Letters and papers of Rachel Armand Taylor (1876-1960), poet and journalist, who was a student of Herbert Grierson's at Aberdeen University in the 1890s and with whom he kept up a lifelong correspondence., 1895-1946.
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
(i) Letters, 1895-1946, of Rachel Taylor to Herbert Grierson in which she discusses her work and other literary and personal matters (folio 1);
(ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by Taylor (folio 67); some of these were published in ‘Some poems’ (London, 1904), and in ‘The end of Fiammetta’ (London, 1923), but the rest, including 'East Coast' (folio 133) and the typescripts dated 1945-1946 (folios 138-167), appear to be unpublished;
(iii) Letters, circa 1925, to Grierson from friends of Taylor in connection with a fund set up to support her (folio 168).
Dates
- Creation: 1895-1946.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
173 Leaves ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
173 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1960, by Miss Flora Griersoti, Edinburgh.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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