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Typescripts.

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

Found in 3709 Collections and/or Records:

Original manuscript of 'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., ?1959.

 File
Identifier: MS.26352
Scope and Contents

The manuscript is followed by a few pages of typescript (folio l0l) and a note on the use of symbolism in the play (folio l05).

Dates: ?1959.

Other Essays, Reviews, and Meditations, relating to Rankin’s PhD thesis on Muriel Spark., 1983-1986.

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Identifier: MS.50602
Scope and Contents Items are arranged chronologically, as determined by marked dates and content. Manuscript of Ian Rankin, 1986, of a review of ‘Muriel Spark’ by Alan Bold (1986), with related research notes. Folios 1-10. Typescripts, 1984-1985, of an essay by Ian Rankin, ‘Crocodiles, Rocks, Chess, and Disguise: The Fiction of Muriel Spark’, an essay. Folios 11-69.Typescript, undated, of Ian Rankin, ‘Crocodiles, Rocks, Chess, and Disguise: The Fiction of Muriel Spark’,...
Dates: 1983-1986.

Papers and correspondence of Douglas Charles Parker.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21551-21561
Scope and Contents D C Parker was an able amateur musician, and a professional writer on music, both as critic (1919-1934) on the ‘Evening Times’ of Glasgow, and as the biographer of Georges Bizet, and a contributor to many musical periodicals. His main enthusiasms were for the music of Wagner, Elgar, the French composers of the late 19th century, and for opera in general. His correspondence extends from his early contacts with Massenet and Saint Saëns, through to modern conductors such as Colin Davis. His...
Dates: 1902-1970.

Papers and correspondence of Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10753
Scope and Contents

Includes letters, 1915-1917, of Mitchison`s brother John B S Haldane, part of a typescript diary of a visit to Russia, literary typescripts and papers, 1967-1969, concerning Botswana.

Dates: 1915-1969 and undated.

Papers and correspondence of Professor Derick S Thomson chiefly concerning his collection of poetry, ‘Eadar Samhradh is Foghar’., 1958, 1966, undated.

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Identifier: MS.14969
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) Autograph and typescript of “A’ ghrian a’ drùdhadh air na ballachan”, 12 lines. “Mu Chrìochan Hòil” (folio 1);

(ii) Comments on “Mu Chrìochan Hòil” by Murdo Murray, author of ‘Luach na Saorsa’ (folio 9);

(iii) Letter of Murdo Murray to Professor Derick S Thomson, dated 14 January 1958 (folio 11);

(iv) Typescript of ‘Eadar Samhradh is Foghar’ (folio 12).

Dates: 1958, 1966, undated.

Papers and correspondence of Ronald W Clark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9589
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notes, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, drafts, photographs, pamphlets and press cuttings.

Dates: 1948-1987.