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Literary papers of Jean Evans, pseudonym Jane Shaw.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12060
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts and correspondence.
Dates:
1928-1971, undated.
Literary papers of John Herdman.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.
Dates:
1950-1994.
Literary papers of Maureen McIlwraith, known as Mollie Hunter, including upublished novels, correspondence and audio-visual recordings.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12792/1-41
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1933, circa 1960-2002, undated.
Literary papers of Norman Malcolm Macdonald.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11876
Scope and Contents
Includes playscripts, a heavily corrected typescript of an historical novel "The Eternal Surge", correspondence and reviews.
Dates:
1974-1999.
Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12351
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.
Dates:
circa 1945-2003.
Literary papers of Stewart Conn.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12098/1-57
Scope and Contents
Literary papers, 1961-1999, of Stewart Conn (b. 1936), a poet and playwright who was for many years a drama producer for BBC Radio Scotland. These papers includes correspondence, typescripts and a small number of manuscript drafts of poetry, and scripts of plays and adaptations for stage, radio and television.Many of the scripts in this collection have never been published, but it includes manuscripts and typescripts relating to the following published works: 'The Chinese tower'...
Dates:
1961-2005.
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.
Literary papers of the poet and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27446-27464
Scope and Contents
Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.
Dates:
1953-1981, undated.
Literary papers of the poet Bessie MacArthur (1889-1983).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27426-27429
Dates:
1914-1975, undated.
Literary papers of Tom Pow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12233/1-87
Scope and Contents
Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates:
1969-2003.
Literary, personal and political papers of James Kelman, with digital archive.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13471
Dates:
circa 1970-2012.
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 and typescript drafts, research materials, proofs and correspondence concerning 'The book of prefaces', by Alasdair Gray.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11769/1-70
Dates:
1985-2000.
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.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Manuscripts and corrected typescripts of 90 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8983
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence.
Dates:
1981-1984 and undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, historical and literary works, speeches, and broadcasts, together with correspondence, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Commander of the British Empire, Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws (1891-1955).
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9172-9225
Dates:
1896-1959, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of over 200 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9464
Scope and Contents
With associated correspondence with publishers.
Dates:
1982-1986.
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 and typescripts of "Right, Left" (1948), "An Early Education" (1947) and "Dry Fun" (published as part of "Innocent Merriment", 2004) by Thomas Blantyre Simpson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12452
Scope and Contents
Includes associated correspondence.
Dates:
circa 1946-1994.
Manuscripts and typescripts of Sydney Goodsir Smith; with letters to Hazel Goodsir Smith.
File
Identifier: Acc.12006
Scope and Contents
Manuscripts and Typescripts of Sydney Goodsir Smith:Corrected carbon copy of typescript, circa 1948, of 'Under the Eildon Tree'.Manuscripts, circa 1952-1953, of four poems dedicated to Hazel Goodsir Smith.‘Tis Late’ was published in 'Lines Review', 6 (1954), page 23; ‘Mareeld’ was published in 'Omens' (Edinburgh: M.Macdonald, 1955), page 16.Letter, undated, to Hazel Goodsir Smith.Manuscript drafts, undated, of ‘Said Heraclitus’....
Dates:
Circa 1948-1976, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of the writings of William Sharp and of the works in the Celtic vein which Sharp wrote under the name of 'Fiona MacLeod'.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8771-8786
Scope and Contents
The papers include a substantial amount of apparently unpublished material and some correspondence.
Dates:
1871-1910, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of, with correspondence relating to, 'A cluster of clerihews' by Gavin Ewart; with a signed copy.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11326/1-2
Dates:
1981-1985.
Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of translations of poetry and prose by George S Fraser.
File
Identifier: Acc.11406
Scope and Contents
Includes related correspondence, 1965-1986, and an undated manuscript of W S Graham.
Dates:
1965-1986 and undated.