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Carbon copies. Reprographic copies.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Copies of documents created simultaneously with the original manuscript or typescript by the use of an intermediate sheet of paper coated with carbon.

Found in 146 Collections and/or Records:

Carbon typescript of 'The Fiddler calls the Tune: a comedy in three acts' by George Moncrieff-Scott., [1945.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26948
Scope and Contents

There are a few manuscript corrections, and two newspaper cuttings (folio 83) concerning the first production of the play in Edinburgh.

Dates: [1945.]

Carbon typescript of 'The Mystery of Gorbals Terrace', a four act play by Alexander McArthur (1901-1947).

 Item
Identifier: MS.26487
Scope and Contents

The play was originally written in 1944-1945. This typescript contains manuscript corrections by the author, Alexander McArthur and a number of notes stating that a copy sent to Unity Theatre, Glasgow, was not returned, and implying that it was used by Robert McLeish as a source for his 'Gorbals Story'.

Dates: 1946.

Copy in typescript carbon of the catalogue, compiled by Hugh Sharp, of his collection of books.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19409-19410 [H.S.1247-1248]
Scope and Contents

This is a copy of MSS.5053-5054 with the leaves arranged differently, in two separate alphabetical sequences, and was the working copy used by the donor, Campbell White, in looking after the collection before Hugh Sharp's death.

Dates: [1938, or before.]

Correspondence and papers between Sir James Wordie and the Colonial Office concerning the Inter-departmental Committee regarding Research Ships for Employment in the Dependencies of the Falkland Islands, upon which Wordie was invited to serve., 1922-1923.

 File
Identifier: MS.9516
Scope and Contents

The papers, which were enclosures with the letters to James Wordie, consist chiefly of minutes of meetings of the Committee and carbon copies of letters of Flannery, Baggalley and Johnson, Ltd., Consulting Engineers, London, to the Chief Engineer, the Crown Agents for the Colonies.

Dates: 1922-1923.

Correspondence and papers of Dudley Sommers., 1952-1964, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20661-20665
Scope and Contents

The correspondence consists chiefly of letters to Dudley Sommer, with a few drafts and, from 1958, several copies in typescript carbon of his replies. A few transcripts of letters of J S Haldane sent to him during his researches are also enclosed.

Press cuttings containing reviews, some of which give rise to correspondence with reviewers and editors, are contained in the chronological sequence (chiefly May-July 1960).

Dates: 1952-1964, undated.