa 2000-2013, relating mainly to the following works: `Getting Higher`, `At the Loch of the Green Corrie`, `As Though We Were Flying`, `Found at Sea`, `Fair Helen`.

Dates: circa 2000-2013.

Literary papers of R B Cunninghame Graham.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9237
Dates: circa 1915-circa 1936.

Literary papers of Ruth Thomas.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13389
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, c.1990-2012, of Ruth Thomas comprising digital archive, print-outs, notebooks and business correspondence.

Dates: c. 1990-2012.

Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12937
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, articles and plays, and radio scripts, with some related correspondence.

Dates: 1938-1964.

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 drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11203/1-12
Scope and Contents

Drafts, proofs and some source materials and correspondence for 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

Alasdair Gray's own manuscript drafts are accompanied by typescript transcriptions produced by his typist Scott Pearson, which are then in turn heavily annotated and corrected by Gray. These annotations then inform the next set of manuscript drafts, giving a unique insight into how the book developed and grew.

Dates: 1967, 1985, 1993-1994.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true' and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', by Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence and source materials.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10749/1-89
Scope and Contents Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true', and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', along with finished copies of all three books. There are some files of correspondence concerning the publication of 'Poor things' and 'Ten tales tall and true', as well as some material concerning 'Something leather'.Most files have an A4 sheet inserted at the beginning by Alasdair Gray with a brief summary of the file's...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1896, 1972-1993.

Manuscripts, typescripts, drafts and proofs of works of Kenneth White, including related correspondence and notes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10613/1-48
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, short stories, autobiography and travel works.

Dates: 1963-1992, undated.

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Correspondence. 29
Drafts. Documents. 28
Manuscripts. 21
Typescripts. 19
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Notes. 14
Letters. Correspondence. 13
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 11
Poetry. 9
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 7
Novels. 6
Photographs. 6
Articles. 5
Copies. Derivative objects. 5
Illustrations. Layout features. 5
Notebooks. 5
Speeches. Documents. 5
Translations. Documents. 5
Legal documents. 4
Audiocassettes. 3
Biographies. 3
Documents. 3
Essays. 3
Fragments. 3
Lectures. 3
Memorandums. 3
Microfilms. 3
Minutes. Administrative records. 3
Page proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 3
Pamphlets. 3
Photocopies. 3
Scripts. Documents. 3
Administrative records. 2
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 2
Diaries. 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Family papers. 2
Financial records. 2
Histories. 2
Lists. 2
Literature (writings). 2
Plays. 2
Prefaces. 2
Reports. 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Short stories. 2
Sketches. 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Abstracts. Summaries. 1
Account books. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annotations. 1
Autobiographies. 1
Bookplates. 1
Calculations. 1
Cartoons. Humourous images. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Certificates 1
Certificates. 1
Charts. Graphic documents. 1
Circulars. Fliers. 1
Compact discs. 1
DVDs. 1
Dedications. Documents. 1
Detached leaves. 1
Elegies. 1
Ephemera. 1
Exercise books. 1
Floppy disks. Magnetic disks. 1
Folk tales. 1
Folklore. 1
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Parliamentary papers. 1
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Language
English 28
Undetermined 12
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 5
Akros, literary magazine 1
Calder, Angus Lindsay Ritchie (historian, writer, and poet) 1
Carter, John Waynflete, bibliographer and antiquarian bookseller, 1905-1975 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
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Cunningham, Ian Campbell, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland, b 1938 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hardie, James Keir, politician, 1856-1915 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994 1
Hay, Denys, Emeritus Professor of Medieval History, University of Edinburgh, 1915-1994: recipient 1
Hess, Rudolf Walter Richard, deputy of Adolf Hitler, 1894-1987 1
Hughes, Emrys, politician, 1894-1969 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Maxwell , Gavin, Naturalist and author, 1914-1969: recipient 1
Maxwell, Sir Herbert Eustace, 7th Baronet of Monreith, politician and author, 1845-1937 1
McGregor, Sheila, author of "The Complete Book of Traditional Fair Isle knitting", fl 1973-2003 1
Morison, Stanley, typographer, 1889-1967 1
Muir, Percival Horace, antiquarian bookseller, 1894-1979 1
National Council of Labour Colleges 1
Pont, Timothy, topographer, fl 1574–1611 1
Royle, Trevor Bridge (broadcaster and author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) (b 1945) 1
Saltire Society 1
Scott, Paul Henderson, author, b 1920 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Thomas, Ruth, writer, b. 1967 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
Wolfe, William Cuthbertson, Leader of the Scottish National Party, 1924-2010 1
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