Short stories.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Relatively brief invented prose narratives.
Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, proofs, artwork and paste-ups of the literary magazine 'Chapman'.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11319/1-51
Scope and Contents
The magazine was founded in 1970 and includes poetry and articles on all aspects of Scottish culture, including theatre, politics, language and arts.
Dates:
1984-1988.
Developmental materials of Ian Rankin for various creative works, including contact details and working notes., Circa 1985-2012.
File
Identifier: MS.50527
Scope and Contents
Contact details, circa 2004-2012, of people to be used as characters in Rankin’s novels, collected by or sent to Ian Rankin. Folios 1-3.Arnold, Gavin
Glass, Katie
Martin, John
Mellon, Jim
Robison, Elaine Data Protection: names, phone numbers, email addresses
Notes, 1985-Circa 2000, by Ian Rankin on his creative writing, including story ideas and personal notes. Folios 4-Notes are manuscript and typescript. The series contains notes on ideas...
Dates:
Circa 1985-2012.
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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Developmental materials of Ian Rankin for various creative works, including contact details, working notes, research, and press cuttings; report on marketing research project on Ian Rankin.
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Developmental materials of Ian Rankin for various unpublished or unidentified creative works, including notes and press cuttings.
Draft manuscript of 'No Scottish twilight' (1947), edited by Maurice Lindsay and Fred Urquhart, with assorted literary manuscript material.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14278/1-4
Dates:
1944.
Draft translations and other writings of Charles Scott Moncrieff., 1925.
Item
Identifier: MS.20450
Dates:
1925.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Notebooks and translations of Charles K Scott Moncrieff.
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Notebooks containing draft translations by Charles Scott Moncrieff of ‘The letters of Abelard and Heloise’ and of works by Stendhal and Luigi Pirandello; and reviews and letters.
Drafts, fragments, typescript, reviews, prefaces and short pieces of Ruthven Todd., 1958-1977, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26862
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Drafts and fragments of short stories, 1958-1973, undated (folio 1). They include 'The Garden of Forking Paths' (folio 1), a translation of a story by Jorge Luis Borges, published in ‘Ficciones’, edited by A Kerrigan (London, 1962), pages 89-101. (ii) Typescript of 'The Freedom Riders', a play, undated (folio 83); (iii) Reviews, prefaces, short pieces and fragments, 1966-1977, undated (folio 90).
Dates:
1958-1977, undated.
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26286-26287
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays of Hector MacIver., 1936-1966.
File
Identifier: MS.26286
Dates:
1936-1966.
Drafts, manuscripts and typescripts of talks, stories, reviews and plays, undated, of Hector MacIver., [1928-1966.]
File
Identifier: MS.26287
Dates:
[1928-1966.]
Dramatic works and short stories of Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Circa 1931-Before 1956.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.9188-9191
Dates:
[Circa 1931-Before 1956.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, historical and literary works, speeches, and broadcasts, together with correspondence, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Commander of the British Empire, Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws (1891-1955).
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Dramatic works, short stories and poetry of Agnes Mure Mackenzie.
Dramatic works, short stories and poetry of Agnes Mure Mackenzie., [Circa 1919-before 1956.]
Series
Identifier: MSS.9188-9193
Dates:
[Circa 1919-before 1956.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts and typescripts of, and notes for, historical and literary works, speeches, and broadcasts, together with correspondence, of Agnes Mure Mackenzie, Commander of the British Empire, Master of Arts, Doctor of Letters, Doctor of Laws (1891-1955).
Editorial correspondence and submissions for 'Shouting it out' by Tom Pow, a collection of short stories for children., 1979, 1993-1995.
File
Identifier: Acc.12233/68
Dates:
1979, 1993-1995.
Eight letters, 1818-1835, of John Gait to various correspondents, with a draft agreement between Gait and Richard Bentley, 1832, a holograph poem, 'Music', 1834, and three leaves of manuscript of the stories 'A Rich Man' and 'Tribulations of Reverend Conal Kilmun'., 1818-1835.
File
Identifier: MS.9818, folios 156-171
Dates:
1818-1835.
Eleven monthly parts of the family magazine, 'The Star', written by the Bigg family of Carnwath.
File
Identifier: MS.9171
Scope and Contents
The issues contain stories, verse, news of family affairs, and a few drawings, in the handwriting of the various contributors. The May issue is missing.
Dates:
1866.
Fair copy of a short story, 'John Vincent', written under the pseudonym 'William Douglas' by George Douglas Brown, but never offered for publication., 1897.
Item
Identifier: MS.8177
File, 'Writings' of Marshall Anderson. Containing typescript short stories and scripts by Marshall Anderson., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13227 Box 41(1)
Final manuscript of the short story 'The veiled portrait' by James Grant., [1874, or before.]
Item
Identifier: MS.8878
Folder entitled 'Notes for stories', including manuscript drafts of "The French class" and 'Notes on the short story'., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10631/23
Folder including typescript drafts of 'Notes on the short story'; manuscript and typescript drafts of talks on writing short stories; and miscellaneous manuscript notes on writing., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10631/30
Folder including typescript of a short story., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10631/22
Four series, each containing six Linmill stories by Robert McLellan, broadcast on BBC radio., 1960-1965.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26412-26415
Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13400
Scope and Contents
Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).
Dates:
2001-2012.
Galley proofs, circa 1958, of Ian Hamilton Finlay, "The Sea-Bed and Other Stories", with corrections by Finlay.
File
Identifier: Acc.10351
Scope and Contents
With printed copies of two short stories, undated, of Finlay with his annotations and corrections.
Dates:
circa 1958 and undated.
Humorous stories and anecdotes, largely Scottish, with occasional extracts from contemporary books, reviews, and newspapers, all 18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.9317
Scope and Contents
Internal dates in the manuscript are from 1740-1762. Newspaper-cuttings, pasted on the boards and binding pages, are dated 1779-1780.
Dates:
1740-1780.
Incomplete manuscript, "Bride of Lindorf", by Letitia Landon., ?1836
Item
Identifier: MS.42333
Scope and Contents
The manuscript entitled ‘Bride of Lindorf’ is a short story by Letitia Landon that was first published in the ‘Monthly Magazine’, vol.47 in 1836. The story is set in Vienna and follows the love of Ernest, the Count von Hermanstadt, for a mysterious woman who bears a strong resemblance to a painting of Beatrice Cenci.The manuscript consists of 30 folios, with original foliation. The manuscript is incomplete, missing the end of the story. There are some amendments,...
Dates:
?1836