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Eight letters to David Morrison.
Eight letters, 1984-2010, to David Morrison; correspondents include Alasdair Gray, Norman MacCaig and John Manson. With manuscript drafts of two poems by David Morrison.
Eighty-four letters and cards of Edwin Morgan to Richard Price; with manuscript of unpublished poem, "The Ropemaker`s Bride".
Exercise-book, containing 'Lord John, a Fife Tale', a poem, ?1895, by Thomas Swan, handloom weaver, Leslie, Fife.
Other poems (one of circa 1893) and letters with which Thomas Swan sent them to Professors David Masson and John Chiene, 1895, have been inserted at the beginning.
Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
Five letters and two poems to members of the McCracken family.
Four letters, 1823 and undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle, and two letters, 1838 and undated, of Grace Welsh to Isabella McTurk.
Includes:
1. verses, 1832 and undated, in various hands;
2. riddles and verses, circa 1828, given by Jane Welsh Carlyle to Isabella McTurk.
Four letters, [1823], and undated, of Jane Welsh Carlyle, and two letters, 1838, and undated, of Grace Welsh, to Isabella McTurk, mainly concerning personal matters.
Includes:
1. verses, 1832 and undated, in various hands;
2. riddles and verses, circa 1828, given by Jane Welsh Carlyle to Isabella McTurk.
Four letters, 1874-1884, of Thomas Stevenson to Peter G Tait, with one, 1886, to Mrs Tait.
Includes:
sonnets, 1858, of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, sent to Mrs Tait.
two documents, undated, concerning H S Reid, one being the text of the dedication of a chapel.
Four letters of Allan Cunningham.
One letter concerns a bust of John Keats.
With a poem, 1843, of James Montgomery, "The Dying Girl`s Request".
Four letters of W S Graham and his wife Nessie to Nataly Nesterenko; with two possibly unpublished poems of W S Graham.
Nataly Nesterenko was married to William Featherston, a Canadian artist, and the couple were friends of W S and Nessie Graham. The friendship survived the Featherston`s divorce and the letters show the Graham`s concern for Nataly Nesterenko during a difficult period in her life. The two typescript poems are untitled, but the first lines are ...
Four poems of Felicia Hemans one forming part of a letter to Miss Maynard, Bristol.
Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.
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.
Further papers and correspondence of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
Further papers of and relating to Gael Turnbull.
This small collection includes correspondence, drafts of late poems and typescript of `Winged Afar`, an unpublished work. The correspondence includes letters, 1979-2005, of August Kleinzahler.
Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.
Further papers of Gordon Jarvie.
The papers comprise: (1) draft, 2013, of "Bessy Bell", a collection of poems by Gordon Jarvie, (2) drafts and correspondence relating to 1st and 2nd editions of "Climber`s Calendar" (2001, 2007), with correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to Jarvie`s Scottish mountain climbing and `Munro-bagging`, (3) finding list for Jarvie`s literary works.
Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.
Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).
Gaelic material extracted from the papers of the author, broadcaster and schoolmaster, Hector MacIver (1910-1966).
The material extracted from MSS.26276-26300 consists chiefly of typescripts of Hector MacIver’s plays and broadcasts.
Gaelic song collection from Amulree.
Gaelic verse mostly of Badenoch poets, collected in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and formerly held in the Cluny Charter Chest.
Glenriddell Manuscripts: copies of poems, letters, etc., of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
Inscribed copy of Stewart Conn, "Thunder in the Air: Poems" (1967).
Includes letter of Conn to Alexander Reid, on literary matters.
Inscribed copy of "The Tree" (Dunfermline, 1977), by Tom Scott.
Includes three related letters of Tom Scott to John Stewart Collis, 1978.
Jacobite Papers.
Includes letters, correspondence, printed pamphlets and poems, proclamations and newspaper cuttings.