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Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26116-26162
Scope and Contents

Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.

Dates: 1922-1980, undated.

Literary papers and correspondence of Sorley Maclean.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14529/1-8
Scope and Contents

Papers include Maclean's notes on literary and historical figures, correspondence with Maclean following the death of his brother Calum, and letters sent to Maclean's wife, Renee, after his death.

The Papers also contain correspondence, invitations and programmes on various literary awards and events at which Maclean was honoured and in attendence.

Dates: 1932-2000.

Literary papers of Alastair Reid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12450
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, poetry worksheets, correspondence with poets, translators and editors, manuscripts and typescripts of prose works, including a book written with Robert Graves, photographs and audio and video tapes.

Dates: 1951-2003.

Literary papers of Alison Fell.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates: 1971-2001.

Literary papers of James B Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11108
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1931-1989.

Literary papers of Janet Caird.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11109
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence, and manuscripts and typescripts of novels, short stories, poems, articles and talks.

Dates: 1928-1990.

Literary papers of Jean Evans, pseudonym Jane Shaw.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12060
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts and correspondence.

Dates: 1928-1971, undated.

Literary papers of John Herdman.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11089
Scope and Contents

Includes literary notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of a novel, a play, short stories, poems, articles and an autobiography.

Dates: 1950-1994.

Literary papers of Raymond Vettese.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12501
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, worksheets, correspondence and photographs.

Dates: 1952-2003.

Literary papers of Séan Rafferty.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12351
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, sketches and ???, typescripts of poems by Ted Hughes, and correspondence with Nicholas Johnson and Kevin Perryman.

Dates: circa 1945-2003.

Literary papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12937
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, articles and plays, and radio scripts, with some related correspondence.

Dates: 1938-1964.

Literary papers of Tom Bryan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13566
Scope and Contents Tom Bryan (1950- ) was born in Winnipeg, Canada, but has long been resident in Scotland, his mother’s country. A widely-published and broadcast poet and writer, he has published six collections of poetry, three non-fiction books, two collections of short stories and a novel. Tom Bryan has held a number of residencies and Royal Literary Fellowships, and was the sixth Brownsbank Writing Fellow. He co-edited `Northwords` magazine, founded `The Eildon Tree` and has edited other literary...
Dates: Circa 1981-2014.

Literary papers of Tom Pow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12233/1-87
Scope and Contents Literary papers, 1969-2003, of Tom Pow (b. 1950), poet and lecturer in Creative and Cultural Studies at Glasgow University's Chrichton Campus. This collection includes papers relating to the following published works: 'Rough seas' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1987); 'The moth trap' (Edinburgh: Canongate, 1990); 'In the palace of serpents' (Edinburgh, Canongate, 1992); 'Shouting it out' (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1995), edited by Tom Pow; and 'Red letter day' (Newcastle upon Tyne: Bloodaxe,...
Dates: 1969-2003.

Manuscripts from Blairs College Library.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.221
Dates: 1177, 15th century-1924.

Manuscripts, typescripts, notes and drafts of Kathleen Jamie, with related papers.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11599/1-54
Scope and Contents Kathleen Jamie was born in Johnstone in 1962, and studied at the University of Edinburgh. These papers date from the period 1988 to 1997. During this time, Kathleen Jamie was writer in residence to various organisations, including the Workington Docks Project and the University of Dundee, and was awarded the Scottish Arts Council Scottish-Canadian Fellowship in 1994. The collection includes papers relating to the following published or broadcast works:The Golden Peak (London:...
Dates: 1980-1997.

Microfilm of original letters, 1831-1838, and copies, possibly 1841-1849, of letters 1841-1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn; and, notebook, [1852, or before], of Cockburn containing biographical details of Jeffrey.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.142
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Copies, possibly 1841-1849, of letters, November 1841-October 1849, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn (Adv.MS.9.1.11);

Original letters, 1831-1838, of Francis Jeffrey to Henry Cockburn, almost all of the period 1831-1834, and concerned with political and official business (Adv.MS.9.1.12);

Notebook, [1852, or before], of Henry Cockburn containing details of Francis Jeffrey’s family, and early life and career. (Adv.MS.9.1.13).

