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Papers of John McVie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4813
Scope and Contents

Mainly concerning his work as a Burns scholar.

Dates: 20th century.

Photocopy of letter of Robert Burns to William Cruikshank.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.11053
Scope and Contents

Includes the verses "Written in Friar`s Carse Hermitage".

Dates: ? 1788.

Photographs, letters and newspaper cuttings concerning Isabella Burns Begg, youngest sister of the poet Robert Burns, and her descendents, including the Glasgow artists, the Begg sisters.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11193
Scope and Contents

Includes family tree and biographical notes on the members of the Burns Begg family who feature in this collection, including a letter of Gilbert Burns, brother of the poet, to Robert Burns Begg.

Dates: circa 1822-1995.

Poem of Robert Bridges, "To Robert Burns"

 File
Identifier: Acc.5617
Scope and Contents

With letter of Bridges to Sir Henry Newbolt.

Dates: 1901.

Robert Burns: A volume concerning the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the poet`s birth gathered by the Boston Burns Club.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10847
Scope and Contents

Contains autograph letters, engraved portraits of Burns and circa 60 engravings illustrating the poems. Includes original letter of Burns (letter 712). Pamphlet "Celebration of the Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Robert Burns..." is inlaid into the volume.

Dates: 1859.

Verse letter, ? 1787, of Robert Burns to John Renton of Lamerton.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8574
Scope and Contents

With a letter, ? 1851, of Robert Chambers to J C Renton concerning the manuscript.

Dates: ? 1787, ? 1851

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  • Names: Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) X
  • Subject: Correspondence. X

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Subject
Letters. Correspondence. 28
Poetry. 7
Correspondence. 4
Copies. Derivative objects. 3
Manuscripts. 2
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English 32
Scots 1
 
Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Begg, Isabella Burns, sister of Robert Burns, poet, 1771-1858 2
Chambers, Robert (publisher and writer) 2
Dunlop, Frances Anna (of Dunlop, née Wallace ) 2
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) 2
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Amelia, Hill, 1820-1904 (née Paton, Sculptor, wife of David Octavius Hill) 1
Andrew, Elizabeth, lover of Robert Burns, poet, née Paton, fl 1786 1
Barnett, David, Curator of Lady Stair's House Museum, Edinburgh, fl 1918-1936 1
Begg, Isabella, 1807-1886 (daughter of Isabella, sister of Robert Burns, poet) 1
Bell, Henry Glassford, 1803-1874 (writer and sheriff) 1
Blackie, John Stuart, Professor of Greek, University of Edinburgh, 1809-1895 1
Boston Burns Club 1
Bridges, Robert Seymour (poet) 1
Brown, John, 1784-1858 (minister of the United Presbyterian Church, Theologian) 1
Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet, known as 'Lord Byron') (1788-1824) 1
Carnegie, Andrew, philanthropist, 1835-1919 1
Chalmers, Thomas, 1780–1847 (Principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Cockburn, Henry, Lord Cockburn, Senator of the College of Justice, 1779-1854 1
Craig, Robert, Beith, fl 1898 1
Croker, John Wilson (politician) 1
Cruikshank, William, Master, Royal High School, Edinburgh, d 1795 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, 1837-1924 (travel writer) 1
Cumming, Constance Frederica Gordon-, travel writer, 1837-1924 1
Dick, Robert, c 1733-1824 1
Gillespie, John, Captain, fl 1790 1
Graham, Robert, 12th of Fintry, 1749-1815: recipient 1
Grose, Francis, antiquary, 1731-1791 1
Hill, Ann, 1804-1841 (née Macdonald, wife of David Ocatvius Hill) 1
Hill, David Octavius, photographer, 1802-1870 1
Keats, John, poet, 1795-1821 1
MacKay, Aeneas Thomas, publisher, Stirling, fl 1905-1933 1
Macdonald, Ian H, fl 1968-1974 1
Macdonald, Jane, fl 1840-1853 1
McCandlish, John (Manager of the Scottish Union Insurance Office, Edinburgh) 1
McLehose, Agnes (née Craig, pseudonym 'Clarinda', correspondent of Robert Burns, poet) 1
McVie, John, Keeper of the Registers of Scotland, 1888-1967 1
Merkley, E May, Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada, fl 1918-1936: recipient 1
Millais, John Everett, Sir, 1st Baronet, 1829–1896 (painter) 1
Miller, Patrick, of Dalswinton, banker and inventor, 1731-1815 1
Moffat, Robert, missionary, 1795-1883 1
Muir, Robert (wine and spirit merchant) 1
Nasmyth, James Hall, engineer, 1808-1890 1
Newbolt, Henry John, Sir, Knight (poet) (1862-1938) 1
Niven, William, merchant in Maybole, 1759-1844 1
Renton, J C, correspondent of Robert Chambers, publisher, fl 1851: recipient 1
Renton, John, of Lamerton, fl 1787: recipient 1
Riddell, Maria (poet, née Woodley, then Riddell, then Fletcher) (1772-1808) 1
Royal Scottish Academy 1
Ruthven, Mary Hamilton, 1789-1885 (née Campbell, wife of 7th Lord Ruthven) 1
Scott, William, Edinburgh, bookbinder, fl 1775-1787 1
Severn, Walter, President of the Dudley Gallery Art Society, 1830-1904: recipient 1
Sharpe, Charles Kirkpatrick, antiquary, 1781-1851 1
Shaw, Sir James, 1st Baronet, Lord Mayor of London, 1764-1843 1
Sloan, Thomas, correspondent of Robert Burns, floruit 1789-1791 1
Smith, James, draper, b.1765 1
Somerville, John, Edinburgh, writer, fl 1791 1
Staig, David, Provost of Dumfries, 1740-1824 1
Stanley, Sir Henry Morton, Knight, explorer, formerly Rowlands, 1841-1904 1
Steell, Sir John Robert, Knight, Sculptor, 1804-1891 1
Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour, novelist, 1850–1894 1
Stuart, John Sobieski Stolberg, Count D'Albanie, (Jacobite Pretender) 1
Thomson, Joseph, 1858–1895 (explorer in Africa) 1
Train, Joseph, antiquary, 1779-1852 1
Waddell, Peter Hately, independent divine, 1817-1891 1
Wallace, Sir William, Knight, guardian of Scotland, d 1305 1
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