Publications.
Found in 1006 Collections and/or Records:
Copy of 'O na Ceithir Airdean' (Edinburgh, 1952) by George Campbell Hay., 1952.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of 'On the hill of Marcus' (Aberdeen, 1977), inscribed by the author Dr Anna 'Nan' Shepherd'., 1977.
Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.
Copy of 'Poeti del dolce stil novo' (Rome, 1945), owned by George Campbell Hay., 1945.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of 'Poetry Scotland', number 4 (Edinburgh, 1949), edited by M Lindsay, owned by George Campbell Hay., 1949.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of ‘Robert Fergusson, 1750-1774: essays by various hands’, edited by Sydney Goodsir Smith (Edinburgh, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations., [1952, or after.]
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.
Copy of 'Scottish scene' (London, 1934) by Lewis Grassic Gibbon, signed by him, Hugh McDiarmid, and Helen B Cruickshank., 1935.
Copy of ‘Short stories, scraps and shavings’ (London, 1934) by George Bernard Shaw, with two postcards from Shaw inserted concerning the production of the book and an insurance payment.
Copy of 'Sir Gilbert Elliot's Speech in a Committee of the Whole House on the 28 April, and on the 7th and 10th May 1788, in support of the First Article of Charge entitled Nundcomar against Sir Elijah Impey' (London, 1788)., 1788.
Copy of 'Stories from Keating's history of Ireland' (Dublin, 1930), edited by O Bergin, annotated with linguistic notes by George Campbell Hay., 1930.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of 'Táin Bó Fraích' (Dublin, 1933), edited by M E Byrne and M Dillion, owned by George Campbell Hay., 1933.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of 'The collected sporting verse of Will H Ogilvie' (London: Constable and Company Ltd, 1932); with an autograph verse, 1948, of Will H Ogilvie to A F Tschiffely on the half-title page., 1932, 1948.
Copy of “The fairy lovers’ days” compiled by Eleanour S Rohde (London, 1930), containing fair copies of poems by Marion Lochhead., 1952-1967.
Copy of 'The Gaelic of Arran' (Dublin, 1957) by N M Holmer, owned by George Campbell Hay., 1957.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of ‘The golden stag’ (Oxford, 1932) by William Jeffrey, with Jeffrey's manuscript revisions., [1932, or after.]
Educated in Wishaw and at Glasgow University, William Jeffrey spent the rest of his career as a journalist in Glasgow. His literary work consisted of poetry, essays and criticism.
Copy of 'The hound and horn in Jedforest' (Jedburgh: T S Smail, 1909), by Thomas Scott Anderson; with an autograph verse of Will H Ogilvie on the front cover., 1909.
Copy of ‘The house with the green shutters’ (London, 1902) by George Douglas, with annotations by John MacDougall Hay., [1902, or after.]
John MacDougall Hay became minister of Elderslie in 1909, but is best known for his work as a novelist and poet, particularly for his novel 'Gillespie' (London, 1914). He also wrote numerous articles for newspapers and periodicals.
Copy of the Introduction, by William R S Ralston, to ‘Indian Fairy Tales’, collected by Maive Stokes, with two letters to John Francis Campbell from Ralston, 1880, bound into the volume., 1880.
Copy of 'The Macdonald Collection of Gaelic poetry' (Inverness, 1911) by A and A Macdonald, owned by George Campbell Hay., 1911.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of ‘The official guide to the Isle of Arran’ (Croydon, [?1963]), with manuscript corrections by Robert McLellan, which were incorporated in the 1964 edition., [?1963.]
Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.
Copy of ‘The possessed’ (London, 1913) by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, with annotations by John MacDougall Hay., [1913, or after.]
John MacDougall Hay became minister of Elderslie in 1909, but is best known for his work as a novelist and poet, particularly for his novel 'Gillespie' (London, 1914). He also wrote numerous articles for newspapers and periodicals.
Copy of “The Royal Naval Engineers` Note Book” by John R Harvey (Chatham, 1889), in which are written lists of Scottish topographical works arranged in order of county, followed by a list of family histories.
The lists appear to have been compiled about 1896 in the Advocates` Library and kept up until about 1903, which appears to be the latest date quoted.
Copy of 'To circumjack Cencrastus' (Edinburgh, 1930) by Hugh MacDiarmid, owned by George Campbell Hay., 1930.
Some of the books also contain drafts of his poems.
Copy of ‘Under the Eildon tree’ (Edinburgh, 1948), by Sydney Goodsir Smith, with manuscript corrections and annotations by the author., [1948, or after.]
Most of Sydney Goodsir Smith's poems in Scots were published in literary periodicals and in several small volumes of his poetry. His 'Collected poems, 1941-1975' (London, 1975), contains a selection of his work and not the whole corpus.
Copy of ‘Underwoods’ (London, 1888) by Robert Louis Stevenson, with two letters of Stevenson to Sir Herbert Maxwell, 1894, inserted.
Two other letters to Sir Herbert Maxwell dated 1916 and 1929 are also inserted.
Copy of William Jeffrey's ‘Eagle of Coruisk’ (Oxford, 1933), with manuscript corrections by the poet., [1933, or after.]
Educated in Wishaw and at Glasgow University, William Jeffrey spent the rest of his career as a journalist in Glasgow. His literary work consisted of poetry, essays and criticism.