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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.

‘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.

‘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.

‘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.

Loose pages from a notebook containing handwritten draft of part of the novel The Man in Brown. Begins: ‘Judge – Gentlemen, the first fact to which I want to draw your attention’. Some alterations. Pagination.

Loose pages containing handwritten draft of part of the novel The Man in Brown beginning ‘Chapter One – Mr. Justice Wallace Sums Up’ which opens: ‘Mr. Justice Wallace was an old man’. Inserts at pages 17 and 25.

Hardback notebook entitled ‘The Hostel of the Da Derga’ containing handwritten draft of part of the novel Sons of the Swordmaker. The title at the beginning is ‘Flann of the Left Hand’ and the foreword ‘The Tabus of Conaire the King’ opens: ‘Let the chronology be set-down’. Alterations. Pagination on pages with text.

Handwritten draft of P7/1/5/4 with some alterations.