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Two volumes, 1879-1882, of poems by Janet Logie Robertson; with volume, 1877, of poems, prose and drawings by pupils of Edinburgh Ladies` College.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13277
Scope and Contents

Three manuscript volumes of poetry, prose and sketches, of or relating to Janet Logie Robertson, née Jessie Simpson. The earliest volume, `Our Magazine, April 1877`, is a compilation of writing and drawing by Class 1 at Edinburgh Ladies` College, and Jessie Simpson is one of the contributors. James Logie Robertson was an English master at the College, and he and Jessie Simpson married in 1881.

Dates: 1877-1882

Typecripts, undated, of short stories, one with an African theme of Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10840
Scope and Contents

Includes:

"Housing Diary", Glasgow, 1934

letter, 1964, of Marion Campbell

verse, undated, including some of Stephen Spender.

Dates: 1934-1964 and undated.

Typescript, 1989, of a poem "Misprint in a Great Man`s Obit" by Gavin Ewart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10901
Scope and Contents

With two letters, 1977 and 1982, of Ewart, including one mentioning his poetry collection, "All My Little Ones".

Dates: 1977-1989.

Typescript and printed copies of 14 poems, 1985-1991 and undated, of W Price Turner.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10600
Scope and Contents

With 13 letters, 1954-1981, to Price Turner from Scottish poets.

Dates: 1954-1991.

Typescript of set of poems, 1924, of William Soutar, "Over the Goompa Gu".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7104
Scope and Contents

With manuscript notes, 1923, 1941, of Soutar, and four letters, 1940, from him to James Gilchrist, on literary and political matters.

Dates: 1923-1924 and 1940-1941.

Typescript of unpublished poem, `Passing Water`, and note of George MacBeth.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13287
Scope and Contents

George MacBeth was inspired to write `Passing Water` by a communication from the donor concerning an incident from their childhood in Shotts, Lanarkshire. With the typescript poem is a covering note from MacBeth, and a letter, 2011, of the donor telling the story behind it.

Dates: 1980, 2011

Typescripts, 1961, of three versions of Alastair Fowler, "The Confidence Man", including copies of three associated letters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8703
Scope and Contents

With typescript, 1965, of Kitty W Scoular, "Natural Magic", and a photocopy of the Blage Manuscript, circa 1530-1550.

Dates: 1961-1965 and undated.

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Manuscripts. 422
Letters. Correspondence. 261
Typescripts. 244
Correspondence. 178
Notes. 147
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Drafts. Documents. 105
Notebooks. 101
Copies. Derivative objects. 99
Microfilms. 97
Articles. 67
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 60
Photographs. 59
Translations. Documents. 58
Short stories. 54
Plays. 49
Lists. 48
Photocopies. 48
Diaries. 47
Songs. Musical compositions. 43
Proofs. printed matter 30
Novels. 28
Speeches. Documents. 28
Transcripts. 27
Biographies. 25
Commonplace books. 24
Drawings. Visual works. 24
Fragments. 24
Genealogies. 24
Inscriptions. 23
Publications. 23
Histories. 22
Excerpts. 21
Accounts. 20
Essays. 20
Printed materials. Object genre. 20
Annotations. 19
Audiocassettes. 19
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Documents. 19
Reviews. Document genre 19
Treatises. 19
Illuminated manuscripts. 17
Indexes. Reference sources. 16
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Autobiographies. 14
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Commentaries. 13
Travel journals. 13
Calligraphy. Visual works. 12
Fiction. 12
Sound recordings. 12
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Recipes. Instructions (document genre). 11
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Autographs (manuscripts). 10
Ballads. 10
Family papers. 10
Folk tales. 10
Glosses. Annotations. 10
Illustrations. Layout features. 10
Memoirs. 10
Receipts. Financial records. 10
Sermons. 10
Stats. Copies. 10
Tables of contents. 10
Watercolours. Paintings. 10
Chronicles. 9
Financial records. 9
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Criticism. 8
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Postcards. 8
Reports. 8
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Language
English 712
Undetermined 358
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 75
Latin 50
Multiple languages 26
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Names
Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 26
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 22
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 17
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 15
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 14
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Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 13
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 13
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 11
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 11
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 11
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 10
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 9
Hogg, James, the Ettrick Shepherd (Scottish poet, novelist and essayist) 9
Soutar, William (poet) 9
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 8
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 8
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 7
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 7
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 7
Campbell, Thomas (poet) 6
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 6
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 6
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 6
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 5
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 5
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 5
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 5
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 5
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 4
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 4
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 4
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 4
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 4
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 4
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 4
Ramsay, Allan, poet, 1684-1758 4
Reid, Alastair, poet, b 1926 4
Scotia Review, literary journal 4
Scott, Alexander Mackie, poet and editor, 1920-1989 4
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 4
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 3
Akros, literary magazine 3
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 3
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 3
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 3
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 3
Fulton, Robin, poet, b 1937 3
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 3
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 3
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 3
Louis César de La Baume Le Blanc, Duc de La Vallière 3
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 3
Macfie, Ronald Campbell, physician and writer, d 1931 3
McTurk, Isabella, correspondent of Jane Baillie Welsh Carlyle, poet and writer, fl 1823-1828: recipient 3
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Price, Richard John, librarian, poet and editor, b 1966 3
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 3
School of Poets, 1981-, Edinburgh 3
Scott, Francis George, composer, 1880-1958 3
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Scottish Poetry Library, 1984-, Edinburgh 3
Sibbald, Robert, Sir, Knight (physician and Geographer Royal) 3
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 3
Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, ca. 1698-ca. 1770 (Gaelic poet) 2
Aytoun, William Edmondstoune, poet, 1813-1865 2
Boccaccio, Giovanni (Writer and Poet) 2
Boswell, Sir Alexander, 1st Baronet, of Auchinleck, 1775-1822 2
Bowring, Sir John, Knight, politician, diplomatist and author, 1792-1872: recipient 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 2
Burnett (of Leys) 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Cargill, James, Edinburgh, writing master, fl 1830-1861 2
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 2
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 2
Currie, James (physician) 2
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 2
Gardner, Archibald Ward, physician, 1923-1994 2
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 2
Grieve, Valda, 2nd Wife of Christopher M, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, née Trevlyn, 1906-1989 2
Hendry, Diana Lois, poet and children's writer, b 1941 2
Henry, William Stuart, artist, pseudonym Henry Stuart, fl 1942-1973 2
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 2
Hogg, Robert, nephew of James Hogg, the poet, 1802-1834 2
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 2
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Jarvie, Gordon, writer and editor, b.1941. 2
Law, Thomas Sturdy, poet, 1916-1997 2
Lines Review, Scottish poetry journal 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Mac Mhurchaidh, Uilleam , ca. 1700-1778 (schoolmaster, poet and scribe) 2
MacCulloch, John, geologist, 1773-1835 2
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 2
MacMhuirich family (Gaelic poets) 2
MacMhuirich, Niall, ca. 1637-1726 2
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