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Leaf of a letter of James Elroy Flecker to Trelawney Dayrell Reed.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8264
Scope and Contents

Containing manuscripts of two Bathrolaire sonnets.

With a copy of "Bridge of Fire" (1907), in which the above sonnets were published.

Dates: circa 1908.

Letters of Gael Turnbull to Matthew and Ruth Mead.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12476
Scope and Contents

Includes inscribed copy of "A Perception of Ferns".

Dates: 1993-2004.

Literary and personal papers of Christopher Rush, comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, novels and other writings; journals; commonplace books; correspondence and other papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13217
Scope and Contents The archive contains the complete literary papers of Christopher Rush to date (2010), relating to all his creative writing, published and unpublished. This includes manuscript notebooks and drafts, typescripts, and literary correspondence relating to `Peace Comes Dropping Slow` (1983), `A Resurrection of a Kind` (1984), `A Twelvemonth and a Day` (1985), `Into the Ebb` (1989), `Last Lesson of the Afternoon: a satire` (1994), `To Travel Hopefully: journal of a death not foretold` (2005),...
Dates: 1962-2010.

Literary papers of Jen Hadfield.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14031

Literary papers of Tom Bryan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13566
Scope and Contents Tom Bryan (1950- ) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, but has long been resident in Scotland, his mother’s country. A widely-published and broadcast poet and writer, he has published six collections of poetry, three non-fiction books, two collections of short stories and a novel. Tom Bryan has held a number of residencies and Royal Literary Fellowships, and was the sixth Brownsbank Writing Fellow. He co-edited `Northwords` magazine, founded `The Eildon Tree` and has edited other literary...
Dates: Circa 1981-2014.

Manuscript and typescript drafts of eight poems of David Morrison.

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Identifier: Acc.4719
Scope and Contents

With signed copy of Morrison`s "The White Hind and other Poems" (1968).

Dates: 1965-1968.

Microfilm of ‘Roman de la Rose’, [circa 1230, circa 1270]; and, ‘The Talbot Hours’, 15th century.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.520
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, late 14th or early 15th century, of ‘Roman de la Rose’, written in two stages by Guillaume de Lorris, circa 1230, and Jean de Meun, circa 1270 (Adv.MS.19.1.7);

‘The Talbot Hours’, Psalter and Hours, 15th century (Dep.221/1).

Dates: [Circa 1230]-15th century.

Papers of Callum Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9476
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.

Dates: 1953-1986.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10532
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9164
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of prose and poetry contributions, editorial correspondence and business records, including accounts and minute books.

Dates: 1979-1985.

Papers of Kenneth White.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5911
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose works, with two published collections of poems and "Letters from Gourgounel".

Dates: 1966-1973.

Papers of the Shaw family, Corgarff.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5953
Scope and Contents

Including five school books, a collection of verse, and the autobiography, circa 1860, of Alexander Shaw.

Dates: 19th century.

Papers of Valerie Gillies.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8791
Scope and Contents

Comprises manuscripts and typescripts of 12 poems, with typescripts, proofs and a printed copy of "Bed of Stone".

Dates: 1981-1984.

‘Parish rhymes, [by] V.O.B. North Berwick, 1872.' Manuscript and printed poems by Peter Macmorland, Minister of North Berwick, written or pasted in an exercise-book.

 Item
Identifier: MS.1807
Scope and Contents

Also included are newspaper cuttings on various subjects and a copy of the minute passed by the Kirk Session of North Berwick on Peter Macmorland's resignation.

Dates: 1872-1873.

Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.

Photographs of five pages of MS. Lat. Q.v.1, 112 in the M E Saltuikov-Shchedrin Library in Saint Petersburg: Hours of Mary, Queen of Scots.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.5.8
Scope and Contents

The manuscript, written and illuminated circa 1430, contains verses in French in Mary`s hand, most of which are reproduced here.

Placed with the photographs is a letter concerning them from Ronald Munro Ferguson to Lord Rosebery, 1903.

Dates: Circa 1430.

Photographs of the leaves of the Glenquoich visitors' book containing the names of friends and relatives who visited the Ellices' estates at Invergarry during the late summer and autumn of each year from 1846 to 1863.

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Identifier: MS.15197
Scope and Contents The book appears to have belonged to Katherine Jane Ellice, first wife of Edward Ellice of Invergarry (died 1880), who died in April 1864. Each visitor was asked to sign the book, adding the dates of arrival and departure, his profession, his object in coming and any remarks or complaints. Several took the opportunity to write in verses or poems or to make drawings, which range in size from thumbnail sketches to full-page drawings. Latterly, small photographs of many of the visitors...
Dates: 1846-1863.

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Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
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France. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 2.0000. Latitude: 46.0000. 1
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Inverness. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Highland. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 57.4500. 1
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Scots 3
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Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 2
Anderson, William C, poet, 1867-1951 1
Belsis, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
Blackwood, James (Canon of Dunblane) 1
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 1
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Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Caimbeul, Maoilios M (poet and writer) 1
Carnegie, James, 9th Earl of Southesk, 1827-1905 1
Chisholm, Walter, poet, pseudonym Wattie, 1856-1877 1
Currie, James (physician) 1
Duncan, Lesley, journalist, poetry editor, fl 1990-2011 1
Dunn, Douglas Eaglesham, poet, b 1942 1
Eliot, Thomas Stearns, poet, 1888-1965 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Flecker, Herman James Elroy, poet and playwright, 1884-1915 1
Gillies, Valerie, poet, née Simmons, b 1948 1
Graham, Janet, poet, 1723-1805: former owner 1
Grant, Patrick, 1783-1867 (minister of the Baptist church at Granton-on-Spey, Gaelic poet) 1
Gray, James (Priest and Secretary to Archbishop of St Andrews) 1
Hadfield, Jen (poet and artist) 1
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 1
Innes, Thomas (Priest and Historian) 1
Ker, John (Professor of Latin at Edinburgh University, neo-Latin poet) 1
Law, Alfred (mill owner) 1
Law, Alfred Joseph, Sir (Knight, politician) 1
Law, William (mill owner, and bilbliophile) 1
MacDonald, John (minister of Ferintosh) 1
MacLeod, Norman, 1783-1862 ("Caraid nan Gaidheal") 1
Macdonald, Malcolm 'Callum' (printer and publisher) 1
Macintyre, James, of Glenoe, 1727-1799 1
Mackay, Donald (possibly Reverend.) 1
Mackenzie, Grace (Gaelic spiritual poet, Badenoch) 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Masefield, John Edward, Poet Laureate, 1878-1967 1
Mead, Matthew, poet and translator, 1924-2009: recipient 1
Mead, Ruth, translator, wife of Matthew, poet and translator, fl 1968-2004: recipient 1
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 1
Monks of St Giles 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970: recipient 1
Napier, George Glen, miscellaneous writer, fl 1889-1940 1
Reed, Trelawney Dayrell, author of "Rise of Wessex", fl 1908-1947: recipient 1
Rush, Christopher, author, b. 1944. 1
Shaw, Alexander, surgeon, 1804-1890 1
Shaw, C, York, fl.1826-1865: collector 1
Shaw, family, Corgarff 1
Stewart, Janet W. M. (compiler of commonplace book) 1
Sutherland, Helen Christian, art collector, married name Denman, 1881-1965 1
Syme, John (Writer to the Signet) 1
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 1
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 1
Young, John, poet, 1825-1891 1
Young, John, poet, 1825-1891: recipient 1
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