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11 letters of George Mackay Brown.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5760
Scope and Contents

With typescripts of his "Lifeboat and Other Poems".

Dates: 1970-1971.

Annotated and corrected typescript of "Scotland, an Anthology" compiled by George Campbell Hay.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10651
Scope and Contents

Includes translations of Gaelic poetry.

Dates: circa 1950-1984.

Christmas cards and papers of William Wolfe.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13602
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of fourteen Christmas cards, 1989-2009, of William Wolfe (1924-2010), leader (1969 to 1979) and president (1980-1982) of the SNP. All the cards include a poem and all, but one of them, are illustrated with a photograph.

It also includes three letters, 1992-1994, and a typescript, 6 February 1992, concerning Wolfe`s account of his reaction to the Pope`s visit to Scotland in 1982.

Dates: 1989-2009

Copies, apparently by Alexander Ross, of Johannes Ferrerius "Historiae Compendium de Origine et Incremento Gordonias Familiae", 1545, and of his own "Suthirlandiae Comitum Annales", 1625.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11085
Scope and Contents

Indluding:

1. "Vera Narratio...Victoriae...quod Auinum Amen [Glenlivet]... Anno Dmi 1594", with ownership inscription of Robert Gordon and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun

2. incomplete charter, undated, of John, Earl of Sutherland

3. letters, 1605, 1623 and undated

4. two fragments of a writing excercise, undated

5. poems, undated, mostly of Robert Southwell, with a photocopy of typescript on the poems.

Dates: 16th century to 17th century.

Copies of ten unpublished poems by Agnes Owens.

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Identifier: Acc.12938
Scope and Contents

Includes poems titled; 'Wallace', 'The barley brew', 'My father', 'Where poppies bloom', 'Satans caves', 'Have we met before', 'The hunter', 'The writer', "Don't give me the Booker", and 'War time'. Most are signed by Agnes Owens, and some have manuscript corrections or revisions.

Dates: Undated.

Corrected manuscript of poem of Iain Crichton Smith, "Returning Exile".

 File
Identifier: Acc.4460
Scope and Contents

With typescript of the poem.

Dates: circa 1968.

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

 File
Identifier: Acc.9156
Scope and Contents

With lithographic plates, and manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem.

Dates: circa 1986.

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

 File
Identifier: Acc.12273
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: circa 1974-1975.

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Manuscripts. 143
Correspondence. 73
Articles. 47
Letters. Correspondence. 47
Drafts. Documents. 46
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Notebooks. 31
Short stories. 31
Plays. 24
Photographs. 21
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 17
Proofs. printed matter 17
Reviews. Document genre 17
Copies. Derivative objects. 15
Speeches. Documents. 14
Novels. 13
Notes. 12
Diaries. 11
Proofs. Printed matter. 11
Translations. Documents. 11
Essays. 10
Photocopies. 9
Accounts. 7
Autobiographies. 6
Biographies. 6
Fiction. 6
Lists. 6
Scripts. Documents 6
Audiocassettes. 5
Books 5
Financial records. 5
Literature (writings). 5
Lectures. 4
Printed materials. Object genre. 4
Stats. Copies. 4
Criticism. 3
Documents. 3
Drawings. Visual works. 3
Excerpts. 3
Fragments. 3
Galley proofs. Proofs (printed matter). 3
Histories. 3
Inscriptions. 3
Lithographs. Planographic prints. 3
Microfilms. 3
Minute books. 3
Publications. 3
Reports. 3
Sound recordings. 3
Transcripts. 3
Videocassettes. 3
Administrative records. 2
Annotations. 2
Bibliographies. 2
Christmas cards. 2
Declarations. 2
Descriptions. Documents. 2
Genealogies. 2
Obituaries. 2
Offprints. 2
Personal papers. 2
Postcards. 2
Professional papers. 2
Radio scripts. 2
Receipts. Financial records. 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Scores 2
Sketches 2
Sketches. 2
Slides. Photographs. 2
Travel journals 2
Travel literature 2
Worksheets. 2
Address books. Reference sources. 1
Albums. 1
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 1
Authors 1
Born digital. 1
Business records. 1
Calligraphy. Visual works. 1
Caricatures. 1
Catalogues. 1
Comedies. 1
Commentaries. 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
Compact discs. 1
DVDs. 1
Dedications. Documents. 1
Dispatches. 1
Drafts. Negotiable instruments. 1
Drama. Literary genre. 1
Engravings. Prints. 1
Envelopes. 1
Estate records. 1
Exhibition catalogues. 1
Extracts. 1
Facsimiles. Reproductions. 1
Fair copies. 1
Genealogy. 1
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Language
English 198
Undetermined 41
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 3
Latin 1
Multiple languages 1
 
