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Letters and poems of George Macdonald.

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Identifier: MS.9745
Scope and Contents

The letters, which include some from his wife Louisa, are written to Baron and Lady Mount-Temple. They mention George Macdonald's work, give news of himself and of his family, describe his surroundings in Italy, and contain many reflections on God and the next world. The poems (folio 95) are both manuscript and printed. There are also a few poems included in the letters.

Dates: 1862-1900.

Letters and poems of Robert Hogg to John and Margaret Aitken.

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Identifier: Acc.13164
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of three autograph letters addressed by Robert Hogg (1802-1832), nephew of James Hogg the poet, to John and Margaret Aitken, mostly on his uncle`s affairs. It also contains two poems possibly addressed to Mrs Aitken.

Dates: 1822 and undated.

Letters and postcards, 1970-1980 and undated, of W.S. Graham to William Featherston, with a few letters of Nessie Graham and others; typescript, carbon typescript and photocopied typescript of draft sections of long poems, 1958 and undated, including `The Dark Dialogues` and `With the Dulle Griet in Canada`; silk screen print portrait of W.S. Graham by William Featherston; and CD and audio-cassette of BBC radio broadcast by W.S. Graham.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13163
Scope and Contents William Featherston, a Canadian artist, lived and worked in Cornwall during the 1960s. During this period he became a friend of Sydney and Nessie Graham. Featherston returned to Canada in 1971, and the friends corresponded over the next decade. The letters and cards are wide-ranging, intensely personal, and often enriched with Graham`s drawings and doodles. The sections of typescript poetry (some of it carbon typescript and photocopies) include draft passages from `The Dark Dialogues` and...
Dates: 1958, 1970-1980, and undated.

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 chiefly of Scottish interest.

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Identifier: MS.2524
Scope and Contents Except one of Archbishop Leighton, the letters are of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Several are addressed to the Mures of Caldwell; others to Archibald Constable. Among the writers are Dr John Moore, Hugh Blair, David Hume, Bishop Percy, John Pinkerton, Dugald Stewart, Lord Jeffrey, Joanna Baillie, James Hogg (writing to 'M.L.', the anonymous author of two songs in ‘Jacobite relics’, second series (Edinburgh, 1821)), Mrs Grant of Laggan, Lord Cockburn, and John Gibson...
Dates: [?1673], 18th century-early 19th century.

Letters, chiefly of the first two Viscounts Melville and other Dundases.

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Identifier: MS.3834
Scope and Contents Many of the letters appear to have been addressed to John Wauchope, Writer to the Signet. Those of the 1st Viscount Melville are mainly drafts. The letters deal, among other matters, with family affairs, Scottish politics and appointments, the defence of Scotland, the affairs of the sons of the 3rd Earl of Aberdeen, and work done by Sir Francis Chantrey. Other papers include a draft petition in the name of the Scottish Representative Peers against the Bill for abolishing their election,...
Dates: 1719, 1771-1820, undated.

Letters, notes and poems chiefly written to Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvet, by Scottish and continental writers and scholars.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.17.1.9
Scope and Contents The collection chiefly concerns Scotstarvet`s patronage of literature and learning, and political events on the continent.Symbols have been written in an unidentified hand, apparently of late 17th century provenance, in the upper left-hand corner of many of the letters; their meaning is not known. Leaves from a lost ‘album amicorum’ of Scotstarvet have been identified in folios 101-112. They contain inscriptions to him with mottoes, or classical extracts, by a number...
Dates: 1617-1668, 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 relating to Douglas Young. The recipient was Lord Robertson.

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Identifier: Acc.12914
Scope and Contents

The letters mainly date from shortly after Douglas Young`s death in 1973. Correspondents include David Murison and Wilfred Taylor concerning a memorial publication. With related papers, one photograph and an inscribed copy of Young`s "Auntran Blads" (1943).

Dates: 1944-1976.

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 David Black to James Greene, with related literary papers.

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Identifier: Acc.13573
Scope and Contents

Letters, 1977-2014, of David Black to James Greene; with some typescript poems of David Black and a paste-up of an unpublished collection of his poetry edited by James Greene.

Dates: 1977-2014.

Letters of Diana Hendry to William Scammell, including many enclosed poems.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13165
Scope and Contents

These letters are one half of a correspondence between two poets who regularly submitted recent work to one another for comment. Though rich in comment on literary matters, the letters are also very personal in nature.

Dates: 1975-2000.

Letters of Gael Turnbull to Matthew and Ruth Mead.

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Identifier: Acc.12476
Scope and Contents

Includes inscribed copy of "A Perception of Ferns".

Dates: 1993-2004.

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.

Letters of John Davidson, the poet, to John Lane, and to Grant Richards.

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Identifier: MS.3356
Scope and Contents

Letters of John Davidson to John Lane 1894-1908, undated, about his own writings and illustrating his moods and character (folio 1); and to Grant Richards, 1902, 1909, enclosing two poems, 'Ode on the Coronation of Edward VII' and 'Song for the Twenty-fourth of May' (folio 34).

Dates: 1894-1909, undated.

