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115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.

Dates: 1934-1978.

Eleven monthly parts of the family magazine, 'The Star', written by the Bigg family of Carnwath.

 File
Identifier: MS.9171
Scope and Contents

The issues contain stories, verse, news of family affairs, and a few drawings, in the handwriting of the various contributors. The May issue is missing.

Dates: 1866.

Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11993
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts of novels, short stories and non-fiction, research notes, lectures and reviews.

Dates: 1958-2000.

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 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 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 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.

Literary papers of Ronald Frame.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12045
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of short stories, novels, plays, and works for radio.

Dates: circa 1980-2000.

Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12351
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.

Dates: circa 1945-2003.

Manuscript and typescripts of novels and short stories by Eona Macnicol.

 File
Identifier: MS.19706
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript with manuscript corrections of the novel ‘Colum of Derry’, 1954, dated 1946 by the author, Eona Mcnicol (Folio 1.) (ii) Three pages of corrected typescript of ‘Lamp in the night wind’, 1957. (Folio 128.) (iii) Corrected typescript, being the second draft of 'Grey boy', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, volume 301 (1967), pages 537-547. The last page is missing. (Folio 132.) (iv) Final typescript and broadcast script of 'A night of rain, 1968....
Dates: 1946-[1969, or before.]

Manuscript and typescripts of short stories and novels by Fred Urquhart (1912-1995).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26992-26997
Scope and Contents

Fred Urquhart was educated in Stranraer and Edinburgh and worked as a reader and editor for Cassell and other publishers. Much of his own literary work was in the form of short stories.

Dates: 1929-1968.

Manuscripts and papers of and concerning the novelist, Neil Munro (1863-1930).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26901-26937
Scope and Contents

Born in Inveraray, Neil Munro became a journalist in Glasgow, rising to the post of editor of the ‘Glasgow Evening News’. His papers consist largely of manuscripts of his novels and short stories, though some of his newspaper articles are represented by presscuttings.

Dates: 1863-1964.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 27 poems of Joe Corrie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10040
Scope and Contents

With four inscribed copies of published collections of Corrie`s poems and short stories.

Dates: 1927-1928 and undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Old negatives', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11530/1-29
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Old negatives: 4 verse sequences', by Alasdair Gray, heavily annotated and revised by Gray and with extensive notes to his typist and assistant Scott Pearson.

Dates: 1966-1996, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true' and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', by Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence and source materials.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10749/1-89
Scope and Contents Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of 'Poor things', 'Ten tales tall and true', and 'Why Scots should rule Scotland', along with finished copies of all three books. There are some files of correspondence concerning the publication of 'Poor things' and 'Ten tales tall and true', as well as some material concerning 'Something leather'.Most files have an A4 sheet inserted at the beginning by Alasdair Gray with a brief summary of the file's...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1896, 1972-1993.

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Names
Gray, Alasdair (author) 5
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 2
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Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 2
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 2
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Braehead Secondary School, Buckhaven 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 1
Cronin, Archibald Joseph, novelist, 1896-1981 1
Doyle, Arthur Ignatius Conan, Sir (author) 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Frame, Ronald William Sutherland, author and playwright, b 1953 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
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Kelman, James, novelist, b 1946 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McArthur, William, playwright, fl 1940-1961 1
McIlwraith, Maureen (novelist, pseudonym Mollie Hunter) 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
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 1
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 1
Perryman, Kevin Alan, Editor of "Babel", b 1950 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
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Thurston, Katherine Cecil, novelist, née Madden, 1875-1911 1
Tranter, Nigel Godwin , author, 1909-2000 1
Warrand, Myra G K, Ryefield, Ross-shire, fl 1900-1950 1
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