Names
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 11
Morrison, Trevor, poet, d 2013 11
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 9
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 8
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 7
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Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 7
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 7
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 7
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 7
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 6
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 4
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 4
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 4
Gray, Alasdair (author) 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 4
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 4
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 4
Akros, literary magazine 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 3
Cencrastus (Scottish literary and cultural magazine) 3
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 3
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 3
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 3
Scotia Review, literary journal 3
Cruickshank, Helen Burness, poet, 1886-1975 2
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 2
Fulton, Robin, poet, b 1937 2
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 2
Lines Review, Scottish poetry journal 2
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 2
Macdonald, Malcolm 'Callum' (printer and publisher) 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Reid, Alexander, playwright, 1914-1982 2
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 2
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Young, Douglas Cuthbert Colquhoun, poet, 1913-1973 2
Abbot, Ian, poet, 1947-1989 1
Adam, James Seymore, newspaper executive, 1907-2003 1
Akros Publications 1
Allan, Jean Mary (librarian and novelist, pseudonym Lennox Allan) 1
Anderson, William C, poet, 1867-1951 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Bellany, John, artist, b 1942 1
Benton, Gorman, poet, fl 1976 1
Black, David MacLeod, poet, b 1941 1
Bochanan, Dùghall, poet, 1716-1768 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Bottrall, Ronald, poet, 1906-1989 1
Broadsheet, poetry magazine 1
Brooks, Ernest, illustrator and painter, 1911-1993: recipient 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, Ian, Professor of Drama, Kingston University, London, b 1945 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, James Hope, poet, fl 1913-1932 1
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Campbell, Donald, poet and dramatist, b 1940 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Canvin, Mary, co-writer of "An Edinburgh Love Story", fl 1994 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Copeland, Fanny Susan, translator and journalist, 1872-1970 1
Corrie, Joseph, miner and playwright, 1894-1968 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Datta, Kitty W Scoular, Head of Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta, née Scoular, b 1930 1
Duncan, Andrew, poet, b 1956 1
Dunnett, Dorothy, novelist and artist, wife of Sir Alastair McTavish, journalist and newspaper editor, née Halliday, 1923-2001 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish, Knight, journalist and newspaper editor, 1908-1998 1
Durrell, Lawrence George, novelist and poet, 1912-1990 1
Edinburgh Review (Scottish cultural magazine, 1969-) 1
Empson, Sir William, Knight, poet and literary critic, 1906-1984 1
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan (poet) (1916-1995) 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Ferrerio, Giovanni, philosopher, poet, historian, 1502-1579 1
Fletcher, Andrew, of Saltoun, patriot, ? 1653-1716. 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980: recipient 1
Gardner, Archibald Ward, physician, 1923-1994 1
Garnett, Edward William, publisher's editor and writer, 1868-1937 1
Gilchrist, James, correspondent of William Soutar, poet, fl 1940: recipient 1
Gillies, Valerie, poet, née Simmons, b 1948 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008: recipient 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Guthrie, John, Chief Medical Officer, Kuwait Oil Company, composer, 1913-1986 1
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 1
Hunter, Margaret, wife of T Drummond, Secretary and Treasurer of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Group, d ? 1999 1
Hunter, T Drummond, Secretary and Treasurer of the Royal Edinburgh Hospital Group, 1918-2002 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Huxley, Aldous Leonard, writer, 1894-1963 1
Jackson, Alan, poet, b 1938 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
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