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Corrected manuscripts of three poems, undated, in Gaelic of Maoilios M Caimbeul.

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Identifier: Acc.9534
Scope and Contents

With inscribed copies of Caimbeul`s poetry collections, "Eileanan" (1980) and "Bailtean" (1987).

Dates: 1980-1987 and undated.

Corrected proofs of John Bellany and Alan Bold, "Homage to MacDiarmid".

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Identifier: Acc.9156
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With lithographic plates, and manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem.

Dates: circa 1986.

Corrected typescripts of "Brand the Builder" by Tom Scott.

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Identifier: Acc.12273
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Includes artwork for the Ember Press edition of "Brand the Builder", and typescripts of other poems.

Dates: circa 1974-1975.

Correspondence and literary papers, including articles, reviews, lectures and broadcasts, of Janet Adam Smith.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12342/1-203
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Includes correspondence concerning her own writing and her work on John Buchan, Walter Scott and Robert Louis Stevenson.

Dates: 1930-2005.

Correspondence and manuscripts of Agnes Ethel Mackay (died 1980).

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Identifier: MSS.26891-26894
Scope and Contents

Agnes Mackay was born and educated in Scotland, but spent much of her life in France. During the German Occupation, she lived in St Tropez with her cousin, Marion Melville, and they moved to Paris after the war. Her publications included poetry, biographies of Paul Valery and Arthur Melville, and critical works on art and literature.

Dates: 1917-1976, undated.

Correspondence and other papers of John Richardson, of Kirklands, Writer to the Signet, and his family.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3989-3992
Scope and Contents

A note on John Richardson's children will be found in MS.3989, folio i.

Dates: 19th century.

Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7125 Box 1(1)-Box 46(2)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1962-1976, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Alexander 'Jupiter' Carlyle, Minister of Inveresk, and of his trustees and later relations.

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Identifier: MSS.23761-23930
Scope and Contents

Alexander Carlyle's papers consist chiefly of journals, sermons, lectures, autobiographical writings, writings on various topics, poetry and papers on church and other affairs. The later papers (MSS.23927-23930) consist of a list of his books, excerpts from his writings and excerpts of proceedings in the action against him by the Presbytery of Dalkeith.

Dates: 1743-1944, undated.

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Manuscripts. 416
Letters. Correspondence. 259
Typescripts. 242
Correspondence. 178
Notes. 147
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Drafts. Documents. 105
Copies. Derivative objects. 99
Notebooks. 99
Microfilms. 97
Articles. 67
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 60
Photographs. 58
Translations. Documents. 58
Short stories. 52
Photocopies. 48
Plays. 48
Diaries. 47
Lists. 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
Genealogies. 24
Fragments. 23
Inscriptions. 23
Publications. 23
Histories. 22
Excerpts. 21
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Printed materials. Object genre. 20
Annotations. 19
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Language
English 708
Undetermined 358
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 74
Latin 50
Multiple languages 28
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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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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
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 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) 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) 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
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
MacDonald, Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair, poet, ca. 1698-ca. 1770 2
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 2
MacMhuirich family (Gaelic poets) 2
MacMhuirich, Niall, ca. 1637-1726 2
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