Letters of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26672-26674

Letters of various North American poets to Gael Turnbull.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13430
Scope and Contents

Letters of various North American poets to Gael Turnbull. Correspondents include Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Lorine Niedecker and Jonathan Williams. With commonplace book, 1950s, of Gael Turnbull.

Dates: ca. 1953-1985.

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Letters. Correspondence. 261
Correspondence. 178
Manuscripts. 126
Typescripts. 121
Notes. 55
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Notebooks. 50
Articles. 47
Drafts. Documents. 45
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 45
Copies. Derivative objects. 42
Photographs. 41
Diaries. 36
Short stories. 31
Plays. 27
Lists. 26
Translations. Documents. 22
Speeches. Documents. 21
Photocopies. 20
Microfilms. 19
Documents. 16
Reviews. Document genre 16
Proofs. printed matter 15
Accounts. 14
Novels. 14
Songs. Musical compositions. 14
Excerpts. 13
Fragments. 13
Printed materials. Object genre. 13
Transcripts. 13
Essays. 12
Biographies. 11
Genealogies. 11
Lectures. 11
Publications. 11
Inscriptions. 10
Proofs. Printed matter. 10
Autobiographies. 9
Family papers. 9
Financial records. 9
Legal documents. 9
Receipts. Financial records. 9
Drawings. Visual works. 8
Reports. 8
Engravings. Prints. 7
Portraits. 7
Scripts. Documents 7
Sketches. 7
Books 6
Commonplace books. 6
Fiction. 6
Memorandums. 6
Pamphlets. 6
Petitions. 6
Travel journals. 6
Audiocassettes. 5
Autographs (manuscripts). 5
Caricatures. 5
Catalogues. 5
Commentaries. 5
Dedications. Documents. 5
Journals. Accounts. 5
Literature (writings). 5
Memoirs. 5
Reviews. Document genre. 5
Treatises. 5
Abstracts. Summaries. 4
Administrative records. 4
Albums. 4
Ballads. 4
Declarations. 4
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 4
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 4
Histories. 4
Inventories. 4
Minute books. 4
Orders. Records (documents). 4
Portraits 4
Postcards. 4
Professional papers. 4
Publishers and publishing. 4
Scripts. Documents. 4
Sermons 4
Sermons. 4
Sketches 4
Sound recordings. 4
Stats. Copies. 4
Videocassettes. 4
Warrants. Permissions. 4
Account books. 3
Annotations. 3
Charters. 3
Criticism. 3
Depositions. Testimonies. 3
Descriptions. Documents. 3
Drawings. Visual works 3
Elegies. 3
Instructions. Document genre. 3
Legislative acts. Legislative records. 3
Memorials. Legal documents. 3
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Language
English 264
Undetermined 142
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 21
Multiple languages 4
Latin 3
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Names
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 11
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 9
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 8
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 7
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 7
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Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 6
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 5
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 5
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 5
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 5
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 5
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 4
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 4
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 4
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 4
Scotia Review, literary journal 4
Akros, literary magazine 3
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 3
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 3
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 3
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 3
Macfie, Ronald Campbell, physician and writer, d 1931 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926 3
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 3
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 3
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 2
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Bowring, Sir John, Knight, politician, diplomatist and author, 1792-1872: recipient 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 2
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 2
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 2
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 2
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 2
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 2
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 2
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 2
Hogg, Robert, nephew of James Hogg, the poet, 1802-1834 2
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 2
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 2
MacNeacail, Aonghas, poet, b 1942 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
Manson, John, poet, writer, editor and publisher of "Weighbauk", b 1932 2
McTurk, Isabella, correspondent of Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, fl 1823-1828: recipient 2
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993 2
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003 2
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 2
Welsh, Grace, mother of Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, 1782-1842 2
Abbot, Ian, poet, 1947-1989 1
Aitken, John, Editor of "Constable's Miscellany", 1793-1833: recipient 1
Akros Publications 1
Auld, William (Esperanto poet and translator) 1
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, poet, 1813-1865 1
Bain, Robert, dramatist and poet, 1865-1955 1
Ballantine, James, glass-painter and song-writer, c 1807-1877 1
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 1
Binyon, Robert Laurence (poet and art-historian) 1
Blacklock, Thomas, poet and writer, 1721-1791 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Borrow, George Henry (writer and traveller) (1803-1881) 1
Boston Burns Club 1
Boswell, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet, of Auchinleck, 1775-1822 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Bridges, Robert Seymour (poet) 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brooks, Ernest, illustrator and painter, 1911-1993: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Bunting, Basil Cheesman, poet, 1900-1985 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Caimbeul, Aonghas, ca. 1740-ca. 1814 (Gaelic poet) 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, family, Airdens, Bonar Bridge, Sutherland 1
Cambridge, Gerry, poet, photographer and editor, b 1959 1
Campbell, Daniel, 1837-1894 (Schoolmaster and Inspector of the Poor, Amulree and Lairg) 1
Campbell, John Francis, of Islay, folklorist, ? 1821-1885 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Campbell, Patrick William, Writer to the Signet, 1850-1922 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan (author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts) (1905-1999) 1
Carleton, Janet Buchanan, author and journalist, née Adam Smith, then Roberts, 1905-1999: recipient 1
Carnegie, James, 9th Earl of Southesk, 1827-1905 1
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