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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 1531 Collections and/or Records:

Typescripts of poems and songs by Joe Corrie., 1949-1966, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26531-26532
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

Dates: 1949-1966, undated.

Typescripts of poems and songs with titles from A-M by Joe Corrie., 1949-1966, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26531
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

Dates: 1949-1966, undated.

Typescripts of poems and songs with titles from N-Y by Joe Corrie., 1949-1966, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26532
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

Dates: 1949-1966, undated.

Typescripts of poems of Sydney Durward Tremayne probably chosen and arranged for ‘Selected and new poems’., [1973, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26682
Scope and Contents

There are several manuscript and typescript lists of contents, and an author's note (folio 26) which was not published.

Dates: [1973, or before.]

Typescripts of poetry of Joe Corrie., 1928-1967, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26526-26533
Scope and Contents

Joe Corrie wrote a large number of poems, some of which were published in newspapers or in his collections of poetry, Rebel poems’ (London, 1932), “The Image o' God” (Edinburgh, 1937), and ‘Scottish pride’ (Newton Stewart, 1955).

Dates: 1928-1967, undated.

Typescripts of sequence of poems titled 'Love Cycle' and manuscripts/typescripts of several, mostly unpublished early poems., 1931-1946.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/139
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1931-1946.

Typescripts of several poems arranged alphabetically from T-Y., 1947-circa 1948.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/146
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1947-circa 1948.

Typescripts of several unpublishd poems, arranged alphabetically from A-L., 1948-1950.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/142
Scope and Contents From the Series:

During the period of this correspondence Penelope Jardine acted as Muriel Spark’s secretary frequently writing on behalf of Spark. As a result it is not always clear who authored individual letters.

Dates: 1948-1950.

Typescripts of the 1933 edition of 'Seeds in the wind' by William Soutar., [1933, or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8572-8574
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The papers consist of thirty-six sets of loose-leaf quarto sheets, each corresponding to a published volume. Each set has clearly been copied from earlier versions of the poems, and, in some cases, is the final copy used by the publisher.

Dates: [1933, or before.]

Typescripts of the dramatic poem, 'Sweet Largie Bay' by Robert McLellan., 1955.

 File
Identifier: MS.26432
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The poem, which was commissioned by the BBC, was first broadcast in 1956. Both manuscript and typescripts are heavily reworked and contain numerous rewritten pages.

Dates: 1955.

Typescripts of 'The swans of Berwick' by Sydney Durward Tremayne., [1962, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26678
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript with manuscript corrections (folio 1). It includes (folio 3) excerpts of reviews of ‘The rock and the bird’. (ii) Printer's copy (folio 70).

Dates: [1962, or before.]

Typescripts of 'The turning sky' by Sydney Durward Tremayne., [1969, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26680
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescripts with manuscript corrections and additions. (Folio 1.) There are several versions of the longer poems. (ii) Fair typescript (Folio 94.) The order of contents and choice of poems differ from the published edition. (iii) Printer's copy. (Folio l46.)

Dates: [1969, or before.]

Typescripts of unpublished collections of poems of Sir Alexander Gray., [?1921]-[?1928.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26002
Scope and Contents

Includes 'The Book of Duds', ?1921-?1925 (folio l) and 'Later Numbers', ?1922-?1928 (folio 57). There are some critical annotations.

Dates: [?1921]-[?1928.]

Typescripts, undated, of epigrams, a series of riddles, and 'Vocable verses' by William Soutar., [1917-1942.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8623-8624
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: [1917-1942.]

Typescripts, undated, of epigrams, a series of riddles, and 'Vocable verses' by William Soutar., [1917-1942.]

 File
Identifier: MS.8624
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

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.

Dates: [1917-1942.]

Typescripts, undated, of poems of Sydney Durward Tremayne, some of which have manuscript corrections and additions., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.26676
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.

Dates: Mid 20th century-late 20th century.

Typescripts, with a few manuscript corrections, of poems of Alastair Reid in 'Weathering'., [1978, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.27448
Scope and Contents

The typescripts appear to have been made at different times and put together by Alastair Reid. The collection is incomplete; all the translations and several other poems are missing.

Dates: [1978, or before.]

Typescripts, with a few manuscripts of poems in English, by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1930-1939, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26121
Scope and Contents

There are several copies of some of the poems, and a number of title-pages, which suggest that Sydney Goodsir Smith was arranging the poems for publication.

Dates: 1930-1939, undated.

Typescripts with manuscript corrections of 'Radio Forth Ryhmes' by Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1975-1977.

 File
Identifier: MS.26590
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Robert Garioch Sutherland was commissioned by Radio Forth to write and broadcast a light-hearted poem once a week, and he completed a series of a hundred such verses. They are not included in his ‘Complete poetical works’ (Edinburgh, 1983). The manuscript drafts were written on the backs of letters and circulars (the more important of which have been indexed), and other scrap paper.

Dates: 1975-1977.