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Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings concerning Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of the poet Robert Burns, and her descendents, including the Glasgow artists, the Begg sisters.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11193
Scope and Contents

Includes family tree and biographical notes on the members of the Burns Begg family who feature in this collection, including a letter of Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, to Robert Burns Begg.

Dates: circa 1822-1995.

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.

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

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10847
Scope and Contents

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.

Robert Burns "Poems" (Edinburgh, 1787).

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Identifier: Acc.10981
Scope and Contents

With names added in manuscript by Burns.

Dates: 1787.

Sheet of poetry of Robert Burns.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10172
Scope and Contents

Includes part of "Fete Champetre".

Dates: circa 1780-1796.

Some Burns Characteristics; or, A Cluster of Flower and Fruit from the Poet`s Garden.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13667
Scope and Contents

A printed volume based on a lecture delivered before the Rosebery Burns Club, Glasgow, 10 March 1903, by James Walsh.

The Volume is dedicated to Mr McGill, who was a `personal friend` Walsh.

A handwritten grace, `Oh thou who blest the loaves and fishes` is inscribed on the last page of the volume. It is attributed to Robert Burns, but appears to be a reworking of an earlier version by Jonathan Swift.

Dates: 1903.

Two illustrations of John Faed for Robert Burns, "Tam O` Shanter".

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Identifier: Acc.7083
Scope and Contents

Published for the members of the Royal Association for the Promotion of the Fine Arts in Scotland.

Dates: 1855.

Typed editorial comments, with author`s notes added, by R L C Lorimer.

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Identifier: Acc.5767
Scope and Contents

Concerning Thomas Crawford, "Burns: A Study of the Poems and Songs" (1960).

Dates: circa 1960.

Verse letter, ? 1787, of Robert Burns to John Renton of Lamerton.

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Identifier: Acc.8574
Scope and Contents

With a letter, ? 1851, of Robert Chambers to J C Renton concerning the manuscript.

Dates: ? 1787, ? 1851

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Letters. Correspondence. 28
Poetry. 26
Manuscripts. 13
Photocopies. 7
Notes. 6
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English 66
Scots 2
Russian 1
 
Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 2
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 2
Currie, James (physician) 2
Dunlop, Frances Anna (of Dunlop, née Wallace ) 2
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Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 2
Riddell, Robert, of Glenriddell, d 1794 2
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, antiquary, 1781-1851 2
Amelia, Hill, 1820-1904 (née Paton, Sculptor, wife of David Octavius Hill) 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Barnett, David, Curator of Lady Stair's House Museum, Edinburgh, fl 1918-1936 1
Begg, Isabella, 1807-1886 (daughter of Isabella, sister of Robert Burns, poet) 1
Bell, Henry Glassford, 1803-1874 (writer and sheriff) 1
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 1
Boston Burns Club 1
Bridges, Robert Seymour (poet) 1
Brown, John, 1784-1858 (minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Theologian) 1
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet) 1
Carnegie, Andrew, philanthropist, 1835-1919 1
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780–1847 (Principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Craig, James Thomson Gibson-, Writer to the Signet, 1799-1886. 1
Craig, Robert, Beith, fl 1898 1
Crawford, Thomas, author of "Burns: a Study of the Poems and Songs", b 1920 1
Croker, John Wilson (politician) 1
Cruikshank, William, Master, Royal High School, Edinburgh, d 1795 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, 1837-1924 (travel writer) 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, travel writer, 1837-1924 1
Daniel, George, compiler of album including note by Robert Burns, fl 1850: collector 1
Dick, Robert, c 1733-1824 1
Faed, John, painter, 1819-1902 1
Ferrier, Jane, daughter of James, Writer to the Signet, 1767-1846 1
Gillespie, John, Captain, fl 1790 1
Graham, Robert, 12th of Fintry, 1749-1815: recipient 1
Grose, Francis, antiquary, 1731-1791 1
Hill, Ann, 1804-1841 (née Macdonald, wife of David Ocatvius Hill) 1
Hill, David Octavius, photographer, 1802-1870 1
Keats, John, poet, 1795-1821 1
Law, Alfred (mill owner) 1
Law, Alfred Joseph, Sir (Knight, politician) 1
Law, William (mill owner, and bilbliophile) 1
Lorimer, Robert Lewis Campbell, publisher, 1918-1996 1
MacKay, Aeneas Thomas, publisher, Stirling, fl 1905-1933 1
Macdonald, Ian H, fl 1968-1974 1
Macdonald, Jane, fl 1840-1853 1
Marshak, Samuil Iakovlevich , poet and translator, 1887-1964 1
McCandlish, John (Manager of the Scottish Union Insurance Office, Edinburgh) 1
McLehose, Agnes (née Craig, pseudonym 'Clarinda', correspondent of Robert Burns, poet) 1
McVie, John, Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, 1888-1967 1
Merkley, E May, Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada, fl 1918-1936: recipient 1
Millais, John Everett, Sir, 1st Baronet, 1829–1896 (painter) 1
Miller, Patrick, of Dalswinton, banker and inventor, 1731-1815 1
Moffat, Robert, missionary, 1795-1883 1
Motherwell, William, poet, 1797-1835 1
Muir, Robert (wine and spirit merchant) 1
Nasmyth, James Hall, engineer, 1808-1890 1
Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, Knight (poet) (1862-1938) 1
Niven, William, merchant in Maybole, 1759-1844 1
Renton, J C, correspondent of Robert Chambers, publisher, fl 1851: recipient 1
Renton, John, of Lamerton, fl 1787: recipient 1
Riddell, Maria (poet, née Woodley, then Riddell, then Fletcher) (1772-1808) 1
Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 1
Royal Scottish Academy 1
Ruthven, Mary Hamilton, 1789-1885 (née Campbell, wife of 7th Lord Ruthven) 1
Scott, William, Edinburgh, bookbinder, fl 1775-1787 1
Severn, Walter, President of the Dudley Gallery Art Society, 1830-1904: recipient 1
Shaw, Sir James, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London, 1764-1843 1
Sim, Adam, of Coulter, 1805-1868.: former owner 1
Sloan, Thomas, correspondent of Robert Burns, floruit 1789-1791 1
Smith, James, draper, b.1765 1
Somerville, John, Edinburgh, writer, fl 1791 1
Staig, David, Provost of Dumfries, 1740-1824 1
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, Knight, explorer, formerly Rowlands, 1841-1904 1
Steell, Sir John Robert, Knight, Sculptor, 1804-1891 1
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 1
Stothard, Thomas, artist, 1755-1834 1
Stuart, John Sobieski Stolberg, Count D'Albanie, (Jacobite Pretender) 1
Syme, John (Writer to the Signet) 1
Thomson, Joseph, 1858–1895 (explorer in Africa) 1
Train, Joseph, antiquary, 1779-1852 1
Tytler, Alexander Fraser, Lord Woodhouselee, historian and lawyer, 1747-1813 1
Tytler, William, of Woodhouselee, lawyer and historian, 1711-1792 1
Waddell, Peter Hately, independent divine, 1817-1891 1
Wallace, Sir William, Knight, guardian of Scotland, d 1305 1
Walsh, James, author and poet, fl. 1903. 1
Winton, Andrew S, art teacher, 1917-2001 1
Wright, Ronald William Vernon Selby, Minister of the Canongate, Edinburgh, 1908-1995 1
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