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Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).
Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Literary papers of James B Caird.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.
Literary papers of Janet Caird.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.
Literary papers of John Herdman.
Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.
Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.
Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.
Literary papers of Stewart Conn.
Literary papers of the poet and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).
Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.
Literary papers of the poet Bessie MacArthur (1889-1983).
Literary papers of the poet Edith Anne Robertson (1883-1973).
Educated in Glasgow and Germany, in 1919 Edith Anne married James A Robertson who became Professor of Biblical Criticism at Aberdeen University. Her publications included a life of St Francis Xavier as well as poems in English and Scots.
Literary papers of Tom Pow.
Manuscript and printed verses of William Christie.
Concerning the Mauricewood Pit disaster.
Manuscript and typescript copies of poems of Gerald Wooley Watson.
With notes by the author.
Manuscript and typescript copies of poems of William C Anderson, with two published collections.
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of single poems and small collections of poems by various poets.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of a poem sequence of Duncan Glen "Out to the Calf of Man".
Includes associated artwork.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of a sequence of seven poems of Tom Leonard, "Situations Theoretical and Contemporary".
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript and typescript drafts of the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, tenth and eleventh poems from Situations Theoretical and Contemporary (Newcastle: Galloping Dog Press, 1986).
Manuscript and typescript drafts of eight poems of David Morrison.
With signed copy of Morrison`s "The White Hind and other Poems" (1968).
Manuscript and typescript drafts of five George Bruce poems.
Manuscript and typescript of an autobiography, "The Buzzing Fly" by Fanny Susan Copeland.
Concerns Copeland`s life in Slovenia and wartime internment in Italy. Includes poems and biographical notes.