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Notebook of a mid-19th century Lady containing knitting and crochet patterns, and Gaelic poetry.

 Item
Identifier: MS.14899
Scope and Contents The notebook, watermarked 1833, is anonymously written from both ends. End ‘A’, paginated 1-121, consists of knitting and crochet patterns based on Gaugain, ‘The knitter’s friend’. Includes ‘The McDonald pattern’ (page 113). End ‘B’ is paginated 1-63, but pages 9-34 have been cut out. Pages 1-55 are in the same hand as end ‘A’, and are catalogued below. Pages 56-63 are in a later hand and contain knitting patterns and recipes.The contents are as follows....
Dates: Mid 19th century.

Notebook of David Morrison containing drafts of poems and notes.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12226
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems for "Caithness Coronach" (2003).

Dates: circa 1988-2002.

Notebook of Elizabeth Hume.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.5587
Scope and Contents

Containing poems by Hume and others, sketches, and journal of a trip to England and Wales.

Dates: 1816.

Notebook of poems by John Willison.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11708
Scope and Contents

Includes a Hebrew vocabulary and lexicon by Willison based on the published work of John Row.

Dates: 1748.

Notebook of Robert Louis Stevenson.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10650
Scope and Contents

Includes biographical notes on Jean Cavalier and drafts of "The Spaewife" and other poems.

Dates: circa 1881.

Notebook of Thomas Heart, containing prose translations, poetry, notes and some medical recipes.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3004
Scope and Contents

The notebook contains prose translations of most of Horace's ‘Odes and Epodes’ (inverted folio 3, folio 1 verso), a poem entitled "The believer's dowry" with other verses and notes of a religious nature (folio 4), and some medical recipes (folio 27 verso). Dates ranging between the years 1720 and 1763 occur at points throughout the volume.

Dates: 1720-1763.

Notebook of William Wallace.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8250
Scope and Contents

Containing verses and drawings.

With some unconnected letters.

Dates: 1900-1901.

Notebook, presumably of the late nineteenth century, containing an epic poem in Gaelic, and related material.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3280
Scope and Contents The notebook contains:(i) 'Craobh sgaoilidh nan Gaedheal' (The expansions of the Gaels), being five parts and the argument of a sixth part of an epic, which begins with the migration of the Celts from Asia to Europe (folio 1);(ii) Material, mainly biographical and genealogical, copied from printed sources, especially from Alexander Cameron's ‘The history and traditions of the Isle of Skye’ (folio 50).On folio 1 verso is a note, 'The following are original...
Dates: Late 19th century.

Notebooks and literary papers of Harvey Holton.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13584
Scope and Contents Literary papers, circa 1967-2009, of Harvey Holton (1949-2010).Harvey Holton was born in Galashiels, to where the family returned in 1963 after spells in Nigeria, Edinburgh and Falkirk. Holton began writing poetry while still at school, and by the early 1970s his fascination with language and poetry as a means of expression convinced him that he had found his vocation. After moving to Fife he studied English literature at the University of Dundee, and in the mid-1970s started...
Dates: circa 1967-2009.

Papers and Gaelic collections of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.14877-14881
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine of Little Dunkeld (1773-1824), consisting mainly of Gaelic poetry collected in Perthshire, and partly elsewhere, between ca. 1797 and 1808.

Dates: ca. 1797-ca. 1808

Papers, circa 1915-1981, of Alice V Stuart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9043
Scope and Contents

Includes poems, diaries, notebooks and correspondence.

With papers, 19th to 20th century, of her family.

Dates: 19th century to 20th century.

Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198

Papers of Alexander Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents

Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.

Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.

Dates: 1928-1981.

Papers of Alexander Scott.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12236
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, noteboooks, and manuscripts and typescripts of poetry, fiction, plays, autiobiographical and critical works.

Dates: 1931-1981.

Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10173- is now MSS.27001-27246
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1927-1978.

Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26801-26888
Scope and Contents Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates: 1925-1981, undated.

Papers of and concerning the poet George Campbell Hay (1915-1984).

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26721-26792
Scope and Contents Born in Elderslie and educated in Tarbert Loch Fyne, Edinburgh and Oxford, George Campbell Hay spent most of his life in Edinburgh, but preserved a lifelong attachment to Kintyre, and in particular to Tarbert. Much of his poetry is a celebration of Kintyre, the land and its people, particularly the fishermen. Most of these poems had been written between 1938 and 1945 and already published in periodicals; they include translations from eleven languages. Hay's most important work,...
Dates: [Circa 1925]-1987, undated.

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Papers of Andrew Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8258
Scope and Contents

Comprising eight notebooks and one photocopied notebook.

