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:
Letters of Thomas Carlyle to various correspondents; with a poem, undated, in the hand of Jane Welsh Carlyle, signed by Thomas Carlyle., 1826-1855, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8992 (iii), folios 155-173
Scope and Contents
The corespondents include: William Tait concerning the publication of Wilhelm Meister (folio 155), Walter Savage Landor concerning a portrait of him in Carlyle's possession(folio 168), and W Beaumont concerning a letter of Cromwell (folio 170). The poem in the hand of Jane Welsh Carlyle is on folio 174.
Dates:
1826-1855, undated.
Letters of, to or concerning Lady Caroline Lamb; with letters and manuscripts of George Lamb and William Lamb., 1812-1831, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43468
Scope and Contents
The letters of Caroline Lamb to various correspondents have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname. Papers relating to George Lamb and William Lamb, Lord Melbourne, have been arranged at the end of the sequence.Letter of Caroline Lamb to William Fletcher, 1812: folios 1-2;Copy of a letter of Caroline Lamb to Thomas Medwin, 1824: folios 3-6;Letter of Caroline Lamb to Lydia Rogers White, 1824: folios 7-8;Copy of a letter of...
Dates:
1812-1831, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Lady Caroline Lamb, with some of William Lamb and George Lamb.
Letters of various correspondents to Lord Byron and others concerning Greece and the Greek Committee., 1823-1824, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.43530
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged in alphabetical order by correspondent surname, with additional material at the end of the sequence.When first made available for consultation, before foliation, this manuscript included letters of Pellegrino Ghigi and Antonio Lega Zambelli. These have been moved to Ms.43531 during cataloguing.Letter possibly of Giuseppe Abbati to Lord Byron, with a poem dedicated to Byron, 1824: folios 1-4;Note possibly of David Baillie...
Dates:
1823-1824, undated.
Letters of various correspondents to Smith Elder and Company, publishers., 1860-1878
File
Identifier: MS.32001
Scope and Contents
The letters are arranged alphabetically by writer. Where two or more letters are held for a writer they are arranged by date.Most of the letters are contained in the orange filing slips that were used commonly by Smith Elder and Company in the administration of its correspondence. Several of these slips are marked "Publication Department".MacDonald, Duncan. Letter, 12 April 1862, concerning a work by MacDonald on British Columbia. Folios 1-4....
Dates:
1860-1878
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of letters and literary manuscripts submitted to Smith Elder and Company, publishers.
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Letters and manuscripts sent to Smith Elder and Company, publishers, excluding those known to have been sent specifically to the Editor of the "Cornhill Magazine".
Letters of various correspondents to the Editor of the 'Cornhill Magazine'., 1860-1878.
File
Identifier: MS.32004
Scope and Contents
The letters, mostly to William Makepeace Thackeray, are arranged alphabetically by the surnames of the writers. Where two or more letters are held for the same author they are arranged by date.Many of the letters are contained in the orange filing slips that were used commonly by Smith Elder and Company in the administration of its correspondence. Several of the slips are marked "Publication Department", others "Cornhill Magazine", and some are marked with both designations....
Dates:
1860-1878.
Letters of various North American poets to Gael Turnbull.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13430
Scope and Contents
Letters of various North American poets to Gael Turnbull. Correspondents include Robert Creeley, Allen Ginsberg, Denise Levertov, Lorine Niedecker and Jonathan Williams. With commonplace book, 1950s, of Gael Turnbull.
Dates:
ca. 1953-1985.
Letters of Will H Ogilvie to A F Tschiffely; photocopies of letters of Katherine Ogilvie, wife of Will H, to Reverend E G S and Mrs Margaret Traill, with other photocopies of biographical material concerning her husband. Included incorrectly is a typescript of "My mither's aunt" by William Ogilvie, Edinburgh architect. , 1926-1963.
File
Identifier: MS.26029
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1933-1950, of Will H Ogilvie to A F Tschiffely concerning his writing and family (folio 1). Includes (folio 12) a photograph of his house.Amended typescript, 1926 or before, of the poems in Scots, "My mither's aunt and other verses" of William Ogilvie, Edinburgh architect (folio 13).Photocopies of letters, 1962-1963 and undated, of Katherine M Ogilvie, wife of Will H, to the Reverend E G S and Mrs Margaret Traill (folio 23). Includes a photocopy of a...
