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Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence of Alasdair Gray, mainly concerning 'Working legs', as well as other works.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11655/1-34
Scope and Contents

Includes extensive working papers and proofs for 'Working legs', including cast notes and publicity materials, as well as papers relating to the 1997 editions of 'Why Scots should rule Scotland' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1966-1997.

Papers concerning Jane Welsh.

 File
Identifier: Acc.4463
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. letter, 1824, of Jane Welsh to Dugald Gilchrist

2. fragment of play, undated, of Jane Welsh

3. three letters, 1824-1825, of Mrs Welsh to members of the Gilchrist family.

Dates: 1824-1825.

Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1933-1961, undated.

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of Alexander Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12236
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.

Dates: 1931-1981.

Papers of and concerning Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10652
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of plays, short stories and poems, with correspondence.

Dates: 1929-1987.

Papers of and concerning Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10282/1-69
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of plays, novels and poems, with over 500 letters of and to various correspondents.

Dates: 1916-1977.

Papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay (1881-1919), father of the poet George Campbell Hay.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26793-26796
Scope and Contents

John MacDougall Hay became minister of Elderslie in 1909, but is best known for his work as a novelist and poet, particularly for his novel 'Gillespie' (London, 1914). He also wrote numerous articles for newspapers and periodicals.

Dates: 1904-1956, undated.

Papers of and concerning O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11309
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, articles, broadcast talks and biography.

Dates: 1904-1988.

Papers of Annie S Swan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6003
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts of novels and plays, correspondence, and photographs.

Dates: circa 1881-1943.

Papers of Arnold Kemp, Robert Kemp, and relating to the Kemp family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13323
Scope and Contents

Papers, circa 1960-2002, of Arnold Kemp, with papers and correspondence, circa 1851-1995, relating to Robert Kemp and the Kemp family.

Dates: circa 1851-2002.

Papers of George Friel.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8797
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, together with associated correspondence.

Dates: 1932-1974.

Papers of George Scott-Moncrieff (1910-1974).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26941-26972
Scope and Contents

George Scott-Moncrieff spent much of his childhood in England, but returned to Scotland in the 1930s. His writing covered a wide range of subjects, including architecture, Scottish topography, fiction, drama and religious works, and the last two of these are well represented in his papers.

Dates: 1951-1970, undated.

Papers of James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9887
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, theatre programmes and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, films and short stories.

Dates: 1928-1951.

Papers of Janet Paisley.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 1(1)-Box 6(46)-was TD.3720
Scope and Contents

This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.

Dates: 1981-2017.

Papers of Katherine Cecil Thurston.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11378
Scope and Contents

Includes literary and personal correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories and plays, and photographs.

Dates: 1903-1911.

Papers of Moultrie R Kelsall.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7716/1-328
Scope and Contents

Including scripts of plays, short stories, articles, talks, broadcast scripts of radio and television documentaries, and associated correspondence.

Dates: 1931-1977.

Papers of Naomi Mitchison.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6537/1-5
Scope and Contents

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".

Dates: 1914-circa 1923 and undated.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10360
Scope and Contents

Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.

Dates: 1933-1990.

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Correspondence. 46
Typescripts. 36
Manuscripts. 27
Poetry. 27
Letters. Correspondence. 22
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Novels. 20
Short stories. 16
Notebooks. 12
Articles. 11
Diaries. 11
Photographs. 11
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 9
Speeches. Documents. 5
Accounts. 4
Notes. 4
Publications. 4
Autobiographies. 3
Biographies. 3
Essays. 3
Memoirs. 3
Personal papers. 3
Professional papers. 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Scripts. Documents. 3
Sketches 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Administrative records. 2
Broadcasts. Events. 2
Copies. Derivative objects. 2
Documentaries. 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Family papers. 2
Fiction. 2
Literature (writings). 2
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Proofs. printed matter 2
Reports 2
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Slides. Photographs. 2
Architectural drawings. 1
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Excerpts. 1
Exhibition catalogues. 1
Financial records. 1
Fliers. Printed matter. 1
Floppy disks. Magnetic disks. 1
Fragments. 1
Illustrations. Layout features. 1
Inscriptions. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Lists. 1
Memorabilia. 1
Memorandums. 1
Minutes. Administrative records. 1
Mountaineering. 1
Newspapers. 1
Pamphlets. 1
Photocopies. 1
Photographic prints. 1
Political posters. 1
Positives. Photographs. 1
Posters. 1
Printed materials. Object genre. 1
Programmes 1
Prospectuses. 1
Publishers and publishing. 1
Research notes 1
Research notes. 1
Royalty statements. 1
Scores. 1
Scrapbooks 1
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Sermons. 1
Sketches. 1
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Sound recordings. 1
Transparencies. 1
Travel journals 1
Travel journals. 1
United States. North and Central America. Nation. Longitude: -98.0000. Latitude: 38.0000. 1
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Language
English 58
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Names
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 6
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 3
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
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Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 2
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh 2
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Bain, Robert, dramatist and poet, 1865-1955 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Chiari, Joseph, author and critic, 1911-1989 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975. 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Dionysia Press, Edinburgh, publishers 1
Dunlop, William, playwright, b 1951 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 1
Gilchrist, Dugald, correspondent of Jane B Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, fl 1824-1825: recipient 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hignett, Sean, playwright and novelist, fl 1971-1987 1
Home, John (minister, soldier and author) 1
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Kemp, Arnold, editor, 'The Glasgow Herald', 1939-2002. 1
Kemp, family 1
Leigh, Vivien, actress, 1913-1967 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Macdonald, Norman Malcolm, writer and dramatist, 1927-2000 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 1
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 1
Martin, Theodore, Sir, Knight (author) (1816-1909) 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McGrath, John Peter, playwright, director, 1935-2002 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Montgomerie, William, poet and editor, 1904-1994 1
Murray, William Hutchison, 1913-1996 (mountaineer, author and environmental campaigner) 1
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 1
Olivier, Laurence Kerr, Baron Olivier (created 1972), actor and director, 1907-1989 1
Paisley, Janet Violet (poet and playwright) 1
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 1
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 1
Scott, Thomas Ross, physician and playwright, fl 1913-1948 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Shaw, George Bernard, playwright, 1856-1950 1
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 1
Smith, Annie Shepherd Burnett, novelist, pseudonym "David Lyall", née Swan, 1859-1943 1
Thomson, David, author of "Nairn in Darkness and Light", 1914-1988 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
Tolmie, Frances, folklorist, 1840-1926 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
Waverley Broadcasting Limited 1
Welsh, Grace, mother of Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, 1782-1842 1
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