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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Manuscripts and typescripts of unpublished poems of Sir Alexander Gray., 1922-1928, 1942-1951, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26003
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscripts, 1922-1928, chiefly from 'Later Numbers' (folio l); (ii) Typescripts, 1942-1951, undated (folio 8).

Dates: 1922-1928, 1942-1951, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of untitled short stories by Ian Rankin; with related working notes., 1983-2015, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50469
Scope and Contents Untitled short story about a boy and a library. Typescript, 1983. Folios 1-5.Untitled short story about a Mr. Green. Annotated typescript, 1983, with author's annotations. Folios 6-15. Manuscript, 1983, partial draft of ‘Part II’. Folios 16-17. Manuscript notes, 1983. Folios 18.Untitled short story about a princess. Typescript, 1983. Folios 19-30.Untitled short story, beginning 'John Lawson had driven …'. Manuscript, 1986. Folios 31-32.Untitled...
Dates: 1983-2015, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of various literary works by Sydney Goodsir Smith., [Circa 1938.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26143
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescripts of the introduction and opening chapter of 'Aubrey Beardsley: a study in the grotesque', 1937 (folio l); (ii) Manuscript of part of an autobiographical novel, 1938 (folio 22). It includes a title-page for 'The wilderness' (folio 25), but the text is not related to MS.26144. (iii) Manuscript fragment of a fictional description of a visit to Venice, circa l938 (folio 61).

Dates: [Circa 1938.]

Manuscripts and typescripts of William Soutar of writings by people other than Soutar., 1938-1943, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8762
Scope and Contents

The papers include music for three apparently unpublished songs, 1938-1943, one by Douglas E Lumsden and two by Francis George Scott, with words by William Soutar.

Dates: 1938-1943, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of translations of poetry and prose by George S Fraser.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11406
Scope and Contents

Includes related correspondence, 1965-1986, and an undated manuscript of W S Graham.

Dates: 1965-1986 and undated.

Manuscripts by Letitia Landon., ? 1832-? 1837.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42328-42335
Scope and Contents The manuscripts in this sequence all relate to the works of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, a popular writer and poet of the early 19th century. The manuscripts are for one of her novels, some of her short stories and some of her poetry. Some of the manuscripts are incomplete.When first made available for consultation, the manuscripts in this series were placed in a different order to this final arrangement. The manuscripts were moved and records updated as part of the cataloguing...
Dates: ? 1832-? 1837.