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Christmas cards and papers of William Wolfe.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13602
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of fourteen Christmas cards, 1989-2009, of William Wolfe (1924-2010), leader (1969 to 1979) and president (1980-1982) of the SNP. All the cards include a poem and all, but one of them, are illustrated with a photograph.

It also includes three letters, 1992-1994, and a typescript, 6 February 1992, concerning Wolfe`s account of his reaction to the Pope`s visit to Scotland in 1982.

Dates: 1989-2009

Copies, apparently by Alexander Ross, of Johannes Ferrerius "Historiae Compendium de Origine et Incremento Gordonias Familiae", 1545, and of his own "Suthirlandiae Comitum Annales", 1625.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11085
Scope and Contents

Indluding:

1. "Vera Narratio...Victoriae...quod Auinum Amen [Glenlivet]... Anno Dmi 1594", with ownership inscription of Robert Gordon and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

2. incomplete charter, undated, of John, Earl of Sutherland

3. letters, 1605, 1623 and undated

4. two fragments of a writing excercise, undated

5. poems, undated, mostly of Robert Southwell, with a photocopy of typescript on the poems.

Dates: 16th century to 17th century.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of 'Lifeboat and other poems', by George Mackay Brown.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5760
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence between George Mackay Brown, Richard Gilbertson and Norah Smallwood concerning Gilbertson's publishing of 'Lifeboat and other poems', with typescripts of several of the poems included in the collection.

Dates: 1970-1971.

Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13021/1-15
Scope and Contents

Eight ledgers or notebooks contain diary entries, draft letters and literary notes and drafts of stories, poems, plays and the novel 'Old men in love'; with six corrected and annotated typescripts of 'Fleck', a play; and a file of cuttings of reviews of the French edition of 'Lean tales'.

Dates: 1845-2008.

Letters, and related typescripts, to Charles King, mostly of contributors to 'Twelve Modern Scottish Poets' and 'Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets'.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11661
Scope and Contents A collection of letters and typescripts of poems, mostly concerning Twelve Modern Scottish Poets (London: University of London Press, 1971) and Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986).Letters are to Charles King, unless otherwise stated.Typescript, 1984, of 'Accomplished Mission', a poem for Charles King by Jim Alison.Letter, 1972, written on behalf of Benjamin Britten.Letters, 1969-81, of George Mackay Brown....
Dates: 1965-1998, undated.

Letters of and concerning C M Grieve to Ernest Brooks and Barbara Niven.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12074
Scope and Contents

Includes typescript of "Mature Art".

Dates: 1936-1983.

Letters of and to Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10909
Scope and Contents

With typescripts, undated, of prose pieces and verse including "Prisoners at War", photographs and press-cuttings.

Dates: 1943 and undated.

Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, with some related literary papers and photographs.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13344/1-14
Scope and Contents

Correspondence of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, including enclosures of poems, cuttings and other notes. Many of the poems and acrostics were written by Brown as gifts for special occasions, including one for Crawford's wedding in 1991 to Graham McGirk.

The collection also includes the uncorrected typescript of 'The ballad of the golden bird', published as 'The golden bird' (John Murray, 1987), which Brown dedicated to Kenna Crawford.

Dates: 1985-1995.

Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents

Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.

Dates: 1895-[circa 1945], undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of Sydney Goodsir Smith; with letters to Hazel Goodsir Smith.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12006
Scope and Contents Manuscripts and Typescripts of Sydney Goodsir Smith:Corrected carbon copy of typescript, circa 1948, of 'Under the Eildon Tree'.Manuscripts, circa 1952-1953, of four poems dedicated to Hazel Goodsir Smith.‘Tis Late’ was published in 'Lines Review', 6 (1954), page 23; ‘Mareeld’ was published in 'Omens' (Edinburgh: M.Macdonald, 1955), page 16.Letter, undated, to Hazel Goodsir Smith.Manuscript drafts, undated, of ‘Said Heraclitus’....
Dates: Circa 1948-1976, undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts of the writings of William Sharp and of the works in the Celtic vein which Sharp wrote under the name of 'Fiona MacLeod'.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.8771-8786
Scope and Contents

The papers include a substantial amount of apparently unpublished material and some correspondence.

Dates: 1871-1910, undated.

Microfilm of assorted manuscript material.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.67
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Receipt, 1575, of Archebault Betun (Archibald Bethune), an archer of the French King`s Scots Guard (Ch.872);Account, 17 February 1552, of the provisions supplied to the Royal Household at Amboise. Includes a translation (Ch.2059); Bill, 1553, concerning expenses of the French royal household (Ch.2593);Holograph poems, [1931, or before]; and, 'The secret of the heather ale', a tale, 1892, by Neil Munro. (MS.816);...
Dates: 1552-[1931, or before].

Miscellaneous letters and manuscripts.

 Series
Identifier: MS.3112

Papers of Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10529
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and short stories, undated, and 180 letters, 1979-1990, to Bold on literary matters, including his "MacDiamrid; a Critical Biography".

Dates: 1979-1990 and undated.

Papers of Alan Bold, David Morrison, and Tom Scott.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.6329/1-9
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, articles and essays.

With letters of Alan Bold and Tom Scott to David Morrison, on literary matters.



Dates: 1972-1974 and undated.

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Names
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 4
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 3
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 3
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Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Brooks, Ernest, illustrator and painter, 1911-1993: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Crawford, Kenna (artist) (b. 1959) 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Datta, Kitty W Scoular, Head of Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, née Scoular, b 1930 1
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990 1
Empson, Sir William, Knight, poet and literary critic, 1906-1984 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980: recipient 1
Garnett, Edward William, publisher's editor and writer, 1868-1937 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 1
Guthrie, John, Chief Medical Officer, Kuwait Oil Company, composer, 1913-1986 1
Huxley, Aldous Leonard, writer, 1894-1963 1
King, Charles, author of "Twelve Modern Scottish Poets", b 1919 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 1
Macdonell, Alasdair William, Minister of Tarves with Barthol Chapel, b 1927 1
Macfie, Ronald Campbell, physician and writer, d 1931 1
Mackenzie, Agnes Mure, historian and author, 1891-1955 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965 1
McLeish, Richard James, surveyor for HM Customs and Excise, writer and poet, 1894-1965: recipient 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morison, Duncan M, musician, Stornoway, ? 1906-1998: recipient 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Murison, David D, lexicographer, 1914-1997: collector 1
Murison, David D, lexicographer, 1914-1997: recipient 1
Niven, Barbara, partner of Ernest Brooks, illustrator and painter, d 1971: recipient 1
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003 1
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926 1
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 1
Ross, Alexander, divine, 1591-1654 1
Scotia Review, literary journal 1
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 1
Smith, Hazel Elizabeth Simpson Goodsir, 2nd wife of Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, née Williamson, 1928-2004: recipient 1
Southwell, Robert, Saint, writer, 1561-1595 1
Spender, Stephen Harold, Sir, Knight (poet and critic) (1909-1995) 1
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 1
Williamson, Crieff, author, b 1915 1
Wolfe, William Cuthbertson, Leader of the Scottish National Party, 1924-2010. 1
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