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Poems and correspondence of Robert Crombie Saunders (born 1914).

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Identifier: MS.26799
Scope and Contents Robert Crombie Saunders, was the editor of ‘Scottish Arts and Letters' and the 'Scots Independent’. Many of his poems appeared in literary magazines.The contents are as follows.(i) Manuscripts and typescript drafts of poems, (circa 1940-1969, undated (folio 1). There are several versions of each poem. (ii) Letters to Saunders from Christopher Murray Grieve, Sydney Goodsir Smith, and others, 1943-1961, undated (folio 70); (iii) Fair copies of poems, 1969, undated...
Dates: [Circa1940]-1970, undated.

Poems and letters of Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Identifier: MSS.3788-3794
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All, except the poems in MS.3791, are accompanied by transcripts.

Dates: 1881-1887, undated.

Poems of Henry Mackenzie, author of ‘The man of feeling’, chiefly in his autograph.

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Identifier: MS.569
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) ‘On the laying the Foundation of the High School of Edinburgh, 24th June, 1777’ (folio i);(ii) ‘Winter Hymn’ with a note, 26 January 1829 (folio 2);(iii) ‘Morning Hymn’, endorsed, ‘Written out 1825, composed chiefly in a dream at Canaan Lodge [Edinburgh] one beautiful morning in August, 1825’; two copies (folio 4);(iv) ‘Ink loquitur’, endorsed, ‘(Impromptu) to Steuart of Allantoun, the translator of Sallust, who...
Dates: 1777-1829, undated.

Poetical and editorial papers of Robin Fulton (1937- ).

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Identifier: MSS.27495-27498
Scope and Contents

Robin Fulton was born in Arran and became a schoolteacher. From 1967 to 1976 he edited the literary magazine 'Lines Review'. His work is mostly poetry, but also includes reviews, translations and literary studies. The papers consist of drafts and proofs of poems (MSS.27495-27497), and editorial papers for 'Lines Review' (MS.27498).

Dates: 1963-1972.

Poetry notebook of James K Annand.

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Identifier: Acc.9668
Scope and Contents

Contains drafts of Annand`s, "Songs from Carmina Burana. Translated into Scots Verse" (1978).

Dates: circa 1978.

Records of Saint Ninian`s Cathedral, Perth; of the diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane; and of the Episcopal Church in Scotland.

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Identifier: Dep.251
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Also included are papers of clergymen connected with Saint Ninian`s, including sermons, historical and liturgical works by Bishop Charles Wordsworth, Bishop George Howard Wilkinson, Dean George Taylor Shillito Farquar, and Dean James Wilson Harper.

Dates: 1648-20th century.

Single items and small collections of letters and verses of Edwin and Willa Muir.

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Identifier: MS.19703
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The papers include letters of Edwin Muir to Janet Adam Smith about poetry and reviewing, with drafts of "Orpheus' Dream", first published as 'Eurydice' in ‘The Listener’, xiv (1951) Page 863; letters of Willa Muir to Tom Scott on literary and personal matters; and a series of letters from both Edwin and Willa Muir to Kathleen Raine.

Dates: 1932-1970.

Single letters and papers.

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Identifier: MS.2521
Scope and Contents The papers include: letters, 1795, 1810, of Sir Alexander Boswell, containing original humorous verse; copy of a list, 1849, made by Cockburn, giving the authorship of articles in the 'Edinburgh Review'; contemporary copy of a speech, ?1617, delivered by James I and VI in Edinburgh (parts being given in summary); letter, 1807, of Sir James Bland Burges (afterwards Lamb) on Sir Walter Scott's literary profits; letter, 1808, of Sir James Mackintosh dealing with Indian affairs; letter, 1830,...
Dates: ?1617-1849.

Small collections of literary material.

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Identifier: MS.15941

Speeches and verses of various members of the Pantheon Society, an Edinburgh debating club; and papers concerning the activities of James Graham, quack doctor.

