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Manuscript corrected draft of poem of Hamish Henderson, "The Flying o` Life and Daith".
Item
Identifier: Acc.4526
Dates:
circa 1968.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of collection of poems of Joseph MacLeod, "An Old Olive Tree" (1971).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5622
Dates:
1971.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of four poems of Alan Riddell.
File
Identifier: Acc.4711
Dates:
circa 1969.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of poems of Alan Jackson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6053/1-33
Scope and Contents
Poems and notebooks of Alan Jackson, Edinburgh poet, some of them used in his book 'Underwater wedding' and 'Salutations'.
Dates:
1955-1968, undated.
Manuscript drafts and typescript copies of 50 poems of Gavin Ewart, most being included in his collection, "85 Poems" (1993).
File
Identifier: Acc.10819
Dates:
1988-1992.
Manuscript drafts and typescript of Tom Scott, "The Harp", a poem.
File
Identifier: Acc.9904
Dates:
mid to late 20th century.
Manuscript drafts and typescripts of 37 poems of Liz Lochhead.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7799
Dates:
circa 1972-1980.
Manuscript drafts of 29 poems of Sir Joseph Noël Paton.
File
Identifier: Acc.6219
Dates:
circa 1877-circa 1887.
Manuscript drafts of 37 poems of Christopher Murray Grieve, alias Hugh MacDiarmid, and of parts of a larger work probably related to 'Impavidi Progrediamur'.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11451
Scope and Contents
Some of the poems are apparently unpublished, but, where possible, references have been given to page numbers of the Complete Poems edited by Michael Grieve and W R Aitken, (Manchester: Carcanet Press, 1994). [CP].Manuscripts of individual poems:‘Poems to Paintings by William Johnstone’, undated [CP 874, 1069](A Point in Time; Wedding of the Winds; Composition (1934); Knight; of William Johnstone’s Art; Ode to the North Wind).‘To my friend the...
Dates:
Circa 1920-1970.
Manuscript drafts of poems of W Price Turner, "Impasse" (1956), and "As Advertised" (1963).
File
Identifier: Acc.4789
Scope and Contents
With manuscript draft of novel, "Circle of Squares".
Dates:
1956-1969.
Manuscript of a commentary by Michael Miniclardi on 'De consolatione philosophiae' by Boethius.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.18.6.3
Scope and Contents
The main text ends on folio 221 verso. Folio 222 contains 30 hexameters on Boethius (incipit 'Floruit hic doctor clarusque Boetius autor'). Folios 223-228 recto contain an 'exortatio' 'ad honorem dei et sanctorum apostolorum petri et pauli', written by Miniclardi in 1444. Folio 228 verso-230 verso contain, in a different hand, a draft speech against Q Ligarius (defended by Cicero in his extant speech 'Pro Ligario'), presumably a school exercise; interlinear corrections are possibly by...
Dates:
1443.
Manuscripts and typescripts of fifty poems of Robert Alan Jamieson, with a prose article on Hugh MacDiarmid.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10781/1-2
Scope and Contents
These manuscripts and typescripts represent Robert Alan Jamieson's work in this medium since the publication of his last volume of poems in 1986. They are intended for inclusion in a forthcoming collection, but have been compared with the published versions which have already appeared in periodicals, where this has been possible. As the collection itself has not yet been published, the main assessment of then has been a comparison between the various manuscript and typescript versions of...
Dates:
Circa 1989-1993.
Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by George MacBeth (1932-1992).
File
Identifier: MS.26940
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'The Silver Needle' (folio 1). The poem was published in ‘Ambit 30’ (1966/1967), pages 22-26, and ‘New Worlds SF’, 1, number 170 (1967), pages 77-83. (ii) Manuscripts, two typescript drafts with manuscript corrections, and a carbon typescript of the final version of ‘Lusus: a verse lecture’ (London, 1972) (folio 24).
Dates:
[1966, or before]-[1972, or before.]
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.458
Dates:
[?1590-?1596], 1671.
Microfilm of notebooks of Robert Garioch Sutherland, containing drafts of poems, notes on harmony, Italian grammar and vocabulary, notes from Sutherland's reading, and other miscellaneous material.
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.823-824
Dates:
1943-1968.
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.464
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).
Dates:
[1925, or after-?1959.]
Miscellaneous Gaelic papers in various hands, relating principally to William Forbes Skene’s work in preparing his ‘Chronicles of the Picts and Scots’ and ‘Celtic Scotland’.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.16
Dates:
Mid 19th century-late 19th century.
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
File
Identifier: MS.2618
Scope and Contents
The principle items are as follows.Letter, undated, of Alexander Alesius, Professor of Theology at Leipzig, to a patron, thanking him for favours. (Folio 1.)'A briefe relacon of all such passages as happened dureing the Seidge of the Castle of Edinburgh' (of 1640), written by one of the garrison in reply to ‘A True representation of the proceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland’ by the Estates of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1640). An item torn from a manuscript book. (Folio...
Dates:
[1640, or after]-1866, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10283-10286
Dates:
1653-1804.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Series
Identifier: MS.20311
Dates:
18th century-20th century.