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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 2772 Collections and/or Records:

Further Gaelic manuscripts from the Irvine-Robertson collection.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14544
Content Description

A small group of manuscripts that were formerly part of Acc.3184 (now MSS.14877-14881), to be merged with that collection in due course.

The manuscripts were brought together by the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine (1773-1824), minister of Fortingall and then Little Dunkeld, Gaelic scholar and collector of Gaelic verse. They comprise correspondence in English, sermons in Gaelic, and Gaelic poetry collected by Irvine.

Dates: ca. 1800-1823

Further literary papers of Ron Butlin.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13400
Scope and Contents

Literary papers of Ron Butlin, including various drafts of an unpublished novel titled `The Invisible Woman`, and papers relating to `No More Angels`(2007).

Dates: 2001-2012.

Further offprints and cuttings of journal articles and newspaper contributions by MacDonald. , 1910-1924.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13587/4
Scope and Contents

464 folios and newspaper cuttings. A note by MacDonald at the beginning states that it was begun in October 1910 and completed in 1924. The volume brings together offprints of journal articles and press cuttings of letters and contributions of MacDonald to newspapers. The Gaelic songs or poetry he quotes in the newspaper articles in this volume is usually traditional or composed by other named poets; for his own original poetry see Acc.13587/3.

Dates: 1910-1924.

Further papers of and relating to Gael Turnbull.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13311
Scope and Contents

This small collection includes correspondence, drafts of late poems and typescript of `Winged Afar`, an unpublished work. The correspondence includes letters, 1979-2005, of August Kleinzahler.

Dates: Circa 1977-2005.

Further papers of and relating to Harvey Holton.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14023/1-4

Further papers of Gordon Jarvie.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13398
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise: (1) draft, 2013, of "Bessy Bell", a collection of poems by Gordon Jarvie, (2) drafts and correspondence relating to 1st and 2nd editions of "Climber`s Calendar" (2001, 2007), with correspondence, papers and ephemera relating to Jarvie`s Scottish mountain climbing and `Munro-bagging`, (3) finding list for Jarvie`s literary works.

Dates: circa 1999-2013.

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.379
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Gaelic-English Dictionary in the hand of Sir James Foulis (1714-1791), 5th Baronet of Colinton.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.2.16
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Gaelic-English Dictionary (complete) A – Uthar. (Page 1 recto.)(ii) (Left blank by Sir John Foulis). Donald Smith’s hand. ‘Dubhach sinn a Bheinn Ghualann’, 10 quatrains. Entitled “Duan Bheann Ghualann – A Leabhar Bolg tSholaraidh le Brian Ua Réighli ann Cillmhaighnain”. Concludes “This beautiful address opens a Poem on the Subject of an Expedn. from Bein Ghualan to Scotland by the Féini, & is in name of Ossian — but the rest of the...
Dates: Mid 18th century-late 18th century.

Gaelic material, chiefly plays and broadcasts, of Hector MacIver., 1934-1962, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14973
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.Autograph verse by Sorley MacLean (folios 1-2):(i) “Bho mhullaichean a’ chuilthinn chràcaich”, 29 lines. From part III of ‘An Cuilthionn’ (folio 1 recto);(ii) ‘Aigich Sgitheanaich’, 8 stanzas. From the ‘Aigeach’ lyrics in part V of ‘An Cuilthionn’ (folio 2 recto);(iii) ‘Mo lamhan air lapadh’, 10 stanzas. ‘Crath dhiot an cadal’. With lines addressed to Hector MacIver beginning ‘Eachainn dhuinn an leadain dualaich’, 4...
Dates: 1934-1962, undated.

Gaelic material extracted from the papers of the author, broadcaster and schoolmaster, Hector MacIver (1910-1966).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14973-14976
Scope and Contents

The material extracted from MSS.26276-26300 consists chiefly of typescripts of Hector MacIver’s plays and broadcasts.

Dates: 1934-1962, undated

Gaelic Ossianic verse of James Macpherson and John Smith written out in a neat Gaelic script by John Sinclair of 70 Bell Street, Glasgow.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.72.3.8
Scope and Contents The scribe, John Sinclair, extended the James Macpherson material, notably by translating from Macpherson’s English what was missing from his Gaelic. He explains his editorial principles in a foreword addressed to his namesake Sir John Sinclair (folios i-ii). He had borrowed Adv.MS.72.2.4 and Adv.MS.72.2.6 from Peter Turner at some time between 1802 and 1809, and includes brief transcripts from these; that with which the manuscript begins is cut short, as he was obliged to return the...
Dates: 1812-1813.