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Identifier: MS.9834
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Speeches and verses, 1780-1792, undated, of various members of the Pantheon Society. Unlike societies of literati such as the Select Society, the Pantheon opened its meetings to non-members, charging from sixpence upwards for admission, and drew large audiences - see J A Fairley, 'The Pantheon: an old Edinburgh debating society', in ‘Book of the Old Edinburgh Club’, volume i (1908), pages 47-75, and D D McElroy, ‘A century of Scottish clubs’ (privately...
Dates: 1780-1792, undated.

“Swinton’s kirk MSS”, a collection of original 17th-century Scottish historical documents, and of copies, 18th century.

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Identifier: Adv.MSS.31.2.18-20
Scope and Contents

The papers appear to have belonged to Lord Swinton, and may be the collection of the Reverend Samuel Semple, Swinton’s maternal grandfather (cf. FES i, 172).

Dates: 17th century.

Ten literary notebooks of Morley Jamieson.

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Identifier: Acc.7547
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Including drafts of poems and short stories.

Dates: circa 1948-1976.

Three volumes of poems of Alexander Ross, Schoolmaster at Lochlee in Angus, and author of ‘Helinore: the Fortunate Shepherdess’ (Aberdeen, 1768).

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.3.18A-C
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The poems are mainly of a religious nature and written in English, with the exception of ‘The Fortunate Shepherd or the Orphan’, which is in Scots.

Dates: ?1753-1782.

Topographical and other works.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.33.3.22
Scope and Contents The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `Scotia illustrata sive Theatrum Urbium, Arcium, Monasteriorum et aedium quarundam illustrium in Scotia`, circa 1692. The Latin text by Sibbald intended for John Slezer`s ‘Theatrum Scotiae’. It is very different from the published text which Slezer had had translated without Sibbald`s authority. The preface is in Slezer`s hand, and each entry is signed by both Sibbald and Slezer. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copy of William Harvey`s...
Dates: Circa 1692-1709, and undated.

Translation into English by Thomas Ross (later the Reverend Dr Thomas Ross of Lochbroom) of parts of James Macpherson’s concocted originals as published in Sir John Sinclair’s ‘Poems of Ossian in the original Gaelic’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.4
Scope and Contents Copious notes face part of the text, beginning at verso of folio xiii and ending at folio 33 verso. Thomas Ross submitted at least part of the manuscript to the Highland Society of London (see his letter to their secretary, folio iii). His hand was similar to Ewen MacLachlan’s, and in notes at folio 24 verso Sir John Sinclair attributes his work on ‘Temora’ to the latter. The manuscript is watermarked 1804.The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of the Reverend W...
Dates: 1807-1809, 1894, undated.

Translation of Guillaume de Saluste du Bartas, ‘La premiere sepmaine’.

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Identifier: Adv.MS.19.2.11
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Hebdomadis de Cleatione Mundi Di VII. The old marking extends to page 181, but pages 86-87 are bifurcated and pages 143-144 are omitted. The volume contains in all 92 leaves. The work is a free translation of ‘The Seven Days’ of the French poet Du Bartas, with Latin verse.

Dates: Late 16th century-early 17th century.

