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Poetry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .

Found in 1529 Collections and/or Records:

19th century printed material, mostly of or relating to Professor James Lorimer., 1862-1933, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8695/226-251
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1862-1933, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Printed material, including lectures, reports, poetry and minutes.

Account-book of Andrew Fletcher, auditor of exchequer, containing also some legal notes, memoranda, notes on Terence, and a poem., 1744-1747.

 Item
Identifier: MS.17064
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1744-1747.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun (previously of Innerpeffer), with some of Abernethy, Lords Saltoun. / Financial papers of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun.

'Account of the distribution of the extraordinarys and contingencies issued out for services performed in North Britain during the late rebellion', dated ‘Pay Office, May 14th, 1717’., 1717, [?1720.]

 File
Identifier: MS.177
Scope and Contents An account of payments for military equipment, provisions, transport, ‘intelligence’, hospitals, etc., during the rising of 1715.Inserted at the end is "The New Year’s Gift. A Poem", [?1720], of 74 lines on the birth of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, on an elaborately ornamented sheet 18¾ inches x 15 inches (folio iii). It begins:"Tis well ! Britannia’s vows and ardent prayers At last have scaled the skies and reach’d th’ Almighty ears."and ends:...
Dates: 1717, [?1720.]
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Lauriston Castle collection.

Account of the founding of the Annual Club, Glasgow, by the founder, James McNab., 1823, 1826.

 File
Identifier: MS.2789
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Many of the manuscripts contain notes, indexes, etc., by George Neilson.

Dates: 1823, 1826.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts collected by George Neilson, Glasgow, author of ‘Trial by combat’ (Glasgow, 1890) and joint-editor of the ‘Acta Dominorum Concilii, 1496-1501’ (Edinburgh, 1918).

Accounts of Sir Walter Scott and other documents relating to him., 1760-1838.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.916-922
Dates: 1760-1838.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.

‘Africa’, a poem of T E Leonard Jones, whose climax is a eulogy of David Livingstone., 1860.

 Item
Identifier: MS.20311, folios 94-98
Dates: 1860.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.

‘Album', compiled by James Hopkirk, Dalbeth., 1826.

 Item
Identifier: MS.3062
Scope and Contents

A collection of curious facts, comic anecdotes, verse, etc., chiefly of Scottish interest, including 'Manners of the inhabitants of Glasgow in former times' (folio 31) and a list of proverbs (folio 35).

Dates: 1826.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts formerly in the possession of the Reverend Dr John Stirton.

Album containing pencil drawings, water-colours, and poems by Edward Lear., 1829, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.3321 [H.S.954]
Dates: 1829, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and papers pasted or inserted loose in printed books, inscriptions written in books, etc., in the Hugh Sharp Collection.

Album containing verses by Andrew Elliot, Admiral John Elliot, the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto, George Ellis and the Countess of Malmesbury., 1791-1797.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12823
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1791-1797.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.

Album labelled, 'Letters &c. from 1791 to 1796 from George Ellis, Esq., to his [half-] sister Elizabeth Lindsay, afterwards Mrs. Schutz', but really a commonplace-book, containing poems, riddles, etc., of Ellis and others., 1791-1796.

 Item
Identifier: MS.2907
Scope and Contents

Poems ascribed to George Ellis occur on folios 16 verso-20, 28 verso-39 verso. A list of letters of Ellis to Miss Lindsay, found loose, has been pasted on to folio 1. The name 'E. Lindsay' appears on folio ii verso and that of 'Aug. Schutz' on folio 26 verso.

Dates: 1791-1796.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Letters and papers associated with the son and daughters of Allan Ramsay, the painter, and their relations.

Album of caricatures by John A Hipkins: '6. Musicians'., 1876-1929, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2924
Scope and Contents

The caricatures are preceded by a letter of Sir George Henschel enclosing a poem written by him on the death of John A Hipkins, 1933.

Dates: 1876-1929, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins, wood-engraver, with scrap-books containing material collected by or associated with him. / Albums of caricatures by John A Hipkins.

Album of Elizabeth Johnston containing drawings and verses by her friends., 1842-1871, undated.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26259
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.

Dates: 1842-1871, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of the author, Florence Marian McNeill. / Miscellaneous papers of Florence Marian McNeill.

Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12816
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the poems are repeated.

Dates: 1745-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet. / Albums of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot.

Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12817
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the poems are repeated.

Dates: 1745-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet. / Albums of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot.

Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12818
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the poems are repeated.

Dates: 1745-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet. / Albums of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot.

Album of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12819
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Many of the poems are repeated.

Dates: 1745-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet. / Albums of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot.

Album of verses and charades of the 2nd Earl of Minto., 1829-1844.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12834
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1829-1844.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.

Album of verses and masques, chiefly by the 1st Earl of Minto., 1798-1803.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12824
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1798-1803.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.

Album of verses, chiefly by Lady Charlotte Mary Elliot., 1836-1853.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12836
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1836-1853.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.

Album of verses in various hands of members of the Minto family., 1805.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12826
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1805.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family. / Albums of verses in various hands of members of the Minto family.

Album of verses in various hands of members of the Minto family., 1806.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12827
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1806.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family. / Albums of verses in various hands of members of the Minto family.

Album, undated, of verse and prose of the 1st Earl of Minto., Late 18th century-1st quarter of 19th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12825
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: Late 18th century-1st quarter of 19th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.

Albums of published articles and verse by Jan Struther, with related press cuttings., 1914-1955, 1972-2010.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13220/1-16
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1914-1955, 1972-2010.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Literary and personal papers, 1909-1953, of Joyce Anstruther Placzek, known as 'Jan Struther', with related papers, 1954-2010, including printed material and press cuttings.

Albums of verse by Sir Gilbert Elliot., 1745-1777.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12816-12819
Scope and Contents

Many of the poems are repeated.

Dates: 1745-1777.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet.

Albums of verses in various hands of members of the Minto family., 1805-1806.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12826-12827
Scope and Contents From the Series:

As well as material of inherent literary or intellectual interest, the papers in this section, deriving from various members of the family, provide a record of entertainment and leisure in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Dates: 1805-1806.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family. / Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.

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