Poetry.
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Letters and poems of Alexander Laing, the Brechin poet; and poetry and other literary matter of Henry Scott Riddell.
Letters and poems of George Bruce.
Includes papers of Ian McNab concerning George Bruce and Fraserburgh.
Letters and poems of George Macdonald.
The letters, which include some from his wife Louisa, are written to Baron and Lady Mount-Temple. They mention George Macdonald's work, give news of himself and of his family, describe his surroundings in Italy, and contain many reflections on God and the next world. The poems (folio 95) are both manuscript and printed. There are also a few poems included in the letters.
Letters and poems of Marjory Fleming., 1811-1812, undated.
Contains letters of Marjory Fleming's mother, and of her cousin Isabella Keith.
Letters and poems of Robert Hogg to John and Margaret Aitken.
The collection consists of three autograph letters addressed by Robert Hogg (1802-1832), nephew of James Hogg the poet, to John and Margaret Aitken, mostly on his uncle`s affairs. It also contains two poems possibly addressed to Mrs Aitken.
Letters and postcards, 1970-1980 and undated, of W.S. Graham to William Featherston, with a few letters of Nessie Graham and others; typescript, carbon typescript and photocopied typescript of draft sections of long poems, 1958 and undated, including `The Dark Dialogues` and `With the Dulle Griet in Canada`; silk screen print portrait of W.S. Graham by William Featherston; and CD and audio-cassette of BBC radio broadcast by W.S. Graham.
Letters and postcards of William Soutar to Mairi Campbell Ireland., 1934-1943, undated.
The subject matter is primarily contemporary poetry and literature, but William Soutar also mentions Mairi Campbell Ireland's own writing and broadcasting, and includes verses and riddles.
Letters and postcards to Janet Adam Smith from literary friends, containing some poems and notes., 1955-1997.
Some of the correspondents include: John Meade Falkner, 1956; Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1969; John Hewitt, 1981; Richard Usborne, 1984; Robert Robinson, 1984; Vikram Seth, 1988; Allan Massie, 1994; and Mogador Empson, on Hetta, Lady Empson, 1997.
Letters, and related typescripts, to Charles King, mostly of contributors to 'Twelve Modern Scottish Poets' and 'Twelve More Modern Scottish Poets'.
Letters chiefly of Scottish interest.
Letters, chiefly of the first two Viscounts Melville and other Dundases.
Letters, circa 1968-2007, to Sam Gilliland, including around 150 letters, 1985-2007, of Gerry Cambridge, some with poems and related papers.
Letters collected by Allan Paton Park., 1799-1903, undated.
‘Letters from Sir Walter Scott to the Shortreeds’, i.e. to Robert Shortreed, Sheriff-Substitute of Roxburghshire, and his family., 1793-1831.
The letters are almost all transcripts. They are mostly in the autograph of Andrew Shortreed, son of the Sheriff-Substitute, and are accompanied by explanatory notes and a covering letter (folio 8) with which he sent them to John Gibson Lockhart in 1837. They include a letter of Sir Walter Scott to Charles Kerr, 1794 (folio 13), one of John Elliot Shortreed, 1831 (folio 68), and a poem, ‘Head and Tail’ ascribed to Scott (folio 74).
Letters, manuscripts and typescripts of William Jeffrey., 1921-1946, undated.
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to William Jeffrey from other poets and authors, 1921-?1944. (Folio 1.) They discuss their own and Jeffrey's work, and poetry in general. (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems, 1925-1946, undated. (Folio 25.) The manuscripts include drafts and fair copies.
Letters mostly of and to John Cam Hobhouse concerning a statue of Lord Byron., 1824-1845, undated.
Letters mostly to Lord Byron of correspondents with surnames from Silvestrini-Tournier., 1810-1823, undated.
Letters, notes and poems chiefly written to Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvet, by Scottish and continental writers and scholars.
Letters of Agnes Mure Mackenzie to Duncan M Morison, with manuscripts and typescripts of poems.
Letters of Alfred Tennyson to John Murray III, with a marked proof of the poem, "Helen`s Tower"., 1859-1886.
Letters of and concerning C M Grieve to Ernest Brooks and Barbara Niven.
Includes typescript of "Mature Art".
Letters of and relating to Douglas Young. The recipient was Lord Robertson.
The letters mainly date from shortly after Douglas Young`s death in 1973. Correspondents include David Murison and Wilfred Taylor concerning a memorial publication. With related papers, one photograph and an inscribed copy of Young`s "Auntran Blads" (1943).
Letters of and to Naomi Mitchison.
With typescripts, undated, of prose pieces and verse including "Prisoners at War", photographs and press-cuttings.
Letters of and to Rebecca ('Ray') Mitchell., 1935-1960.
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters, 1935-1959, of A Walter Marsden, chiefly concerning his own activities. Also included is an essay by Marsden on James Leslie Mitchell, with reminiscences of their meeting, and typescripts of some of Marsden's poems (folio l); (ii) Correspondence, 1935-1960, of John Muriel, the author 'John Lindsey'. It mostly concerns a proposed memorial volume to Mitchell, and includes letters from those asked to contribute (folio 35).