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Poetry.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Literary and oral genre rooted in the compressed and cogent imaginative awareness or associations of experiences, ideas, or emotional responses and arranged under an organized criterion of meaning, conscious and unconscious expression, symbolism, formal or informal pattern, sound, and rhythm. The genre encompasses narrative, dramatic, satiric, didactic, erotic, and personal forms. (AAT) All poetry, except ballads, was indexed under this heading in the published catalogues. (NLS) .

Found in 1258 Collections and/or Records:

Two volumes, 1879-1882, of poems by Janet Logie Robertson; with volume, 1877, of poems, prose and drawings by pupils of Edinburgh Ladies` College.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13277
Scope and Contents

Three manuscript volumes of poetry, prose and sketches, of or relating to Janet Logie Robertson, née Jessie Simpson. The earliest volume, `Our Magazine, April 1877`, is a compilation of writing and drawing by Class 1 at Edinburgh Ladies` College, and Jessie Simpson is one of the contributors. James Logie Robertson was an English master at the College, and he and Jessie Simpson married in 1881.

Dates: 1877-1882

Typecripts, undated, of short stories, one with an African theme of Naomi Mitchison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10840
Scope and Contents

Includes:

"Housing Diary", Glasgow, 1934

letter, 1964, of Marion Campbell

verse, undated, including some of Stephen Spender.

Dates: 1934-1964 and undated.

Typescript, 1989, of a poem "Misprint in a Great Man`s Obit" by Gavin Ewart.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10901
Scope and Contents

With two letters, 1977 and 1982, of Ewart, including one mentioning his poetry collection, "All My Little Ones".

Dates: 1977-1989.

Typescript and printed copies of 14 poems, 1985-1991 and undated, of W Price Turner.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10600
Scope and Contents

With 13 letters, 1954-1981, to Price Turner from Scottish poets.

Dates: 1954-1991.

Typescript of set of poems, 1924, of William Soutar, "Over the Goompa Gu".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7104
Scope and Contents

With manuscript notes, 1923, 1941, of Soutar, and four letters, 1940, from him to James Gilchrist, on literary and political matters.

Dates: 1923-1924 and 1940-1941.

Typescript of unpublished poem, `Passing Water`, and note of George MacBeth.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13287
Scope and Contents

George MacBeth was inspired to write `Passing Water` by a communication from the donor concerning an incident from their childhood in Shotts, Lanarkshire. With the typescript poem is a covering note from MacBeth, and a letter, 2011, of the donor telling the story behind it.

Dates: 1980, 2011

Typescripts, 1961, of three versions of Alastair Fowler, "The Confidence Man", including copies of three associated letters.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8703
Scope and Contents

With typescript, 1965, of Kitty W Scoular, "Natural Magic", and a photocopy of the Blage Manuscript, circa 1530-1550.

Dates: 1961-1965 and undated.