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Drafts. Documents.

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

Found in 2329 Collections and/or Records:

Sketches and drafts of identified piano and choral works of Ronald Center., [?1951-?1966.]

 File
Identifier: MS.22187
Scope and Contents

Some works are written on conventional paper, but many are written on the backs of duplicated programmes of concerts and recitals given by his pupils at Huntly Gordon School at various times between 1951 and 1966.

A contents list has been provided (folio i). The dates are those of the sheets on which the sketches have been written.

Dates: [?1951-?1966.]

Small collections of correspondence.

 Series
Identifier: MS.9818

Small collections of correspondence and manuscripts of the author and essayist Thomas De Quincey, acquired at different times.

 File
Identifier: MS.21239
Scope and Contents Thomas De Quincey's own letters are written to his family and friends about his work and other activities, finance, and family matters. Letters addressed to him include one from an unnamed American admirer, 1853, (folio 18) which was published in ‘Thomas De Quincey’, pages 103-105, the catalogue of an exhibition held at Dove Cottage and the National Library of Scotland.Most of the manuscripts are fragmentary drafts of unidentified essays, but they include parts of "The English...
Dates: 1800-1855, undated.

Small collections of literary material.

 Series
Identifier: MS.15941

State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volume 31: miscellaneous letters and papers., 1586, 1605-1620, undated.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.14 [xxxi]
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1586, 1605-1620, undated.

State papers collected by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, volumes 1-13: letters and papers on various topics., 1560-1641, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.1.1 (i)-(xiii)
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.

Dates: 1560-1641, undated.

Synopsis and early drafts of 'Culloden', a play by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1962.

 File
Identifier: MS.26136
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Sydney Goodsir Smith wrote a number of plays, of which the best known is ‘The Wallace’ (Edinburgh, 1960). Most of the manuscripts of his plays are unpublished and undated.

Dates: 1962.

Ten literary notebooks of Morley Jamieson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7547
Scope and Contents

Including drafts of poems and short stories.

Dates: circa 1948-1976.