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Neill, William (poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1922-2010. - 2010

Biography

For a biographical account see 'An tuil: anthology of 20th century Scottish Gaelic verse' (Polygon: Edinburgh, 1999) by Ronald Black, pages 787-789.

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Letters of John Manson concerning Victor Serge and letters of D W Dörrbecker, Duncan Glen, T S Law and William Neil.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12063
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of George Hardie and Neil Mathers.

Dates: 1981-2001.

Letters of William Neill to David Morrison., 1968-1969.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6741/26
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, Christopher Murray Grieve, Alexander Scott, and Sydney Goodsir Smith, on literary and personal matters.

Dates: 1968-1969.

Letters to Tom Pow from several literary figures.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11195
Scope and Contents

Includes:

12 letters, 1977-1978, of C M Grieve;

letter, undated, of Karl Miller;

letter, 1969, of Edwin Morgan;

letter, 1992, of William Neill;

letter, 1989, of Alastair Reid.

one letter

Dates: 1969-1992 and undated.

Literary correspondence (circa 5000 letters) of William Neill.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11673
Scope and Contents

Correspondence concerns poetry and poetry publications in Scots and Gaelic.

Dates: 1955-1998.

Video tape of a recording of a poetry reading by Joy Hendry, Norman MacCaig, William Neill and Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12310
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Valda Grieve, Brian Merriken Hill, Henry Mair, William Neill and Jim C Wilson.

Dates: circa 1982-2003.