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Typescripts.

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

Found in 1011 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript of "The family of Sir Walter Scott's brother Tom" by William Moncreiffe, apparently unpublished.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8789
Scope and Contents

Two unpublished letters, one of Sir Walter Scott to John Wilson Crocker and the other of Ann Scott to her granddaughter Jessie, are reproduced in the text. The volume also includes a pedigree, from which one leaf is missing, showing the descendants of Sir Walter and Thomas Scott, and portraits of Thomas Scott, his wife and his mother, as well as other family photographs.

Dates: [Circa 1932.]

Typescript of the translation by C K Scott Moncrieff of ‘Albertine disparue’, the seventh part of ‘À la recherche du temps perdu’ by Marcel Proust.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9633
Scope and Contents

The typescript contains numerous typescript and manuscript corrections by the translator and instructions to the printer. There are a few variations from the published version. Additional folios have been inserted after folios 40, 80, 120, 162, 200, 239, and 272.

Dates: [1930, or before.]

Typescript of 'The Winding Journey', a play in three acts, by Phillip [i.e. Philip] Leaver, first performed in 1934.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8825
Scope and Contents

The stage directions have been underlined in red, and there are several manuscript amendments and deletions, some apparently in the hand of the author, who has inscribed this copy to 'Carol'. The volume bears the stamps and labels of two American agencies.

Dates: [1934, or before.]

Typescript of two novels by the poet Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27499-27500
Scope and Contents

Educated in Stornoway and Aberdeen, Iain Crichton Smith was a teacher until 1977 when he became a full-time writer in English and Gaelic.

Dates: 1968, 1971.

Typescript of William G Boag, "Percussion in Military Service".

 File
Identifier: Acc.6712
Scope and Contents

With diagrams of different types of drum.

Dates: circa 1950-circa 1976.

Typescript Peeblesshire church histories, by Dr Clement Bryce Gunn, intended to form part of the author's series of 'Books of the Church'.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.954-961
Scope and Contents

The typescripts, chiefly 20th-century and consisting largely of excerpts from the kirk-session records, are almost ready for publication, and are accompanied by notes, newspaper cuttings, and photographs. Churches other than parish are dealt with, and biographical and genealogical information is given about ministers.

Dates: Early 20th century-mid 20th century.