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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 relating to Scots law., 1668.

 File
Identifier: MS.3059
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) A copy of Hope's ‘Minor Praticks’ 'writtin be Harie Innes, wreitter in Edinburgh', 1668. List of contents at folio 157.(ii) 'Instructiones and injunctions to the Comissars of Edinburgh and to all other inferior Comissars within the Kingdome of Scotland' (folio 159) 'given in ane consultatioune' by Sir John Nisbet (Lord Dirleton), Sir John Baird (Lord Newbyth), and Mr David Falconer of Glenfarquhar (afterwards Sir David, Lord Newton) 'to...
Dates: 1668.

Manuscripts, typescripts and a few printed copies of individual poems by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [1978, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27027-27028
Scope and Contents

Some of the poems are rough drafts, written on scrap paper or leaves torn from notebooks, and others are fair copies; many are incomplete, and there are some variants.

Dates: [1978, or before.]

Manuscripts, typescripts and a few printed copies of poems by Charles Murray which did not appear in the published collections of his poetry., 1895-1925, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27257
Scope and Contents

A few of the poems were published in magazines and newspapers. The typescripts include (folio 58) a number of versions in Scots from the Greek Anthology similar to those in ‘The last poems’ (Aberdeen, 1969), pages 15-20.

Dates: 1895-1925, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and a few printed copies of poems of Alastair Reid., 1953-1977, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27447
Scope and Contents

Some of the poems are preceded by notes about the date, circumstances of writing and publication. There are a few translations from Spanish (folio 90).

Dates: 1953-1977, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and carbon copies of articles for the 'Alpine journal'., Undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/196(1-7)
Scope and Contents Containing:(1) top and incomplete carbon copy of T G Brown: Mount Foraker, Alaska (AJ 47, 14 and 205)(2) amended manuscript of T G Brown: The Brenva Face (AJ 51, 178)(3) typescript with two carbon copies of foreg(4) typescript with two carbon copies of revised version of part of (3) (5) typescript with two carbon copies of further revised version of (4)(6) part of manuscript, with carbon copy of typescript of T G Brown: The early...
Dates: Undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and newspaper cuttings of published essays and articles of Edwin Muir., 1934-1959.

 File
Identifier: MS.19661
Scope and Contents

The papers include 'The decline of the imagination', a broadcast published in 'The Listener', xlv, pages 753-754 (folio 3) and the essaay constituting section III of 'Essays on literature and society', revised edition, (London, 1965) papges 166-235 (folio 11).

Dates: 1934-1959.

Manuscripts, typescripts and other papers of Duncan Glen, including research materials relating to Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10094/1-65
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and essays, and includes critical work on Hugh MacDiamrid.

Dates: 1941-1989.

Manuscripts, typescripts and other papers relating to the publication of works of Alasdair Gray, with some articles, reviews and biographical material.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9247/1-52
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and illustrative material relating to a wide range of Alasdair Gray’s work, including twenty-nine stage, radio and television plays, and the following published works:

'Lanark' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1981). 'Lean tales' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1985). 'Lean tales' (London: Abacus, 1987). 'Old negatives' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1989).

Dates: 1954-Circa 1987.

Manuscripts, typescripts and other papers relating to works of Duncan Glen, with additional correspondence and papers concerning his publishing and editorial activities.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9615/1-53
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of poems and essays, with associated correspondence.

Dates: 1965-1986.

Manuscripts, typescripts and photocopies of poems of James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’., 1956-1964, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27430
Scope and Contents

Some of the poems are written on scrap paper and the backs of envelopes. There are a few typed transcripts and notes by Marie Singer, who has also dated some of the poems. (i) Poems published in 'The collected poems of Burns Singer' edited by W A S Keir (London, 1970), and 'Five centuries of Polish poetry', an anthology by J Peterkiewicz and Burns Singer (London, 1960) (folio 1); (ii) Poems and fragments apparently unpublished (folio 72).

Dates: 1956-1964, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and printed books of Eric Linklater.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5665 Box 1(1)-Box 12(5)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, plays, translations, and historical and critical works.

Dates: Circa 1923-1971, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and printed copies of groups of poems by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1950-1972, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27030
Scope and Contents

The papers include both published and unpublished work. On the versos of folios 3-11 is a manuscript draft of an article written on Whalsay, 'The Onychiotomic Test' (for another manuscript of this, see MS.27061, folios 27-32).

Dates: 1950-1972, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of an article, ‘A Critical Evaluation of Certain Basic Psycho-Analytical Conceptions’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1956.

 File
Identifier: MS.50206
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.1956.Manuscript draft, 1956, of an article subsequently entitled, ‘A Critical Evaluation of Certain Basic Psycho-Analytical Conceptions’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 1-33.Revised manuscript, 1956, of the article, ‘A Critical Evaluation of Certain Basic Psycho-Analytical Conceptions’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 34-85.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, 1956, of the article, ‘A...
Dates: 1956.