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:
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'In the House of my Father', Ruthven Todd's unfinished memoirs of his childhood and youth., ?1965.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26843-26845
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Invitation from Minerva' by Margaret M Morrison, 'March Cost'., [1954, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27388-27390
Dates:
[1954, or before.]
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Mary Stewart' by Robert McLellan, a five act play first produced in 1951., ?1950-1951, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26347-26349
Dates:
?1950-1951, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Mature Art' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1937-1938, 1956, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27019-27026
Scope and Contents
Hugh MacDiarmid originally planned four volumes of this immensely long poem, but only one, ‘In memoriam James Joyce’, (Glasgow, 1955), was published.
Parts of the rest appeared in periodicals or in later collections of Hugh MacDiarmid's poems. These papers contain numerous drafts and re-workings of sections of the poem, made over a period of many years. MacDiarmid frequently rearranged sequences or withdrew them for use elsewhere, so while some of the drafts and copies are substantial,...
Dates:
1937-1938, 1956, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of notes and articles of Iain F Anderson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5768
Scope and Contents
Concerning Scottish history and topography.
Dates:
circa 1949-circa 1956.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'October 26 2028’, 'The Only True Comedian’, ‘Passions’, 'A Personal History of Hunger', and 'Pigeon Pie', short stories by Ian Rankin; with related working notes., 1983-1998.
File
Identifier: MS.50462
Scope and Contents
'October 26 2028’.
Typescript of Ian Rankin, 1998, final draft, including note from Ian Rankin to ‘Alan’ of The Scotsman. Folios 1-7.
Annotated typescript, 1998, second draft, with author's annotations, including note from Ian Rankin to ‘Alan’. Folios 8-13.
Typescript, 1998, first draft, with working note. Folios 14-19.'The Only True Comedian by Ian Rankin'
Annotated typescript, 1998, second draft, with author's annotations. Folios 20-26.
Annotated typescript, 1998, first draft,...
Dates:
1983-1998.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the short stories of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin, other than Rebus short stories.
Manuscripts and typescripts of "Olaf's son" by George Donald Valentine., [1936, or before.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5188-5196
Dates:
[1936, or before.]
Manuscripts and typescripts of over 200 poems of Gavin Ewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9464
Scope and Contents
With associated correspondence with publishers.
Dates:
1982-1986.
Manuscripts and typescripts of ‘Over the goompa gu’ and ‘Epigrams’ by William Soutar., 1924-[Before 1944.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8597-8600
Dates:
1924-[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.
Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Pig', 'Postscript', 'Pranks', 'Prey’, 'Principles of Accounts’, and 'The Return Game’, short stories by Ian Rankin., 1981-1983, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.50463
Scope and Contents
'Pig'.
Typescript, 1982. Folios 1-3.'Postscript'.
Manuscript, 1981. Folios 4-7.'Pranks'.
Typescript, 1982. Folios 8-16.'Prey: a short story by Ian Rankin'.
Photocopy typescript, 1984, revised draft. Folios 17-23.
Typescript, 1984, revised draft. Folios 24-30.
Typescript, 1984, first draft. Folios 31-36.'Principles of Accounts: a short story by Ian Rankin'.
Photocopy typescript, undated. Folios 37-59.
Typescript, undated. 60-82. ...
Dates:
1981-1983, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Ian Rankin archive.
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Papers relating to the professional activities of Ian Rankin.
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Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the short stories of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin.
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Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin, other than Rebus short stories.
Manuscripts and typescripts of plays by Jan Struther., Circa 1920s-1930s, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13220/24-26
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems., 1925-1948, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13145/53-60
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems and prose of Albert David Mackie, apparently unpublished., 2nd quarter of 20th century-[before 1955.]
File
Identifier: MS.9922
Dates:
2nd quarter of 20th century-[before 1955.]
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems and short stories of Trevor Morrison.
File
Identifier: Acc.11956
Dates:
2001.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems and short stories of Trevor Morrison.
File
Identifier: Acc.12067
Dates:
2002-2003.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by George MacBeth (1932-1992).
