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Literary works.

 Subject
Subject Source: Aat

Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:

Box of Reverend William Matheson, containing papers of Reverend Dr Duncan M Campbell and collections of Gaelic songs and verse., circa 1878-1912, 1927, circa 1935, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 5(1-8)
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.

Dates: circa 1878-1912, 1927, circa 1935, undated.

Early writing of Dorothy Dunnett., 1946-1950, 1961-1964, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946-1950, 1961-1964, undated.

Literary file of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland), circa 1995-1999, concerning bodies and funding issues relating to playwriting. Containing Scottish Arts Council funding information, three issues of New Playwriting Scotland, 1997-1998, and other papers., Circa 1995-1999.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12911/296
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection dates mainly from after 1988, when John McGrath and Elizabeth MacLennan resigned from the company which they had established, with David MacLennan, in 1973. Following the funding crisis in 2006, the company had to leave its base in the STUC building in Glasgow, and it was at this point that much of the material in this accession was presented to the National Library of Scotland.

Dates: Circa 1995-1999.

Literary papers of Don Paterson, including notebooks, manuscripts and typescript drafts of poetry, prose and drama.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12689/1-76
Scope and Contents

Don Paterson's literary papers consist mainly of notebooks and poetry files in which his meticulous planning, working and reworking of the poems is evident. The notebooks are rarely only poetry and frequently contain doodles, bars of music and set lists relating to Lammas, 'mind-maps', packing lists and other such memory-aids, and lengthy notes often relating to his teaching activities.

Dates: 1970, 1980-2006.

Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the Dolly novel series, also known as the Johnson Johnson Mysteries., 1966-1976, 1988, 2001, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/384-465
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1966-1976, 1988, 2001, undated.

Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the Francis Crawford of Lymond novel series., 1963-1974, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/20-99
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1963-1974, undated.

Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to 'The house of Niccolò' novel series., 1974-2001, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/179-383
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1974-2001, undated.

Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the novel, 'King hereafter'., 1969-1981, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/100-178
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1969-1981, undated.

Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to works by her., 1963-2001, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/20-465
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1963-2001, undated.

Literary papers of Janet Adam Smith and Michael Roberts., 1912-2015.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/56-102
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

Dates: 1912-2015.

Literary papers relating to the Dorothy Dunnett companion volumes by Elspeth Morrison., 1994-2001, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/466-499
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates: 1994-2001, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of prose articles and talks., 1932-1948.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13145/61-67
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the following published volumes by Michael Roberts:'These our Matins' (London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1930)'New Signatures', collected by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1932)'Elizabethan Prose. Selected and prefaced by M. Roberts' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1933)'New Country', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1933)'Critique of Poetry' (London:...
Dates: 1932-1948.

Papers of Emile Joseph Dillon, containing correspondence, notebooks and literary papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12382/1-67
Scope and Contents

These papers were given to Father Ernest Eugene Laws by Dillon's widow, as research material for a proposed biography of Dillon. Laws transcribed and translated many of the letters and annotated some of the originals.

Dates: 1871-1939, 1951-1955, undated.

Papers of Michael Roberts, including some later papers of Janet Adam Smith concerning Michael Roberts.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13145/1-97
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the following published volumes by Michael Roberts:'These our Matins' (London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1930)'New Signatures', collected by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1932)'Elizabethan Prose. Selected and prefaced by M. Roberts' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1933)'New Country', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1933)'Critique of Poetry' (London:...
Dates: 1922-1976, undated.

Papers of the Reverend Dr Duncan M Campbell, Minister of Cumlodden., Circa 1878-1912, 1927, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9711 Box 5(1-6)
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Concern Gaelic language and literature, and the family and general history of Lewis and Harris, North and South Uist and Wester Ross.

Dates: Circa 1878-1912, 1927, undated.