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Typescripts.

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

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts of letters of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville, to his brother Robert, Lord President of the Court of Session, and others., 1782-1801, 1912, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10225
Scope and Contents

Two letters of Sir Henry H P Dundas to the Earl of Rosebery, 1912, are inserted.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1782-1801, 1912, undated.

Typescripts of letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Charles IX., 1565-1589, 1839, 1930.

 File
Identifier: MS.572
Scope and Contents

The typescripts of letters of Mary, Queen of Scots, and Charles IX begin on folio i; there is also correspondence relating to the collection in general and to these typescripts in particular, with a chronological list (folio 41); and letters of Patrick Fraser Tytler, 1839 (folio 69).

Dates: Majority of material found within 1565-1589, 1839, 1930.

Typescripts of librettos by Ian Rankin; with related developmental notes and published programmes., 2007-2008.

 File
Identifier: MS.50517
Scope and Contents Typescripts of ‘Gesualdo’, an operetta with libretto by Ian Rankin and score by Craig Armstrong written as part of Scottish Opera’s Five:15 series. Folios 1-104.Proof and typescripts of ‘Gesualdo’ by Ian Rankin. Folios 1-63.Proof, 2008, 'Gesualdo: a chamber opera in 5 movements, music by Craig Armstrong, libretto by Ian Rankin'. Folios 1-36.Annotated typescripts, 2008, of the libretto for ‘Gesualdo’ by Ian Rankin, three revised drafts; with annotations by...
Dates: 2007-2008.

Typescripts of literary works by David Lindsay (1878-1945).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27247-27252
Dates: [Circa 1920]-1942, undated.

Typescripts of literary works by Tom Hanlin (1907-1953).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27417-27425
Scope and Contents

Tom Hanlin worked as a coalminer at Armadale, West Lothian, until 1946 and much of his fiction is set in Scottish mining communities.

Dates: 1942-1949, undated.

Typescripts of Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10489
Scope and Contents

Includes "At the Turn of the Century", "The Little Pet", "The Independence Sports" and the plays "The Scarlet Woman" and "A Matter Between Macdonalds".

Dates: mid 20th century.

Typescripts of nine short stories by Violet Jacobs., 1921-[circa 1945], undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27412
Scope and Contents

With the exception of the last (folio 158), a story set in India, of which the first four leaves are missing, they are all published in ‘The lum hat and other stories’. Much of 'The Wade Monument', and two leaves of 'Banny Firelocks' are missing. Also included are a letter from Oliver and Boyd, 1944, rejecting a proposal to publish a collection of short stories (folio 1), and a manuscript fragment of 'Banny Firelocks' (folio 37).

Dates: 1921-[circa 1945], undated.

Typescripts of "Not the Staff Bulletin", an unofficial NLS periodical.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11658
Scope and Contents

Includes original drafts and notes from Issue ten onwards, and "Dr Jekyll`s" presentation copy.

Dates: circa 1980-1990.

Typescripts of one-act plays by Margaret Noël-Paton., ?1932-?1945, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27469
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) 'Ginevra: a legend of old Florence', ?1932 (folio 1). The play is followed by an 'Apologia', notes for the producer and a variant scene (folio 32). (ii) 'Fear no more: a play of the Italian Renaissance' (folio 46). It was published in ‘8 new one-act plavs of 1938’, edited by William Armstrong, (London, 1938). (iii) 'Whom Joy hath overtaken: a scene from the life of Paulinus', undated (folio 71). It is followed by the programme of a production in 1945 (folio...
Dates: ?1932-?1945, undated.