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Undetermined 81
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Names
Bruce, George Robert, poet and broadcaster, 1909-2002 7
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 5
Bold, Alan Norman (poet, writer, critic and artist) 4
Fraser, George Sutherland, poet and critic, 1915-1980 4
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 4
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Burns, Robert (poet) (1759–1796) 3
Caird, James Bowman, HM Inspector of Schools, 1919-1989 3
Jamieson, Morley, Edinburgh, bookseller, fl 1940-1988 3
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 3
Turnbull, Gael Lundin, poet and physician, 1928-2004 3
Annand, James King, poet, 1908-1993 2
Butlin, Ronald Y, writer, b 1949 2
Caird, Janet Hinshaw, novelist, née Kirkwood, 1913-1992 2
Ewart, Gavin Buchanan, poet, 1916-1995 2
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 2
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 2
Hay, George Campbell, poet, 1915-1984 2
Holton, Harvey, poet, 1949-2010 2
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, b 1943 2
Macgregor, Forbes, poet and teacher, 1904-1991 2
Macleod, Joseph Todd Gordon, poet and radio announcer, pseudonym Adam Drinan, 1903–1984 2
Robertson, James Logie, literary scholar and author, pseudonym Hugh Haliburton, 1846-1922 2
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 2
Sutherland, Robert Garioch, poet, pseudonym Robert Garioch, 1909-1981 2
Turner, William Price, author, 1927-1988 2
Watson, Roderick, poet, b 1943 2
White, Kenneth, poet and writer, b 1936 2
Akros, literary magazine 1
Bellany, John (artist) 1
Blaikie, Walter Biggar, historian, civil engineer and publisher, 1847-1928: collector 1
Blair, Robert, Minister of Athelstaneford, 1699-1746 1
Bochanan, Dùghall, poet, 1716-1768 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Brown, Ivor John Carnegie, theatre critic and writer, 1891-1974 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Campbell, Donald, poet and dramatist, b 1940 1
Cavo, Mario, translator of poems of Gael Turnbull, fl 2006-2007 1
Chapman, Scotland, literary magazine 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Conn, Stewart, poet, playwright and broadcaster, b 1936 1
Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Dixey, Harold Giles, Assistant Master, Dragon School, Oxford, 1893-1974 1
Dunlop, Isobel V S, Secretary of the Saltire Music Group, b 1901 1
Elphinstone, Margaret, author, b 1948 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Foulis, James, 5th baronet of Colinton, 1714-1791 1
Gairm Publications 1
Gairm, Gaelic literary and topical magazine 1
Gorman, Rody, poet, b 1960 1
Graham, William Sydney, poet, 1918-1986 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Hadfield, Jen (poet and artist) 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Hamilton, Sir William Rowan, Knight, mathematician, 1805-1865 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Hendry, Diana Lois, poet and children's writer, b 1941 1
Hendry, Hamish, poet, fl 1924 1
Herdman, John MacMillan, writer, b 1941 1
Hutchison, Alexander, poet, 1943-2015 1
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 1
Jackson, Alan, poet, b 1938 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Jamieson, Robert Alan, Senior Lecturer in English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1958 1
Jarvie, Gordon, writer and editor, b.1941. 1
Kesson, Jessie Grant, novelist, née McDonald, 1916-1994 1
Leonard, Thomas, poet, b 1944 1
Linklater, Eric Robert Russell, author, 1899-1974 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873 1
Livingstone, David, explorer and missionary, 1813-1873: recipient 1
Lochhead, Liz, poet and playwright, b 1947 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
MacIntyre, John Walker, Minister of Kinloch Rannoch, 1840-1924 1
MacIntyre, John, Minister of Kilmonivaig, 1794-1870 1
MacLean Sorley, Poet, 1911-1996. 1
MacNeacail, Aonghas, poet, b 1942 1
Macgillivray, James Pittendrigh, sculptor, 1856-1938 1
Mackie, Alastair, poet, 1925-1995 1
Maclean, John (revolutionary socialist) 1
Mariscat Press (poetry publishers, Edinburgh) 1
Marshak, Samuil Iakovlevich , poet and translator, 1887-1964 1
McLean, John David Ruari McDowall Hardie, typographer and author, 1917-2006 1
Moncrieff, George Scott-, writer, 1910-1974 1
Montgomerie, William, poet and editor, 1904-1994 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Murray, family, of Falahill and Philiphaugh 1
Paton, Sir Joseph Nöel, Knight, painter, 1821-1901 1
Pow, Thomas Campbell, poet, b 1950 1
Reid, Harry Seymour, Bishop of Edinburgh, d 1943 1
Riddell, Alan, poet and editor, b 1927 1
Robertson, James Francis, poet and novelist, b 1958 1
Ross, Neil, Minister of Laggan, Inverness-shire, Gaelic scholar and poet, 1873-1943 1
Salisbury, Bishop of 1
Saltire Society 1
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