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Typescripts.

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

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by George MacBeth (1932-1992).

 File
Identifier: MS.26940
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'The Silver Needle' (folio 1). The poem was published in ‘Ambit 30’ (1966/1967), pages 22-26, and ‘New Worlds SF’, 1, number 170 (1967), pages 77-83. (ii) Manuscripts, two typescript drafts with manuscript corrections, and a carbon typescript of the final version of ‘Lusus: a verse lecture’ (London, 1972) (folio 24).

Dates: [1966, or before]-[1972, or before.]

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by John Kincaid (1909-1981), the schoolteacher and founder member of the Clyde Group.

 File
Identifier: MS.26189
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Drafts, fair copies and a few typescripts of poems, 1968-1969, undated (folio l). These were included in the posthumously published collection of John Kincaid's poems, ‘Windward of Ithaca; one man's love of Mull’ (Droitwich, 1986). (ii) 'The Flyting of Kincaid and Gold', 1969 (folio 36). Manuscripts, corrected typescripts and the final typescript of a poetic dispute written by Kincaid and Eric Gold. (iii) Drafts of poems by Kincaid, 1968-1969, undated...
Dates: 1968, 1969, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Rachel Annand Taylor., 1904, 1942-1956, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.20430
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Manuscript of “Revised version of ‘Poems (1904)’”; including all the poems in the published text with the exception of 'The vanity of vows', 'Ora pro me', 'Outworn' and 'Spring' (page 110) (folio 1); (ii) Typescripts of poems written between 1943 and 1954 and apparently transcribed from a manuscript autobiography (folio 69); (iii) Manuscript and typescript poems and fragments of poems, 1942-1956, undated (folio 97).

Dates: 1904, 1942-1956, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Robert Garioch Sutherland., ?1952-1979, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26595
Scope and Contents

Some of the poems are written on the backs of letters and other scrap paper, and include the following: (i) Some of the 'Roman sonnets frae Giuseppe Belli', 1975-1979, undated (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous poems, ?1952-1979, undated (folio 22). Not all of these were included in the ‘Complete poetical works’ (Edinburgh, 1983).

Dates: ?1952-1979, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems in Scots by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1940-1974, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26122
Scope and Contents

Folios 93-130 contain corrected drafts and a fair copy of ‘The vision of the prodigal son’ (Edinburgh, 1960). There are fragmentary drafts of critical articles and dramatic sketches on some of the verso pages.

Dates: 1940-1974, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of Christopher Murray Grieve, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, collected for a proposed American edition of his selected poems.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12058
Scope and Contents A collection of manuscripts, typescripts and printed versions of poems that were collected by Christopher Murray Grieve (‘Hugh MacDiarmid’) for a proposed edition of his selected poems for the Colt Press in 1941.This description follows the proposed contents list, and includes the other poems that it seems were not intended for the published edition.‘Contents’.[Dedication].‘Preface: Introducing Hugh MacDiarmid’. (Not present).‘Two...
Dates: Circa 1941.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of George Campbell Hay., ?1925-1982.

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Identifier: MS.26744
Scope and Contents

The papers include both original work and translations by George Campbell Hay. The earliest poems were transcribed by his mother, who also typed and annotated some of the later ones. As in Hay's notebooks, the dates given are the dates of transcription, which are not always coincidental with the date of composition.

Dates: ?1925-1982.

Manuscripts and typescripts of poems published in Edith Anne Robertson's ‘Translations into the Scots tongue of poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins’., [1968, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26977
Scope and Contents

The papers are arranged in the order of the printed version, but not all the published poems are included. In addition there are versions of Gerard Manley Hopkins' 'In the valley of the Elwy' and 'My own heart let me more have pity on' (folio 152). Most of the typescripts have manuscripts corrections, and some of the poems occur in numerous different versions.

Dates: [1968, or before.]

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Radio Forth Ryhmes' by Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1975-1977.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26589-26590
Scope and Contents

Robert Garioch Sutherland was commissioned by Radio Forth to write and broadcast a light-hearted poem once a week, and he completed a series of a hundred such verses. They are not included in his ‘Complete poetical works’ (Edinburgh, 1983). The manuscript drafts were written on the backs of letters and circulars (the more important of which have been indexed), and other scrap paper.

Dates: 1975-1977.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Revelations', 'Selena and Denis Drive Off’, and 'The Serpent's Back’, short stories by Ian Rankin, with related working notes., 1995-2003, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50464
Scope and Contents 'Revelations'. Manuscript, undated, including working notes. Folios 1-17.'Selena and Denis Drive Off by Ian Rankin'. Annotated typescript, 2003, with author's annotations. Folios 18-38. Annotated typescript, 2003, partial draft, with author's annotations. Folios 39-53. Working notes, 2003. Folios 54-56.'The Serpent's Back: A Short Story by Ian Rankin'. Photocopy typescript, 1995, final draft sent to EQMM. Folios 57-74. Annotated photocopy typescript, 1995, final...
Dates: 1995-2003, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of reviews, critical works and poetry of Tom Leonard.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11807
Scope and Contents

Includes video and radio cassettes concerning "The City of Dreadful Night" and "Radical Renfrew".

Dates: 1965-1999.