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Manuscripts and typescripts of poems by John Kincaid (1909-1981), the schoolteacher and founder member of the Clyde Group.
Manuscripts of poems by Ruth Munro.
Ruth Munro was the daughter of Robert Henry Munro, an Edinburgh hosiery manufacturer.
These manuscripts are fair copies of later poems written out in coloured inks, in covers decorated by the author.
All the poems in MS.26986 are also included in MS.26985.
Material relating to Thomas Muir, the political reformer.
`Methodus medendi generalis`, a medical treatise with a general survey and three parts, dealing with the head, the chest and the stomach respectively.
Microfilm of collection of papers of Mark Alexander Boyd, including a few of members of his family.
Microfilm of Glenriddell Manuscripts: copies of poems, letters, etc., of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
The contents are as follows:
Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);
Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).
Microfilm of papers of Edwin Muir.
The contents are as follows:
Copy of ‘First poems’ (London, 1925) by Edwin Muir, with numerous manuscript corrections and notes, [1925, or after], by the poet (MS.19651);
Copy of ‘Chorus of the newly dead’ (London, 1926) by Edwin Muir, with Muir's corrections, [1926, or after] (MS.19652);
Manuscript and typescript drafts and fair copies of poems, [?1942-?1959], by Edwin Muir (MS.19653);
Notebook, 1947-1948, of Edwin Muir (MS.19663).
Microfilm of poems, epigrams, epitaphs, etc., in the hand of William Drummond of Hawthornden, chiefly of his own composition, with some copies of the work of other writers.
Microfilm of the Glenriddell Manuscripts, copies of poems and letters of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.
Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);
Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).
Microfilm of three notebooks, undated, of William Motherwell, the first containing 'The crust of comfort being a short treatise expressly written for the instruction and edification of Old Maids by Jacob Ebenezer Jogtrot B.A. of Brazen Nose College Oxford', the other two miscellaneous poems, copies of ballads, and other notes.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Miscellaneous documents and letters.
Miscellaneous material, mostly of a religious nature.
Miscellaneous notes, letters and other items.
Miscellaneous small collections of letters and papers.
Miscellany of letters and documents of African explorers, missionaries, and administrators.
Notes, mainly on geometry, by James Moor, Professor of Greek at Glasgow University.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).
Papers of George Bruce.
Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems and 89 letters and copies of letters.