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Short stories.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Relatively brief invented prose narratives.

Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:

Literary correspondence and papers of Mollie Hunter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11993
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts of novels, short stories and non-fiction, research notes, lectures and reviews.

Dates: 1958-2000.

Literary papers and correspondence of Doug Johnstone.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13300
Scope and Contents

Literary papers and e-mail correspondence, 2008-2011, of Doug Johnstone, mainly relating to "Smokeheads" (London: Faber and Faber, 2011) and "Hit and Run" (London: Faber and Faber, 2012).

Dates: 2008-2011.

Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 1945], undated.

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 A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` and `The Blue Book`.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13284
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, c.2009-2011, of A L Kennedy, mainly relating to `What Becomes` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2009) and `The Blue Book` (London: Jonathan Cape, 2011).

Dates: c 2009-2011.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Literary papers of Alison Stewart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12326
Scope and Contents

Includes articles, verses and short stories.

Dates: circa 1930-1960.

Literary papers of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12731
Scope and Contents

Comprising mainly unpublished works.

Dates: circa 1995-2006.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.

Literary papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.

Dates: 1950-1994.

Literary papers of Margaret Elphinstone.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12188
Scope and Contents

Includes drafts of poetry, short stories and novels.

Dates: 1984-2002.

Literary papers of Regi Claire.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13397
Scope and Contents

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, research and correspondence relating to the following books: Inside-Outside (1998); The Beauty Room (2002); Fighting It (2009); The Waiting (2012).

Dates: c. 1999-2012.

Literary papers of Ronald Frame.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12045
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of short stories, novels, plays, and works for radio.

Dates: circa 1980-2000.

Literary papers of Ruth Thomas.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13389
Scope and Contents

Literary papers, c.1990-2012, of Ruth Thomas comprising digital archive, print-outs, notebooks and business correspondence.

Dates: c. 1990-2012.

Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12351
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.

Dates: circa 1945-2003.

Manuscript and typescripts of novels and short stories by Eona Macnicol.

 File
Identifier: MS.19706
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript with manuscript corrections of the novel ‘Colum of Derry’, 1954, dated 1946 by the author, Eona Mcnicol (Folio 1.) (ii) Three pages of corrected typescript of ‘Lamp in the night wind’, 1957. (Folio 128.) (iii) Corrected typescript, being the second draft of 'Grey boy', published in “Blackwood's Magazine”, volume 301 (1967), pages 537-547. The last page is missing. (Folio 132.) (iv) Final typescript and broadcast script of 'A night of rain, 1968....
Dates: 1946-[1969, or before.]

Manuscript and typescripts of short stories and novels by Fred Urquhart (1912-1995).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26992-26997
Scope and Contents

Fred Urquhart was educated in Stranraer and Edinburgh and worked as a reader and editor for Cassell and other publishers. Much of his own literary work was in the form of short stories.

Dates: 1929-1968.

Manuscript draft of George Douglas Brown, "How Janet Goudie Came Home", a short story.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13486
Scope and Contents

This much-revised draft of the story appears to be an earlier version than NLS MS.8179. "How Janet Goudie Came Home" was published in "The Speaker" in 1899.

Dates: ?1899.