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Scottish literature | 20th century

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = AMS

Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:

Papers of Tom Scott

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1077
Scope and Contents

Collection is composed of circa 100 letters from between 1956 and the late-1970s.

Dates: c1955-c1975
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers relating to the Literary Journal 'Two Rivers'

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1082
Scope and Contents

The collections is composed of: autograph manuscripts; typed manuscripts; signed autograph letters and signed typed letters; and autograph post cards. There are also contents lists and corrected galley proofs. The collection includes letters of congratulation on the publication of the journal, and letters from Christopher Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid).

Dates: 1969-1970
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photographs of Scottish writers

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1070
Scope and Contents

The collection is composed of 6 boxes of photographs (15in. x 12in.) of Scottish writers, mostly noted as either Edinburgh or Glasgow, and dated between 1968 and 1979. The photographs include those of: Helen B. Cruickshank, Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Liz Lochhead, Billy Connolly, George Mackay Brown, Hamish Henderson, and William McIlvanney.

Dates: 1968-1979
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Printed book So Late into the Night: Fifty Lyrics by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with proofs and enclosed newspaper clippings, 1946-1952

 Item — Box CLX-A-1702
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0029
Scope and Contents Printed book entitled So Late into the Night: Fifty Lyrics by Sydney Goodsir Smith, containing lyrics and verses in Scots, published in 1952, London. Book dedicated to Peter Russell by Sydney Goodsir Smith. Also includes proofs and two articles from The Scots Review, one entitled "Synthetic Analysis by Sydney Goodsir Smith" dated December 1946, and one entitled "In Defence of 'Lallans'" also by Goodsir...
Dates: 1946-1952
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection

The Birken Trust manuscript, by Annie Swan

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-1562
Identifier: Coll-2071
Scope and Contents This is a loose leaf manuscript by Annie Swan entitled "The Birken Trust", c. 1934.Comprising 516 manuscript pages on loose-leaf paper, this work constitutes a novel under the working title "The Birken Trust." It consists of 40 chapters, each individually paperclipped and paginated per chapter, with an average of 13 single-sided pages in Swan's handwriting. Minor corrections by Swan are present throughout the manuscript. Additionally, two typewritten sheets are clipped in, one...
Dates: c 1934
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Typescripts and manuscripts of "Lord in Waiting" and "Price of a Princess" by Nigel Tranter

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-390
Identifier: Coll-2056
Content Description This collection consists of two typescripts of Nigel Tranter's books Lord in Waiting (first published in 1994) and Price of a Princess (first published in 1994) on 20 x 25 cm paper bound by strings; two manuscripts of the same novels on small paper cards 10 x 16 cm, and two published copies of the books.1. Nigel Tranter, Price of a Princess, c 1994, Autograph manuscript &...
Dates: c 1994
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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