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Drafts. Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Preliminary or tentative versions of documents.

Found in 2328 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript drafts with manuscript corrections and additions of 'Dylan Thomas: a personal account' by Ruthven Todd., 1963-1964.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26838-26840
Scope and Contents

Ruthven Todd was originally commissioned to write the official biography of Dylan Thomas, but failed to do so. These manuscripts are his reminiscences of the poet, which were not published except for chapter 12 which appeared in the ‘Mediterranean Review’, volume i, number 3 (1971), pages 15-23.

Dates: 1963-1964.

Typescript drafts, with manuscript corrections, of an audio-visual commentary for visitors to the Wallace Monument at Stirling by Sydney Goodsir Smith., ?1961.

 File
Identifier: MS.26148
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.

Dates: ?1961.

Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of ‘The scent of danger' by Agnes M R Dunlop, 'Elisabeth Kyle'., [1971, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.27255
Scope and Contents

Folio 82 is missing. Some of the verses of folios 101-224 contain parts of an earlier draft of this novel, and also parts of folios 1-38 of a novel entitled 'The Sugar Bowl'.

Dates: [1971, or before.]

Typescripts and drafts of articles and other material of Ruthven Todd., 1971-1973.

 File
Identifier: MS.26860
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript drafts, 1971, of the introduction to Duncan Wallace, ‘The Mountebank’, (Boston, Massachusetts, 1972) (folio 1); (ii) Drafts of the article 'The Imaginary Indian in Europe', published in ‘Art in America’ volume lx (1972), pages 40-47 (folio 70); (iii) Drafts of ‘Fitzrovia and the road to York Minster’, the introduction to the catalogue of an exhibition at the Parkin Gallery, London, 1973 (folio 129).

Dates: 1971-1973.

Typescripts and drafts of 'The Wallace' by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1959.

 File
Identifier: MS.26175
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Miscellaneous pages of typescript corrected by Sydney Goodsir Smith (folio l); (ii) Drafts and corrected typescripts of stage directions by R L C Lorimer (folio 8).

Dates: 1959.

Typescripts, notes and drafts relating to the history of the Hibernian Football Club., 1875-1975, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10691/1-7
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Correspondence, drafts, notes, and working papers of Philip D Thomson of and concerning '100 Years of Hibs' (Edinburgh, 1975), being the centenary history of Hibernian Football Club co-written with Gerald Docherty. With circa 1000 Hibernian Football Club match programmes, photographs, 27 scrapbooks, fanzines and epherma, 1933-93, of and relating to Hibernian FC and Scottish football in general.

Dates: 1875-1975, undated.

Typescripts of and notes and fragments concerning 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea' by Ruthven Todd., 1966, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.26853
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i)Draft typescript, with manuscript corrections, of 'Space Cat and the Deep Sea', 1966 (folio 1); (ii) Fair typescript, 1966 (folio 47); (iii) Miscellaneous notes and fragments, undated (folio 99).

Dates: 1966, undated.

Typescripts of "Not the Staff Bulletin", an unofficial NLS periodical.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11658
Scope and Contents

Includes original drafts and notes from Issue ten onwards, and "Dr Jekyll`s" presentation copy.

Dates: circa 1980-1990.

Typescripts of the article, ‘On the Nature and Aims of Psycho-Analytical Treatment’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1958-1961.

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Identifier: MS.50211
Scope and Contents Amended typescript, [1958], of the article ‘On the Nature and Aims of Psycho-Analytical Treatment’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The amendments are by Fairbairn. Folios 1-26.Amended carbon copy of folios 1-26, above. Folios 27-52.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, [1958], of the article ‘On the Nature and Aims of Psycho-Analytical Treatment’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. This is the final version of the manuscript as contributed to the ‘International...
Dates: 1958-1961.

Typescripts, undated, of various plays by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.26963
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of 'Children of Eve', a two-act play set in Eastern Europe, undated (folio 1); (ii) Typescript draft of 'The Craftsman's Hand', dramatic sequences for radio about Scottish crafts, undated (folio 48). Two earlier titles were 'Men of Craft' and 'The Thinking Hand'. (iii) Typescript of 'A Keel for Kintail', a play for radio which was produced in 1964 (folio 75); (iv) Carbon typescript of 'Kitty Ann and the Banshee: a play...
Dates: Mid 20th century.

Unfinished and unpublished book, entitled 'Cactus and Columbine', relating to the United States, containing manuscript and typescript notes and drafts., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13220/33-35
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...
Dates: Undated.