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Press cuttings. Information artifacts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Illustrations, pages, articles, or columns of text removed from books, newspapers, journals, or other printed sources. (AAT) 'Press cuttings' NLS preferred form.

Found in 2205 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts, manuscripts, proofs, research notes and correspondence of David Thomson, author and radio producer.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10129/1-179
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of the papers of David Thomson, author, researcher and BBC radio producer. It includes the scripts and correspondence of many BBC radio programmes from the 1950s and 60s, original scripts and correspondence regarding his published and unpublished books, and additional correspondence spanning forty five years working for UNESCO, the BBC, and as a full time writer.

Dates: [1923]-1988.

Typescripts, manuscripts, research notes, correspondence and other papers of Duncan Fraser and of Standard Press publishers, Montrose.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8058/1-239
Scope and Contents

Including corrected typescripts and proofs of historical and topographical works, and circa 400 letters and copies of letters.

With papers, 1928-1959, of the Standard Press, Montrose.

Dates: 1765-1983.

Typescripts of literary works by Tom Hanlin (1907-1953).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27417-27425
Scope and Contents

Tom Hanlin worked as a coalminer at Armadale, West Lothian, until 1946 and much of his fiction is set in Scottish mining communities.

Dates: 1942-1949, undated.

Typescripts of, newspaper clipping and correspondence related to short story 'Going Up and Coming Down'., 1994.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/94
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1994.

Typescripts of poems and short stories of Bill Thomson.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12010
Scope and Contents

Includes press cuttings.

Dates: circa 2000.

Typescripts of talks of Sir James B Thomson on Tonga and Malaysia.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9426
Scope and Contents

With two letters of the Reverend Thomas M Donn to Thomson, and cuttings.

Dates: 1965-1969 and undated.

Typescripts of 'The Falls' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers and promotional materials., Circa 1999-2003.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50331-50335
Scope and Contents Cover proofs and dust jacket proofs for novel ‘The Falls’, UK and US editions. OrionFolios 1-7.Cover proof of BBC Radio 4 dramatization of Ian Rankin's novel 'The Falls'.Folios 8-9.Advertisements for ‘The Falls’ on the cover of The Bookseller magazine (2 copies and a print-out of the cover) and inside St Martin's Paperback catalogue.Folios 10-77.Franking machine labels.Folios 78-80.Listing for BBC...
Dates: Circa 1999-2003.

Typescripts of the full length novel 'Doors Open' by Ian Rankin; with related working papers., 2007-2008.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50422-50424
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, novels, novellas and graphic novels by Ian Rankin. The working papers include, variously, synopses, research material, development notes, and evidence of editorial interventions. With these also are papers relating to the process of publication: some administrative, particularly contracts, and promotional materials; others, including advertisements and cover proofs, concerning actual publication....
Dates: 2007-2008.