Letters and papers of Ronald Campbell MacFie, poet and physician (died 1931), who was a friend and contemporary of Herbert Grierson at Aberdeen University., [Circa 1895-1931, or after.]
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Letters, circa 1895-1896, and one of 1927, of Ronald MacFie to Herbert Grierson, concerning personal matters, MacFie's pacifism, metaphysics, and chiefly poetry. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Letters to Grierson concerning MacFie, written after his death in 1931 by various correspondents, chiefly common friends. (Folio 87.)
(iii) Manuscripts and typescripts of MacFie's poems, including a fragment of the first proof of ‘Collected Poems’ (London, 1929), with autograph corrections. The remainder are published in MacFie's ‘Complete Poems’ (London, 1937), except for those on folios 154 and 160, which appear to be unpublished. The poem entitled 'Quater Centenary Ode' (folio 127) is published under the title 'Marischal College' (folio 99). (Folio 105.)
Dates
- Creation: [Circa 1895-1931, or after.]
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Extent
161 Leaves ; Various sizes.
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: Undetermined
Arrangement
161 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1960, by Miss Flora Griersoti, Edinburgh.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
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