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Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.

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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 correspondence of Doug Johnstone.

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Identifier: Acc.13300
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Literary papers and e-mail correspondence, 2008-2011, of Doug Johnstone, mainly relating to "Smokeheads" (London: Faber and Faber, 2011) and "Hit and Run" (London: Faber and Faber, 2012).

Dates: 2008-2011.

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, broadcast texts and press cuttings of Robert (Bob) Crampsey.

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Identifier: Acc.12980
Scope and Contents

With some manuscripts and papers by Alexia F McAlpine and Anne Valentine.

Dates: circa 1948-1998.

Literary papers of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` and `The Blue Book`.

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Identifier: Acc.13284
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, c.2009-2011, of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009) and `The Blue Book` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2011).

Dates: c 2009-2011.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

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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 Alison Stewart.

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Identifier: Acc.12326
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, verses and short stories.

Dates: circa 1930-1960.

Literary papers of David Morrison.

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Identifier: Acc.12731
Scope and Contents

Comprising mainly unpublished works.

Dates: circa 1995-2006.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

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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.

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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 Margaret Elphinstone.

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Identifier: Acc.12188
Scope and Contents

Includes drafts of poetry, short stories and novels.

Dates: 1984-2002.

Literary papers of Regi Claire.

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Identifier: Acc.13397
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, research and correspondence relating to the following books: Inside-Outside (1998); The Beauty Room (2002); Fighting It (2009); The Waiting (2012).

Dates: c. 1999-2012.

Literary papers of Ronald Frame.

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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 Ruth Thomas.

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Identifier: Acc.13389
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, c.1990-2012, of Ruth Thomas comprising digital archive, print-outs, notebooks and business correspondence.

Dates: c. 1990-2012.

Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.

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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.

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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).

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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.

Manuscript draft of George Douglas Brown, "How Janet Goudie Came Home", a short story.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13486
Scope and Contents

This much-revised draft of the story appears to be an earlier version than NLS MS.8179. "How Janet Goudie Came Home" was published in "The Speaker" in 1899.

Dates: ?1899.

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Names
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 8
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 5
Gray, Alasdair (author) 5
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 5
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 4
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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
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 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
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, A L, 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
Urquhart, Frederick Burrows, writer, 1912-1995 1
Warrand, Myra G K, Ryefield, Ross-shire, fl 1900-1950 1
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