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Typescripts.

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

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of introductions and prefaces by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid' to some of his own works, as well as to works by other writers., 1936-1978, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27067
Scope and Contents

The papers include fragments of the introduction to Hugh MacDiarmid's proposed biography of John Maclean, 1936 (folio 1), the introduction to his unpublished long poem 'Impavidi Progrediamur', 1956 (folio 58), and a partial typescript of the introductory essay to an anthology of work by contemporary Scottish poets, undated (folio 212).

Dates: 1936-1978, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of literary works by Neil Munro., 1909, ?1928, undated.

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Identifier: MS.26917
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Plays, including dramatised versions of 'Castle dark' and ‘The daft days’, undated (folio 1); (ii) Articles and introductions, 1909, ?1928, undated (folio 71). They include pieces on Joseph Conrad, Kipling and other literary figures (folio 73), and two fragments of ‘John Splendid’ (folio 152); (iii) Poems in English and Gaelic, undated (folio 154).

Dates: 1909, ?1928, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of ‘Lucky poet' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid'., [1943, or before], 1971.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27036-27040
Scope and Contents

Hugh MacDiarmid originally submitted the text to a publisher in 1939 but was obliged to reduce its length very considerably. For his accounts of this, see his manuscript introduction (MS.27036, folio l, and what follows) and his prefaces to the editions of 1943 and 1972.

Dates: [1943, or before], 1971.

Manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of prose writings by James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’., 1953-1963, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27431
Scope and Contents

The papers include reviews and articles, material on the fishing industry, some of which was used in ‘Living silver’ (London, 1957) (folio 7); autobiographical notes, 1958 (folio 63), and the text of a radio programme, 'Water alive', undated (folio 147).

Dates: 1953-1963, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of work by Alexander Scott (1920-1989).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26474-26481
Scope and Contents

Alexander Scott was educated in Aberdeen, and after service in the army during the Second World War, became a lecturer in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He was the editor of the ‘Saltire Review’, 1954-1957, served on a number of literary committees, and edited work by William Soutar and Sydney Goodsir Smith, among others. His own literary work consisted of poetry, drama, and criticism.

Dates: 1948-1970, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and related working papers of other creative works of Ian Rankin., 1977-2016, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50516-50523
Scope and Contents

This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, various other creative works of Ian Rankin. The working papers include development and editorial notes. Administrative papers and correspondence relating to some of the works are also included.

Dates: 1977-2016, undated.