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Corrected manuscript of poem of Iain Crichton Smith, "Returning Exile".

 File
Identifier: Acc.4460
Scope and Contents

With typescript of the poem.

Dates: circa 1968.

Corrected proofs of John Bellany and Alan Bold, "Homage to MacDiarmid".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9156
Scope and Contents

With lithographic plates, and manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem.

Dates: circa 1986.

Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7125 Box 1(1)-Box 46(2)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1962-1976, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates: 1800, 1934-2013, undated.

Correspondence, essays, articles, cuttings and other literary papers of Alexander MacDonald, Gaelic scholar, and his daughter Mairi MacDonald, novelist and playwright.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7708/1-130
Scope and Contents Papers of Alexander MacDonald, circa 1886-1962, including manuscripts of poems and essays, and associated correspondence. Also present are the papers of his daughter Mairi A MacDonald, 1915-1977, including manuscripts of novels, plays, and articles, with associated correspondence, including letters of Gordon Daviot. The collection also includes a book of poems by Isobel MacDonald, either the sister or mother of Alexander MacDonald; as well as some magazines and journals relating to Scottish...
Dates: 1886-1977.

Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.82.1.1-82.9.16

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 and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26163-26188

Literary correspondence of Raymond Vettese.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12500
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of J K Annand, H B Cruickshank, C M Grieve, Malcolm 'Callum' Macdonald and Trevor Royle, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems.

Dates: 1968-2000.

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.

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 John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.

Dates: 1950-1994.

Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12351
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.

Dates: circa 1945-2003.

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Correspondence. 49
Drafts. Documents. 35
Articles. 27
Letters. Correspondence. 27
Notebooks. 22
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Photographs. 13
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 13
Copies. Derivative objects. 10
Proofs. Printed matter. 10
Essays. 9
Notes. 9
Novels. 9
Proofs. printed matter 8
Reviews. Document genre 8
Diaries. 7
Speeches. Documents. 7
Autobiographies. 6
Fiction. 6
Audiocassettes. 5
Books 5
Financial records. 5
Scripts. Documents 5
Accounts. 4
Lists. 4
Printed materials. Object genre. 4
Translations. Documents. 4
Criticism. 3
Histories. 3
Inscriptions. 3
Literature (writings). 3
Photocopies. 3
Stats. Copies. 3
Videocassettes. 3
Administrative records. 2
Descriptions. Documents. 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Excerpts. 2
Fragments. 2
Publications. 2
Reports. 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Sketches. 2
Transcripts. 2
Travel journals 2
Travel literature 2
Acrostics. 1
Address books. Reference sources. 1
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Bibliographies. 1
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Christmas cards. 1
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Compact discs. 1
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Estate records. 1
Exhibition catalogues. 1
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Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
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Optical discs. 1
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Language
English 115
Undetermined 29
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 1
 
Names
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 8
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 8
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 7
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 7
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 5
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Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 4
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 4
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 4
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 3
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 3
Akros, literary magazine 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 2
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Macdonald, Malcolm 'Callum' (printer and publisher) 2
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 2
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
Abbot, Ian, poet, 1947-1989 1
Akros Publications 1
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Anderson, William C, poet, 1867-1951 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Bochanan, Dùghall, poet, 1716-1768 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, James Hope, poet, fl 1913-1932 1
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Copeland, Fanny Susan, translator and journalist, 1872-1970 1
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 1
Crawford, Kenna (artist) (b. 1959) 1
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 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
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan (poet) (1916-1995) 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 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: recipient 1
Gardner, Archibald Ward, physician, 1923-1994 1
Gilchrist, James, correspondent of William Soutar, poet, fl 1940: recipient 1
Gillies, Valerie, poet, née Simmons, b 1948 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 1
Jackson, Alan, poet, b 1938 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Leonard, Tom (poet) (1944-2018) 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 1
Mackenzie, Agnes Mure, historian and author, 1891-1955 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
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 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
Paisley, Janet Violet (poet and playwright) 1
Perryman, Kevin Alan, Editor of "Babel", b 1950 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993: recipient 1
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003 1
Riddell, Alan, poet and editor, b 1927 1
Robertson, James Francis, poet and novelist, b 1958 1
Royle, Trevor Bridge (broadcaster and author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh) (b 1945) 1
Scotia Review, literary journal 1
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 1
Smith, Hazel Elizabeth Simpson Goodsir, 2nd wife of Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, née Williamson, 1928-2004: recipient 1
Soutar, William (poet) 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Tait, George Hope, poet, fl 1913-1932 1
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 1
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 1
Vettese, Raymond, poet, b 1950 1
Vettese, Raymond, poet, b 1950: recipient 1
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