Dates: 1831-[1852, or before].

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Correspondence. 141
Letters. Correspondence. 63
Photographs. 52
Poetry. 50
Typescripts. 50
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Diaries. 46
Manuscripts. 44
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 43
Notes. 26
Articles. 23
Drafts. Documents. 18
Novels. 15
Copies. Derivative objects. 14
Plays. 12
Speeches. Documents. 12
Financial records. 11
Documents. 10
Lectures. 9
Lists. 9
Publications. 9
Accounts. 8
Biographies. 8
Legal documents. 8
Short stories. 8
Autobiographies. 7
Essays. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 7
Microfilms. 7
Printed materials. Object genre. 7
Reports 7
Scripts. Documents 7
Travel journals. 7
Family papers. 6
Proofs. printed matter 6
Reviews. Document genre. 6
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 5
Catalogues. 5
Literature (writings). 5
Photograph albums. 5
Sermons. 5
Sketches 5
Sketches. 5
Account books. 4
Audiocassettes. 4
Genealogies. 4
Journals. Accounts. 4
Minutes. Administrative records. 4
Personal papers. 4
Photocopies. 4
Translations. Documents. 4
Business records. 3
Excerpts. 3
Histories. 3
Lecture notes. 3
Memoirs. 3
Memorandums. 3
Orders. Military records. 3
Programmes 3
Programmes. 3
Research notes. 3
Reviews. Document genre 3
Sermons 3
Transcripts 3
Transcripts. 3
Travel journals 3
Address books. Reference sources. 2
Agendas. Administrative records. 2
Albums. 2
Annotations. 2
Bankbooks. 2
Books 2
Calculations. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Diplomas. School records. 2
Drafts. Documents 2
Drawings. Visual works. 2
Ephemera. 2
Fair copies. 2
Fiction. 2
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 2
Indexes. Reference sources. 2
Invoices. 2
Memorandums. Legal documents. 2
Mountaineering. 2
Music books. 2
Musical compositions. 2
Negatives. Photographs. 2
Obituaries. 2
Photographic prints. 2
Positives. Photographs. 2
Postcards. 2
Prints. Visual works. 2
Proofs. Printed matter. 2
Registers (lists). 2
Reports. 2
Scores 2
Scores. 2
Scrapbooks 2
Sketchbooks. 2
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Language
English 148
Undetermined 50
Multiple languages 4
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 2
Latin 1
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Scots 1
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Names
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 4
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 3
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 2
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 2
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Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin') (1854-1933) 2
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 2
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 2
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Grieve, Robert, Sir, Knight (Professor Emeritus, Town and Country Planning, University of Glasgow) (1910-1995) 2
Hildebrandt, Franz, Minister of Slateford-Longstone Church, 1909-1985 2
Hughes, Edward James, poet, 1930-1998 2
Kennaway, James Peebles Ewing, novelist and scriptwriter, 1928-1968 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 2
Scott, Thomas McLaughlin, poet and editor, 1918-1995 2
Scottish Mountaineering Club 2
Anderson, Dora, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Anderson, Elizabeth, cousin of Wilhelmina Johnston Muir, author, pseudonym Agnes Neill Scott, née Anderson, fl 1948-1970 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 1
Blair, Robert, teacher of Latin school, Edinburgh, fl 1677-1705 1
Bone, Phyllis M, sculptor, 1897-1972 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Brown, Thomas Graham, neurophysiologist and mountaineer, 1882-1965 1
Bryan, Tom, Poet, b. 1950. 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Buchan, Susan Charlotte, Baroness Tweedsmuir, née Grosvenor, 1882-1977 1
