Letters. Correspondence.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Pieces of correspondence that are somewhat more formal than memoranda or notes, usually on paper and delivered.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, photographs and papers, circa 1920-1993, of and relating to Edwin and Willa Muir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13226
Scope and Contents
This collection was given to the Library from one of Edwin Muir`s great-nephews and copyright-holders. The core of the collection is a substantial file of letters from both the Muirs to Edwin’s sister Lizzie, and later, to her daughters, dating from 1921-1970. This is family rather than literary correspondence, and gives an insight into the Muirs’ peripatetic lives - often financially difficult but always determinedly creative. The additional papers, including incoming correspondence and...
Dates:
1920-1993.
Letters to William Montgomerie.
File
Identifier: Acc.8240
Scope and Contents
Concerning literary and personal matters.
With five letters of C M Grieve, 28 letters of Edwin Muir, and 12 letters of Willa Muir.
Dates:
1932-1972.
Photocopies of letters to William Montgomerie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6855
Scope and Contents
With 28 letters of Edwin Muir, nine of Willa Muir, and 38 of William Soutar, mostly concerning literary matters.
Dates:
1932-1969.
Six letters to Norman MacCaig, two of Edwin Muir, and one each of C M Grieve, Neil Gunn, Willa Muir and Sean O`Casey.
File
Identifier: Acc.6598
Scope and Contents
On literary and personal matters.
Dates:
1952-1966.