Including diary, 1899, of the Boer War, journal, 1905, of voyage from Johannesburg to Europe, via Egypt, Palestine and Greece, and poetry and reflections.

Dates: 1899-1905.

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Correspondence. 38
Typescripts. 31
Manuscripts. 30
Diaries. 17
Drafts. Documents. 16
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Letters. Correspondence. 12
Short stories. 12
Notes. 11
Photographs. 11
Novels. 10
Plays. 10
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 10
Articles. 8
Microfilms. 7
Sketches. 5
Autobiographies. 4
Biographies. 4
Personal papers. 4
Publications. 4
Recipes. Instructions (document genre). 4
Scripts. Documents 4
Speeches. Documents. 4
Translations. Documents. 4
Commonplace books. 3
Copies. Derivative objects. 3
Proofs. printed matter 3
Sketches 3
Audiocassettes. 2
Documents. 2
Essays. 2
Excerpts. 2
Family papers. 2
Fiction. 2
Financial records. 2
Illustrations. Layout features. 2
Lists. 2
Literature (writings). 2
Photocopies. 2
Printed materials. Object genre. 2
Sketchbooks. 2
Sound recordings. 2
Travel journals. 2
Videocassettes. 2
Watercolours. Paintings. 2
Aberdeen (inhabited place). Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Aberdeen. Longitude: -2.0667. Latitude: 57.1667. 1
Accounts. 1
Albums. 1
Alps (mountain system). Europe. Longitude: 010 00 00 E. Latitude: 46 25 00 N. 1
Anecdotes. 1
Annotations. 1
Ballads. 1
Books 1
Broadcasts. Events. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Caricatures. 1
Catalogues. 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
Criticism. 1
Declarations. 1
Dictionaries. 1
Drafts. Documents 1
Drama. Literary genre. 1
Drawings. Visual works 1
Drawings. Visual works. 1
Egypt. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 30.0000. Latitude: 27.0000. 1
Emails. 1
England. Europe - United Kingdom. Country. Longitude: -2.0000. Latitude: 53.0000. 1
Envelopes. 1
Ephemera. 1
Fair copies. 1
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 1
Genealogies. 1
Genealogy. 1
Greece. Europe. Nation. Longitude: 22.0000. Latitude: 39.0000. 1
Histories. 1
Interleaves. 1
Journals. Accounts. 1
Kenya. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 38.0000. Latitude: 1.0000. 1
Knitting patterns. 1
Librettos. Documents for music. 1
Memoirs. 1
Minutes. Administrative records. 1
Mountaineering. 1
Palestine. Middle East. Historical region. Longitude: 35.3333. Latitude: 31.9167. 1
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Language
English 66
Undetermined 30
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 5
Hebrew 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 3
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 3
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 3
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 3
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 2
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Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 2
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 2
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 2
Price, Richard John, librarian, poet and editor, b 1966 2
Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 2
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 2
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Arundel, Honor, novelist and journalist, 1919-1973 1
Brown, Andrew, South Africa, telegraph controller, fl 1899-1905 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Campbell, Angus Peter 1
Cavalier, Jean, Major-General, 1681-1740 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Hadfield, Jen (poet and artist) 1
Henry, William Stuart, artist, pseudonym Henry Stuart, fl 1942-1973 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hume, Elizabeth, Edinburgh, fl 1816 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, 1943-2015 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Lindsay, Maurice (poet and writer) 1
Lowndes, Alan Bailey, landscape painter, 1921-1978: recipient 1
MacGregor, Alasdair Alpin, writer and photographer, 1899-1970 1
MacLean, Sorley, 1911-1996 (poet) 1
Mackie, Alastair, poet, 1925-1995 1
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
McLellan, Robert, playwright, 1907-1985 1
Murray, William Hutchison, 1913-1996 (mountaineer, author and environmental campaigner) 1
Paterson, Don, b 1963 (poet and musician) 1
Perryman, Kevin Alan, Editor of "Babel", b 1950 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993 1
Rafferty, Séan Dickson Kerr, poet, 1909-1993: recipient 1
Ransford, Tessa, poet, pseudonym Tessa Stiven, b 1938 1
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926 1
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926: recipient 1
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 1
Row, John, Minister of Carnock, Fife, c 1568-1646 1
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Smith, John, Earshader, Isle of Lewis, poet, called the Earshader Bard, 1848-1881 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Stevenson, Anne, poet, b 1933 1
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 1
Stuart, Alice V, poet, 1899-1983 1
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 1
Todd, Ruthven Campbell, poet, 1914-1978 1
Wallace, William Francis Stuart, composer, 1860-1940 1
Willison, John, Minister of Dundee South Church, 1680-1750 1
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