File
Identifier: MS.26940
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'The Silver Needle' (folio 1). The poem was published in ‘Ambit 30’ (1966/1967), pages 22-26, and ‘New Worlds SF’, 1, number 170 (1967), pages 77-83. (ii) Manuscripts, two typescript drafts with manuscript corrections, and a carbon typescript of the final version of ‘Lusus: a verse lecture’ (London, 1972) (folio 24).
Dates:
[1966, or before]-[1972, or before.]
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Gerald Wooley Watson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10988
Dates:
1955-1993.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by John Kincaid (1909-1981), the schoolteacher and founder member of the Clyde Group.
File
Identifier: MS.26189
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Drafts, fair copies and a few typescripts of poems, 1968-1969, undated (folio l). These were included in the posthumously published collection of John Kincaid's poems, ‘Windward of Ithaca; one man's love of Mull’ (Droitwich, 1986).
(ii) 'The Flyting of Kincaid and Gold', 1969 (folio 36). Manuscripts, corrected typescripts and the final typescript of a poetic dispute written by Kincaid and Eric Gold.
(iii) Drafts of poems by Kincaid, 1968-1969, undated...
Dates:
1968, 1969, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Rachel Annand Taylor., 1904, 1942-1956, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20430
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows: (i) Manuscript of “Revised version of ‘Poems (1904)’”; including all the poems in the published text with the exception of 'The vanity of vows', 'Ora pro me', 'Outworn' and 'Spring' (page 110) (folio 1); (ii) Typescripts of poems written between 1943 and 1954 and apparently transcribed from a manuscript autobiography (folio 69); (iii) Manuscript and typescript poems and fragments of poems, 1942-1956, undated (folio 97).
Dates:
1904, 1942-1956, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
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Manuscript, typescript and printed texts of articles, reviews and poems by Rachel Annand Taylor, and notes for these publications.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Robert Garioch Sutherland., ?1952-1979, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26595
Scope and Contents
Some of the poems are written on the backs of letters and other scrap paper, and include the following: (i) Some of the 'Roman sonnets frae Giuseppe Belli', 1975-1979, undated (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous poems, ?1952-1979, undated (folio 22). Not all of these were included in the ‘Complete poetical works’ (Edinburgh, 1983).
Dates:
?1952-1979, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems in Scots by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1940-1974, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26122
Scope and Contents
Folios 93-130 contain corrected drafts and a fair copy of ‘The vision of the prodigal son’ (Edinburgh, 1960). There are fragmentary drafts of critical articles and dramatic sketches on some of the verso pages.
Dates:
1940-1974, undated.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of Christopher Murray Grieve, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, collected for a proposed American edition of his selected poems.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12058
Scope and Contents
A collection of manuscripts, typescripts and printed versions of poems that were collected by Christopher Murray Grieve (‘Hugh MacDiarmid’) for a proposed edition of his selected poems for the Colt Press in 1941.This description follows the proposed contents list, and includes the other poems that it seems were not intended for the published edition.‘Contents’.[Dedication].‘Preface: Introducing Hugh MacDiarmid’. (Not present).‘Two...
Dates:
Circa 1941.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of George Campbell Hay., ?1925-1982.
File
Identifier: MS.26744
Scope and Contents
The papers include both original work and translations by George Campbell Hay. The earliest poems were transcribed by his mother, who also typed and annotated some of the later ones. As in Hay's notebooks, the dates given are the dates of transcription, which are not always coincidental with the date of composition.
Dates:
?1925-1982.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of William Soutar., [1923, or before-1943.]
Series
Identifier: MSS.8563-8625
Dates:
[1923, or before-1943.]
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems published in Edith Anne Robertson's ‘Translations into the Scots tongue of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins’., [1968, or before.]
File
Identifier: MS.26977
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged in the order of the printed version, but not all the published poems are included. In addition there are versions of Gerard Manley Hopkins' 'In the valley of the Elwy' and 'My own heart let me more have pity on' (folio 152). Most of the typescripts have manuscripts corrections, and some of the poems occur in numerous different versions.
Dates:
[1968, or before.]