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Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26889-26890
Scope and Contents

These papers are composite manuscripts formed from various accessions. The source of acquisition of each of the accessions is recorded under the relevant description

Dates: 1940-1973.

Papers of and concerning the poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19651-19674
Dates: [1925 or before]-1961, undated.

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.

Papers of Arthur Woodburn.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6276
Scope and Contents

Concerning his Parliamentary Bill to facilitate the formation of a common European language.

Dates: 1962-1963.

Papers of Callum Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9476
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.

Dates: 1953-1986.

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 Charles Graves (1899-1971).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27476-27485
Scope and Contents

Charles Graves, who worked for the ‘Scotsman’, published several collections of poems. He managed the Porpoise Press, the Edinburgh publishing house, from 1927 until 1930 when the business was sold to Faber and Faber.

Dates: 1903-1968, undated.

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 David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9803
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of three plays and a short story.

Dates: 1988.

Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd (1893-1981).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27438-27445
Scope and Contents

Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.

Dates: 1896-1980, undated.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7147
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems, essays, bibliographies and other literary work.

With Duncan Glen, "Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance", and poems of, and essays concerning, Hugh Macdiarmid.

Dates: 1962-1977.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4690
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscript drafts and typescripts of five poems, with galley proofs, typescripts and correspondence concerning "Akros".

Dates: 1967-1968.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9045
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, a novel, autobiography, essays and articles.

Dates: 1964-1985.

Papers of Edward Albert (1890-1944), who graduated Master of Arts in English at Edinburgh University, 1908, and spent his professional life as English master at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9051-9152
Scope and Contents

The papers consist chiefly of manuscripts and typescripts of Edward Albert's educational works, manuscripts and typescripts of his works of fiction, and his correspondence.

Dates: 1921-1939, undated.

Papers of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10155/1-98
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of addresses, articles, broadcast talks and poems, with correspondence.

Dates: 1902-1974 and undated.

Papers of Frederick Walter Ferrier Noel-Paton as Director-General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics of India.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.85.1.1-85.1.14
Scope and Contents

Of the fourteen volumes in the series, twelve are typescript `tour diaries’ with appendices of various documents and printed items, and the remaining two volumes are an address book and an index volume.

Dates: 1907-1913.

Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8002
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems and critical work, with 86 letters from correspondents, including Ronald Bottrall, Lawrence Durrell, William Empson, and Kathleen Raine.

Dates: 1948-1978.

Papers of Gael Turnbull.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10256
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry and prose, together with scripts of dramatizations for radio.

Dates: 1953-1990.

Papers of Gavin Maxwell and of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises Limited.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10555/1-163
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of published works, including 'Ring of bright water' and 'The rocks remain', and photographs, drawings and notes, together with literary, business and personal correspondence.

With business records of Gavin Maxwell Enterprises, including correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1955-1969 and undated.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6154
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, and 27 letters to Bruce from correspondents including Ivor Brown, Neil Gunn and Joseph Macleod.

Dates: circa 1937-1974.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11260
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and 89 letters and copies of letters.

Dates: 1944-1995 and undated.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12195
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and correspondence.

Dates: 1928-2002.

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.

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Manuscripts. 328
Poetry. 145
Correspondence. 126
Drafts. Documents. 82
Articles. 54
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Novels. 49
Letters. Correspondence. 48
Notes. 42
Photographs. 40
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 40
Notebooks. 39
Plays. 39
Short stories. 38
Speeches. Documents. 28
Proofs. Printed matter. 24
Copies. Derivative objects. 23
Diaries. 23
Essays. 20
Autobiographies. 18
Proofs. printed matter 17
Lectures. 15
Reviews. Document genre 13
Financial records. 12
Reviews. Document genre. 12
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Lists. 9
Literature (writings). 9
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Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 5
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Sketches. 5
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Minutes. Administrative records. 4
Negatives. Photographs. 4
Obituaries. 4
Research notes. 4
Annotations. 3
Autographs (manuscripts). 3
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Ephemera. 3
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Reports. 3
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 3
Sermons. 3
Sketches 3
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Videocassettes. 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
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Canntaireachd. Tablature (Musical notations). 2
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Documents. 2
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Exercise books. 2
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Floppy disks. Magnetic disks. 2
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English 254
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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 14
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 9
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 8
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 8
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 8
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Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 8
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 5
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 5
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 4
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 4
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 4
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 4
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 3
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 3
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 3
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 3
Nye, Robert, author and poet, b 1939 3
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Akros, literary magazine 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Bennett, Enoch Arnold, writer, 1867-1931 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 2
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Home, Hon William Douglas, playwright, 1912-1992 2
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 2
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 2
Macdonald, Malcolm 'Callum' (printer and publisher) 2
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 2
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 2
Munro, Neil, author, pseudonym Hugh Foulis, 1864-1930 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Reeve, Eric Cyril Raynold (British geneticist) (1913-2011) 2
Robert I, King of Scots, 1274-1329 2
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 2
Scottish National Party 2
Scottish PEN Centre, association of writers 2
Simon, Edith (writer and artist) (1917-2003) 2
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 2
Stewart, Mary Florence Elinor, novelist, wife of Sir Frederick Henry, geologist, née Rainbow, b 1916 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
Abbot, Ian, poet, 1947-1989 1
Abulafia, John, writer and director, b 1947 1
Akros Publications 1
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Anderson, Iain Fleming, historian, b 1902 1
Anderson, William C, poet, 1867-1951 1
Baxter, Jean, correspondent of James Leslie Mitchell, author, née Smith, 1886-1968 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Pierre Rene (poet and author) 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Bochanan, Dùghall, poet, 1716-1768 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Broughton High School, Edinburgh 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, James Hope, poet, fl 1913-1932 1
Brown, W D, of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, fl 1942-1943 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948 1
Buchan, Anna Masterton, author, pseudonym O Douglas, 1877-1948: recipient 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Cairns, David Smith, Principal, Christ's College, Aberdeen, 1862-1946 1
Cameron, John, of Fassifern, c 1699-1785 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Cameron, Una May (mountaineer) 1
Cameron, family, of Fassiefern 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975 1
Clark, Margaret, playwright, pseudonym Lesley Storm, née Cowie, 1898-1975. 1
Clark, Ronald William, author, 1916-1987 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Copeland, Fanny Susan, translator and journalist, 1872-1970 1
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 1
Craig, Robert, Principal of University of Rhodesia, 1917-1995 1
Crawford, Kenna (artist) (b. 1959) 1
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Datta, Kitty W Scoular, Head of Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, née Scoular, b 1930 1
Davidson, James Lauder, forester, 1916-1992 1
Davie, George Elder, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1912-2007 1
Davis, Albert C, British Council Representative in Scotland, 1910-1992 1
Douglas, James, composer, b 1932 1
Drysdale, George John Learmont, composer, 1866-1909 1
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