Typescripts.
Found in 3762 Collections and/or Records:
Centenary publications of the predecessor bodies of Deaf Action., 1985, undated.
‘Ceol Mor Legends', containing notes, in several hands and in typescript, on the occasions commemorated by various piobaireachd., [?1900, or before.]
Chapters i-vii of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
Chapters viii-xii of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
Chapters xiii-xvii, appendices A-F and bibliography of ‘David Livingstone, pilot and navigator’ by Vero Bosazza., 1972, [after 1972.]
Christmas cards and papers of William Wolfe.
The collection consists of fourteen Christmas cards, 1989-2009, of William Wolfe (1924-2010), leader (1969 to 1979) and president (1980-1982) of the SNP. All the cards include a poem and all, but one of them, are illustrated with a photograph.
It also includes three letters, 1992-1994, and a typescript, 6 February 1992, concerning Wolfe`s account of his reaction to the Pope`s visit to Scotland in 1982.
Christmas cards of Naomi Mitchison, with woodcuts of Gertrude Hermes and others.
With typescript and copy of memorandums on National Parks, Highland education and museums of Mitchison.
Collection entitled 'Glengarry notes' compiled probably in the late nineteenth century consisting chiefly of extracts from printed sources together with some transcripts of documents in the Public Record Office, illustrating the history of Glengarry and some other parts of the Highlands from early times until the mid-nineteenth century., 1st half of 19th century.
Almost all of the material is typewritten, with numerous manuscript additions and corrections.
Collection of papers, chiefly seventeenth century, which appear to have belonged to Richard Almack, Suffolk.
Collections of poems by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [Circa 1940]-1967.
The contents are as follows. (i) Part of a manuscript collection of poems intended for publication, circa l940 (folio 1); (ii) Incomplete manuscript and typescripts of the second and third appendices to a larger work. The 'Second Appendix' (folio 21) consists of a poem on Glasgow, parts of which were published in ‘Collected poems’ and ‘Lucky poet’. The "Third Appendix' (folio 52) is 'Once in a Cornish garden' from ‘A lap of honour’ (London, 1967).
Complete typescript, undated, of 'The unquiet king', a novel about James V by Edith Anne Robertson, recast in the form of a journal kept by the king., Early 20th century-3rd quarter of 20th century.
Educated in Glasgow and Germany, in 1919 Edith Anne married James A Robertson who became Professor of Biblical Criticism at Aberdeen University. Her publications included a life of St Francis Xavier as well as poems in English and Scots.
Conference paper, "Representing the Plutonic Landscape : James Nasmyth`s Illustrations of the Moon", by Frances Robertson., 2002.
The paper was presented at The British Association of Victorian Studies Annual Conference, 5-7 September 2002, University of Hull : "Idealisms and Materialisms".
'Cooper,' a typescript carbon of an account of the craft and its history by Arthur B Salvini., 1948.
Copied typescript of 'Lucia', by Robert Forrest., Undated.
Arranged alphabetically by title. The date in square brackets is that of the Fifth Estate production, where this has been possible to establish.
Copies, apparently by Alexander Ross, of Johannes Ferrerius "Historiae Compendium de Origine et Incremento Gordonias Familiae", 1545, and of his own "Suthirlandiae Comitum Annales", 1625.
Indluding:
1. "Vera Narratio...Victoriae...quod Auinum Amen [Glenlivet]... Anno Dmi 1594", with ownership inscription of Robert Gordon and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
2. incomplete charter, undated, of John, Earl of Sutherland
3. letters, 1605, 1623 and undated
4. two fragments of a writing excercise, undated
5. poems, undated, mostly of Robert Southwell, with a photocopy of typescript on the poems.
Copies, chiefly typescript, of thirteen letters of David Livingstone, 1841-1872, and of three letters of Mary Moffat, 1863., 1841-1872.
Copies, chiefly typewritten, of letters of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Sir Herbert Grierson when he was preparing the centenary edition of Scott’s letters but rejected from printing.
The copies of those letters in the National Library which are to be found in MS.863 have not been preserved. A list of the numbers of the letters in MS.863 is bound in at the beginning of MS.1750.
Copies of 14 photographs of a Kirkcaldy linoleum workers` strike.
With a typescript account, circa 1980, of the incident by James Bogie.
Copies of letters of Ian Brown to Michael Winter, with revised typescript drafts of play, 'A great reckonin'., 1999.
This play was first performed at Perth Theatre in 2000.
Originally entitled ‘Another Orpheus’.
Copies of letters of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Sir Herbert Grierson when he was preparing the centenary edition of Scott’s letters but rejected from printing., 1800-1823.
The copies of those letters in the National Library which are to be found in MS.863 have not been preserved. A list of the numbers of the letters in MS.863 is bound in at the beginning of MS.1750.
Copies of letters of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Sir Herbert Grierson when he was preparing the centenary edition of Scott’s letters but rejected from printing., 1824-1828.
The copies of those letters in the National Library which are to be found in MS.863 have not been preserved. A list of the numbers of the letters in MS.863 is bound in at the beginning of MS.1750.
Copies of letters of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Sir Herbert Grierson when he was preparing the centenary edition of Scott’s letters but rejected from printing., 1829-1832.
The copies of those letters in the National Library which are to be found in MS.863 have not been preserved. A list of the numbers of the letters in MS.863 is bound in at the beginning of MS.1750.
Copies of letters, undated, of Sir Walter Scott, collected by Sir Herbert Grierson when he was preparing the centenary edition of Scott’s letters but rejected from printing., [1800-1832.]
The copies of those letters in the National Library which are to be found in MS.863 have not been preserved. A list of the numbers of the letters in MS.863 is bound in at the beginning of MS.1750.
Copies of papers from other sources: correspondence., 1858-1897, undated.
Copies of ten unpublished poems by Agnes Owens.
Includes poems titled; 'Wallace', 'The barley brew', 'My father', 'Where poppies bloom', 'Satans caves', 'Have we met before', 'The hunter', 'The writer', "Don't give me the Booker", and 'War time'. Most are signed by Agnes Owens, and some have manuscript corrections or revisions.