Manuscripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.
Found in 6567 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of his PhD thesis proposal., 1983-1984.
File
Identifier: MS.50594
Scope and Contents
Drafts are in reverse order of creation as best as can be determined.Typescript, 1984, of Ian Rankin, ‘Ian James Rankin: Thesis Proposal and Outline, Muriel Spark’. Folios 1-9.
This is Rankin’s revised proposal. Includes administrative form and letter from Rankin’s supervisor regarding the revised proposal, and a photocopy of an earlier version of the thesis proposal dated 1983, with annotations by Rankin’s supervisor. Typescript, between 1983-1984, of Ian Rankin,...
Dates:
1983-1984.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of the PhD thesis of Ian Rankin on Muriel Spark; with related developmental materials.
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Manuscripts and typescript drafts by Ian Rankin of chapters and essays towards his PhD thesis on Muriel Spark.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of the Introduction and Chapter One of his PhD thesis; with related developmental notes., Between 1983-1986.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50595-50596
Dates:
Between 1983-1986.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of the PhD thesis of Ian Rankin on Muriel Spark; with related developmental materials.
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Manuscripts and typescript drafts by Ian Rankin of chapters and essays towards his PhD thesis on Muriel Spark.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Mer de glace' by Alison Fell, containing photographs and notebook., 1984, 1991, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12394/40-44
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1984, 1991, undated.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Mistress of Lilliput' by Alison Fell., Circa 1996-1999, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12394/48-51
Dates:
Circa 1996-1999, undated.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and other works of Mary Stewart, with related papers and digital resources.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13680/1-29
Scope and Contents
The papers relate mainly to the following books by Mary Stewart:
‘Madam, Will You Talk?’ (London, 1954)
‘The Crystal Cave’ (London, 1970)
‘A Walk in Wolf Wood’ (London, 1980)
‘The Wicked Day’ (London, 1983)
‘Thornyhold’ (London, 1988)
‘Frost on the window, and other poems’ (London, 1990)
‘Stormy Petrel’ (London, 1991)
‘Rose Cottage’ (London,1997).
Dates:
Circa 1954-1997.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of novels and other works of Mary Stewart, with related papers and notebooks., Circa 1954-1997.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13680/1-28
Manuscript and typescript drafts of novels of Alison Fell., Circa 1981-2003.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12394/36-64
Dates:
Circa 1981-2003.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'One green bottle or the fragile summit', a screenplay based on the novel 'One green bottle' by Elizabeth Coxhead. Also containing Amstrad disks., 1992-1994, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12394/69-74
Dates:
1992-1994, undated.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of plays and short stories of William McArthur.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7471/1-78
Dates:
1948-1954, undated.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of poems from the sequence 'The luncheon of the boating party' by Stewart Conn., 1986-1988.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12098/39-42
Dates:
1986-1988.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of prose pieces by Alastair Reid., 1967-1977, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27463
Scope and Contents
The papers include part of Alastair Reid's translation of Mario Vargas Llosa, 'Los Cachorros' with an introductory note (folio 1).
Dates:
1967-1977, undated.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem 'A Lang Guidnicht' by Helen B Cruickshank., 1968.
File
Identifier: MS.26713, folios 100-106
Manuscript and typescript drafts of the stage production and published version of "Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off", by Liz Lochhead.
File
Identifier: Acc.10176
Dates:
1989.
Manuscript and typescript drafts, printed cuttings and photocopies of articles and stories of George Campbell Hay., [Circa 1938]-[circa 1980.]
File
Identifier: MS.26746
Scope and Contents
Most of the material was written before 1948, but some later book reviews are included.
Dates:
[Circa 1938]-[circa 1980.]
Manuscript and typescript notes and pages of 'Checkmate' by Dorothy Dunnett., Undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12135/55-56
Dates:
Undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to works by her.
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Literary papers of Dorothy Dunnett relating to the Francis Crawford of Lymond novel series.
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Research material of Dorothy Dunnett, relating to the Francis Crawford of Lymond novel series.
Manuscript and typescript of '40 Years', George Scott-Moncrieff's autobiography., [?1950.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26968-26969
Scope and Contents
The autobiography describes George Scott-Moncrieff's childhood and life as a writer in London and Scotland, his marriage, and family life up to his departure from Eigg in 1950 after the death of his first wife.
Dates:
[?1950.]
Manuscript and typescript of a collection of poems, titled 'Poems, Scots and English, by James Graham', entered by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', for the Arts Council Poetry Prize Scheme under a pseudonym., 1953-1954.
File
Identifier: MS.27008
Scope and Contents
Some leaves of both the manuscript and the typescript are missing.
Dates:
1953-1954.
Manuscript and typescript of 'A Cure for the Colonel', written by Robert McLellan for the television series 'Dr Finlay's Casebook', but never broadcast., 1964.
File
Identifier: MS.26410
Manuscript and typescript of 'A hot wind from hell' by Hugh D M McCutcheon., [1968, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26990-26991
Dates:
[1968, or before.]
Manuscript and typescript of an autobiography, "The Buzzing Fly" by Fanny Susan Copeland.
File
Identifier: Acc.11904
Scope and Contents
Concerns Copeland`s life in Slovenia and wartime internment in Italy. Includes poems and biographical notes.
Dates:
circa 1960-1975.
Manuscript and typescript of ‘Borrobil’ by William Croft Dickinson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9866-9867
Dates:
[1944, or before.]
Manuscript and typescript of ‘But the Earth abideth’ by William Soutar., [1943, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8587-8588
Manuscript and typescript of 'Carotid Cornucopius' by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1945.
File
Identifier: MS.26163
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Fragments of the original manuscript of ‘Carotid Cornucopius’, containing part of the third and fourth chapters (folio l); (ii) Typescript, with manuscript corrections, of the first chapter of ‘Carotid Cornucopius’, 1945 (folio 5).
Dates:
1945.
Manuscript and typescript of 'Epigrams' by William Soutar., [Before 1944.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8599-8600
Dates:
[Before 1944.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Scots poet William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of selected sets of poems of William Soutar, apparently intended for publication.
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Manuscripts and typescripts of ‘Over the goompa gu’ and ‘Epigrams’ by William Soutar.
Manuscript and typescript of 'Extravagaria', Alastair Reid's translation of Pablo Neruda's work., [1972, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.27450
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of manuscript drafts of the translator's note and some of the poems (folio 1), and a typescript, with a few manuscript corrections, of the whole collection (folio 29).
Dates:
[1972, or before.]