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Inventory Dep.209 Neil M Gunn LL.D Inventory Dep.209 Neil M Gunn LL.D National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected] © Trustees of the National Library of Scotland The papers of Neil M Gunn LL.D. Deposited, 1973. BOX 1 1. Seven notebooks containing drafts of letters, articles and addresses ca. 1953-1970. 2. Notebook comprising a diary for July-September 1939, with comments on current events. 3. Notebook comprising (at one end) a diary for October 21st - 27th 1931, and (at the other end), notes and quotations from books read. 4. Notebook containing (at one end) notes on the British Herring Fishing Company, Gaelic proverbs, a bibliography of the North-east coast, and (at the other end) notes and quotations from books read. 5. Five notebooks containing notes and quotations from books read. 6. Notebook containing notes on the Gaelic language and passages in Gaelic. 7. Notebook containing notes on the Isle of Eigg, Lismore, Iona, St Columba, and also on geology. 8. Notebook containing notes on the history of whisky distilling. 9. Two notebooks, 1939, containing corrected manuscript drafts of “To the West”, “Across the Minch”, “In Stornoway”, “On Bernera” and “To the Flannan Isles”. 10. Address Book. 11. Notes and leaflets relating to a journey in Denmark. 12. Two notebooks, one 1937, containing manuscript notes and drafts for “Off in a Boat”, and the other containing excerpts from the Log Book of the “Maggie” of Wick, (1873). BOX 2 1. Typescript of “The Atom of Delight”. 2. Two copies of corrected page-proofs of “The Atom of Delight”. BOX 3 1. Cuttings of reviews of “The Green Isle of the Great Deep” from German, Austrian and Swiss newspapers and periodicals, (1949-51). 2. Cuttings of reviews of “The Well at the World’s End” from German, Austrian and Swiss newspapers and periodicals, (1955-56). 3. a. Script of a radio talk, written and read by Stewart Conn on Gunn’s “The Well at the World’s End”. b. Printed copy of an article by John J Graham, “The Novels of Neil Gunn”, (1948) c. Article in “The Press and Journal”, March 7, 1970, by Cuthbert Graham “Neil Gunn: Novelist of Highlands”. 4. Article in “Scottish International Review” May 1972, “Neil M Gunn’s Fiction of Delight”, by Douglas Gifford, (with letter attached from Robert Tait). 5. Article by Francis R Hart, “The Hunter and the Circle: Neil Gunn’s Fiction of Violence”. (1 complete, 3 incomplete typescripts). 6. Article by Francis R Hart, “Poachers in Paradise: Neil Gunn’s Green Isle and the Literary Evaluation of Utopia”. (Two (slightly different) typescripts). 7. Corrected proof-copy of “Neil M Gunn: A Brief Memoir” (1972) by Francis R Hart. 8. “Scott, Gunn, and the Scottish Novelist’s Sense of the Past” by F R Hart - July 1967. (Typescript). 9. “The Faces of Regionalism in Recent Scottish Fiction”: typescript of a lecture by F R Hart. (October 1966). 10. Typescript of a radio broadcast on Neil Gunn (1967) given by Neil Paterson, and several letters concerning the broadcast. 11. “A Tribute to Neil M Gunn”, by J B Pick, (The Scots Review, November 1949). 12. “Neil M Gunn. A Man From the Grey Coast” by Edward Scouller (Scottish Field, June, 1950). 13. a. Anonymous article, “Neil M Gunn” (Scots Review, February 1948). b. Anonymous article, “The Furthest North Nationalist, Mr Neil Gunn” (Daily Record, 11 January 1929). c. Manuscripts synopsis of Gunn’s life and works by Alfred Kroner, and review of “The Well at the World’s End”, (May 30th, 1956). d. Review of article by Gunn entitled “Scotland” which appeared in “Holiday”, December 1950. Typescript (see Box 9, no.139). 14. a. Review of “Morning Tide”, anonymous and undated. b. Extract from an essay on Hugh MacDiarmid and Neil Gunn sent to Gunn, August 31st, 1932. c. “Thought for the Day”, radio broadcast, December 23rd 1971, with references to Neil Gunn’s “Highland River” and “Morning Tide”. 15. a. Review of “Butcher’s Broom”. b. Review, in “The Modern Scot”, (n.d.) and publicity handout, of “Morning Tide”. c. Review, in “The Book Society News”, January, 1931, of “Morning Tide”. BOX 4 Short Stories 1. “An Adventure in Jealousy”. Two printed copies, one with manuscript corrections, the other incomplete (Northern Review, August 1924). 2. “The Apple-Tree”. (The Apple-Tree, June 1918). Printed copy. 3. “Between Highlands”. (Northern Review, September 1924). Printed copy. 4. “Birdsong at Evening”. Two printed copies, one with manuscript corrections and insertions. 5. “The Black Woollen Gloves”. Printed copy. (The Scots Magazine, vol.8, January 1928, pp.261-8). 6. “The Boat”. Printed copy (The Scots Magazine, vol.28, December 1937, pp.186-194). 7. “The Canine Gaff”. Printed copy. 8. “The Circle”. Corrected printed copy. (The Scots Magazine, vol.16, January 1932, pp.241- 255). 