Typescripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.
Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and papers of Robert O A Crewe Milnes, Marquess of Crewe, concerning his biography of the Earl of Rosebery, published at the request of Rosebery's trustees and of his son, the 6th Earl., 1862-1933, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.10195-10205
Correspondence and papers of Salis Daiches., Circa 1898-1945, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12278/1-40
Correspondence and papers of Sheila McGregor, largely relating to knitting.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12343
Dates:
1973-2003, undated.
Correspondence and papers of Sir William Craigie (1867-1957), the philologist and lexicographer.
File
Identifier: MS.9987
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letters to William Craigie, 1886-1923, undated, chiefly from other scholars concerning philological and editorial problems. A few unrelated letters, 1825-1885, from Palmerston, Peel, and others, have been placed at the beginning. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Correspondence, 1923-1957, undated, with C T Onions and the Clarendon Press, concerning the ‘Oxford English dictionary’ and its supplements. ‘The dictionary of American English’ and other lexicographical...
Dates:
1825-1957, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the artist William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) and of his wife Isabella ('Belle') Sutton.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9771-9807
Dates:
1798-1927, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Edinburgh Press with correspondents from D-Edinburgh Press., 1933-1934.
File
Identifier: MS.23605
Dates:
1933-1934.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letter books, correspondence and other records of the printing firm of T and A Constable, Edinburgh, together with records of the Edinburgh Press, which was amalgamated with the firm in 1936.
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Letter books, estimates and correspondence of the Edinburgh Press.
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Correspondence, chiefly carbon copies of outgoing letters, and papers of the Edinburgh Press.
Correspondence and papers of the poet and journalist Albert David Mackie.
File
Identifier: MS.19634
Scope and Contents
In 1961, Albert David Mackie wrote to a large number of Scottish authors asking them for information about their current work and this manuscript contains many of their replies. Also included are letters from Christopher Murray Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) on literary matters and from Duncan Macrae and T M Watson on theatrical productions, and corrected typescripts of a Scots version of the 'Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' by Robert Menzies.
Dates:
1926-1968, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the Reverend John MacKechnie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9208
Dates:
circa 1930-circa 1986.
Correspondence and papers of William Winter Hamilton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-124
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.
Dates:
1950-1987.
Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of works of Duncan Fraser, and other works published by Standard Press., 1765-1983, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8058/23-208
Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of works of Mollie Hunter.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11073/1-122
Scope and Contents
Includes editorial correspondence, typescripts and proofs of novels, and some book jackets and illustrations.
Dates:
1960-1993, undated.
Correspondence and typescripts of Elspeth Schubert's translation of 'Aniara' by Harry Martinson., 1959-1960.
File
Identifier: MS.27011
Dates:
1959-1960.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, (1892-1978), the author 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Literary papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Poetry of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'.
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Material for the adaptation by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid' and Elspeth Harley Schubert of Harry Martinson's poem, ‘Aniara’.
Correspondence between Lewis Spence and R E Muirhead.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3565
Scope and Contents
With an offprint of article of Spence.
Dates:
1927-1930.
Correspondence between Sir James Wordie and Rear-Admiral Noel Wright concerning Wright's attempt to promote a search in a previously overlooked part of the Arctic for relics of Sir John Franklin's expedition of 1845-1848., 1955.
File
Identifier: MS.9514
Scope and Contents
Enclosed with Noel Wright's first letter is a typescript of a statement by him entitled 'Recent Arctic searches initiated by Rear-Admiral Noel Wright'.
Dates:
1955.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Manuscripts from the Wordie Collection of printed books, being correspondence and papers of Sir James M Wordie, together with manuscript material owned by him.
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Correspondence between Sir James Wordie and Rear-Admiral Noel Wright; and press cuttings with notes communicated by Wordie on geological features of places in Antarctica.
Correspondence between Steuart Campbell and the editor of "Free Inquiry", New York.
File
Identifier: Acc.11890
Scope and Contents
Includes corrected typescript article entitled "On Morality".
Dates:
1984-1986.
Correspondence between William Dickson, L Clements and R K Hannay concerning the acquisition of Adv.MS.15.1.26: Letter from the General Council of Basle to the bishops and other councillors of James II of Scotland., 1922.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.15.1.26B
Correspondence concerning the circulation of offprints, reprints and other publications by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1936-1953.
File
Identifier: MS.50104
Scope and Contents
The papers have been arranged alphabetically by theme: ‘art’, ‘communism’, ‘object relations’.Correspondence, 1937-1953, concerning papers and publications by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn on art, in particular: ‘Prolegomena to a Psychology of Art’; ‘Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’; and, “Critical Notice – ‘Psychoanalytic Explorations in Art’, by Ernst Kris”. The correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each...
Dates:
1936-1953.
Correspondence concerning the publication of the weekly literary journal "The Miniature"., 1805-1806, 1945.
File
Identifier: MS.42617
Scope and Contents
Letters of Stratford Canning, John Rennell and Henry Gally Knight to John Murray II concerning "The Miniature". Included are two typescript letters, 1945, of C.G. Des Graz to John Murray V relating to the correspondence.
Dates:
1805-1806, 1945.
Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.
Dates:
Circa 1903-1982, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts and photographs of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059
Dates:
circa 1930-2006.
Correspondence, diaries, records of consultation, drafts and typescripts of lectures, articles and papers, and personal papers, of and relating to Dr William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13332- is now part of MSS.50100-50251.
Scope and Contents
Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...
Dates:
1896-2006.
Correspondence, essays, articles, cuttings and other literary papers of Alexander MacDonald, Gaelic scholar, and his daughter Mairi MacDonald, novelist and playwright.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7708/1-130
Scope and Contents
Papers of Alexander MacDonald, circa 1886-1962, including manuscripts of poems and essays, and associated correspondence. Also present are the papers of his daughter Mairi A MacDonald, 1915-1977, including manuscripts of novels, plays, and articles, with associated correspondence, including letters of Gordon Daviot. The collection also includes a book of poems by Isobel MacDonald, either the sister or mother of Alexander MacDonald; as well as some magazines and journals relating to Scottish...
Dates:
1886-1977.
Correspondence, manuscript drafts and typescripts concerning "MacDiamrid`s Disciple" by Henry Mair.
File
Identifier: Acc.12033
Dates:
2000-2001.
Correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of Alasdair Gray.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12108
Dates:
circa 1996-2001.
Correspondence, manuscripts, drafts and other papers of George Borrow and related figures., 1807-1992, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12091/1-14