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Typescripts.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript of the surviving parts of the journal of Jessy Harden., 1801-1811.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8870 (2)
Scope and Contents

The typescript is not entirely accurate and a list of corrections, dealing with the mistakes affecting the sense of the original and with the spelling of place- and proper- names, has been added. The result is a good, though not word-perfect, rendering of the original.

Dates: 1801-1811.

Typescript of ‘The Third Gentleman’, a radio play by Ian Rankin; with related developmental notes., 1997.

 File
Identifier: MS.50486
Scope and Contents Typescript, 1997, first draft, with annotations by the author. Folios i-80Developmental notes, 1997, of Ian Rankin relating to the development of the plot and characters in his radio play ‘The Third Gentleman’.Includes working notes, research, and editorial notes of Ian Rankin. Includes references to second, third, and fourth drafts. Most of the notes are undated. The arrangement of the notes has been suggested by development of themes and revisions....
Dates: 1997.

Typescript of the translation by C K Scott Moncrieff of ‘Albertine disparue’, the seventh part of ‘À la recherche du temps perdu’ by Marcel Proust.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9633
Scope and Contents

The typescript contains numerous typescript and manuscript corrections by the translator and instructions to the printer. There are a few variations from the published version. Additional folios have been inserted after folios 40, 80, 120, 162, 200, 239, and 272.

Dates: [1930, or before.]

Typescript of 'The Winding Journey', a play in three acts, by Phillip [i.e. Philip] Leaver, first performed in 1934.

 Item
Identifier: MS.8825
Scope and Contents

The stage directions have been underlined in red, and there are several manuscript amendments and deletions, some apparently in the hand of the author, who has inscribed this copy to 'Carol'. The volume bears the stamps and labels of two American agencies.

Dates: [1934, or before.]

Typescript of two novels by the poet Iain Crichton Smith (1928-1998).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27499-27500
Scope and Contents

Educated in Stornoway and Aberdeen, Iain Crichton Smith was a teacher until 1977 when he became a full-time writer in English and Gaelic.

Dates: 1968, 1971.

Typescript of ‘Under the Eildon tree’ with numerous manuscript corrections and additions by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1947.

 File
Identifier: MS.26166
Scope and Contents

The order of the poems is that of the published version, but 'Dido' and 'I heard a lassie' are not included. The title shows several changes.

Dates: 1947.