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Copy of Felicia M F Skene "Use and Abuse", illustrated by eight tipped in watercolour views by the author`s father, James Skene, of Rubislaw.
Corrected typescripts of "The Houseman`s Tale" by Colin Douglas.
Correspondence and papers concerning the publication of the Canongate Classics series by Canongate Press.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, "Uncle Tom`s Cabin" (Edinburgh, A and C Black, 1853), with copy of letter of author to the publishers.
Including correspondence with and concerning the illustrator, M U Sears.
Letter, 1964, of Doris Lessing to Naomi Mitchison.
With typescripts of literary works of Mitchison.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Whyte, including diaries and journals, correspondence, notes for lectures on Scottish literature, and manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, fiction and critical works.
Literary papers of Naomi Mitchison.
Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, stories, and essays.
Literary papers of Wendy Wood.
Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of autobiographical work and stories.
Manuscript and typescript of ‘Borrobil’ by William Croft Dickinson.
Manuscript of an incomplete work of fiction of Thomas Carlyle.
Concerns a character Peter Lithgow of Drumbrash.
Manuscript of "The Confession of Montmorenci Grubb, Esq: A Tale of the Late Election", by Mrs Catharine Ponsonby.
Manuscript page of Sir Walter Scott's 'The Abbot' with transcription.
Page 39 of the manuscript with holograph corrections, a transcript, and a receipt from Goodspeed's bookshop in Boston, MA, 1957 for the sale of the folio.
Manuscripts and typescripts of Eric Linklater, "The Revolution".
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'.
The papers include a substantial amount of apparently unpublished material and some correspondence.
Manuscripts of prose and poetry by Hamish Hendry, with a copy of 'A Scots Dominie' (1924), inscribed to his daughter.
Nonsense verses and English translations of Robert Louis Stevenson.
Some written on Advocates` Library paper.
Papers collected by Morley Jamieson.
Includes:
manuscript, 1915, of R W Campbell, "Private Spud Tamson"
diaries, 1901-1909, concerning tours from Edinburgh to Europe
and a letterbook, 1888-1898.
Papers of A Ward Gardner.
Includes:
1. anthology of verse "for lovers" chosen by Gardner
2. his child`s story "Kony`s Happy Day"
3. manuscript and typescript of poetry by Gardner.
Papers of Alexander Scott.
Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.
Papers of Donald M Budge.
Includes manuscripts of poetry and prose, and material concerning Budge`s editorial work.
Papers of Gael Turnbull.
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry and prose, together with scripts of dramatizations for radio.
Papers of Kenneth White.
Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose works, with two published collections of poems and "Letters from Gourgounel".
Papers of Naomi Mitchison.
Including:
1. typescript of note, undated, of Elizabeth S Haldane, on lady doctors
2. typescripts, 20th century, of works of fiction and essays on feminisim of Naomi Mitchison, with books
3. 2 letters, 1915, of Mary E Haldane to Naomi Mitchison.
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.