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Editorial papers of "Gairm" magazine and Gairm Publications, Glasgow.
Editorial papers of `Printed, spoken`, a little poetry magazine edited by Richard Price, comprising mainly correspondence and typescripts of poems.
Eight letters to David Morrison.
Eight letters, 1984-2010, to David Morrison; correspondents include Alasdair Gray, Norman MacCaig and John Manson. With manuscript drafts of two poems by David Morrison.
Eighty-four letters and cards of Edwin Morgan to Richard Price; with manuscript of unpublished poem, "The Ropemaker`s Bride".
Electronic (DVD) copy of `Selected Poems One, 1964-1988` by Robin Fulton.
A selection of poems made by the poet Robin Fulton MacPherson from his own work. The majority of the poems appeared in earlier collections, though some are unpublished.
The collection has since been published in `A Northern Habitat: collected poems, 1960-2010`, Robin Fulton Macpherson (Grosse Pointe Farms: Marick Press, 2013).
Lists of where the poems in `A Northern Habitat` were first published, and of translations, were added to the accession in June 2014.
Elegies and eclogues of Petrus Lotichius the younger.
Eleven monthly parts of the family magazine, 'The Star', written by the Bigg family of Carnwath.
The issues contain stories, verse, news of family affairs, and a few drawings, in the handwriting of the various contributors. The May issue is missing.
‘Elogia et judicia doctorum de Scotis’, poems, chiefly in Latin, collected by, and in the hand of, Sir Robert Sibbald.
A collection of verses by various authors in honour of Scotsmen.
The description of the manuscript in the folio catalogue (F.R.186) includes the reference: N.7.15.
‘Elves and heroes’ (Inverness, 1909), by Donald Alexander Mackenzie, the author's copy, with alterations and additional poems in his own hand.
Entries submitted for the McCash Poetry Prize, run by the University of Glasgow and, since 2003, `The Herald` newspaper.
Entries to "Wanted Poets", a writing competition for Midlothian Primary schools.
Epithalamium, or, wedding poem upon the marriage of John Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode and Mary Thomson.
Exercise-book, containing 'Lord John, a Fife Tale', a poem, ?1895, by Thomas Swan, handloom weaver, Leslie, Fife.
Other poems (one of circa 1893) and letters with which Thomas Swan sent them to Professors David Masson and John Chiene, 1895, have been inserted at the beginning.
Facsimiles of the original manuscript of two poems of Edward Lear.
‘Fair assembly. A Poem in the Royal Stanza’ by Allan Ramsay, and in his autograph.
The manuscript contains six stanzas and a few notes additional to those published in Allan Ramsay's ‘Poems’, volume ii, page 195.
Fair copies and printed copies of poems, possibly of Henry Maxwell Inglis of Loganbank.
Fair copies by Frances A M Russell, of her own poems.
Many of the poems refer to Frances Russell’s own family and events at Minto.
The poems are followed (folio 83) by a description of Russell’s last hours.
Fair copy manuscript of poem, 'Na Cnocain's na Bliadhnachan', by George Campbell Hay.
Fair manuscript copies of two poems by George Campbell Hay: `The Sun Over Athens` and `Jebel and the Dayspring`. Both are signed by the poet.
These two poems were written out and signed by George Campbell Hay, and given as a gift to a nurse who attended him during one of his periods of mental illness in the 1940s.
Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
"First Commonplace Book" of Robert Burns.
First edition of "A Book of Highland Minstrelsy" (1846), by Eliza Ogilvy.
Includes two handwritten poems "Robin Burnt-Breast" and "The Alabama".