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Papers of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland, and his father.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.26561-26671

Scope and Contents

Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.

Dates

  • Creation: 1895-1983, undated.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

111 Volumes

Language of Materials

Undetermined

Arrangement

The papers are arranged as follows. MSS.26561-26571. Correspondence MSS.26572-26583. Notebooks MSS.26584-26595. Drama MSS.26608-26614. Prose MSS.26615-16619. Readings and lectures MSS.26620-26636. Work by other writers MSS.26637-26669. Personal and family papers MSS.26670-26671. Miscellaneous papers

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Bought, 1984.

Bibliography

Several collections of Robert Garioch Sutherland's poems and some plays were published; his ‘Complete poetical works’, edited by Robin Fulton (Edinburgh, 1983), appeared after his death.
Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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