Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1759–1796 - 1796
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of S Marshak.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.3945
Scope and Contents
Including, chapter of autobiographical novel, "At the Beginning of Life", two poems and translations of poems of Burns and others.
Dates:
20th century.
Part of William Motherwell`s notes on Robert Burns for his edition.
File
Identifier: Acc.7504
Dates:
circa 1835.
Photocopies of two fragments of extempore verse in the hand of Robert Burns.
File
Identifier: Acc.4189
Dates:
1794 and undated.
Photocopy of a leaf from an exciseman`s record book of Robert Burns.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7523
Dates:
1790-1795.
Photocopy of autograph manuscript of Robert Burns, "Country Lassie".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10486
Dates:
circa 1780-1796.
Photocopy of letter of Robert Burns to William Cruikshank.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11053
Scope and Contents
Includes the verses "Written in Friar`s Carse Hermitage".
Dates:
? 1788.
Photocopy of manuscript draft of song of Robert Burns, "She says She Lo`es Me Best of a`".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8079
Scope and Contents
24 lines in two stanzas, written in pencil.
Dates:
circa 1780-circa 1796.
Photocopy of music and first line of text of Robert Burns`s "Wha is that at my Bower Door".
Item
Identifier: Acc.10370
Dates:
circa 1792
Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings concerning Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of the poet Robert Burns, and her descendents, including the Glasgow artists, the Begg sisters.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.11193
Scope and Contents
Includes family tree and biographical notes on the members of the Burns Begg family who feature in this collection, including a letter of Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, to Robert Burns Begg.
Dates:
circa 1822-1995.
Poem of Robert Bridges, "To Robert Burns"
File
Identifier: Acc.5617
Scope and Contents
With letter of Bridges to Sir Henry Newbolt.
Dates:
1901.
Poem of Robert Burns addressed to William Tytler of Woodhouselee.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10610
Dates:
circa 1780-1790.
Poem of Robert Burns, "It was the Charming Month of May", in pencil inked over (possibly by another hand), with variants from published text.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9649
Dates:
1794.
'Poems chiefly in the Scottish dialect' (1787), by Robert Burns; with a letter, 1791, of Burns to Thomas Sloan, two letters of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, and a letter, undated, of Robert Chambers.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14167
Dates:
1787, 1791, undated.
Poems, letters and other manuscripts of and relating to Robert Burns and his family.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13038-[now deaccessioned]
Dates:
1705-1959.
Robert Burns: A volume concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet`s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10847
Scope and Contents
Contains autograph letters, engraved portraits of Burns and circa 60 engravings illustrating the poems. Includes original letter of Burns (letter 712). Pamphlet "Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Burns..." is inlaid into the volume.
Dates:
1859.
Robert Burns, "Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect" (1794), with additional poems in manuscript.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9217
Dates:
1794.
Robert Burns "Poems" (Edinburgh, 1787).
Item
Identifier: Acc.10981
Scope and Contents
With names added in manuscript by Burns.
Dates:
1787.
Scottish album containing 36 illustrations of artists on Robert Burns and his works, including press cuttings and original holding mechanism.
Collection
Identifier: MSS.23639-23641
Dates:
1914-2008.
Selected letters and poems of Robert Burns from the Library of Honresfield House., 1781-1795.
File
Identifier: MS.50701
Scope and Contents
LettersAinslie, RobertLetter, 29 May 1787, of Burns to Robert Ainslie with news of his travel. Folios 1-2.Ballantine, JohnLetter, 13 December 1786, of Burns to John Ballantine on his Edinburgh patrons. Folios 3-4.Burnes, WilliamLetter, 27 December 1781, of Burns to his father, William Burnes, on his ill-health and future prospects. Included is the title page of the catalogue of the sale of the manuscript and description...
Dates:
1781-1795.
Sheet of poetry of Robert Burns.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10172
Scope and Contents
Includes part of "Fete Champetre".
Dates:
circa 1780-1796.
Some Burns Characteristics; or, A Cluster of Flower and Fruit from the Poet`s Garden.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13667
Scope and Contents
A printed volume based on a lecture delivered before the Rosebery Burns Club, Glasgow, 10 March 1903, by James Walsh.
The Volume is dedicated to Mr McGill, who was a `personal friend` Walsh.
A handwritten grace, `Oh thou who blest the loaves and fishes` is inscribed on the last page of the volume. It is attributed to Robert Burns, but appears to be a reworking of an earlier version by Jonathan Swift.
Dates:
1903.
Sonnet of Robert Burns on the death of Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
File
Identifier: Acc.14170
Dates:
1794.
"The Bibliography of Robert Burns, with Biographical and Bibliographical Notes etc" (Kilmarnock, 1881) with inserted press cuttings on Burns.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11039
Dates:
circa 1881.
The only known autograph manuscript of the poem "Fragment - Epistle from Esopus to Maria" by Robert Burns (Kinsley number 486).
Item
Identifier: Acc.10982
Dates:
circa 1794-1795.
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- Photocopies. 7
- Notes. 6
- Copies. Derivative objects. 4
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- Songs. Musical compositions. 4
- Annotations. 3
- Drafts. Documents. 3
- Fragments. 3
- Illustrations. Layout features. 3
- Biographies. 2
- Books 2
- Engravings. Prints. 2
- Notebooks. 2
- Novels. 2
- Publications. 2
- Translations. Documents. 2
- Typescripts. 2
- Accounts. 1
- Albums. 1
- Articles. 1
- Autobiographies. 1
- Bibliographies. 1
- Boxes. containers. 1
- Commentaries. 1
- Commonplace books. 1
- Criticism. 1
- Declarations. 1
- Essays. 1
- Facsimiles. Reproductions. 1
- First day covers. Correspondence. 1
- Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 1
- Genealogies. 1
- Human hair. 1
- Lectures. 1
- Legal documents. 1
- Pamphlets. 1
- Photographs. 1
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