9. “Community Drama”. (Outlook, April 1936). Printed copy. 10. “Countryman at the Play”. Printed copy. (Glasgow Herald, December 13th 1952). 11. “Dancing in the Wilds”. Corrected manuscript. 12. “The Dead Seaman”. Printed copy. (The Scots Magazine, vol.15, July 1931, pp.265-289). 13. “Down to the Sea”. (The Scottish Nation, September 4th 1923). Two printed copies, one incomplete. 14. “The Face in the Pool”. Typescript, n.d. 15. “Footsteps in the Corridor”. Typescript, n.d. 16. “George and the Dragon”. (The Scots Review, vol.21, June 1934, pp.188-207). Printed copy. 17. “The Golden Age”. (News Chronicle, October 12 1935). Two printed copies. 18. “The Gramophone”. (The Scottish Nation, November 13 1923). Two printed copies. 19. “The Hat-Box”. (Glasgow Herald, October 13 1923). Printed copy. 20. “Henry Drake Goes Home”. (Chamber’s Journal, March, no.569). Printed copy. 21. “Highland Hospitality”. One corrected typescript and one printed copy. (The Scots Magazine, vol.22, December 1934, pp.199-201). 22. “The Hind”. One corrected typescript and one printed copy. (The Scottish Nation, December 11th 1923). 23. “Joe and the Monster”. Typescript. (similar theme to “George and the Dragon” - see no.16). 24. “Islands and Seas”. (Chambers’s Journal, n.d.) Printed copy. 25. “The Lady’s Hand-bag”. (S.M.T. Magazine, August 1939). Printed copy. 26. “The Man who Came Back”. Printed copy (The Scots Magazine, vol.8, March 19287, pp.419-429) and fragment of typescript. 27. “The Old Man” Typescript, n.d. 28. “The Poster”. (The Scots Magazine, vol.25, August 1936, pp.346-368). 29. “Presents for their Wives”. Two typescripts, n.d. 30. “The Primrose Path”. Two typescripts, n.d. 31. “Puppets”. (S.M.T. Magazine, n.d.) Printed copy. 32. “Pure Chance”. (The Scots Magazine, vol.42, March 1945, pp.452-468). Incomplete, corrected printed copy. 33. “Revival Meeting”. Corrected typescript and corrected printed copy (The Scots Magazine, vik,32, January 1940, pp.273-9). 34. “Revolution in the Highlands”. Typescript, n.d. 35. “Ride the Gale”. Printed copy. (The Saturday Evening Post, December, 1950). 36. “The Roaring Game”. Typescript, n.d. 37. “A Romance of the Reel”. (Chamber’s Journal, August 15, 1925). Printed copy. 38. “Sea Tangle”. (The Scots Magazine, vol.14, December 1930, pp.207-215). 39. “The Secret of the Wood”. (“From Nature’s Note Book”, July 1929). Printed copy. 40. “The Sleeping Bins”. Printed copy, n.d. 41. “Snow in March”. (The Scots Magazine, vol.29, June 1938, pp.191-9). Printed copy. 42. “The Storm”. (The Scots Magazine, vol.22, February 1935, pp.349-357). Printed copy. (Theme similar to “Ride the Gale” - see no.35. 43. “Strath Ruins”. (Chambers’s Journal, September 3, 1927). Printed copy. 44. “Such Stuff as Dreams”. (The Dublin Magazine, n.d. Printed copy. 45. “Sun and Moon”. (The Scots Magazine, vol.35, November 1942, pp.83-99). 46. “Surfaces”. (The Scottish Nation, August 7, 1923). Printed copy. 47. “The Terrible Ally”. Typescript. (? incomplete). 48. “A Tight Corner”. (The Glasgow Herald, October 20, 1923). Printed copy. 49. “The Tragic Goat”. (The Glasgow Herald, February 10, 1940). Printed copy. 50. “Visioning”. (The Scottish Nation, July 24, 1923). Printed copy. 51. “When Half-Way is all the Way”. Typescript, n.d. 52. “Whisky”. Typescript, n.d. BOX 5 Plays, Dramatisations and Films 1. “All in a Lifetime”. BBC script, 1957. (Schools broadcast). 2. “The Ancient Fire”. A three-act play. Three corrected typescripts. Two of one version, one of another, and several odd pages of script. 3. “Beyond the Cage”. A three-act comedy. Two typescripts. Four printed copies. (A play with similar cast and theme as “The Ancient Fire”). One of the printed copies contains a photograph of the set, a theatre programme (1952) and notes concerning lighting. 4. “The Black Woollen Gloves”. One corrected typescript. One BBC script (February, 1944). 5. “Blueprint for the Highlands”. Corrected film script (May 1943). 6. “The Boy and the Salmon”. BBC script (May 1957). 7. “The Bridge Builder”. (The Scots Magazine, vol.32, November 1939, pp.101-116). A One-Act Play. - Printed copy. 8. “Choosing a Play”. Printed copy - one-act play. (The Scots Magazine, vol.23, May 1935, pp.99-112; published separately by Porpoise Press in 1938 as a re-issue from Scottish One-Act Plays ed J M Reid, Porpoise Press, 1935). BOX 6 Plays - continued 9. “Deer Stalking”. BBC script (November, 1957). (Schools broadcast). 10. “Drama in Lewis”. Corrected typescript. 11. “Glendaruel”. A one-act play. One printed copy (The Scots Magazine, vol.12, December 1929, pp.177-187). One corrected typescript. 12. “Good News Comes to the Glen”. BBC script (November, 1957). Schools broadcast. 13. “Hail, Caledonia”. Printed copy. (The Scots Magazine, vol.29, May 1938, pp.113-122).
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