Buchanan, Robert, Professor of Logic, University of Glasgow, 1786-1873 1
Caddy, Peter, Co-founder of the Findhorn Foundation, 1917-1994 1
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 1
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 1
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 1
Chalmers, Esther Barbara (daughter of Sir David Patrick, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast) 1
Chalmers, Sir David Patrick, Knight, Chief-Justice of Gold Coast, d 1899 1
Church of Scotland 1
Church of Scotland, Crown Court Church, Covent Garden 1
Clifford, Bertram, electrical engineer, 1877-1954 1
Clifford, Jo, playwright, b 1950 1
Clodd, Harold Alexander Alan, publisher and book collector, 1918-2002 1
Clyde Workers' Committee 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crow, W R, Sergeant, Indian Command, Royal Air Force, fl 1944 1
Crow, Walter S, Sergeant, King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, d c 1978 1
Dejardin, Lucie, socialist, 1875-1945 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Douglas, Sylvester, Baron Glenbervie, politician and diarist, 1743-1823 1
Douglas, family 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Durand, Sir Edward Law, 1st Baronet, colonial administrator, 1845-1920 1
Elliot, George Francis Stewart , Hon, 1822-1901 (barrister) 1
Elliot, Katharine, Baroness Elliot of Harwood, née Tennant, 1903-1994 1
Elliot, Walter Elliot, Secretary of State for Scotland, 1888-1958 1
Evans, Jean Bell Shaw, children's author, pseudonym 'Jane Shaw', née Patrick, 1910-2000 1
Ewing, Winifred Margaret, politician, SNP MP, MSP, b. 1929 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Field, Isobel, step-daughter of Robert Louis Stevenson, novelist, née Osbourne, 1858-1953 1
Findlay, William, Minister of Saline, d 1917: collector 1
Fletcher, David, literary agent, David Fletcher Associates, fl 1979-2001 1
Fraser, family, of Belladrum 1
Galbraith, family 1
Galbraith, family, of Blackhouse 1
Garrick, Joseph Alan (lecturer in Engineering and Design, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and mountaineer) (1894-1996) 1
Gladstone, Thomas, 2nd Bart., of Fasque, 1804-1889 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Gordon, Seton Paul, naturalist and author, 1886-1977 1
Gourdie, Tom (calligrapher) 1
Graham, family, of Airth 1
Graves, Robert Ranke, poet and author, 1895-1985 1
Greig, Andrew, poet, b 1951 1
Guthrie, Sir James, Knight, artist, 1859-1930 1
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 1
Henderson, R R Gore-Brown-, Balerno, fl 1967: collector 1
Henry, William Stuart, artist, pseudonym Henry Stuart, fl 1942-1973 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Holt, A H E L, Major, fl 1916-1958 1
Hornel, Edward Atkinson, artist, 1864-1933 1
Hunter, Charles, Corporal, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, fl 1900-1902 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, 1943-2015 1
Irvine, Alexander, Minister of Little Dunkeld, 1773-1824 1
J and R Glen, highland bagpipe makers 1
Jeffares, Alexander Norman, Professor of English Studies, Stirling University, 1920-2005 1
Johnson, Nicholas, poet, editor and festival director, b 1963 1
Johnston, Thomas, politician and newspaper editor, 1881-1965 1
Johnstone, Stewart Soutar, claimant to Marquessate of Annandale, d 1846 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kemp, Arnold, editor, 'The Glasgow Herald', 1939-2002. 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, family 1
Kenneth, Archibald Graham, composer, 1915-1989 1
Laing, Hugh, St Croix, fl 1811-1813 1
Lang, Andrew, historian, 1844-1912: recipient 1
Lang, Leonora Blanche (writer and translator, wife of Andrew, anthropologist, classicist, historian, née Alleyne) (1851-1933) 1
Lawson, family 1
Lawson, family, secession ministers, Selkirk 1
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