Typescripts.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Typewritten documents.
Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Gowers., 1893-1908 and undated.
File
Identifier: MS.40473
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern various matters including: publications on medicine; articles published in, or to be considered for, the “Quarterly Review”;talk of the Athenaeum Club. Also detailed are Gowers’s suggestions for the revision of the 1885 edition of “A handbook for travellers in North Wales”.The letters are arranged chronologically.1893-1894: folios 1-34;1895: folios 35-70;1896-1898: folios 71-102...
Dates:
1893-1908 and undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of William Lilly., 1880-1919.
File
Identifier: MS.40698
Scope and Contents
The letters are to John Murray III, John Murray IV and to Hallam Murray. They are arranged chronologically.1880, 1882: folios 1-7;1892: folios 8-99 [Notes 1-2];1893-1896, 1898-1899: folios 100-168;1900-1901, 1919: folios 169-183.Related papers.Correspondence and papers, 1913-1918, concerning “The life of Viscount Llandaff”, by William Lilly. The papers are arranged chronologically.Opinion, [? 1913], by an...
Dates:
1880-1919.
Letters to Rachel Annand Taylor.
File
Identifier: MS.20436
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1909-1956, undated, from Professor Gilbert Murray and his wife. They concern Rachel Annand Taylor's work, in particular her ‘Aspects of the Italian Renaissance’. The typescript of Murray's preface to this is included (folio 32). (Folio 1.)
(ii) Letters, 1931, 1933, from George Blake of the publishers Faber and Faber, concerning the publication of ‘Dunbar’. (Folio 58.)
(iii) Letters, 1948-1951, undated, from John Gawsworth. (Folio 74.)
(iv) Letter,...
Dates:
1909-1956, undated.
Letters to Sara Austen of :(1) César Malan, including a typescript transcription, 1956, of an extract from a letter of Phyllis Layard to ?John Murray VI concerning Malan`s letters;(2) John Murray II; and,(3) John Murray III., 1836-1856, 1956.
File
Identifier: MS.42006
Dates:
1836-1856, 1956.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning Sara and Benjamin Austen.
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Letters of and to Sara and Benjamin Austen.
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Letters of various correspondents to Sarah and to Benjamin Austen.
Letters to Sir George Walter Prothero as editor of the 'Quarterly Review' : correspondents with surnames, B-C., 1899-1916, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.42619
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname. Further correspondence has been added to the end of the sequence.Letters of John Cann Bailey to George Prothero, 1916 and undated: folios 1-4;Letter of Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, to George Prothero, 1908: folios 5-7;Letter of Gerald William Balfour, 2nd Earl of Balfour, to George Prothero, 1906: folio 8;Letters of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, to...
Dates:
1899-1916, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Letters to and concerning George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review", with a typescript list of the correspondents.
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Letters of various correspondents to and concerning George Prothero as editor of the "Quarterly Review".
Letters, typescripts of lectures, diagrams, notes, and miscellaneous papers of Sir Patrick Geddes, Sociologist and Town Planner, and of his son Dr Arthur Geddes.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21199-21203
Dates:
1890-1948, undated.
Libretto and related material of James McLaurin for ‘George and the dragon’ by G W Crawford., [?1905.]
File
Identifier: MS.21937
Scope and Contents
The first version of the libretto of Act I, written apparently in the hand of James McLaurin, with alterations in the same hand, mostly in red ink (folio 1), and a typed copy of the dramatis personae, synopsis of the work and the libretto (as revised) of the entire work, with amendments (mostly brief) and a few additions (some quite large).
Dates:
[?1905.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
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‘George and the dragon’ by G W Crawford, a comic opera in three acts with a libretto by James N McLaurin.
Libretto and vocal score of ‘The speed cop’, a comic opera in a prologue and three acts by G W Crawford, with libretto by Clement J Bundock., [?1892-?1941.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.21956-21957
Dates:
[?1892-?1941.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Surviving musical archive, chiefly undated, of Gerald W Crawford (1868-1942), a consulting engineer and an Edinburgh city councillor and Justice of the Peace, who was well known in his day for his musical activities, especially as composer and conductor of several orchestras including, latterly, one of his own.
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Music of G W Crawford for stage works.
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Operas of G W Crawford.
'Life of John McDiarmid, poet, journalist, & author, by A.J. Armstrong. From manuscript’, being a typescript account, undated, of the owner and editor of the ‘Dumfries and Galloway Courier’, probably by Andrew J Armstrong, author of Galloway novels and poems.
Item
Identifier: MS.3407
Dates:
?Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Lists of contributors to "Blackwood's Magazine", forming a guide to the identity of the authors of anonymous articles, compiled in the National Library of Scotland from information supplied by Messrs William Blackwood and Sons, and from the researches of Professor Alan Lang Strout., Late 19th century, 3rd quarter of 20th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.4892-4894
Dates:
Late 19th century, 3rd quarter of 20th century.
Literary and academic correspondence, manuscripts, typescripts and other papers of Alastair Fowler.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10093/1-47
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of scholarly publications and poetry of Alastair Fowler, and correspondence reflecting his service on editorial and advisory boards as well as his friendship with literary personalities.
Dates:
1955-1989, undated.
Literary and academic papers of Dr Angus Calder.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11675
Dates:
circa 1961-1989.
Literary and cultural papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1740-1864.
Series
Identifier: MSS.4990-5005
Dates:
1740-1864.
Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26163-26188
Dates:
1947-1975, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, including notebooks, photographs, typescripts of published and unpublished books, articles, stories and poems, with associated correspondence and some genealogical material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6215 Box 1(a)-Box 9(d)
Dates:
circa 1931-1970, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Dorothy Dunnett.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12135/1-1062
Scope and Contents
Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...
Dates:
1937-2001, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Laura Hird.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14109
Dates:
Circa 1988 - circa 2017.
Literary and personal papers of Muriel Spark.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12478
Scope and Contents
Includes incoming correspondence and manuscript, typescript and research papers for "The Finishing School".
Dates:
2000-2002.
Literary correspondence of Raymond Vettese.
File
Identifier: Acc.12500
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of J K Annand, H B Cruickshank, C M Grieve, Malcolm 'Callum' Macdonald and Trevor Royle, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems.
Dates:
1968-2000.
Literary manuscripts and papers of Iain Crichton Smith., 1962, 1981, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-2
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1962, 1981, undated.
Literary notebooks and manuscript drafts, including short stories and novels, of Elspeth Davie. , 1871-1992.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10631/1-30
Dates:
1871-1992.
Literary papers and correspondence of Nigel Tranter.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10967
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of novels, scripts of and notes for addresses and talks, and circa 440 letters and copies of letters.
Dates:
1948-1991 and undated.