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Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence of Alasdair Gray, mainly concerning 'Working legs', as well as other works.
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'.
Microfilm of plays, 1438, of Terence; and, various works of Ovid written by Nicolas Crabel, 1448-1449.
The contents are as follows:
Various works of Ovid, written by Nicolas Crabel at Padua in 1448-1449, with additions of the later 15th and 16th centuries (Adv.MS.18.2.9).
Manuscript written in Italy in 1438, containing the six plays of Terence (Adv.MS.18.2.10);
Notebook of W S Graham containing drafts of poems, a radio play, notes and illustrations.
Papers, including travel diaries, typescripts of short stories, poems, plays, articles and talks, of Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Papers of Alexander Reid.
Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.
Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.
Papers of Alexander Scott.
Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.
Papers of and concerning Alexander Reid.
Includes typescripts of plays, short stories and poems, with correspondence.
Papers of and concerning Eric Linklater.
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of plays, novels and poems, with over 500 letters of and to various correspondents.
Papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay (1881-1919), father of the poet George Campbell Hay.
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.
Papers of Janet Paisley.
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.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of poems, plays and articles.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, plays, novels and essays, with correspondence.
Papers of the playwright and author, Joe Corrie (1894-1968).
Joe Corrie worked as a miner in Fife and Ayrshire, and many of his plays and stories are set in mining communities. He was a prolific writer who published a number of plays, several collections of poetry, and two novels, as well as numerous stories and articles in newspapers. Many of his plays were popular with amateur dramatic groups.
Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.
Papers of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland, and his father.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Papers of the Reverend Thomas Veitch.
Includes typescripts of sermons, talks, essays, plays and poems.
Papers of William Hutchison Murray and Anne Burnet Murray
Photocopy of a transcript and description by Terry L Meyers of a notebook, 1876, of William Sharp containing his play, "Ariadne in Naxos" and poem "Beatrice".
Photostats of manuscripts held in the Abbotsford Library, all in the hand of Sir Walter Scott.
Plays by Adrian Jordan and others, and a prose ‘moralis sermo’.
Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.
A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.
Typescript drafts of three plays and 24 poems of Donald Campbell.
Typescripts of six plays and a collection of poetry by Ian Brown.
A collection of typescript drafts, circa 1983-2002, of a number of plays and a collection of poems by Ian Brown.
Works of John H Balfour Browne.
With manuscript and printed material of Balfour Browne and others, including poetry, essays, plays and novels.