Letters, and related typescripts, to Charles King, mostly of contributors to 'Twelve Modern Scottish Poets' and 'Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets'.
Scope and Contents
A collection of letters and typescripts of poems, mostly concerning Twelve Modern Scottish Poets (London: University of London Press, 1971) and Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets (London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1986).
Letters are to Charles King, unless otherwise stated.
Typescript, 1984, of 'Accomplished Mission', a poem for Charles King by Jim Alison.
Letter, 1972, written on behalf of Benjamin Britten.
Letters, 1969-81, of George Mackay Brown.
Letters, 1970-95, of George Bruce.
Letter, 1977, of Arthur Melville Clark.
Letters, 1973, 1986 of Stewart Conn.
Letter, undated, of 28th Earl of Crawford and Balcarres.
Letter, 1984, of Lavinia Derwent.
Concrete poem, undated, of J.B.F.
Notes, undated, of G.S. Fraser for a talk to pupils at Grampian Regional Schools.
Letters, 1974-80, undated, of Robert Garrioch, manuscripts and typescripts of poems, and related correspondence, 1973-87, and notes concerning Robert Garrioch.
Letters, 1993-7, of Flora Garry to Sheena Blackhall.
Manuscripts and typescripts, undated, of poems of Donald Gordon, with a letter, 1985.
Letters, 1971-6, of C.M. Grieve.
Letter, undated, of Liz Lochhead.
Letters, 1968-95, of Norman MacCaig.
Letters and poems, 1983-5, undated, of Alastair Mackie.
Typescript review by Robert Erridge of Alastair Mackie, Backgreen Odyssey and Other Poems.
Letters, 1965-98, of Edwin Morgan.
'A Proliferation of Hamsters', 1972, of Edwin Morgan.
Inscribed copy of 'Emergent Poems', futura20, 1967.
'Interview' [with Edwin Morgan], Scottish Field (June 1969), 25.
Letter, 1981, of Norman Nicholson.
Letters, 1968-70, of Alexander Scott.
Letters, 1970, of Tom Scott, with corrected typescripts of poems.
Manuscript, 1957, of poem of John G. Sinclair.
Photocopy of typescript, ?1954, of 'The City Near the Sea' by Burns Singer.
Letters, 1980, 1995, of Iain Crichton Smith.
Letters, 1970-1, of W.R. Aitken and William Beattie, concerning William Soutar.
Letters, 1977, undated, of Ronald Stevenson.
Manuscript, undated, of 'Akrostick', by William Tait.
Letter, 1967, of Douglas Young.
Dates
- Creation: 1965-1998, undated.
Creator
- King, Charles, author of "Twelve Modern Scottish Poets", b 1919 (Recipient, Person)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
1 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Bought, 1998, Charles King, Aberdeen.
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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