Drafts. Documents.
Found in 432 Collections and/or Records:
Political papers of Sam Ghibaldan.
Papers of Sam Ghibaldan chiefly relating to the Liberal Democrats in Westminster (1995-1997), including the Cook-Maclennan talks which led to the Blair government’s constitutional reform agenda; ‘Make Votes Count’, which was the pro-AV+ campaign in the electoral reform referendum that Blair’s government ultimately failed to hold; and the two Scottish coalitions (1999-2007).
Preliminary decorated manuscript page of text of Jessie M King, "A Carol, Good King Wenceslas".
Printed papers and manuscript notes by Lord Shand concerning the Free Church Appeal Case in the House of Lords.
The contents consist of Lord Shand’s copy of the House of Lords papers in the Free Church appeal case (The general assembly of the Free Church of Scotland and others v the Right Honourable John Campbell, Lord Overtoun and others), 1904, with his Lordships manuscript notes and the printed draft judgements of Lords Davey, Robertson, and Lindley.
Prose writings of Henry Mackenzie.
Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.
Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.
'Regum Principumque Christiani Orbis Terrarum fere Omnium Genealogia. Item, Archiepiscoporum et Episcoporum aliquot Catalogus. Wilhelmus Smith, Anglus, fecit et possidet. Anno 1587.' The compiler was, presumably, William Smith, Rouge-Dragon Pursuivant.
The Genealogia, every page of which is within a coloured border, gives coats of arms, emblazoned; there is an index to it (folio 1). Following the Genealogia come the Catalogus (folio 29); short drafts for parts of the Genealogia (folio 31); a broadsheet, ‘The Succession of the Kings of England’ (London, 1687) (folio 34); and a genealogy showing the royal connections of various English families from early times (folio 37).
Related material inserted in ‘Our Journall into Scotland, Anno Domini 1629, 5th of November’ by Christopher Lowther (Edinburgh, 1894).
Research papers and typescript drafts of the novel "Light" by Margaret Elphinstone.
Research papers, notes and email correspondence of Margaret Elphinstone relating to ‘The Gathering Night’ (Edinburgh: Canongate, 2009), with some printout drafts of sections of the novel.
Research papers of Robin J Adam.
Includes research notes, transcripts and drafts concerning the Sutherland estates and the Calendar of Fearn Abbey.
Revised draft of Morley Jamieson, "Tam in a Dark Place: a Dramatic Monologue" (1984).
With corrected typescript of E J Kingston-McCloughry, "Leadership in World War II; Decisions and Undercurrents" (1963).
Revised manuscript draft of Morley Jamieson, "Recollections of Edwin and Willa Muir".
Schemes for Naomi Mitchison, "Outline for Boys and Girls" (London, 1932).
With correspondence between Mitchison, as editor, and publisher, Victor Gollancz.
Seven corrected manuscript and typescript drafts of poem of W Price Turner, "Fable for Love".
Single items and small collections of letters and verses of Edwin and Willa Muir.
The papers include letters of Edwin Muir to Janet Adam Smith about poetry and reviewing, with drafts of "Orpheus' Dream", first published as 'Eurydice' in ‘The Listener’, xiv (1951) Page 863; letters of Willa Muir to Tom Scott on literary and personal matters; and a series of letters from both Edwin and Willa Muir to Kathleen Raine.
Single manuscripts and small collections, presented at various times.
Sketch, with corrections and additions, and fair copy of Romance in F minor for full orchestra by Robert McLeod.
Sketches and draft score of Ricercare for clarinet, horn, bassoon, string quartet and bass, by Robert Crawford.
Sketches and fair copy of 'Five Orkney scenes', a song cycle for female voice and piano by Claire Liddell with words by George Mackay Brown.
Small collection of papers of and relating to Dorothy Dunnett.
Small collections of correspondence and manuscripts of the author and essayist Thomas De Quincey, acquired at different times.
Successive typescript texts, fragmentary notes, and revisions of 'The last heir', a dramatization, in four acts, of ‘The bride of Lammermoor’ by Sir Walter Scott, made for Sir John Martin-Harvey by Stephen Phillips; together with an orchestral score by Norman O'Neill.
The first four drafts (MSS.7151-7157) are entitled 'The bride of Lammermoor'.