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Typescripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.

Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:

Drafts and proofs of film scripts, short stories, articles and illustrations of Alasdair Gray, with some related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12557/1-21
Scope and Contents The largest portion of this collection is taken up by drafts of film scripts for 'Poor things', co-written by Alasdair Gray and Sandy Johnson, director, with comments and changes of both, as well as comments and changes of Iain Brown, producer, and Brian Gibson, another director who was later attached to the project.There are also some files of correspondence and drafts of articles and illustrations for other projects, as well as typescripts and proofs of the short story...
Dates: 1988-2003.

Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13021/1-15
Scope and Contents

Eight ledgers or notebooks contain diary entries, draft letters and literary notes and drafts of stories, poems, plays and the novel 'Old men in love'; with six corrected and annotated typescripts of 'Fleck', a play; and a file of cuttings of reviews of the French edition of 'Lean tales'.

Dates: 1845-2008.

Literary papers, correspondence and artwork of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13289/1-109
Scope and Contents This collection includes personal and working papers of Alasdair Gray, with the great majority of the papers concerning 'A Gray play book' (Luath, 2009) and 'A life in pictures' (Canongate, 2009).The 'play book' papers include typescripts from throughout Gray's life of many of the plays which made up the book, as well as annotated proofs, and correspondence concerning the book's production.There are extensive visual materials collated by Gray for the production of 'A...
Dates: 1951-2011.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Something leather', by Alasdair Gray, with proofs, illustrations and related correspondence.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10371/1-32
Scope and Contents Includes nine manuscript and typescript drafts of the novel, drafts of individual chapters, and related notes, correspondence and illustrations. Post-publication material includes copies of the US hardback edition, revised paperback edition, and cuttings of UK press coverage of the book.Alasdair Gray's descriptions have been retained in the scope and contents notes for each file, and include insights into his working process, comments on how the novel progressed, and how...
Dates: 1968-1991.

Manuscript drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11203/1-12
Scope and Contents

Drafts, proofs and some source materials and correspondence for 'A history maker', by Alasdair Gray.

Alasdair Gray's own manuscript drafts are accompanied by typescript transcriptions produced by his typist Scott Pearson, which are then in turn heavily annotated and corrected by Gray. These annotations then inform the next set of manuscript drafts, giving a unique insight into how the book developed and grew.

Dates: 1967, 1985, 1993-1994.

Manuscripts, typescripts and other papers relating to the publication of works of Alasdair Gray, with some articles, reviews and biographical material.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9247/1-52
Scope and Contents

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).

Dates: 1954-Circa 1987.

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence of Alasdair Gray, mainly concerning 'Working legs', as well as other works.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11655/1-34
Scope and Contents

Includes extensive working papers and proofs for 'Working legs', including cast notes and publicity materials, as well as papers relating to the 1997 editions of 'Why Scots should rule Scotland' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1966-1997.

Organisational correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of short stories of Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12108/1-4
Scope and Contents

Two files of correspondence of Alasdair Gray with the National Library of Scotland and the University of St Andrews, and some typescripts and manuscripts including short stories from 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1985-2001.

Papers of Alasdair Gray.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10749
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected manuscript and typescript drafts and revised versions of "Poor Things", "Ten Tales Tall and True", and "Why Scots Should Rule Scotland", together with correspondence concerning publication of "Poor Things".

Dates: 1991-1993

Papers of Alasdair Gray, relating to his published works.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8799/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and poems.

Dates: circa 1952-1984.

Photocopy of a typescript of 'Lanark', by Alasdair Gray, with annotations.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11332/1-4
Scope and Contents

The original of this typescript was corrected by Alasdair Gray, and has further annotations concerning typesetting.

Dates: Circa 1980.

Xeroxed typescript of Alasdair Gray`s `Lanark`, book 3, chapters 1-7.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13403
Scope and Contents

The typescript is slightly different from the chapters as published in `Lanark`. The manuscript dedication on the title page states that the copy was given by Alasdair Gray to his friends, ---- and Frances McIlhenny, in Glasgow, xxx.

Dates: 1969.