Fragments.
Found in 371 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript containing the letter of Prester John, and other works.
Manuscript containing verse and tale fragments in Gaelic.
Manuscript fragments and notes of Muriel Spark., Circa 1954-1980, undated.
Manuscript fragments of, and letters of and to, Sir Walter Scott.
Manuscript leaf of part of William Edmondstowne Aytoun, "Bothwell".
Manuscript of act I, and typescripts of 'True Minds', a play by Nancy Brysson Morrison about Thomas and Jane Carlyle, broadcast in 1952 and 1954., 1952, 1954, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript of Act I, entitled 'The Flint and the Flame', undated (folio 1). This is not the version written for broadcasting. (ii) Two typescripts of a version intended for broadcasting, undated (folio 15). The second (folio 56) is heavily corrected and has pencilled remarks by Peggy Morrison. (iii) Annotated typescript of the broadcast, 1954 (folio 90). (iv) Fragments of typescripts, 1952, undated (folio l36).
Manuscript of an incomplete work of fiction of Thomas Carlyle.
Concerns a character Peter Lithgow of Drumbrash.
Manuscript of ‘Decisions of the Court of Session MDCCLXXXI-MDCCCXXII, in the Form of a Dictionary’ by David Hume; cases 651-699, ‘Tailzie’-‘Writ’, pages 869-926., 1781-1822.
The volume also contains a fragment of an index (folio 207), and notes on Baxter versus Balleny, 22 January 1805 etc., and Pearson Thomson`s trustees versus Balfour etc., 21 December 1805 (not in the published work) (folio 210).
Manuscript of part of an article, undated, apparently a history of the Knights Templar in Scotland, probably by a member of the Grant family., [?19th century.]
Besides being a most prolific writer of fiction (he produced some fifty-six novels), James Grant wrote on the history, particularly military history, of Scotland. He was a keen supporter of the Volunteer Movement in Edinburgh, and founded, in 1852, the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights.
Manuscript of parts I, II, and IV of 'Bothwell' by William Edmondstoune Aytoun; with fragments of part IV, written on the reverse of some corrected galley proofs of parts II and IV., [1856, or before.]
Manuscript prepared for typing, of the prelude and chapter 1 to chapter 3, part 4 of the novel ‘Mungo’ by George W Slaney, (‘George Woden’)., [1932, or before.]
Two later fragments have been tipped in at the end.
Manuscripts and typescripts of articles, reviews and talks by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1940-1964, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Mature Art' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1937-1938, 1956, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of the story 'The lum hat' by Violet Jacobs., [Circa 1945.]
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript notes and fragments of the text (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous pages of a typescript version (folio 16). They include (folio 25) a fragment of the section missing from the beginning of chapter IV in the published text. (iii) Typescript with manuscript corrections (folio 42). Two leaves are missing between folios 49 and 50 and three between folios 64 and 65.
Manuscripts and typescripts of various literary works by Sydney Goodsir Smith., [Circa 1938.]
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescripts of the introduction and opening chapter of 'Aubrey Beardsley: a study in the grotesque', 1937 (folio l); (ii) Manuscript of part of an autobiographical novel, 1938 (folio 22). It includes a title-page for 'The wilderness' (folio 25), but the text is not related to MS.26144. (iii) Manuscript fragment of a fictional description of a visit to Venice, circa l938 (folio 61).
Manuscripts of the lectures on Civil Law delivered by John Wilde; the introductory lecture, in three versions (as delivered in 1792, 1793, and 1794), with fragments of other versions., 1792-?1799.
So much has been lost that an accurate arrangement of the fragments is impossible.
The folder also contains isolated folios whose proper position could not be found, together with some which, although in Wilde`s hand, do not seem to belong to these lectures (folio 116).
Manuscripts, typescripts and photocopies of poems of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’., 1956-1964, undated.
Some of the poems are written on scrap paper and the backs of envelopes. There are a few typed transcripts and notes by Marie Singer, who has also dated some of the poems. (i) Poems published in 'The collected poems of Burns Singer' edited by W A S Keir (London, 1970), and 'Five centuries of Polish poetry', an anthology by J Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer (London, 1960) (folio 1); (ii) Poems and fragments apparently unpublished (folio 72).
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of introductions and prefaces by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' to some of his own works, as well as to works by other writers., 1936-1978, undated.
The papers include fragments of the introduction to Hugh MacDiarmid's proposed biography of John Maclean, 1936 (folio 1), the introduction to his unpublished long poem 'Impavidi Progrediamur', 1956 (folio 58), and a partial typescript of the introductory essay to an anthology of work by contemporary Scottish poets, undated (folio 212).
Manuscripts written by Sir Walter Scott. , [1813, or after]-1844.
Material concerning ‘Bothwell’ by William Edmondstoune Aytoun., [1856, or before.]
Material relating to Sir Walter Scott and Robert Southey, written and collected by James Glen, Writer, Glasgow.
Medieval fragment recovered from binding of P Bellon, "De Arboribus Coniferis" (Paris, 1553).
Medieval fragments recovered from bindings of printed books.
Microfilm of a fragment of a protocol-book of James Young, notary public in the Canongate, Edinburgh., 1519-1520.
Manuscripts, including collections of formal documents (but not single documents, for which see Ch.A245-A251), owned by Riddell, arranged as far as possible in chronological order.