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34 letters to David Morrison of correspondents including George Mackay Brown, Neil Gunn, and Fionn MacColla, all concerning the 'Scotia Review'; with associated typescripts and page proofs of poems and articles.
Christmas cards and papers of William Wolfe.
The collection consists of fourteen Christmas cards, 1989-2009, of William Wolfe (1924-2010), leader (1969 to 1979) and president (1980-1982) of the SNP. All the cards include a poem and all, but one of them, are illustrated with a photograph.
It also includes three letters, 1992-1994, and a typescript, 6 February 1992, concerning Wolfe`s account of his reaction to the Pope`s visit to Scotland in 1982.
Copies, apparently by Alexander Ross, of Johannes Ferrerius "Historiae Compendium de Origine et Incremento Gordonias Familiae", 1545, and of his own "Suthirlandiae Comitum Annales", 1625.
Indluding:
1. "Vera Narratio...Victoriae...quod Auinum Amen [Glenlivet]... Anno Dmi 1594", with ownership inscription of Robert Gordon and Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun
2. incomplete charter, undated, of John, Earl of Sutherland
3. letters, 1605, 1623 and undated
4. two fragments of a writing excercise, undated
5. poems, undated, mostly of Robert Southwell, with a photocopy of typescript on the poems.
Correspondence and literary papers of the author, Marion C Lochhead (1902-1985).
Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.
Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.
Correspondence and papers of Sir William Craigie (1867-1957), the philologist and lexicographer.
Correspondence and papers of the artist William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) and of his wife Isabella ('Belle') Sutton.
Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of 'Lifeboat and other poems', by George Mackay Brown.
Contains correspondence between George Mackay Brown, Richard Gilbertson and Norah Smallwood concerning Gilbertson's publishing of 'Lifeboat and other poems', with typescripts of several of the poems included in the collection.
Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.
Correspondence, essays, articles, cuttings and other literary papers of Alexander MacDonald, Gaelic scholar, and his daughter Mairi MacDonald, novelist and playwright.
Correspondence, teaching materials and papers of Tom Gourdie, mostly concerning the teaching and promotion of handwriting.
Drafts and corrected typescript of Forbes Macgregor, "The Gowks of Mowdieknowes".
With associated correspondence, and photocopies of a play and three poems.
Family and estate papers of the Oliphant family of Gask.
Ledgers of Alasdair Gray containing diary entries and drafts of works, with typescripts of 'Fleck' and a file of press cuttings.
Eight ledgers or notebooks contain diary entries, draft letters and literary notes and drafts of stories, poems, plays and the novel 'Old men in love'; with six corrected and annotated typescripts of 'Fleck', a play; and a file of cuttings of reviews of the French edition of 'Lean tales'.
Letter and corrected carbon typescripts of six poems by Alastair Reid; with an inscribed copy of "Oddments, inklings, omens, moments: poems" (Boston, 1959).
Letters and papers of Sydney Durward Tremayne (1912-1986), the poet and journalist.
Letters, and related typescripts, to Charles King, mostly of contributors to 'Twelve Modern Scottish Poets' and 'Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets'.
Letters of Agnes Mure Mackenzie to Duncan M Morison, with manuscripts and typescripts of poems.
Letters of and concerning C M Grieve to Ernest Brooks and Barbara Niven.
Includes typescript of "Mature Art".
Letters of and to Naomi Mitchison.
With typescripts, undated, of prose pieces and verse including "Prisoners at War", photographs and press-cuttings.
Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, with some related literary papers and photographs.
Correspondence of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, including enclosures of poems, cuttings and other notes. Many of the poems and acrostics were written by Brown as gifts for special occasions, including one for Crawford's wedding in 1991 to Graham McGirk.
The collection also includes the uncorrected typescript of 'The ballad of the golden bird', published as 'The golden bird' (John Murray, 1987), which Brown dedicated to Kenna Crawford.