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Typescripts.

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

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems by Edwin Muir., 1942-1959, undated.

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Identifier: MS.19653
Scope and Contents

The single poems are arranged in the order in which they appear in Edwin Muir's ‘Collected poems’, 1963. They are followed (folio 80) by 'A Righteous Man' and "The Breaking' (published in the ‘Times Literary Supplement’, 21 December 1979, page 158), ‘The Christmas' (from ‘One foot in eden’, 1956), and pages containing more than one poem and drafts of unidentified works. Finally there is the corrected typescript of 'The Return', a verse drama on the return of Odysseus (folio 99).

Dates: 1942-1959, undated.

Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems of Ruthven Todd., 1925-1978, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26830-26832
Scope and Contents

Some of the papers are annotated with the place of publication.

Dates: 1925-1978, undated.

Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems of William Sydney Graham., 1943-1968, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26019
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Typescripts of nine poems with manuscript notes by William Sydney Graham for a poetry reading, 1943 (folio l); (ii) Manuscript of 'Gigha', 1945 (folio lO); (iii) Excerpts, 1949, undated, from 'The Nightfishing', with an explanatory letter, 1956 (folio ll); (iv) Drafts and final versions of part of 'The Nightfishing' and 'Seven Letters', 1953, undated (folio 31); (v) Drafts and final versions of 'Malcolm Mooney's Land' and other poems, 1960, 1965-1966, with...
Dates: 1943-1968, undated.

Manuscript and typescript drafts and fragments of Ruthven Todd concerning Mull., 1962, 1967, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26835
Scope and Contents

The papers include part of a letter (probably an application for a grant) describing the book (folio 42). Most of the material concerns Mull.

Dates: 1962, 1967, undated.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of a sequence of seven poems of Tom Leonard, "Situations Theoretical and Contemporary".

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Identifier: Acc.9044
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

Manuscript and typescript drafts of the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, tenth and eleventh poems from Situations Theoretical and Contemporary (Newcastle: Galloping Dog Press, 1986).

Dates: 1985.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of eight poems of David Morrison.

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Identifier: Acc.4719
Scope and Contents

With signed copy of Morrison`s "The White Hind and other Poems" (1968).

Dates: 1965-1968.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of chapter of his PhD thesis on Muriel Spark’s novels 'The Public Image', 'The Driver's Seat', and 'Not to Disturb'; with related developmental materials., Between 1983-1986.

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Identifier: MS.50599
Scope and Contents Typescript, undated, of Ian Rankin, ‘The End of Things: Suicides and Structures’, chapter of thesis, annotated with alternate title, ‘The Director’s Seat: Suicides and Structures’; with annotations by the author; with related developmental notes. Folios 1-52 (original foliation of the typescript, 1-48).Typescript, undated, of Ian Rankin, ‘Chapter Five / The end of things: Suicides and structures.’; with annotations by the author. Includes manuscript notes and footnotes inserted...
Dates: Between 1983-1986.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of chapters of his PhD thesis on Muriel Spark’s novels ‘Hothouse by the East River’; and ‘The Abbess of Crewe’ and ‘The Takeover’; with related developmental materials., Between 1983-1986.

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Identifier: MS.50600
Scope and Contents Chapter and research on Muriel Spark’s novel ‘Hothouse by the East River’. Folios 1-55.Typescript, 1984, of Ian Rankin, ‘’The Mortality Problem’: The Hothouse by the East River as Study in Fictional Intent’, chapter of thesis; with annotations by the author; and with related working notes. Folios 1-22.Typescript, undated and untitled, of Ian Rankin, about Spark’s novel ‘Hothouse by the East River’, with related developmental notes; with annotations by Rankin’s PhD...
Dates: Between 1983-1986.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of chapters of his PhD thesis on Muriel Spark’s novels ‘Territorial Rights’; and ‘Loitering with Intent’; with related developmental materials., Between 1983-1986.

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Identifier: MS.50601
Scope and Contents Chapter and research on Muriel Spark’s novel ‘Territorial Rights’. Folios 1-22.Typescript, undated, of Ian Rankin, ‘The Use and Abuse of Territorial Rights’, chapter of thesis; with annotations by the author. Folios 1-13.Manuscript, undated, of Ian Rankin, ‘The Use and Abuse of Territorial Rights’, chapter of thesis, partial draft. Folios 14-16.Research notes of Ian Rankin on Spark’s novel ‘Territorial Rights’. Folios 17-22. Chapter and...
Dates: Between 1983-1986.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of chapters of his PhD thesis on the novel ‘The Girls of Slender Means’; Spark’s dramas; and novel ‘The Mandelbaum Gate’; and the short stories of Muriel Spark; with related developmental materials., Between 1983-1986.

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Identifier: MS.50598
Scope and Contents Chapter and research on Muriel Spark’s novel ‘The Girls of Slender Means’. Folios 1-29.Typescript, 1986, of Ian Rankin, ‘“Nowhere’s Safe”: The Girls of Slender Means’, chapter of thesis; with annotations by the author; and with related working notes. Folios 1-17.Manuscript, undated and untitled, of Ian Rankin, about Spark’s novel ‘The Girls of Slender Means’. Folios 18-23.Research notes of Rankin on Muriel Spark’s novel ‘The Girls of Slender Means’. Folios...
Dates: Between 1983-1986.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of chapters of his PhD thesis on the novels 'Memento Mori', 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye', and 'The Bachelors'; and ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’; with related developmental materials., Between 1983-1986.

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Identifier: MS.50597
Scope and Contents Chapter and research on 'Memento Mori', 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye', and 'The Bachelors'. Folios 1-39.Typescript, after June 1985, of Ian Rankin, ‘Humane Observation and After’, chapter of thesis; with annotations by the author and Rankin’s PhD supervisor. Folios 1-19.Partial manuscript, undated, of Ian Rankin of his chapter on 'Memento Mori', 'The Ballad of Peckham Rye', and 'The Bachelors'. Folios 20-24.Research notes of Ian Rankin on Spark’s novel...
Dates: Between 1983-1986.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Ian Rankin of his PhD thesis proposal., 1983-1984.

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Identifier: MS.50594
Scope and Contents Drafts are in reverse order of creation as best as can be determined.Typescript, 1984, of Ian Rankin, ‘Ian James Rankin: Thesis Proposal and Outline, Muriel Spark’. Folios 1-9. This is Rankin’s revised proposal. Includes administrative form and letter from Rankin’s supervisor regarding the revised proposal, and a photocopy of an earlier version of the thesis proposal dated 1983, with annotations by Rankin’s supervisor. Typescript, between 1983-1984, of Ian Rankin,...
Dates: 1983-1984.