Short stories.
Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:
Manuscripts by Letitia Landon., ? 1832-? 1837.
Manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and broadcast scripts by Robert McLellan of two programmes broadcast in the series for schools, 'Stories from Scottish History'., 1962.
The contents are as follows. (i) 'John Gordon of Glenbucket in the '15’ (folio 1). The manuscript contains several different versions. (ii) Reports of pupils' and teachers' reactions to the programme, 1962 (folio 89); (iii) 'Old Glenbucket in the '45’ (folio 92).
Manuscripts of ‘A friend in need is a friend indeed’, by Letitia Landon., ?1836.
Manuscripts of three stories by Margaret Oliphant, published in the `Cornhill Magazine`: `Mrs Merridew`s Fortune` (1869), `Lady Isabella` (1871) and `The Scientific Gentleman` (1872).
Manuscripts of various works of David MacBeth Moir ('Delta')., Circa 1818-[1851, or before].
Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of short stories by Neil Munro, including a synopsis of a novel, ‘The new road’., 1892-1920, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the Rebus short stories of Ian Rankin., 1990-2017
Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin., 1981-2017.
Manuscripts, typescripts, and working papers of the short stories of Ian Rankin, other than Rebus short stories., 1980-2016, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts, letters and other papers of Edith Anne Robertson., 1915-1973, undated.
Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, and a newspaper cutting of short stories of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1923-1961, undated.
Also included is the manuscript of 'Lechois', a one-act play, undated (folio 89).
Manuscripts, typescripts, working papers, and published extracts of the short stories of Ian Rankin., 1981-2018, undated.
This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, short stories by Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Also included are administrative papers relating to the process of publication. Published copies of several short stories are held; some as full versions, others as extracts. Additionally, some correspondence relating to the short stories is included.
Manuscripts, undated, of short stories and articles, chiefly unpublished., 1st half of 20th century.
The manuscripts include the following: 'Unemployed gents, 6d' (folio 1); “The moon's walk” (folio 6); “Granny Grinton's shop” (folio 10); 'The land mannikin' (folio 24); 'The picture' (folio 34); 'It came with a lass' (folio 82).
Manuscripts, undated, of 'Tales of the north west' and 'The ebbs of Bernera' by Edward Albert., [1932, or before.]
Both works were published in ‘The Scots Magazine', March-June 1932.
Material by Robert McLellan for a film version of 'The Daftie' for television., 1978.
The material consists of a corrected typescript of the original short story (folio 1), manuscript of the dialogue (folio 13), and the film shooting script and schedule (folios 29, 56).
Material for 'Hidden doors' by Neil Gunn., [1929, or before.]
The material consists of typescripts of the stories 'The White Hour' and 'Gentlemen' (folio 2), and printed copies of 'The Moor', 'Between Headlands', 'Hidden Doors' and 'The Sleeping Bins' (folio 21). There are a few manuscript corrections throughout.
Microfilm of manuscript of an apparently unpublished story, 'The haunted grange of Goresthorpe' by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Microfilm of manuscripts of ‘The betrothed’ and ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’ by Sir Walter Scott, from the Pforzheimer Library.
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript, [1825, or before], of ‘The betrothed’ by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23047);
Manuscript, [before 1829], of the ‘Chronicles of the Canongate’, 1st and 2nd series, by Sir Walter Scott (MS.23048).
Microfilm of miscellaneous prose works of William Edmondstoune Aytoun., [Circa 1862-circa 1864.]
Microfilm of notebook of A J Cronin containing drafts of ‘Dr Findlay’ short stories.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Miscellaneous literary papers., 1748-early 20th century.
The papers include a letter of Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, to Henry Webb, 1748 (folio 1); an unfinished tale of Orkney and the Norsemen probably written by Thomas Stewart Traill, circa 1838 (folio 7); Ben Nevis in Winter, 1893, and ‘An Alpine Adventure’ (folio 53) by Thomas Stewart Omond; ‘Journal of a Trip to Iona’, undated, by L A Omond; and miscellaneous poetry 1820-20th century (folio 200).
Miscellaneous notes and photographs concerning the Mayas, probably made when James Leslie Mitchell was preparing to write 'The conquest of the Maya'., 1930, 1933, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Part of a manuscript, not in James Leslie Mitchell's hand, of a work on the language, history and customs of the Mayas, undated (folio l); (ii) Miscellaneous notes and photographs concerning the Mayas, 1930, 1933, undated (folio 30). The versos of folios 33-42 contain manuscript fragments of a story on the theme of 'The Lovers' in 'Persian dawns, Egyptian nights'.