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Papers, including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, sketches and correspodence, of William McArthur.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6878 Box 1(1)-Box 13(30)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscript and typescript drafts of plays, operas, novels, short stories, and sketches, and circa 500 letters to, and copies of letters of McArthur, mostly concerning the broadcasting of his works.

Dates: 1933-1961, undated.

Papers of Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10529
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and short stories, undated, and 180 letters, 1979-1990, to Bold on literary matters, including his "MacDiamrid; a Critical Biography".

Dates: 1979-1990 and undated.

Papers of Alan Bold, David Morrison, and Tom Scott.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6329/1-9
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, articles and essays.

With letters of Alan Bold and Tom Scott to David Morrison, on literary matters.



Dates: 1972-1974 and undated.

Papers of Alasdair Gray relating to his novels, short stories and poetry.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8799/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of:

'Unlikely stories, mostly' (Canongate, 1983);

'1982, Janine' (Cape, 1984);

'The fall of Kelvin Walker' (Canongate, 1985);

'Lean tales' (Cape, 1985);

'Old negatives' (Cape, 1989).

Dates: circa 1952-1984.

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of and concerning Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10652
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of plays, short stories and poems, with correspondence.

Dates: 1929-1987.

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 Archibald J Cronin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10106
Scope and Contents

Includes school and university notes and essays, and corrected manuscripts of novels, short stories and autobiography.

Dates: 1911-1978.

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 "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10533
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories, and poems, together with editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1976-1980.

Papers of "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10477
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of poems, short stories, articles and reviews, with correspondence.

Dates: 1977-1978.

Papers of "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11510
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of poems, short stories, articles and reviews together with editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1987-1989.

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.9616
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of poems and short stories.

With corrected typescripts of poems, 1977-1980, of Les Matheson.

Dates: 1975-1987.

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 Euphans H Strain.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9206
Scope and Contents

Includes novels, short stories, and a diary.

Dates: 1894-1908 and undated.

Papers of George Friel.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8797
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, together with associated correspondence.

Dates: 1932-1974.

Papers of Hamish Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11088
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and manuscripts of short stories and works on travel and mountaineering, together with documents on adventure courses and Braehead School.

Dates: 1963-1993 and undated.

Papers of James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9887
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, theatre programmes and manuscripts and corrected typescripts of plays, films and short stories.

Dates: 1928-1951.

Papers of John Buchan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6482
Scope and Contents

Comprising photocopies of corrected typescripts of an essay, 1893, "Angling in Still Waters", and two short stories, undated, "Coriolanus" and "Other Gods".

Dates: 1893 and undated.

Papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9243
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, autobiography articles, essays and reviews.

Dates: 1965-1985.

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Language
English 111
Undetermined 22
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
 
Names
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 8
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 5
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 5
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 5
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Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 4
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 3
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 3
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 3
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 2
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 2
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 2
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 2
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 2
Owens, Agnes (author) (1926-2014) 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Scotia Review, literary journal 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Valentine, Anne, writer, fl 1948-1955 2
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Andrew Melrose, Edinburgh, Tea Dealers and Grocers 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Blackie, John Stuart (Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh) 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, George Douglas, author, 1869-1902 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Claire, Regi, author, b. 1962 1
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 1
Cottam, Eliza Letitia, née Ironside, fl 1825-1845 1
Crampsey, Robert Anthony, teacher, writer and broadcaster, 1930-2008 1
Cursiter, Stanley, Director, National Galleries of Scotland, 1887-1976 1
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir (author) 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Friel, George, George (novelist) 1
Grant, Betty (friend and correspondent of George Mackay Brown) (fl. 1967-1996) 1
Grant, Peter (friend and correspondent of George Mackay Brown) (fl. 1967-1996) 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 1
Guthrie, John, Chief Medical Officer, Kuwait Oil Company, composer, 1913-1986 1
Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson, philanthropist and author, 1862-1937 1
Haldane, John Burdon Sanderson, biologist, 1892-1964 1
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, 1856-1928 1
Howe, Alexia F, Assistant Keeper, National Library of Scotland, writer, née McAlpine, fl 1948-1951 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hunter, William 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Johnstone, Doug, author, b 1970 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kelsall, Moultrie Rowe, actor and producer, 1904-1980 1
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 1
Kennedy, Alison Louise (writer) (b 1965) 1
MacGregor, James Murdoch, science fiction writer, pseudonym J T McIntosh, 1925-2008 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
Matheson, Les, poet, fl 1977-1980 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965: recipient 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Mitchell, James Leslie, author, pseudonym Lewis Grassic Gibbon, 1901-1935 1
Morrison, Ewan, author, b 1968. 1
Oliphant, Margaret Oliphant Wilson, novelist and biographer, née Wilson, 1828-1897 1
Perryman, Kevin Alan, Editor of "Babel", b 1950 1
Placzek, Joyce (author, née Anstruther, then Maxtone Graham, also known as Jan Struther.) 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993: recipient 1
Reid, James Macarthur, author and journalist, pseudonym Colin Walkinshaw, 1900-1970 1
Reid, John M, author, pseudonym 'David Toulmin', 1913-1998 1
Rush, Christopher, author, b. 1944. 1
Scott, Margaret Mackenzie, writer and journalist, pseudonym Beatrice Nairn, b 1888 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Smith, Alexander McCall (author and Emeritus Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh) 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Soutar, William (poet) 1
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 1
Stewart, Alison, writer, b 1902 1
Strain, Euphans H, author, d 1934 1
Thomas, Ruth, writer, b. 1967 1
Thomson, William, poet, b ? 1945 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
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