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‘Hely’s Scribbling Diary, 1956’ (hardback) containing untitled handwritten draft of part of the short story The Pike in the Grass. Begins: ‘It was a day in late Spring, and one made for fishing’. Alterations. Pagination. Remainder of book blank.

Loose pages containing handwritten draft of the short story The Pike in the Grass which begins: ‘It was a day in late Spring’. Alterations. Pagination.

‘Letter book no. 247 – Record of Overtime, Double Duty etc’ containing a handwritten draft of part of While Rivers Run. Begins upside down from the back and opens: ‘Your land is a young land’ and continues from the front, correct side up. Also contains wording of dedication to Neil Gunn at t the back, dated 1 February 1927. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.

‘Letter Book No. 247 – Lure of Highland Drum’ containing a handwritten draft of part of While Rivers Run beginning with chapter one, ‘Highland Drum’ which opens: ‘He was a big, straight-backed, middle-aged man’. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text. Pages 70-75 on sheets inserted in the back of the book.

‘Letter Book No. 247’ containing parts of a handwritten draft of the novel While Rivers Run. Most of the pages are loose and some appear to be missing. Fragments are as follows: ‘Chapter XV (15)’ which begins: ‘It was a particularly beautiful forenoon’, pages 1-3; another section beginning: ‘“And its been empty these three hundred years or more’, pages 2-23; ‘Chapter 10’ which begins: ‘Alec Brands and Alistair MacIan got off the morning train at Barnagh’; three typed pages inserted beginning: ‘“…and forth I was a steward on the Burns and Laird boats’; upside down from the back, fragment beginning: ‘At that moment he spoke’. Also contains the opening of a play entitled Two Other Brothers, act one, pages 1-5. Alterations. Generally, each text is paginated separately.

Handwritten draft of the short story Son of a Tinker which begins: ‘Owen Oge O’Callaghan was his name, and he was incredibly tough’. Some alterations. Pagination.

Hardback notebook containing a handwritten draft of the novel Son of Apple beginning with chapter one, ‘The Greek Prince and the Irish Crochaire’ which opens: ‘Once in old times, there was a King in Greece’. Text continues on right-hand pages to the back and then from there upside down on the other side. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.

Large pages from an account book folded over containing handwritten draft of Sons of the Swordmaker beginning: ‘It was on a fine evening in late Spring’. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.

Pages from notebook generally bound in groups, containing an untitled handwritten draft of the short story The Bonesetter which begins: ‘The big, bluff, not quite sober man in undress uniform made no introductory remark.’ The latter pages blank. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.

Hardback book ‘supplied for the public service’ labelled ‘No.1’ containing handwritten draft of the earlier part of The Road to Nowhere beginning ‘Ch I’ which opens: ‘South by east the early June sun’. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.