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Album of ‘Jacobite relics’, containing printed and manuscript material and portraits, formerly owned, perhaps started, by James Maidment, and containing additions made by a later owner.
Collection of state papers of the reigns of James VI and Charles I made by Sir James Balfour of Denmilne, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
The collection is known both as the `Denmilne State Papers` and the `Denmilne Collection`. Less formally it is often referred to as the `Denmilne Manuscripts`.
Commonplace book of the Earl of Buchan.
Corrected manuscript and printed version of poem of David Morrison, "Sterk Vision".
Corrected manuscript and typescript drafts of 19 poems of Roderick Watson.
Corrected manuscript and typescript drafts of 190 poems of Duncan Glen.
Corrected manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and a play of David Morrison.
Corrected proofs of John Bellany and Alan Bold, "Homage to MacDiarmid".
With lithographic plates, and manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem.
Jacobite papers deriving from W B Blaikie`s collection.
Including:
manuscript draft report, circa 1745, on Sir John Cope`s military operations
manuscript verses, 1745, on Gladsmuir
"A Chronological Table of Military Operations in Great Britain, 1745-1746".
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Literary papers of Stewart Conn.
Literary papers of the poet and author, Alastair Reid (born 1926).
Born in Whithorn and educated at St Andrews, Alastair Reid lived in Spain and Latin America for many years, translating from Spanish as well as writing his own poetry and prose. His papers reflect these different kinds of work.
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of single poems and small collections of poems by various poets.
Manuscript and typescript drafts of a sequence of seven poems of Tom Leonard, "Situations Theoretical and Contemporary".
The contents are as follows:
Manuscript and typescript drafts of the second, third, fourth, sixth, seventh, tenth and eleventh poems from Situations Theoretical and Contemporary (Newcastle: Galloping Dog Press, 1986).
Manuscript and typescript drafts of five George Bruce poems.
Manuscript corrected draft of poem of Hamish Henderson, "The Flying o` Life and Daith".
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of collection of poems of Joseph MacLeod, "An Old Olive Tree" (1971).
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of four poems of Alan Riddell.
Manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of poems of Alan Jackson.
Poems and notebooks of Alan Jackson, Edinburgh poet, some of them used in his book 'Underwater wedding' and 'Salutations'.