F: Miscellaneous

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".

Written under the pseudonym of Dane McNeil.

This article appears over the initials N.M.G. It forms a review of: The Singin' Lass - Marion Angus In Quiet Fields - Robert Crawford

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.

Written under the pseudonym of Dane McNeil.

The book was edited by D.C. Thomson. From a date in the introduction, publication would seem to have been August.

This review later appeared in: Landscape and Light: Essays by Neil M. Gunn | A. McCleery, ed. | Aberdeen University Press | Aberdeen | 1987 | pp. 122 - 126.

Published for "The Belhaven Press" by Oliver and Boyd.

The book was edited by Kunitz and Haycraft. Gunn allegedly wrote his own note.

Published for "Scottish Convention" by William MacLellan, 240 Hope Street, Glasgow.

The collection was edited by M. Lindsay.

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.

Gathering (the fifth) held at Rothamsted Park, Harpenden. Chieftan Lt. Col. D.H. Cameron, T.D. - 26th. Chief of Clan Cameron.

Review of a book by Fraser Darling.

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Review of "The Changeling" by Robert Jenkins, from the B.B.C. review 30th. April 1958.

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".

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.

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.

The article by G.S. Fraser appeared in the same issue of the magazine.

The article by J.B. Pick appeared in the same issue of the magazine.

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland.

This collection was edited by Donald Omand.

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.

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland - no date.

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Text of an interview given by Gunn on Scottish literature - date and occasion not known.

Typescript held at the National Library of Scotland. Text of an address on the Scottish Tradition - date and occasion not known.

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).

Various files of correspondence, both personal and with publishers, are held at the National Library of Scotland."