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Literature (writings).

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Written works produced by an individual or specific group of individuals of a particular form or genre, on a particular subject, or for a particular audience.

Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers, chiefly 19th century, of the Paul family; including some papers of the family of Erskine of Alva.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5139-5164
Scope and Contents

Robert Paul, manager of the Commercial Bank of Scotland, married Charlotte, the daughter of John Erskine of Cambus, advocate, in 1814. The connection of the Pauls with the Erskines of Alva, and later with the Erskine Murrays, remained strong, and the antiquarian interests of the Reverend Robert Paul, Free Church minister at Dollar, led him to examine many of the Erskine papers. Some of these remained with the Paul’s and now form part of the collection.

Dates: 17th century-1928.

Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24656-24720
Scope and Contents Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates: 1905-1946, undated.

Family and estate papers of the Maxwells of Monreith, including correspondence, financial papers and bound estate papers.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.231- is now Acc.7043.
Scope and Contents

Also included are general and literary correspondence, 1863-1933, and some literary manuscripts of Sir Herbert Maxwell, seventh baronet.

Dates: 1673-circa 1947.

Incomplete manuscript of `Carita` by Margaret Oliphant, with a covering letter to Smith and Elder, the publisher.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13240
Scope and Contents

Incomplete manuscript of `Carita``, published by Smith and Elder, firstly in the `Cornhill Magazine` 1876-1877, and then in novel form in 1877. It comprises the text of Chapters I-XXI and XXV-XXXIII (wanting Chapters XXII-XXIV and XXXIV-XLV), and was evidently the printer`s copy as it is marked with compositors` names and is fairly soiled, probably from handling by compositors. With a letter of Margaret Oliphant to the publishers dated 22 March 1876.

Dates: 1876.

Letters, manuscripts, notebooks and printed items of and concerning David Gray, of Kirkintilloch.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8463-8481
Scope and Contents

David Gray is known particularly for his major poem 'The Luggie'.

Dates: 1845-1964.

Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13344
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1986-1994, of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Grawford; with manuscript and typescript poems and acrostics, 1986-1995; uncorrected typescript, 1986, of "The Ballad of the Golden Bird"; sketchbook, 1985, of Kenna Crawford containing manuscript poem of George Mackay Brown.

Dates: 1986-1995.

Literary and family papers of Sir Alexander Gray (1882-1968), Professor of Political Economy at Aberdeen and later at Edinburgh University.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26001-26018
Scope and Contents

Sir Alexander Gray published several volumes of his own poems and of translations of European ballads, and his literary papers consist of his work in these fields.

Dates: [Circa 1916]-[circa 1960.]

Literary and personal papers of, and relating to, David Thomson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13259/1-78
Scope and Contents

As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.

Dates: 19th century, circa 1916-1996.

Literary papers and art notebooks of Ewan Morrison, mainly relating to `Menage` (London: Cape, 2009).

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13239
Scope and Contents

The collection relates principally to Ewan Morrison`s fourth book, `Ménage` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009), which drew on material and notebooks dating back to the 1990s.

Dates: circa 1990-2009.

Literary papers, broadcast texts and press cuttings of Robert (Bob) Crampsey.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12980
Scope and Contents

With some manuscripts and papers by Alexia F McAlpine and Anne Valentine.

Dates: circa 1948-1998.

Literary papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12958

Literary papers of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12731
Scope and Contents

Comprising mainly unpublished works.

Dates: circa 1995-2006.