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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:

Papers of John Buchan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6482
Scope and Contents

Comprising photocopies of corrected typescripts of an essay, 1893, "Angling in Still Waters", and two short stories, undated, "Coriolanus" and "Other Gods".

Dates: 1893 and undated.

Papers of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6975
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of literary work, and family and personal correspondence.

With papers of Susan, Baroness Tweedsmuir, including typescripts of essays and addresses, and correspondence.

Dates: 1894-1940.

Papers of John D Sutherland.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11248
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and printed papers, newspaper cuttings and photographs, much of it concerning Coventry.

Dates: circa 1910-1930.

Papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9243
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, autobiography articles, essays and reviews.

Dates: 1965-1985.

Papers of John L Broom and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10802
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of articles and addresses.

Dates: 1912-1992.

Papers of John Rennie concerning Fen drainage., 1768-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.19787
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Memoranda and accounts, 1768, 1800-1821 (folio 1); (ii) Poems of William Hall, poet and antiquary of the Fens, printed and manuscript, 1818, 1820, undated (folio 137); (iii) Bills and receipts connected with John Rennie's stay at Eastville near Boston while working on Fen drainage, 1817-1818 (folio 142).

Dates: 1768-1821.

Papers of John Stuart Blackie concerning the Highlands., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2647
Scope and Contents Papers and notes on Gaelic language and literature (a few of the philological notes, preserved as specimens), with examples of poetry. In addition there are translations of Gaelic verse, dramatic dialogues (partly translated from "Caraid nan Gáidheal") antiquarian matter and items relating to the land question.The contents are as follows.(i) List of Gaelic words and their cognates (folio 1);(ii) Paper on Gaelic literature (folio 22);(iii)...
Dates: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

Papers of Katherine Cecil Thurston.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11378
Scope and Contents

Includes literary and personal correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories and plays, and photographs.

Dates: 1903-1911.

Papers of Kenneth White.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5911
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose works, with two published collections of poems and "Letters from Gourgounel".

Dates: 1966-1973.

Papers of Kenneth White.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11211
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of literary and critical works and related correspondence.

Dates: 1978-1995.

Papers of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14884-14889
Scope and Contents Gaelic manuscripts of Lady Evelyn Stewart-Murray (1868-1940), third daughter of John James Hugh Henry Stewart-Murray, 7th duke of Atholl (1840-1917). Having learned Gaelic in her youth, she collected 240 Gaelic folk tales in Perthshire (the manuscripts now held in Blair Castle), and also left behind notebooks of Gaelic songs and other Gaelic material. The contents are as follows.MS.14884. Songs copied from McLagan Collection; small collection of hymns...
Dates: Late 19th century-early 20th century.

Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27374-27410
Scope and Contents

The sister of Nancy Brysson Morrison, Margaret M Morrison studied at Glasgow School of Art and trained for the stage before beginning her career in literature.

Dates: 1936-1972, undated.

Papers of Morley Jamieson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9825
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of a novel and two plays.

Dates: circa 1950-1988.

Papers of Muriel Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11344
Scope and Contents

Principally comprising correspondence arising from the writing of Spark`s autobiography "Curriculum Vitae", and also general business correspondence, together with a small number of working notes and manuscripts.

Dates: circa 1986-1995.

Papers of Muriel Spark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12082
Scope and Contents

Includes research material, manuscript and typescript of the novel, "Aiding and Abetting", manuscripts of short stories, and correspondence files, 1997-2000.

Dates: 1932-2001.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11170/1-81
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected manuscripts and typescripts of 24 novels, with related proofs, research notes and art-work.

Dates: 1957-1993 and undated.

Papers of Nigel Tranter.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10360
Scope and Contents

Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.

Dates: 1933-1990.