Gaelic poetry and a Deed of Renunciation, apparently from the papers of Colonel Robert Bruce Aeneas McLeod Sutherland.

 File
Identifier: MS.14875
Scope and Contents The poems are apparently from the papers of the donor, Norman Kent’s grandfather Colonel Robert Bruce Aeneas McLeod Sutherland (died 1887). The latter’s father, Captain Alexander Sutherland, was brought up at Sciberscross, Strath Brora, received his commission in 78th (Seaforth) Regiment in 1794, and served as a recruiting officer throughout Scotland.The contents are as follows.(i) Deed of Renunciation of Barbara Guthrie, wife of James Sutherland of Evelix, 1713...
Dates: 1st half of 18th century, undated.

Gaelic song collection from Amulree.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13850
Content Description A volume, 19th-century, of Gaelic songs copied from printed books or collected from local tradition around Amulree, Perthshire, including songs by Robert Stewart (Rob Raineach), his son Duncan Stewart, John MacNaughton (Iain Mac Neachdainn), Charlotte MacGregor (Searlaid Nic Griogair) and Donald MacDuff, Tomnagrew. A number of the songs were subsequently published in newspapers. - Together with a letter in Gaelic, 1892, of Donald Campbell, schoolmaster and Inspector of the Poor in Amulree...
Dates: Ca. 1820-1883

Gaelic songs and verse., 1752-1823 and undated

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14851-14857
Scope and Contents

Gaelic songs assembled by Rev. Donald MacNicol and his son Dugald, containing Ossianic poetry, versions of the spiritual songs of Dugald Buchanan, and songs of Donnchadh Bàn Macintyre and other poets contemporary with the collectors, not all of them identified. Most of the material is in the form of single sheets or sheets folded into small booklets. With a few items of correspondence.

Dates: 1752-1823 and undated

Gaelic songs from the song collection of Rev. Dr Alexander Irvine., ca. 1800

 File
Identifier: Acc.14544/3
Scope and Contents A number of loose sheets containing Gaelic songs, formerly in NLS MS.14878 (formerly Acc.3184/B), described in John Mackechnie, 'Catalogue of Gaelic manuscripts, vol. 1, pages 338-340. Comprising:Part of "Oran Cattach", part of stanza 6 to stanza 13. The complete song was sent to Irvine, together with a cover letter in Gaelic, by Alasdair MacNab. The letter and the beginning of the song ('Tha cùram do ghaoil do ghaòir 's do ghàir orm / A ribhinn alluin ebhin òg') is found in...
Dates: ca. 1800

Gaelic songs of Alexander Stewart, Milton of Callander and Glasgow.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.9134
Scope and Contents Small octavo notebook, ca. 1840s, in marbled covers. Folios i-ii, pages 1-110 (89-110 blank), folio iii. Contents and pagination in the hand of Alexander Stewart. A stitched but unbound booklet of 12 leaves, containing a verse narrative in English in a different hand, is loosely inserted at the back.The notebook contains 31 songs, of which 27 are in Gaelic, three in Scots, and one in a macaronic mix of both. No names of tunes are given, but the refrains, headed...
Dates: early 1840s.

Gaelic verse mostly of Badenoch poets, collected in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and formerly held in the Cluny Charter Chest.

 File
Identifier: Acc.11044
Scope and Contents A collection of Gaelic verse, mostly of poets from the Badenoch area. It was written down in the late 18th century, with some later additions at the end. Most of the songs were published by Thomas Sinton in his article "Gaelic poetry from the Cluny charter chest", 'Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness' XXIII (1898-1899), pp. 247-281 (referred to below as "Sinton, TGSI"), and again in 'The Poetry of Badenoch' (Inverness 1906) by the same author.The collection was...
Dates: 1791-1801 and undated.

Genealogical and other material collected by William Camden, the antiquary.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.33.2.36
Scope and Contents The title of the first item, `The nobilitie of Scotland ... 1606`, and some of the addenda to the genealogical tables are probably in Camden`s hand.The contents include:Genealogical trees of the royal and noble houses of Scotland, with some coats of arms drawn in trick, and additions to 1620 (folios 3, 34, 47).`The generall state of ye Scottish Commonwealth with ye causes of theire often mutinies and ther discords` (folio 38).`A Booke of...
Dates: Early 17th century.