F | 1 | A1, A137, C1. | |
Competition entries | |||
The Apple Tree | London | ||
May 1918 | |||
Vol. i, No. 1, of "The Apple Tree" magazine contained extracts from Gunn's entries in various competitions organised by and for the members of "The Aspirants Fellowship". |
F | 2 | ||
Contribution to "Letters to the Editor" | |||
The Glasgow Herald | Glasgow | ||
p. 11. | 26th. November 1928 | ||
Written under the pseudonym of Dane McNeil. |
F | 3 | ||
Scots Poetry | |||
Inverness Courier | Inverness | ||
Issue No. 8639, p. 3, col. 8. | 24th. May 1929 | ||
This article appears over the initials N.M.G. It forms a review of: The Singin' Lass - Marion Angus In Quiet Fields - Robert Crawford |
F | 4 | A134, D13. | |
Letter | |||
John O'Groats Journal | Wick | ||
Vol. 93, No. 4831, p. 6, col. 4. | 7th. June 1929 | ||
The letter relates to Hugh MacDiarmid, and also comments on a poem by Arthur Ball. Primarily the letter responds to criticism of Gunn's article in the Wick Mercantile Debating Society Magazine of April 1929. |
F | 5 | ||
Letter | |||
The Scots Independent | Glasgow | ||
Vol. 5, No. 6, p. 94. | April 1931 | ||
Written under the pseudonym of Dane McNeil. |
F | 6 | ||
Letter contributed to "Scotland in Quest of her Youth" | |||
Oliver and Boyd | Edinburgh | ||
pp. 163 - 164. | 1932 | ||
The book was edited by D.C. Thomson. From a date in the introduction, publication would seem to have been August. |
F | 7 | A134. | |
Review of "Scott and Scotland" by Edwin Muir | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 72 - 78. | October 1936 | ||
This review later appeared in: Landscape and Light: Essays by Neil M. Gunn | A. McCleery, ed. | Aberdeen University Press | Aberdeen | 1987 | pp. 122 - 126. |
F | 8 | ||
Review of "A Handful of Earth" by Wm. Souter | |||
Outlook | Edinburgh | ||
Vol. 1, No. 9, p. 80. | December 1936 | ||
F | 9 | ||
Foreword to "The Scottish Fisheries - Are They Doomed?" by Peter F. Anson | |||
Oliver and Boyd | Edinburgh | ||
pp. 3 - 7. | 1939 | ||
Published for "The Belhaven Press" by Oliver and Boyd. |
F | 10 | ||
Contribution to "Letters to the Editor" | |||
The Glasgow Herald | Glasgow | ||
p. 2. | 6th. June 1942 | ||
F | 10.1 | ||
Twentieth Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature | |||
H.W. Wilson | New York | ||
1942 | |||
The book was edited by Kunitz and Haycraft. Gunn allegedly wrote his own note. |
F | 11 | ||
Foreword to "The Culture of the Scot: Its Past and Future" by William Power | |||
William MacLellan | Glasgow | ||
pp. 5 - 7. | 1943 | ||
Published for "Scottish Convention" by William MacLellan, 240 Hope Street, Glasgow. |
F | 12 | ||
Books and Other Things - A Review | |||
The Scots Magazine | Dundee | ||
Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 162 - 164. | May 1944 | ||
F | 12.1 | ||
Introduction to "Poetry Scotland: Second Collection" | |||
William MacLellan | Glasgow | ||
pp. 5 - 7. | 1945 | ||
The collection was edited by M. Lindsay. |
F | 13 | ||
Speech given on the occasion of his receiving an honorary degree (LLD.) from Edinburgh University. | |||
Unpublished | |||
2nd. July 1948 | |||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. |
F | 14 | ||
Introduction to the programme for the "Hertfordshire Highland Games" | |||
p. 3. | 13th. June 1953 | ||
Gathering (the fifth) held at Rothamsted Park, Harpenden. Chieftan Lt. Col. D.H. Cameron, T.D. - 26th. Chief of Clan Cameron. |
F | 15 | ||
Surveying in the Highlands - Can the Crofts be Revived | |||
The Manchester Guardian | Manchester | ||
No. 33834, p. 6, col P - G. | 7th. April 1955 | ||
Review of a book by Fraser Darling. |
F | 16 | A127. | |
Letter re "The Atom of Delight" | |||
The Cambridge Review | Cambridge | ||
Vol. 78, No. 1905, p. 522. | 27th. April 1957. | ||
F | 17 | E49. | |
Arts Review | |||
Scottish Field | Glasgow | ||
Vol. 105, No. 666, p. 56. | June 1958 | ||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Review of "The Changeling" by Robert Jenkins, from the B.B.C. review 30th. April 1958. |
F | 18 | ||
Foreword to "A Croft in the Hills" by Katherine Stewart | |||
Oliver and Boyd | Edinburgh | ||
pp. ix - x. | 1960 | ||
This book was later reprinted by: Club Leabhar Ltd. | Inverness | 1971 | pp. [ix] - [x]. Melven Press | Perth | 1979. Typescript held with miscellaneous papers at the National Library of Scotland. The Melven Press reprint described the piece as "Introduction". |
F | 19 | ||
Speech written for the opening of the University Grants Committee conference. | |||
Unpublished | |||
May 1964 | |||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. |
F | 20 | ||
Portrait | |||
Unpublished | |||
October 1965 | |||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Text of an address given by Gunn to the Caithness County Council on being presented with a portrait painted by B.M. Sutherland. |
F | 21 | ||
Comments on "Literature Now" by G.S. Fraser | |||
Point | Leicester | ||
Vol. 3, p. 56. | Summer 1968 | ||
The article by G.S. Fraser appeared in the same issue of the magazine. |
F | 22 | ||
Comments on "As Simple as Possible" by J.B. Pick | |||
Point | Leicester | ||
Vol. 3, p. 24. | Summer 1968 | ||
The article by J.B. Pick appeared in the same issue of the magazine. |
F | 23 | ||
Foreword to "Life on Low Shore" by Peter F. Anson | |||
Banffshire Journal | Banff | ||
pp. 11 - 12. | 1969 | ||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. |
F | 24 | ||
Foreword to "The Caithness Book" | |||
Highland Printers Ltd. | Inverness | ||
pp. xiii - xiv. | 1972 | ||
This collection was edited by Donald Omand. |
F | 25 | ||
Salmon Fishing | |||
Unpublished | |||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Text of an interview given by Gunn on the subject of salmon fishing - date and occasion not known. |
F | 26 | ||
Address given by Gunn on Scotland | |||
Unpublished | |||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland - no date. |
F | 27 | ||
Scottish Literature | |||
Unpublished | |||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Text of an interview given by Gunn on Scottish literature - date and occasion not known. |
F | 28 | ||
Address given by Gunn on the Scottish Tradition | |||
Unpublished | |||
Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Text of an address on the Scottish Tradition - date and occasion not known. |
F | 29 | ||
Manuscript Notes and Notebooks | |||
Unpublished | |||
The undermentioned manuscript notes and notebooks are held on deposit at the National Library of Scotland: 1) Seven notebooks containing drafts of letters, articles and addresses 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 21st. October - 27th. October 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 and 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). |
F | 30 | ||
Various files of correspondence | |||
Various files of correspondence, both personal and with publishers, are held at the National Library of Scotland." |