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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:

Correspondence and papers, chiefly undated, of the family of Forbes of Culloden., [1625-1800.]

 File
Identifier: MS.2970
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) General correspondence (folio 1);(ii) Papers concerning property of the Forbeses: Ferintosh (including Inverallochie's debts and the Ferintosh excise) (folio 41) and lands in general (folio 59);(iii) Papers concerning private business (folio 65);(iv) Inverness: petitions of the town for relief from taxation, levies, and the maintenance of the garrison, and instructions to John Forbes, 2nd of Culloden, as...
Dates: [1625-1800.]

Correspondence and papers of and concerning John MacDougall Hay., 1904-1956, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26793
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, chiefly concerning 'Gillespie', 1904-1922 (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and cuttings of poetry, drama and other work by John MacDougall Hay, 1908-1914, undated (folio 61); (iii) Presscuttings about Hay and 'Gillespie', 1913-1956 (folio 104).

Dates: 1904-1956, undated.

Correspondence and papers of and concerning Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes., 1714-1782, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.25281-25292
Scope and Contents

Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes (1692-1751) was MP for Haddington Burghs, 1722-1734, and Auditor-General of the Exchequer, 1721-1751. He married Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington in 1725.

Dates: 1714-1782, undated.

Correspondence and papers of and relating to Sir Walter Scott and the Scott family., 1681-1853.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12092/87-101
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of more than 3000 documents, dating from the 1420s to 1980s, mainly relating to the family of Skene of Rubislaw (near Aberdeen). At its centre are the papers of James Skene (1775-1864), artist and friend of Sir Walter Scott. Skene corresponded with notable individuals in the cultural circles of his day and was connected with such organizations as the Royal Institution, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute for the...
Dates: 1681-1853.

Correspondence and papers of Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson., 1854-1908, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20025-20029
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

There are letters and papers of Mary Haldane’s sisters Jane and Elizabeth, and her brother Sir John Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and his wife, Ghetal, née Herschell. There are also a few letters and papers of Mrs Haldane's daughter Elizabeth S Haldane, and collections of press-cuttings relating to her son Richard, Viscount Haldane.

Dates: 1854-1908, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Helen B Cruickshank., 1909-1975, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26706
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence, mostly concerning Helen Cruickshank's publications, 1909- 1975, undated (folio 1); (ii) Copies of poems by Helen Cruickshank and others, 1917-1972, undated (folio 68); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1928-1975, undated (folio 100). They include autobiographical notes written by Helen Cruickshank for use with an application for a grant (folio l09).

Dates: 1909-1975, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the younger children of Sir James Dalrymple., 1752-1808, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.25286-25292
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Sir James Dalrymple, 2nd Baronet of Hailes (1692-1751) was MP for Haddington Burghs, 1722-1734, and Auditor-General of the Exchequer, 1721-1751. He married Lady Christian Hamilton, daughter of Thomas, 6th Earl of Haddington in 1725.

Dates: 1752-1808, undated.

Correspondence and papers relating to 'Brenva', by Graham Brown., 1907, 1923-1951, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/164-193
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1907, 1923-1951, undated.

Correspondence and poems of Robert Burns., 1787-1795, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.15951
Scope and Contents

A list of references is given at the beginning of the manuscript. Also included is the marriage contract, 1713, of Samuel Brown and Agnes Logie (folio 38).

Dates: 1787-1795, undated.

Correspondence and related papers concerning the education of the 3rd Earl of Minto and of his children., 1831-1890.

 File
Identifier: MS.12260
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Latin prose and verses by the 3rd Earl of Minto while at Eton, 1832 (folio 1); (ii) College accounts and letters from Charles Perry to the 3rd Earl, while at Trinity College, Cambridge, 1835-1837 (folio 43); (iii) Correspondence of the 3rd Earl relating to the education of his sons at Eton, Trinity College, Cambridge, and Saxe-Weimar, 1858-1867 (folio 59).

Dates: 1831-1890.

Correspondence and related papers concerning the education of the 3rd Earl of Minto and of his children., 1831-1890.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12260-12261
Scope and Contents From the Series: William Hugh Elliot Murray Kynynmound was the eldest surviving son of the 2nd Earl of Minto, who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1814 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1859. He was Member of Parliament for Hythe, 1837-1841, for Greenock, 1847-1852, and for Clackmannan and Kinross, 1857-1859; served as chairman of the Lunacy Commission, Scotland, 1857. As an active back-bench MP and peer, who was closely related to some of the leading political figures of his time - he was, for example, the...
Dates: 1831-1890.

Correspondence between Lord Byron and correspondents with surnames from Nathan-Rowley., 1807-1823, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.43504
Scope and Contents The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. When first made available for consultation, the letters of Rocca had been placed before those of Ridgeway. These have now been changed so that they adhere to the alphabetical arrangement and the folio numbers updated accordingly.Further correspondence has been added to the end of the sequence. Unpublished poem ‘On reading Lord Byron’s Bride of Abydos’, by A Baldry, beginning 'The tale is...
Dates: 1807-1823, undated.

Correspondence mostly of Scottish authors to Robert Nye on literary matters., 1950, 1963-1974.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6294/1-40
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

174 letters, 1965-1974, mostly of Scottish authors to Robert Nye on literary matters.

Manuscript and typescript drafts, 1970, of a play, 'Sawney Bean', by Nye and William Watson.

Typescript drafts, 1971, of a play, 'Visakha', by Nye.

Dates: 1950, 1963-1974.

Correspondence of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe concerning his antiquarian and literary interests, and his social life., 1746-1747, 1809-1848, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19406, folios 1-258
Scope and Contents

Most of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe’s own letters are in the form of drafts. The correspondence is followed (folio 216) by a collection of poems in different hands and 20th-century transcripts of letters to Alicia Baird of Newbyth, 1746-1747.

Dates: 1746-1747, 1809-1848, undated.