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Typescripts.

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

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Unpublished typescript, heavily corrected and with numerous manuscript additions, on ‘The growth of English literature' which John Dover Wilson used as a basis for his First Ordinary English Literature lectures at Edinburgh University., 1909-1910, [1935-1937].

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14368 (1)-(2)
Scope and Contents

The original typescript dates from 1909-1910 when Dover Wilson was lecturer in English at Goldsmith's College and was drafted for a proposed publication by Cambridge University Press on the history of English literature, The corrections and additions to the typescript were made in the course of his first two or three years at Edinburgh University.

Dates: 1909-1910, [1935-1937].

Various compositions of George Douglas Brown., 1897-1898, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.8180
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Manuscript, in the author's hand, of 'Honest Jack' by George Douglas Brown, a one-act farce. Brown's only experiment in play-writing was never published. (Folio 1.)(ii) Typescript, with a few corrections in Brown's hand, of two chapters of "The doctor's stories". Intended as an autobiography of a doctor, the work remained unpublished. The date of composition is probably 1898. See James Veitch, 'George Douglas Brown', page 110. (Folio...
Dates: 1897-1898, undated.

Various miscellaneous papers of Ruthven Todd., 1944-1977, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26886
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Autobiographical notes and papers, circa 1955-1975 (folio 1); (ii) Typescript of a radio interview given by Ruthven Todd, 1974 (folio 8); (iii) Miscellaneous notes and papers, 1944-1977, undated (folio 36).

Dates: 1944-1977, undated.

Various printed papers concerning the 4th Earl of Minto relating to the Finance Department., 1905-1911.

 File
Identifier: MS.12665
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Summary of the principal measures during the viceroyalty of the 4th Earl of Minto, 1905-November 1908 (folio 1); (ii) Letter and resolution concerning the revision of the rules for sanctioning expenditure from Indian revenue, 1908 (folio 52); (iii) Papers relating to alterations in budget procedure, 1908 (folio 59); (iv) Principal events affecting the Finance Department, 1906-1909, chiefly relating to the gold standard, currency, and excise (folio 76); (v)...
Dates: 1905-1911.

Various works edited by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1940, or before]-1953.

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Identifier: MS.27077
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Fragmentary manuscripts and typescripts of ‘The golden treasury of Scottish poetry’, selected and edited by Hugh MacDiarmid (London, 1940). (Folio 1.) It includes a letter of MacDiarmid to the publisher commenting on the introduction. (Folio 58.) (ii) Draft introduction, notes and partial typescript of an anthology of work by Scottish poets, circa 1950. (Folio 64.) (iii) Introduction and part of the text and page-proofs of ‘Selected poems of William Dunbar’,...
Dates: [1940, or before]-1953.