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Manuscripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.

Found in 6601 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts, 1961, of three versions of Alastair Fowler, "The Confidence Man", including copies of three associated letters.

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Identifier: Acc.8703
Scope and Contents

With typescript, 1965, of Kitty W Scoular, "Natural Magic", and a photocopy of the Blage Manuscript, circa 1530-1550.

Dates: 1961-1965 and undated.

Typescripts and a manuscript of various works of J B S Haldane., 1933-1964.

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Identifier: MS.20565
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: (i) Typescript, partly in carbon, of a proposed popular book on science entitled 'Life' written apparently between 1933 and 1937 (folio 1); (ii) Typescript, partly in carbon, of a proposed book on zoology based upon lectures given by J B S Haldane, including some material from lectures given by his wife Helen at University College, London, apparently about 1953 (folio 68); (iii) Copy in typescript carbon of the preface to ‘Outline of human genetics…’ by L S...
Dates: 1933-1964.

Typescripts and galley proofs of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘Communism as an Anthropological Phenomenon’; and, ‘The Elimination of the Potential Neurasthenic during Training’., 1936-1937.

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Identifier: MS.50181
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular work spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.1936-1937. ‘Communism as an Anthropological Phenomenon’.Printed notice, 1936, advertising a paper, ‘Communism as an Anthropological Phenomenon’, to be read by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn at a meeting of the Scottish Anthropological and Folklore Society, December 1936. Folios 1-2.Superseded...
Dates: 1936-1937.

Typescripts and manuscript of plays by Margaret Clarke ('Lesley Storm'), and other papers.

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Identifier: Acc.6711
Scope and Contents

Including typescripts of four other plays, with three letters, 1957 and undated, two of Laurence Olivier and one of Vivien Leith to Storm, concerning her plays.

Dates: 1950-1957 and undated.

Typescripts and manuscripts of 'Her grace presents' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1957, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.27392
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with a few manuscript corrections (folio 1). Folios 1-28, 47-55 and 69-72 correspond to pages 13-42 of the published text, but the end of the author's note is missing. The rest of the typescript was not published. (ii) Manuscript of six chapters which were omitted from the published version (folio 73). Three leaves are missing after folio 104.

Dates: [1957, or before.]

Typescripts and manuscripts of poems and poetry collections by Ian Rankin., 1978-2016, undated.

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Identifier: MS.50516
Scope and Contents The poems are in a variety of manuscript, typescript, and published format. They are arranged in two series: individual poems and collections of poems. Within each series, the poems are arranged alphabetically, or in original order, as noted. Individual Poems by Ian Rankin.Publication, circa 1983, of ‘Sharp Edges’ periodical featuring poem 'Another Scene with Pick-Up' by Ian Rankin. 3 copies. Second and third copies include unbound score, “I’ve Got the Maggot (I)”....
Dates: 1978-2016, undated.

Typescripts and manuscripts of poems, articles and plays of John Morrison Caie., 1st half of 20th century.

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Identifier: MS.9890
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follow: (i) Typescripts, 1932-1948, undated, of apparently unpublished poems (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of apparently unpublished articles (folio 72) (iii) Manuscript, undated, of an untitled and apparently unpublished one-act play (folio 92).

Dates: 1st half of 20th century.

Typescripts and manuscripts of poetry of Robert Crawford, with correspondence concerning Crawford's poetry., 1920-1930, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26025
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript of ‘In quiet fields’ marked up for printing, 1929 (folio l) (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems, 1920, 1927-1928, undated (folio 56); (iii) Correspondence about Robert Crawford's poetry, 1925-1930 (folio 84).

Dates: 1920-1930, undated.

Typescripts of articles by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’; and, ‘Beyond the Oedipus Situation’., 1941-circa 1942.

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Identifier: MS.50189
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1941.‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’.Typescripts and offprint, 1941, of an article, ‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’, contributed to ‘The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis’, 1941. Folios 1-112 and folios 128-131.Typescript, 1941, of an article, ‘A Revised Psychopathology of Psychoses and Psychoneuroses’. This typescript is annotated, by...
Dates: 1941-circa 1942.

Typescripts of nine short stories by Violet Jacobs., 1921-[circa 1945], undated.

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Identifier: MS.27412
Scope and Contents

With the exception of the last (folio 158), a story set in India, of which the first four leaves are missing, they are all published in ‘The lum hat and other stories’. Much of 'The Wade Monument', and two leaves of 'Banny Firelocks' are missing. Also included are a letter from Oliver and Boyd, 1944, rejecting a proposal to publish a collection of short stories (folio 1), and a manuscript fragment of 'Banny Firelocks' (folio 37).

Dates: 1921-[circa 1945], undated.

Typescripts of papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘A Study of Schizoid States’; and, ‘Schizoid Factors in the Personality’., 1940.

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Identifier: MS.50188
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1940.‘A Study of Schizoid States’.Typescript, 1940: ‘Carstairs Hospital List of admissions: 1st July to 17th Oct. 1940. Finally diagnosed as Psychoses and Psychopaths’. Folios 1-2.Manuscript notes, 1940, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn concerning the subject of schizophrenia. Folios 3-73.Incomplete draft manuscript, 1940, of ‘A Study of Schizoid States’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn....
Dates: 1940.

Typescripts of papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’; and, ‘Psychology as Prescribed and as a Proscribed Subject’., 1939.

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Identifier: MS.50187
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1939.‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’.Printed ‘Final Programme’, 1939, for the National Council of Mental Hygiene, Fifth Biennial Mental Health Conference. Folios 1-2.Typescript draft, 1939, of ‘The Psychological Factor in Sexual Delinquency’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper has been annotated (folio 3 recto) by Fairbairn, ‘Draft – not included in paper’. The draft has been...
Dates: 1939.

Typescripts of poems of Sydney Durward Tremayne probably chosen and arranged for ‘Selected and new poems’., [1973, or before.]

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Identifier: MS.26682
Scope and Contents

There are several manuscript and typescript lists of contents, and an author's note (folio 26) which was not published.

Dates: [1973, or before.]