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Correspondence and papers of members of the families of Haldane of Cloan, and Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond, chiefly Mrs Mary E Haldane, née Burdon-Sanderson.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20005-20036
Scope and Contents

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1833-1925, undated.

Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13400
Scope and Contents

Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).

Dates: 2001-2012.

Literary and personal papers of Alastair Mackie, comprising poetry notebooks and manuscripts, translations and journals.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13233
Scope and Contents Alastair Mackie left his literary remains to his friend, and former pupil, the writer Christopher Rush. The collection was very disordered when Rush received it, and he has carried out extensive work in sorting and listing it, alongside his preparation an edition of Alastair Mackie`s collected poems for publication by Two Ravens Press. The collection primarily consists of draft manuscripts of Mackie`s Scots and English poems, and of his translations of ancient and modern European and Russian...
Dates: 1937-1995.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Literary papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1931-1989.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.

Literary papers of Jen Hadfield.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14031

Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12937
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, articles and plays, and radio scripts, with some related correspondence.

Dates: 1938-1964.

Literary papers of Tom Pow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12233/1-87
Scope and Contents Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates: 1969-2003.

Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.464
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);

Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);

Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);

Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).

Dates: [1925, or after-?1959.]

Notebook containing a record of the campaigns of the 1st Battalion, Scots Fusilier Guards in the Crimea.

 Item
Identifier: MS.9319
Scope and Contents

The contents are compiled from official and other documents, and consist of: rolls of service of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and men who went to the Crimea; rolls of promotions, honours, and awards; detailed returns of the state and strength of the battalion, including medical reports; a journal of the campaigns and battles in which the battalion took part.

The notebook is illustrated with occasional sketches, ink and watercolour, and with two military poems.

Dates: 1854-1856.

Notebook of David Morrison containing drafts of poems and notes.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12226
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for "Caithness Coronach" (2003).

Dates: circa 1988-2002.

Notebook of Thomas Heart, containing prose translations, poetry, notes and some medical recipes.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3004
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains prose translations of most of Horace's ‘Odes and Epodes’ (inverted folio 3, folio 1 verso), a poem entitled "The believer's dowry" with other verses and notes of a religious nature (folio 4), and some medical recipes (folio 27 verso). Dates ranging between the years 1720 and 1763 occur at points throughout the volume.

Dates: 1720-1763.

Notebooks and literary papers of Harvey Holton.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13584
Scope and Contents Literary papers, circa 1967-2009, of Harvey Holton (1949-2010).Harvey Holton was born in Galashiels, to where the family returned in 1963 after spells in Nigeria, Edinburgh and Falkirk. Holton began writing poetry while still at school, and by the early 1970s his fascination with language and poetry as a means of expression convinced him that he had found his vocation. After moving to Fife he studied English literature at the University of Dundee, and in the mid-1970s started...
Dates: circa 1967-2009.

Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Papers of George Bruce.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6154
Scope and Contents

Including literary notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, and 27 letters to Bruce from correspondents including Ivor Brown, Neil Gunn and Joseph Macleod.

Dates: circa 1937-1974.

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Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 2
Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1