Short stories.
Found in 231 Collections and/or Records:
Anonymous manuscripts and proofs of works offered to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers, for publication., 1789-1821.
Anonymous manuscripts and proofs of works offered to William Blackwood and Sons, publishers, for publication., 1823-1840.
Articles and short pieces of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1927-1978, undated.
Articles by John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, also containing broadcasts, speeches, essays and other papers., 1948-1978, undated.
Assorted papers of Janet Paisley, including examples of her poetry, plays, short stories and monologues; with papers relating to her interest in the Scots language, and the history of Scotland., 1990-2012, undated.
This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.
Autobiographical notes of Elspeth Davie, including notebook, loose papers and manuscript draft., Circa 1991, undated.
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Broadcast scripts of series two-four of the Linmill stories by Robert McLellan., 1960-1965.
Series 4, number 5, 'The Shuilfie', is missing.
Broadcasts and short stories., Undated.
Carbon copy typescripts of short stories, by David Thomson., Undated.
As well as correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of published works, the collection includes a huge number of David Thomson’s notebooks and diaries.
Commonplace book of Nina, Countess of Minto, consisting of literary works and notes on contemporary politics., 1861-1872.
The contents are as follows. (i) The Moon's Story - A Dream of 1849 (folio 1); (ii) Recollections of a conversation with Lord John Russell at Pembroke Lodge, 1848 (folio 8); (iii) Recollections of Woburn, 1856, being notes from a conversation with Francis, Duke of Bedford (succeeded 1872) (folio 13); (iv) Notes of conversations with Lord John Russell from the journal of Nina, Countess of Minto, 1863-1872 (folio 35); (v) Epigram on Sir Sidney Smith by John, 4th Marquess Townshend, undated.
Commonplace-book of William Drummond of Hawthornden, commencing with a collection of anecdotes, pasquils, jests, epitaphs, impresas, etc., entitled 'Democritie, a labyrinth of delight'., First half of 17th century.
The notes, 'Letters of W. Drummond to sundries all his owen hand. Sept. 16, 1693', and 'Manie of them printed, 1703', on folio 103, which was found loose in this volume, seem to refer to the contents of MS.2061.
Copy of short story, 'Conspiracy', by Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.
Corrected typescript copy of 'Death of a doctor and other stories' by Elspeth Davie., 1992.
Includes manuscript drafts of short stories and a novel.
Corrected typescript, undated, of an apparently unpublished children's tale titled 'The princess of the golden mountain or The wonderful black beetle' by Francis R Oliphant., Late 19th century.
Developmental materials of Ian Rankin for various creative works, including contact details and working notes., Circa 1985-2012.
Draft translations and other writings of Charles Scott Moncrieff., 1925.
Drafts, fragments, typescript, reviews, prefaces and short pieces of Ruthven Todd., 1958-1977, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Drafts and fragments of short stories, 1958-1973, undated (folio 1). They include 'The Garden of Forking Paths' (folio 1), a translation of a story by Jorge Luis Borges, published in ‘Ficciones’, edited by A Kerrigan (London, 1962), pages 89-101. (ii) Typescript of 'The Freedom Riders', a play, undated (folio 83); (iii) Reviews, prefaces, short pieces and fragments, 1966-1977, undated (folio 90).
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966, undated.
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966.
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays, undated, of Hector MacIver., [1928-1966.]
Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.
Dramatic works and short stories of Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Circa 1931-Before 1956.]
Dramatic works, short stories and poetry of Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Circa 1919-before 1956.]
Editorial correspondence and submissions for 'Shouting it out' by Tom Pow, a collection of short stories for children., 1979, 1993-1995.
Eight letters, 1818-1835, of John Gait to various correspondents, with a draft agreement between Gait and Richard Bentley, 1832, a holograph poem, 'Music', 1834, and three leaves of manuscript of the stories 'A Rich Man' and 'Tribulations of Reverend Conal Kilmun'., 1818-1835.
Fair copy of a short story, 'John Vincent', written under the pseudonym 'William Douglas' by George Douglas Brown, but never offered for publication., 1897.
Many of the drafts are early compositions, but they include all that apparently now exists of 'The House with the Green Shutters', published in 1901 (MSS.8171-8172), and two items not by George Douglas Brown (MS.8178).
MSS.8171-8176 are written in school notebooks.