Commonplace book of Robina Chisholm, containing newspaper cuttings and transcripts of poems, chiefly of her brother Walter (1856-1877), a Berwickshire shepherd.
Item
Identifier: MS.20442
Dates
- Creation: 1872-1881.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
37 Leaves ; Quarto.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
37 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1977, by the executrix of the late Miss Janet M Lawson, O.B.E.
Bibliography
Many of the poems were published in Walter Chisholm’s ‘Poems’, edited by W Cairns.
Bibliography
Chisholm, Walter. ‘Poems’, edited by W Cairns (Edinburgh, 1879).
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk