Poetry.
Found in 1529 Collections and/or Records:
Copy, undated, of a poem by James Beattie, 'To Mr. Alexander Ross at Lochlee', from the 'Aberdeen Journal', June 1786, inserted in ‘Lives of the Scotish poets’ (Edinburgh, 1804) by David lrving., 1786.
These are the more substantial of the letters, papers and notes found in the Lauriston Castle Collection of printed books, whether pasted or inserted loosely into volumes or as inscriptions written in books.
Corrected galley and page-proofs of ‘In memoriam James Joyce’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’, and related printed material., [1955, or before.]
Corrected page proofs of 'Contemporary Scottish verse, 1959-1969', edited by Norman MacCaig and Alexander Scott., [1970, or before.]
The comedy was first produced by the Citizens' Theatre, Glasgow, in 1954, and later broadcast and televised.
Corrected proofs of a poem, 'The mad banker of Amsterdam’ and an article, 'On the cockney school of poetry' by John Gibson Lockhart., [1817, or before; 1820, or before.]
The proof of 'The mad banker of Amsterdam' begins on folio 1, that of 'On the Cockney school of poetry' on folio 2.
Corrected proofs of ‘Figs and thistles’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with a typescript of the preliminary pages, and drafts and a typescript of the 'Word Leet'., 1959.
A list of the contents by the editor, R L C Lorimer, is included (folio i).
Corrected proofs of the first version of 'Stony limits and other poems' by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid', including the poems marked for deletion., [1934, or before.]
The publication had reached the stage of page-proofs when it was decided to delete or alter some of the poems which might give offence.
Corrected typescript of ‘A handful of earth’ by William Soutar., [1936.]
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.
Corrected typescript of ‘Brief words’ by William Soutar., [1935, or before.]
A corrected typescript of an early selection of epigrams, of which numbers 6, 12, 17, 21, 39, 45, 46, 79 and 90 are apparently unpublished.
Corrected typescripts and proofs of "Kynd Kittock's land" by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1964-1965.
The poem was originally commissioned by BBC television and broadcast in 1964. It was published in book form the following year. These papers contain the text of both the broadcast and printed versions.
Corrected typescripts of poems by Marion Lochead., 1967, undated.
Corrected typescripts of poems, 'Poems for Joan', by Ian Brown., 1996-2000.
These poems were published by Perth Theatre in 2001.
Corrected typescripts of poems, 'Poems for Joan', by Ian Brown, containing typescripts of poems sent to Joan Knight, with an explanatory note of Ian Brown., 1996-2002.
These poems were published by Perth Theatre in 2001.
Correspondence, 1800-1840, of the Russells of Ashiesteel and their relatives, the Halls of Dunglass; with other papers., 1788-1840, undated.
Correspondence, 1859-1910, undated, of Samuel Brown, the chemist, and his family; with related papers., 1836-1910, undated.
Among Samuel Brown's more frequent correspondents, outside the family, are Thomas Aird, George Combe (the phrenologist), Sydney Dobell, and Coventry Patmore; those of his widow and daughter (the donor) include Alexander Anderson ('Surfaceman') and Harriet Martineau.
Correspondence and family papers of the Marquesses and Marchionesses of Lothian, received unbound., 1729-1900, undated.
Correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Elizabeth Oliver., 1905-1946, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to Elizabeth Oliver, 1920-1945, undated, with a telegram to her husband Major Edward Oliver, 1905 (folio 1); (ii) Miscellaneous papers including verses, accounts, inventories, invitations, menu cards, and newspaper cuttings, chiefly concerning India, 1918-1946, undated (folio 21); (iii) Newspaper cuttings, 1912-1946, undated (folio 137).
Correspondence and other papers of Rachel Annand Taylor; with copies of poems in several hands., 1892, 1901-1965, undated.
The contents are as follows: (i) Copies of poems, 1892, undated, by different authors in several hands. (Folio 1.) (ii) Correspondence, 1901-1965, undated, including a few accounts and photographs. Many of the letters, 1962-1965, are written to Mrs Taylor's nephew, Walter Annand, on the possibility of publishing parts of 'Renaissance France'. (Folio 25.)