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Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14544
Content Description

A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.

The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.

Dates: ca. 1800-1823

Journals, letters, manuscripts, notes, verse and other papers of and relating to Alastair Cram.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13170
Scope and Contents Alastair Cram was educated at Perth Academy and Edinburgh University and started his working life as a solicitor in private practice at the Scottish Bar. In the Second World War he saw service with the Royal Regiment of Artillery and SAS during which time he was taken prisoner and was involved in several successful escapes. Alastair Cram was awarded the Military Cross in 1945. In peacetime, he served as a Judge in Kenya and, in 1965, was Governor-General of Malawi. Alastair Cram was also a...
Dates: 1928-1967, and undated.

Notebook of William Wallace.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8250
Scope and Contents

Containing verses and drawings.

With some unconnected letters.

Dates: 1900-1901.

Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

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.

Papers of W S Graham, originally from the collection of Alan Clodd.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12468
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and letters, mostly to Alan Clodd.

Dates: circa 1937-1981.

Poetry notebooks and other papers of Robert Crawford (1877-1931).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26023-26026
Scope and Contents

Robert Crawford, who was a miner in Ayrshire and later in Stirlingshire, published three collections of poems and also wrote philosophical essays.

Dates: 1920-1931, undated.

Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13911/1-3
Scope and Contents

A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.

Dates: 1946-1995, undated.

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Manuscripts. 4
Typescripts. 4
Diaries. 3
Articles. 2
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Language
English 8
Undetermined 3
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
 
Names
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 1