Autobiographies.
Found in 294 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript of ‘Some account of my life and writings: an autobiography’ by Archibald Alison., 1862.
Corrections and many deletions have been made on the manuscript in red ink by Jane, Lady Alison, the author's daughter-in-law, in preparation for publication. Further passages, unmarked on the manuscript, have also been omitted from the printed text.
Manuscript of ‘Some account of my life and writings: an autobiography’ by Archibald Alison., 1862.
Corrections and many deletions have been made on the manuscript in red ink by Jane, Lady Alison, the author's daughter-in-law, in preparation for publication. Further passages, unmarked on the manuscript, have also been omitted from the printed text.
Manuscript of ‘Some account of my life and writings: an autobiography’ by Archibald Alison., 1862.
Corrections and many deletions have been made on the manuscript in red ink by Jane, Lady Alison, the author's daughter-in-law, in preparation for publication. Further passages, unmarked on the manuscript, have also been omitted from the printed text.
Manuscript of the greater part of the autobiography of Alexander Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk., [Before 1806.]
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript of ‘The life and times of Henry Lord Brougham, written by himself’., 1861-1867.
Manuscript, the autobiography of James Nasmyth. Included is a ?pastel sketch of a landscape of a tower on a promontory at sunset., 1883, or before.
Manuscript, undated, of 'The king my father's death' by Sydney Durward Tremayne., [1972-1979.]
The manuscript contains chapters 1-16.
Manuscripts and typescripts of articles, reviews and talks by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1940-1964, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of articles, short stories, and part of a novel of Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1938-?1980, undated.
The papers include (folio 12) the manuscripts of the autobiographical pieces, 'Growing up' (‘A Garioch miscellany’, edited by R Fulton, Edinburgh, 1986, pages 11-12) and 'Early days in Edinburgh' (‘As I remember’, edited by M Lindsay, London, 1979, pages 45- 58). Many of the manuscripts are written on the backs of letters and other scrap paper.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'The king my father's death' by Sydney Durward Tremayne., ?1972, undated.
In 1972 and following his move to Gairloch in 1976, Sydney Durward Tremayne was working on an autobiography which survives in several versions. It describes his childhood, his career in journalism, and his stormy relationship with his father; it also indicates the circumstances in which he wrote some of his poems.
Manuscripts and typescripts of various literary works by Sydney Goodsir Smith., [Circa 1938.]
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescripts of the introduction and opening chapter of 'Aubrey Beardsley: a study in the grotesque', 1937 (folio l); (ii) Manuscript of part of an autobiographical novel, 1938 (folio 22). It includes a title-page for 'The wilderness' (folio 25), but the text is not related to MS.26144. (iii) Manuscript fragment of a fictional description of a visit to Venice, circa l938 (folio 61).
Manuscripts by Washington Irving, with some proofs of works by Irving., Circa 1829-1850.
Irving produced many popular and successful works throughout his writing career, most of which were published in Britain by John Murray. The manuscripts in this sequence relate to some of these works, including 'The Crayon Miscellany' and three volumes of 'A Chronicle of the conquest of Granada'. In addition, there is an incomplete manuscript for a review for the 'Quarterly Review', and a letter that contains a personal outline of his life up until 1837.