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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 2789 Collections and/or Records:

Typescript, undated, of an intended edition of Sydney Durward Tremayne's 'Collected poems'., Mid 20th century-late 20th century.

 Item
Identifier: MS.26683
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.

Typescript, with annotations by Robert Graves, of Ruthven Todd's poem 'Meeting again', followed by signed offprints of some of Todd's poems and articles., [1968, or before.]

 File
Identifier: MS.26890, folios 2-33
Scope and Contents From the Series:

These papers are composite manuscripts formed from various accessions. The source of acquisition of each of the accessions is recorded under the relevant description

Dates: [1968, or before.]

Typescript, with manuscript corrections of ‘Lyrics of Pierre de Ronsard, Vandomois’, chosen and translated by Charles Graves., 1966.

 File
Identifier: MS.27478
Scope and Contents

The typescript is preceded by the manuscript of the 'Biographical Introduction' (folio 1), and followed by two colour proofs of the dust-jacket (folio 165).

Dates: 1966.

Typescripts, 1961, of three versions of Alastair Fowler, "The Confidence Man", including copies of three associated letters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8703
Scope and Contents

With typescript, 1965, of Kitty W Scoular, "Natural Magic", and a photocopy of the Blage Manuscript, circa 1530-1550.

Dates: 1961-1965 and undated.

Typescripts and corrected proofs of collections of poetry., 1927-1929.

 File
Identifier: MS.27483
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with a few manuscript corrections, of Lady Margaret Sackville, ‘Romantic ballads’ (Edinburgh, 1927) (folio 1); (ii) Typescript of Sir Alexander Gray, 'Gossip’ (Edinburgh, 1928) (folio 13); (iii) Two sets of page-proofs of Marion Angus, ‘The singin' lass’ (Edinburgh, 1929) (folio 35); (iv) Page-proofs of Robert Crawford, ‘In quiet fields’ (Edinburgh, 1929) (folio 87).

Dates: 1927-1929.

Typescripts and manuscripts of poems and poetry collections by Ian Rankin., 1978-2016, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.50516
Scope and Contents The poems are in a variety of manuscript, typescript, and published format. They are arranged in two series: individual poems and collections of poems. Within each series, the poems are arranged alphabetically, or in original order, as noted. Individual Poems by Ian Rankin.Publication, circa 1983, of ‘Sharp Edges’ periodical featuring poem 'Another Scene with Pick-Up' by Ian Rankin. 3 copies. Second and third copies include unbound score, “I’ve Got the Maggot (I)”....
Dates: 1978-2016, undated.

Typescripts and manuscripts of poems, articles and plays of John Morrison Caie., 1st half of 20th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.9890
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follow: (i) Typescripts, 1932-1948, undated, of apparently unpublished poems (folio 1); (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of apparently unpublished articles (folio 72) (iii) Manuscript, undated, of an untitled and apparently unpublished one-act play (folio 92).

Dates: 1st half of 20th century.

Typescripts and manuscripts of poetry of Robert Crawford, with correspondence concerning Crawford's poetry., 1920-1930, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26025
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript of ‘In quiet fields’ marked up for printing, 1929 (folio l) (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems, 1920, 1927-1928, undated (folio 56); (iii) Correspondence about Robert Crawford's poetry, 1925-1930 (folio 84).

Dates: 1920-1930, undated.

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

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26678-26679
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: [1962, or before.]

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

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26680-26681
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: [1969, or before.]

Typescripts and published versions of several poems arranged alphabetically from M-S., 1945-1951.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11621/145
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: 1945-1951.