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Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, with some related literary papers and photographs.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13344/1-14
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, including enclosures of poems, cuttings and other notes. Many of the poems and acrostics were written by Brown as gifts for special occasions, including one for Crawford's wedding in 1991 to Graham McGirk.

The collection also includes the uncorrected typescript of 'The ballad of the golden bird', published as 'The golden bird' (John Murray, 1987), which Brown dedicated to Kenna Crawford.

Dates: 1985-1995.

Literary and academic correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts and other papers of Alastair Fowler.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10093/1-47
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of scholarly publications and poetry of Alastair Fowler, and correspondence reflecting his service on editorial and advisory boards as well as his friendship with literary personalities.

Dates: 1955-1989, undated.

Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26163-26188

Literary and personal papers of Laura Hird.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14109
Dates: Circa 1988 - circa 2017.

Literary and personal papers of Muriel Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12478
Scope and Contents

Includes incoming correspondence and manuscript, typescript and research papers for "The Finishing School".

Dates: 2000-2002.

Literary, artistic and personal correspondence and papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14602/1-431
Scope and Contents At the heart of this archive are the contents of the two filing cabinets which sat in Alasdair Gray’s study, and which have been catalogued here in their original filing order. These contain correspondence and papers relating to Alasdair Gray’s literary and artistic endeavours, as well as extensive personal correspondence and research materials.The most recent sections of the archive mainly relate to his last great work, his ‘paraphrasing’ of Dante’s ‘Divine comedy’, published by...
Dates: 1885-2019, undated.

Literary correspondence of Raymond Vettese.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12500
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of J K Annand, H B Cruickshank, C M Grieve, Malcolm 'Callum' Macdonald and Trevor Royle, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems.

Dates: 1968-2000.

Literary papers and correspondence of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10967
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, scripts of and notes for addresses and talks, and circa 440 letters and copies of letters.

Dates: 1948-1991 and undated.

Literary papers and correspondence of the novelist and biographer, Nancy Brysson Morrison (1903-1986).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27287-27373
Scope and Contents

Nancy Brysson Morrison was the sister of Margaret M Morrison, who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost', and T J Morrison, the novelist and script-writer. As well as publishing under her own name, she wrote numerous romances under the pseudonym 'Christine Strathern' between 1942 and 1959, but they are not represented among these papers.

Dates: 1918-1986, undated.

Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 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, including manuscripts, typescripts, radio scripts and correspondence of Kathleen Annie Fidler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8078/1-880
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, lectures and articles, with scripts of radio broadcasts, notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: 1878-1980.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Literary papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1931-1989.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.

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.

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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
Fiction. 10
Photocopies. 10
Lists. 9
Literature (writings). 9
Printed materials. Object genre. 9
Scripts. Documents 9
Histories. 8
Personal papers. 8
Publications. 8
Audiocassettes. 7
Books 7
Criticism. 7
Illustrations. Layout features. 7
Memorandums. 7
Pamphlets. 7
Transcripts 7
Accounts. 6
Biographies. 6
Drawings. Visual works. 6
Memoirs. 6
Professional papers. 6
Research notes 6
Scripts. Documents. 6
Stats. Copies. 6
Piobaireachd. Great Highland Bagpipe music. 5
Reports 5
Sketches. 5
Slides. Photographs. 5
Translations. Documents. 5
Administrative records. 4
Excerpts. 4
Fragments. 4
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 4
Maps. Cartographic materials. 4
Minutes. Administrative records. 4
Negatives. Photographs. 4
Obituaries. 4
Research notes. 4
Annotations. 3
Autographs (manuscripts). 3
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 3
Ephemera. 3
Inscriptions. 3
Legal documents. 3
Periodicals. 3
Radio scripts. 3
Reports. 3
Scotland. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -4.0000. Latitude: 57.0000. 3
Sermons. 3
Sketches 3
Travel literature 3
Videocassettes. 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
Calligraphy. Visual works. 2
Canntaireachd. Tablature (Musical notations). 2
Compact discs. 2
Contracts. Agreements. 2
DVDs. 2
Descriptions. Documents. 2
Documents. 2
Drafts. Negotiable instruments. 2
Exercise books. 2
Exhibition catalogues. 2
Extracts. 2
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 2
Fair copies. 2
Family papers. 2
Fliers. Printed matter. 2
Floppy disks. Magnetic disks. 2
Instructional materials. 2
Journals. Accounts. 2
Librettos. Documents for music. 2
Magazines. periodicals. 2
Microfilms. 2
Page proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 2
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Language
English 254
Undetermined 75
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 2
Multiple languages 2
Chinese 1
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Scots 1
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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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