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Correspondence and papers, including manuscripts, typescripts, articles and reviews, of Nigel Tranter.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9402/1-58
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of novels, topographical works, and articles, together with correspondence comprising around 2000 letters.

Dates: [?1955]-1986.

Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7125 Box 1(1)-Box 46(2)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1962-1976, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including papers and printed material of the Scottish National Party, PEN International and other political and cultural bodies.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6419 Box 1(1)-Box 108(3)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and lectures.

With letters of and to various correspondents, including James Bridie, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn, Eric Linklater, Naomi Mitchison, and Edwin Muir.

And documents and correspondence concerning the SNP, PEN, the Saltire Society, and other organisations.

Dates: 1890-1973, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Douglas Young, including printed material, mostly concerning Scottish politics.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7085 Box 1(1)-Box 32
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, articles, reviews, addresses, and broadcast talks, with letters on literary, academic and political matters.

Also printed items concerning the Scottish National Party, PEN, and other organisations.

Dates: 1938-1973, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11993
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts of novels, short stories and non-fiction, research notes, lectures and reviews.

Dates: 1958-2000.

Manuscript of ‘Ane Essay Relating to the Natural History of Scotland by way of Supplement to the Prodromus Naturalis Historae Scotae published anno 1684’ in the hand of Sir Robert Sibbald.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.5.19
Scope and Contents The manuscript contains, for the most part, discourses on natural history and scientific and medical phenomena found in Scotland, taken from manuscript and printed sources.Accounts taken from printed sources include ‘Philosophical Transactions’, ‘Description of the Islands of Orkney’ and ‘Large Description of Galloway’. Manuscript sources include letters and extracts of letters to Sibbald from Dr George Garden of Aberdeen and Matthew MacKaile, an Aberdeen apothecary....
Dates: 4th quarter of 17th century-1st quarter of 18th century.

Manuscripts, typescripts and other papers relating to the publication of works of Alasdair Gray, with some articles, reviews and biographical material.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9247/1-52
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and illustrative material relating to a wide range of Alasdair Gray’s work, including twenty-nine stage, radio and television plays, and the following published works:

'Lanark' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1981). 'Lean tales' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1985). 'Lean tales' (London: Abacus, 1987). 'Old negatives' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989).

Dates: 1954-circa 1987.

Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10173- is now MSS.27001-27246
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1927-1978.

Papers of and concerning Lord Boyd Orr.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6545
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of speeches, lectures, articles, reviews, broadcast talks, and memorandums, with correspondence and associated printed items.

Dates: 1938-1971.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10532
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Papers of David M Black.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8864
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, articles, reviews lectures, with associated correspondence.

Dates: circa 1958-1980.

Papers of Hamish Macmillan Brown

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13940

Papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10193
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, essays, articles, reviews and talks, and letters.

With photocopies of three letters to Janet H Caird of Sorley MacLean and Robert Garioch.

Dates: 1935-1987 and undated.

Papers of the Hon William Douglas Home.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11222
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and typescripts of a play, memoirs and reviews, together with correspondence on theatrical matters.

Dates: 1946-1991.

Papers of the literary magazine, "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6899
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, translations, articles, and reviews, with editorial correspondence, comprising over 700 letters. With associated printed items.

Dates: 1973-1976.

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