Personal papers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Private documents belonging to an individual. For records kept by public officials or other persons for their private or personal use but relating to their official duties, use "office files."
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Ian Rankin archive.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.50301-50691
Scope and Contents
The archive of Ian Rankin represents the author’s extensive creative output as well as his wide ranging cultural interests. The archive consists largely of literary manuscripts and typescripts for the majority of his works. Some personal papers are also held. Of particular significance are his crime novels, most notably those of the Inspector Rebus series. Also included are more than 100 short stories, most from the early part of his career in the 1980s; assorted other creative works, such...
Dates:
1972-2018.
Miscellaneous papers., Circa 1983-2016, undated.
Series
Identifier: MS.50609
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged chronologically.Passport style photograph, undated, [1978-1983], of Ian Rankin, possibly from a student union card for Edinburgh University. Folio 1.Job application and contract, 1986, of Ian Rankin and Middlesex Polytechnic for a position as a Part-Time Administrative Secretary at the National Folk Tale Centre, which Rankin held from 1986-1988. Folios 2-5.Press cutting, undated, [before 1989], from an unidentified newspaper of a...
Dates:
Circa 1983-2016, undated.
Notebook of Ian Rankin containing developmental notes., 1990-1992.
Item
Identifier: MS.50528
Scope and Contents
Notebook annotated 'Ian's Book', and 'This book belongs to Ian Rankin the writer. It is his Big Book of Ideas, so no peeking’.
Notebook contains notes on story ideas, novel ideas, Rebus ideas, and personal notes.
The notebook contains several blank leaves at the end which are not foliated.
Dates:
1990-1992.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Developmental materials of Ian Rankin for various creative works, including contact details, working notes, research, and press cuttings; report on marketing research project on Ian Rankin.
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Developmental materials of Ian Rankin for various unpublished or unidentified creative works, including notes and press cuttings.