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Poem of Robert Bridges, "To Robert Burns"

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Identifier: Acc.5617
Scope and Contents

With letter of Bridges to Sir Henry Newbolt.

Dates: 1901.

Poems and correspondence of Robert Crombie Saunders (born 1914).

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Identifier: MS.26799
Scope and Contents Robert Crombie Saunders, was the editor of ‘Scottish Arts and Letters' and the 'Scots Independent’. Many of his poems appeared in literary magazines.The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscripts and typescript drafts of poems, (circa 1940-1969, undated (folio 1). There are several versions of each poem. (ii) Letters to Saunders from Christopher Murray Grieve, Sydney Goodsir Smith, and others, 1943-1961, undated (folio 70); (iii) Fair copies of poems, 1969, undated...
Dates: [Circa1940]-1970, undated.

Poems and letters of James Hogg.

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Identifier: MS.9634
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) 'A night piece.' Published as 'Verses to the comet of 1811' in ‘The works of the Ettrick shepherd’ (London, 1873), edited by Thomas Thomson, page 398. The printed text varies slightly from the manuscript and omits the second stanza. (For another incomplete manuscript of this poem, see MS.4805, folio 102 verso.) There is a note of ownership, 1842, by Andrew Sinclair, the surgeon and naturalist. (Folio 1.)(ii) Manuscript of the second...
Dates: 1816-1838, undated.

Poems and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Identifier: MSS.3788-3794
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All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.

Dates: 1881-1887, undated.

Poems and letters of William Sydney Graham (1918-1986).

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Identifier: MSS.26019-26022
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William Sydney Graham, who came from Greenock but spent much of his life in Cornwall, published several collections of poems between 1942 and 1977.

Dates: 1942-1984, undated.

Poems of John Skinner (1721-1807), Episcopal Minister at Longside, in the hand of George Skene, Episcopal Minister at Forfar.

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Identifier: MS.3757
Scope and Contents

Inserted (folio iv) is a letter addressed to the donor, the Very Reverend Alan C Don, about a reference to another manuscript of John Skinner's poems in P Buchan, ‘The smugglers of Peterhead’.

Sixteen of the poems appear to be unpublished.

Dates: Mid 18th century-1834.

Poems of Pittendreigh Macgillivray.

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Identifier: Acc.2920
Scope and Contents

In the hand of the author, includes a letter, 1938, to M. R. Locke.

Dates: circa 1938.

Poetical and editorial papers of Robin Fulton (1937- ).

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Identifier: MSS.27495-27498
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Robin Fulton was born in Arran and became a schoolteacher. From 1967 to 1976 he edited the literary magazine 'Lines Review'. His work is mostly poetry, but also includes reviews, translations and literary studies. The papers consist of drafts and proofs of poems (MSS.27495-27497), and editorial papers for 'Lines Review' (MS.27498).

Dates: 1963-1972.

Poetry notebooks and other papers of Robert Crawford (1877-1931).

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Identifier: MSS.26023-26026
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Robert Crawford, who was a miner in Ayrshire and later in Stirlingshire, published three collections of poems and also wrote philosophical essays.

Dates: 1920-1931, undated.

Printed copy of "The Estate of Poetry" by Edwin Muir.

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Identifier: Acc.12172
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Includes letters to Willa Muir of (1) T S Elliot, 1962 (2) Helen Sutherland, 1963; with two other Edwin Muir volumes.

Dates: 1962-1963.`

Robert Burns: A volume concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet`s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club.

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Identifier: Acc.10847
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Contains autograph letters, engraved portraits of Burns and circa 60 engravings illustrating the poems. Includes original letter of Burns (letter 712). Pamphlet "Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Burns..." is inlaid into the volume.

Dates: 1859.

Scrapbooks of correspondence and papers of Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach").

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Identifier: Acc.13587
Scope and Contents Alexander MacDonald ("Gleannach", 1860-1928) is the author of `Story and Song from Loch Ness-side` (Inverness 1914) and of a Gaelic poetry collection of his own, `Còinneach `us Coille` (Inverness 1895). After the appearance of his poetry collection he continued to contribute songs composed or edited by himself to newspapers, but these were not subsequently collected into a second volume. He also wrote a large number of articles on Gaelic- and Highland-related matters in journals...
Dates: 1878-ca. 1925

Seven letters of Kathleen Raine to William Cookson.

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Identifier: Acc.9641
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With corrected proofs of Raine`s poems published in "Agenda".

Dates: 1986 and undated.

Short book of verses and caricatures by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepdaughter, Mrs Strong.

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Identifier: MS.8791
Scope and Contents The book describes Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepdaughter's famous visit, paid in company with the Countess of Jersey, to the rebel king Mataafa at Malie (see ‘The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson’, volume iv, pages 223-234). Three letters, 1892, of Stevenson are also included. One, apparently unpublished, is addressed to Mataafa and the other two (see ‘The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson’, volume iv, pages 216-217) to 'Amelia Balfour', a pseudonym for Lady Jersey. All these items...
Dates: 1892.

Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.

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Identifier: Acc.13911/1-3
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A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.

Dates: 1946-1995, undated.

Single items and small collections, chiefly of the 16th and 17th centuries.

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Identifier: MS.9931
Scope and Contents The contents include: A letter, 1562, of William Maitland of Lethington to the Earl of Leicester, expressing his wish for continued friendship between Elizabeth and Mary (folio 1); A letter, 1581, of the Jesuit, William Crichton, describing his efforts to have James VI brought up as a Catholic (folio 6); A letter, 1621, of Michael Drayton to William Drummond of Hawthornden, published in ‘The library’, 5th series, volume xxi (1966), pages 328-330 (folio 21); Short Latin poems by Andrew...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1562-1820.

Single items and small collections of letters and verses of Edwin and Willa Muir.

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Identifier: MS.19703
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The papers include letters of Edwin Muir to Janet Adam Smith about poetry and reviewing, with drafts of "Orpheus' Dream", first published as 'Eurydice' in ‘The Listener’, xiv (1951) Page 863; letters of Willa Muir to Tom Scott on literary and personal matters; and a series of letters from both Edwin and Willa Muir to Kathleen Raine.

Dates: 1932-1970.

Single letters and papers.

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Identifier: MS.2521
Scope and Contents The papers include: letters, 1795, 1810, of Sir Alexander Boswell, containing original humorous verse; copy of a list, 1849, made by Cockburn, giving the authorship of articles in the 'Edinburgh Review'; contemporary copy of a speech, ?1617, delivered by James I and VI in Edinburgh (parts being given in summary); letter, 1807, of Sir James Bland Burges (afterwards Lamb) on Sir Walter Scott's literary profits; letter, 1808, of Sir James Mackintosh dealing with Indian affairs; letter, 1830,...
Dates: ?1617-1849.

Single letters and small collections.

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Identifier: MS.3648

Single letters to Naomi Mitchison from W H Auden, Edward Garnett, and Aldous Huxley.

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Identifier: Acc.8185
Scope and Contents

On literary, political and personal matters.

With typescript of a poem, 1930, of Mitchison.

Dates: 1930-1938.

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Language
English 145
Undetermined 95
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 14
Latin 3
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Names
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 8
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 7
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 7
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 6
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 5
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Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 4
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 4
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 4
Macfie, Ronald Campbell, physician and writer, d 1931 3
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 3
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 2
Bowring, Sir John, Knight, politician, diplomatist and author, 1792-1872: recipient 2
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 2
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 2
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 2
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 2
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 2
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 2
Hogg, Robert, nephew of James Hogg, the poet, 1802-1834 2
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 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
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 2
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 2
Raine, Kathleen Jessie, poet, 1908-2003 2
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 2
Welsh, Grace, mother of Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, 1782-1842 2
Aitken, John, Editor of "Constable's Miscellany", 1793-1833: recipient 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
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 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
Brooks, Ernest, illustrator and painter, 1911-1993: recipient 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Bunting, Basil Cheesman, poet, 1900-1985 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 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
Carnegie, James, 9th Earl of Southesk, 1827-1905 1
Caulfield, John, Archdeacon of Kilmore, d 1816 1
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Collis, John Stewart, writer and naturalist, 1900-1984 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Cookson, William George, editor and poet, 1939-2003: recipient 1
Cowell, Frances, correspondent of Muriel Spark, née Niven, d 2005 1
Craig, David Mains, Lecturer in English, Lancaster University, b 1932: Publisher 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crawford, Kenna (artist) (b. 1959) 1
Cruikshank, William, Master, Royal High School, Edinburgh, d 1795 1
Cummings, Betty, friend of Sean Rafferty, editor and poet, fl. 1934-1937.: recipient 1
Cunningham, Allan, miscellaneous writer, 1784-1842 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Datta, Kitty W Scoular, Head of Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, née Scoular, b 1930 1
Davidson, John, poet, 1857-1909 1
Deas, Sir George, Lord Deas, Senator of the College of Justice, 1804-1887 1
Dixey, Harold Giles, Assistant Master, Dragon School, Oxford, 1893-1974 1
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Eliot, Thomas Stearns, poet, 1888-1965 1
Empson, Sir William, Knight, poet and literary critic, 1906-1984 1
Featherston, William, artist, 1927-2009: former owner 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Flecker, Herman James Elroy, poet and playwright, 1884-1915 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Forrester, Alan, University of Stirling, fl 1990 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980: recipient 1
Garnett, Edward William, publisher's editor and writer, 1868-1937 1
Gillespie, John, Captain, fl 1790 1
Gilliland, Samuel White, local government cultural development administrator and poet, b 1937 1
Graham, Agnes, wife of William Sydney, née Kilpatrick, 1909-1999 1
Graham, Agnes, wife of William Sydney, née Kilpatrick, 1909-1999: recipient 1
Greene, James, poet and translator, b 1938: recipient 1
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