Scope and Contents From the Series: As well as writing books, Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’ was a prolific author of essays and articles and was frequently asked to speak on literary or other topics. He was in the habit of re-using parts of his writings on different occasions, so it is not unusual to find substantial identical passages occurring in different works. Due to the fragmentary nature of some of the material, it is not always evident whether a manuscript was intended for publication or for a talk;...

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Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.

Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.

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This collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and illustrative material relating to a wide range of Alasdair Gray’s work, including twenty-nine stage, radio and television plays, and the following published works:

'Lanark' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1981). 'Lean tales' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1985). 'Lean tales' (London: Abacus, 1987). 'Old negatives' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989).

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The papers include reviews and articles, material on the fishing industry, some of which was used in ‘Living silver’ (London, 1957) (folio 7); autobiographical notes, 1958 (folio 63), and the text of a radio programme, 'Water alive', undated (folio 147).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems in English, undated (folio 1). Some were published in ‘Forest voices’. (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems in Scots, 1969-1970, undated (folio l5). They include translations from Blake, T S Eliot and C Day Lewis. (iii) Corrected typescripts of short stories, undated (folio 87); (iv) Letters to Edith Anne Robertson about her work, 1915-1973, undated (folio 93); (v) Printed articles and newspaper cuttings, ?1916-1973...

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The material consists of printed articles, reviews and press-cuttings, but also includes (folio 2) the typescript of E M Forster's "The novels of Virginia Woolf', published in ‘The New Criterion’ iv (1925-1926), pages 277-286, with manuscript corrections by Forster.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Memoranda of agreement between James Bell Salmond and his publishers, Grant and Murray Limited, Edinburgh, concerning ‘Wade in Scotland’ (1934), and ‘The old stalker and other verses’ (1937) (folio 1);(ii) Correspondence, 1933-1942, concerning ‘Wade in Scotland’, including requests for access to material and for permission to quote copyright material, letters of congratulation, and criticism of some details (folio 8);(iii)...

Scope and Contents Containing:Press cuttings and printed reviews on articles and books on Scottish history, 1914-1969.Letters to Janet Adam Smith about miscellaneous articles written by her on Scottish history and literature, 1939-1982.Newspaper articles on Henry James, 1947-1955.Janet Adam Smith notes on Henry James and William James (nephew), including an article The Guerdon by Max Beerbohm, 1956-1972.Article, Mary Geraldine Dickins, by Janet Adam...

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Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.

Scope and Contents The contents consist of: (i) letters of various friends and contemporaries of Margaret Oliphant, 1844-1868, undated (folio 1); (ii) letters to Janet M Oliphant 1895-1921, undated (folio 19); (iii) memorandum of agreement with Henry Colburn 1849 and death certificate 1897 of Mrs Oliphant (folio 46); (iv) photographs and other depictions of Margaret Oliphant and her family and other subjects 1851, 1874, undated (folio 50); (v) excerpts in Janet M Oliphant's hand of Margaret Oliphant's...

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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.

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Including correspondence, notebooks, autobiographical and editorial papers.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Typescript, undated, of a lecture or article, with autograph corrections, entitled 'Lamb, Hazlitt and De Quincey, critics and essayists' (folio 1);(ii) Manuscript, 1933, of a lecture or article entitled 'Abraham Lincoln', apparently written on Herbert Grierson's return from America in that year (folio 26);(iii) Manuscript notes, undated, headed 'Lincoln', but apparently concerning Andrew Carnegie and American industry,...

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Includes manuscripts and typescripts of plays, novels and poems, with over 500 letters of and to various correspondents.

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Included is a draft review of a work by Dr Priestly (folio 89), and notes from Mosheim (folio 90) and Warburton's Julian (folio 98).

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Sir George participated in three major botanical expeditions (to South Africa, 1927-8, East Africa, 1934-5, and Tibet and Bhutan, 1938) which are illustrated in letters, photographs and diaries.Correspondence of special interest includes letters from botanical explorers Frank and Jean Kingdon Ward, George and Betty Sherriff and Frank Ludlow (mostly from Burma, Tibet and Bhutan) and from King Gustav of Sweden and Stanley Smith (the latter discussing the possible foundation of a...

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The papers include (folio 26) the catalogue of an exhibition in honour of Hugh MacDiarmid, with annotations by Sydney Goodsir Smith.

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Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

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Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

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Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

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Containing copy of 'Our changing democracy: devolution to Scotland and Wales', Cmnd.6348, 1975.

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Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.