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162 letters of George Mackay Brown to Jenny Robertson.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12679
Scope and Contents

Includes two letters, 1981, to Robertson's daughter Aileen, three incomplete letters and a copy of a poem 'To George' by Jenny Robertson.

Dates: 1977-1996.

235 letters to Alan Bold.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10374
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: George Mackay Brown, Norman MacCaig, Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean and Muriel Spark.

Dates: 1964-1990.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of 'Lifeboat and other poems', by George Mackay Brown.

 File
Identifier: Acc.5760
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1970-1971.

Correspondence and papers relating to the publication of works of George Mackay Brown, with some personal correspondence and audiovisual material.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13134/1-17
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of 'Greenvoe' and 'Hawkfall and other stories', with assorted personal correspondence and photographs of or relating to George Mackay Brown and his works.

Dates: 1969-1996.

Correspondence, diaries, manuscript and typescript drafts and proofs and other literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.14596/1-248
Scope and Contents This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates: 1800, 1934-2013, undated.

Diaries and correspondence of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6374
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include George Mackay Brown, C M Grieve, Neil Gunn and Fionn MacColla.

Dates: 1966-1974.

Four letters and two postcards of George Mackay Brown and six letters of George Davie concerning his wife, the writer Elspeth Davie, to Valentina Poggi.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12814
Scope and Contents

Includes a covering letter from the recipient of these letters and cards, Valentina Poggi.

Dates: 1985-1997, 2007.

Letter and postcard of George Mackay Brown to Bernard Bergonzi concerning the latter's visit to Orkney in 1995.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12784
Scope and Contents

Inlcudes covering letter, 2007, of Bernard Bergonzi.

Dates: 1995, 2007.

Letters of George Mackay Brown to Kenna Crawford, with some related literary papers and photographs.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13344/1-14
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1985-1995.

Letters of Hamish Henderson, Ian Hamilton Finlay and George Mackay Brown to Maurice Fleming.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14018
Scope and Contents

Comprising two letters (1957, 1958) of Hamish Henderson; two letters (1965, ?1966) of Ian Hamilton Finlay; one letter (1966) of George Mackay Brown.

Dates: 1957-1966.

Letters of various correspondents to George Mackay Brown concerning literary and personal matters.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10209/1-13
Scope and Contents

A collection of correspondence, 1952-1974, received by George Mackay Brown (1921-1996). The letters in this collection are mostly from other writers, editors and publishers.

Dates: 1952-1974.

Literary correspondence of Alastair Fowler.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11117
Scope and Contents

Comprises circa 1000 letters and copies of letters from correspondents including George Mackay Brown, Edwin Morgan and Iain Crichton Smith.

Dates: 1960-1994.

Manuscript notes and writings of George Mackay Brown, including journal entries, lists, drafts of a short story, review, and poems.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13910
Scope and Contents Assorted fragments of manuscript writing, including:A list of essays by George Mackay Brown for a proposed collection, 'drawn up with Brian Murray 23 November 1992'.A letter, 1993, from Celtic Cross Press concerning a review for 'A girdle round the moon', by Christopher J Moore, with notes of George Mackay Brown concerning the book written on the envelope.A manuscript draft, Christmas Eve 1981, of a story beginning 'The yellow dynasty it was called'....
Dates: 1979-1992, undated.

Photocopies of correspondence of and concerning Edwin and Willa Muir.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10557
Scope and Contents

Includes 52 letters of George Mackay Brown.

Dates: 1939-1976.

Publication file of Victor Gollancz Ltd, publishers, relating to 'An Orkney tapestry', by George MacKay Brown.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14179
Scope and Contents

The file is mostly correspondence, but also includes agreements.

Dates: 1967-1996.

Short pieces of manuscript poetry, prose, notes and letters of George Mackay Brown.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13911/1-3
Scope and Contents

A collection of assorted manuscript writings of George Mackay Brown, including some early notebooks, 1946-1948, and manuscripts of various poems, short stories and plays.

Dates: 1946-1995, undated.

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Poetry. 7
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Crouden, Patricia, correspondent of George Mackay Brown, fl 1975-2003 2
Fleming, Maurice, Editor of "The Scots Magazine", b ?1926 2
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Macdonald, Thomas Joseph Douglas, pseudonym 'Fionn MacColla' (writer) 2
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Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012. 2
Muir, Wilhelmina Johnston, née Anderson, author, pseudonym 'Agnes Neill Scott' , 1890-1970 2
Bergonzi, Bernard, author, b 1929 1
Bold, Alan Norman, poet, writer, critic and artist, 1943-1998 1
Burgess, Moira, b 1936 (author of "Glasgow books and writers of the twentieth century") 1
Crawford, Kenna (artist) (b. 1959) 1
Curtis, Michael, physician, fl 1976-1988 1
Davie, Elspeth Mary, novelist and art teacher, née Dryer, 1919-1995 1
Davie, George Elder, Reader in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh, 1912-2007 1
Finlay, Ian Hamilton, poet and sculptor, 1925-2006 1
Fowler, Alastair David Shaw, Regius Professor of Rhetoric and English Literature, University of Edinburgh, b 1930 1
Grant, Betty (friend and correspondent of George Mackay Brown) (fl. 1967-1996) 1
Grant, Peter (friend and correspondent of George Mackay Brown) (fl. 1967-1996) 1
Henderson, Hamish, poet and folklorist, 1919-2002 1
Lochhead, Marion Cleland, journalist, editor and author, 1902-1985 1
MacCaig, Norman Alexander, poet, 1910-1996 1
MacGill-Eain, Somhairle (poet) 1
Morgan, Edwin George, Professor of English, University of Glasgow, and poet, 1920-2010 1
Morrison, David Ralston, Editor of 'Scotia Review', 1941-2012 1
Muir, Edwin, poet, 1887-1959 1
Poggi, Valentina, President of Associazione Culturale Italo Britannica, Bologna, fl 1985-2007 1
Poggi, Valentina, President of Associazione Culturale Italo Britannica, Bologna, fl 1985-2007: recipient 1
Robertson, Aileen (daughter of Jennifer, writer and poet) (b 1970) 1
Robertson, Jennifer, writer and poet, b ? 1940 1
Scotia Review, literary journal 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
Victor Gollancz Ltd (publishers) 1
Wilson, John Dewar (researcher) 1
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