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Letters and poems of George Bruce.
Includes papers of Ian McNab concerning George Bruce and Fraserburgh.
Letters and poems of George Macdonald.
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.
Letters and poems of Robert Hogg to John and Margaret Aitken.
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.
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.
Letters, and related typescripts, to Charles King, mostly of contributors to 'Twelve Modern Scottish Poets' and 'Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets'.
Letters chiefly of Scottish interest.
Letters, chiefly of the first two Viscounts Melville and other Dundases.
Letters, circa 1968-2007, to Sam Gilliland, including around 150 letters, 1985-2007, of Gerry Cambridge, some with poems and related papers.
Letters, notes and poems chiefly written to Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvet, by Scottish and continental writers and scholars.
Letters of Agnes Mure Mackenzie to Duncan M Morison, with manuscripts and typescripts of poems.
Letters of and concerning C M Grieve to Ernest Brooks and Barbara Niven.
Includes typescript of "Mature Art".
Letters of and relating to Douglas Young. The recipient was Lord Robertson.
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).
Letters of and to Naomi Mitchison.
With typescripts, undated, of prose pieces and verse including "Prisoners at War", photographs and press-cuttings.
Letters of Basil Bunting to Gael Turnbull, with typescript draft of "Briggflatts".
Letters of David Black to James Greene, with related literary papers.
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.
Letters of Diana Hendry to William Scammell, including many enclosed poems.
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.
Letters of Gael Turnbull to Matthew and Ruth Mead.
Includes inscribed copy of "A Perception of Ferns".
Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, with some related literary papers and photographs.
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.
Letters of John Davidson, the poet, to John Lane, and to Grant Richards.
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).