Poetry.
Found in 1531 Collections and/or Records:
Fragmentary manuscripts and typescripts of individual poems in and sections of 'Mature Art' by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., 1938, undated.
Included are typescripts (folios 52-74) closely related to ‘In memoriam James Joyce’ but addressed to the 16th-century Italian poet, Teofilo Folengo.
Fragmentary manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of ‘In memoriam James Joyce’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’., [?1937-?1938.]
The papers include two versions of the author's preface (folios 8-25) and several longer sections of the poem (folios 94-187).
Fragments of the Greek poets, collected by John Callander of Craigforth., 1750, 1755.
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Fragments of the Greek poets, collected by John Callander of Craigforth, volume I, titled 'Collectanea seu Παρέκβολαι ad Σύλλογην fragmentorum poætarum Græcorum illustrandam.', [?1750-?1755.]
The manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries include the ‘Hawthornden Manuscripts’, MSS.2053-2067, the papers of William Drummond of Hawthornden and of his uncle, William Fowler.
Fragments of the manuscript of ‘The Lusiad’, a translation by William Mickle of Camoëns' epic, first published in 1776; with a few papers concerning the publication., [1776, or before.]
Fragments of verse by Robert Louis Stevenson, addressed to his wife, Fanny Stevenson, titled, 'What can I wish, what can I promise, dear', with notes by Everard Meynell., 1887.
All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.
Framed items relating to 'Broadsheet' edition ten, containing press cuttings, correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts., 1970-1971, undated.
Framed items relating to 'Broadsheet' edition three, containing press cuttings, correspondence and typescripts., 1967-1968.
Further offprints and cuttings of journal articles and newspaper contributions by MacDonald. , 1910-1924.
464 folios and newspaper cuttings. A note by MacDonald at the beginning states that it was begun in October 1910 and completed in 1924. The volume brings together offprints of journal articles and press cuttings of letters and contributions of MacDonald to newspapers. The Gaelic songs or poetry he quotes in the newspaper articles in this volume is usually traditional or composed by other named poets; for his own original poetry see Acc.13587/3.
'Further verse', by Ernest W J Nicholson., Undated.
Gaelic material, chiefly plays and broadcasts, of Hector MacIver., 1934-1962, undated.
Gaelic songs and verse., 1752-1823 and undated
Gaelic songs assembled by Rev. Donald MacNicol and his son Dugald, containing Ossianic poetry, versions of the spiritual songs of Dugald Buchanan, and songs of Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre and other poets contemporary with the collectors, not all of them identified. Most of the material is in the form of single sheets or sheets folded into small booklets. With a few items of correspondence.
Gaelic songs from the song collection of Rev. Dr Alexander Irvine., ca. 1800
Galley proofs of 'Collected poems' by Robert Garioch, with manuscript corrections by Sutherland., August 1976.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Galley proofs of ‘Gleanings by an undergraduate’ and ‘But the Earth abideth’, and page proofs of ‘The solitary way’, ‘Riddles in Scots’ and other individual poems., [1923, or before-1943, or before.]
William Soutar's output of work, most of it produced during the last thirteen bed-ridden years of his life, is quite remarkable. Apart from his regular and lively correspondence, and his poetry both in English and in Scots, he left a long sequence of diaries and journals, as well as a record of his dreams extending over more than twenty years.
Genealogical notes and miscellaneous papers, of Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux, and his family., 1755-1807, undated.
Included are pages from Charles Grant's ‘Mémoires’ and verses by members of his family.
'Genealogie of the wholl Nobility of Scotland ... since ye reign of K. Orbred ye It.... By H. R. by comand of HMK’., 1685.
Genealogies and other matter relating to the Richardson family, bound up with 'The Late John Richardson', by Lord Moncrieff, extracted from the 'North British Review', December 1864., 19th century.
A note on John Richardson's children will be found in MS.3989, folio i.
General correspondence of Christopher Murray Grieve., 1929-1981, undated.
The writers include friends of Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’, publishers, and literary agents. While some of the letters discuss his work or reflect his political affiliations, many are requests to use his poems, or invitations to give speeches. In some cases, MacDiarmid used the backs of the letters for notes and drafts of poems.
General correspondence of Sydney Durward Tremayne, chiefly about poetry., 1947-1986, undated.
The writers, who sometimes enclosed poems in their letters, include Norman MacCaig, Frederick Pratt Green and Sylvia Seeker.
German manuscript, 18th or 19th century, possibly poetry., 18th century-19th century.
With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.
Glossary of Gaelic terms connected with ‘music, poetry, dancing and oratory’ compiled by Angus Fraser., [1855, or after.]
‘Grammaticae Latinae Institutiones’, part I, by Thomas Ruddiman (Edinburgh, 1725), interleaved with autograph notes of Ruddiman., 1725.
Grangerised and annotated copy of ‘Hamewith’ (Aberdeen, 1900) by Charles Murray., 1900-1908, undated.
The insertions are chiefly cuttings of reviews, with a few printed poems, 1900-1908, undated.