Dates:
1926-1963.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Poems and letters of the author and journalist William Henry ('Will H') Ogilvie (1869-1963); with photocopies of letters of his wife, Katherine, and other related papers. Included incorrectly is the typescript of "My mither's aunt and other verses" by William Ogilvie (1891-1939), Edinburgh architect.
Letters of William Auld to Steuart Campbell, with poems and enclosures; also some Esperanto books, pamphlets and ephemera.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14012
Dates:
Circa 1978-1989.
Letters of William Gladstone to John Murray, publishers, and to John Murray IV. Included are some letters of various writers to and concerning Gladstone., 1890-1898.
File
Identifier: MS.42264
Dates:
1890-1898.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Correspondence of or concerning authors published by John Murray, with related manuscripts.
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Papers of and concerning William Gladstone.
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Letters of and concerning William Gladstone.
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Letters of William Gladstone to John Murray II and to John Murray III.
Letters of William Paton Ker to his sister, Penelope, with poems on her birthdays.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8281
Dates:
1893-1921.
Letters of William Sharp ('Fiona Macleod') to the publisher Frank Murray concerning two of Sharp’s works: ‘Vistas’ (Derby, 1894) and ‘Pharais’ (Derby, 1894); with related material.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9985-9986
Dates:
1893, 1894, 1899, undated.
Letters of William Sydney Graham, chiefly concerning his own work and that of other writers and artists, and sometimes enclosing poems., 1942-1984, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26021
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to William Montgomerie, the poet and editor of ‘Lines Review’, and his wife, 1942-1983 (folio l); (ii) Letters to Sven Berlin, the artist, 1945-1965, undated (folio 65); (iii) Letters to Alan Hancox, a bookseller, sending material for sale, 1958, undated (folio l29); (iv) Letters to R Crombie Saunders, 1970-1984 (folio l32).
Dates:
1942-1984, undated.
Letters of W.S. Graham to Ruth Hilton; with poetry manuscripts and typescripts, artwork, related correspondence and published items.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13838
Dates:
circa 1956-1985.
Letters, poems, accounts, etc., of Robert Burns, collected by William Finlay Watson, mounted in an album titled 'Burns MSS'., 1783-1796, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.586
Dates:
1783-1796, undated.
Letters, poems, notebook and drawings of W.S. Graham.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13727
Dates:
1956-1978.
Letters relating to the captivity of Queen Mary, addressed to Richard Bagot of Blithfield as a Justice of the Peace for Staffordshire.
File
Identifier: MS.3647
Scope and Contents
Most of the letters are written by Sir Amias Poulet; other writers are Sir Ralph Sadler, the Earl of Essex, and Mar Darell (perhaps Sir Marmaduke, afterwards Cofferer of the Household). They treat of the housing and guarding of the Queen at Tutbury, Chartley, Tixall, and Fotheringay and her removal from one to the other, of her trial and execution, of the doings of the Curles and others of her suite after her death, and of arrangements for her burial. On folio 20 verso are four lines of...
Dates:
1585-1587.
Letters to and copies of poems of Hamish Maclaren., 1966-1968, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.26719
Scope and Contents
The letters are from literary figures promising support for applications for grants.
Dates:
1966-1968, undated.
Letters to and miscellaneous papers of Bessie MacArthur., 1929-1973, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27429
Dates:
1929-1973, undated.
Letters to and miscellaneous papers of Donald Alexander Mackenzie.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19309-19310
Scope and Contents
An accomplished journalist, author, and poet, Donald Alexander Mackenzie is best known for a notable series of books on mythology, archaeology, and anthropology. His papers reflect his wide range of ability and interest.
Dates:
1909-1937.
Letters to Catherine Gordon Byron; and letters of Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron., 1808-1857.
File
Identifier: MS.43411
Scope and Contents
Letters to Catherine Gordon Byron have been placed before those of Anne Isablla Noel Byron, Lady Byron.Letters to or concerning Catherine Gordon Byron:Letter of Margaret Abercromby to Lady Catherine Gordon Byron, [1811]: folios 1-2;Letter of John Birch to Lady Catherine Gordon Byron, 1808: folios 3-4;Letter of William Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, to Catherine Gordon Byron, 1810: folios 5-6;Letter of John Dell to Catherine Gordon...
Dates:
1808-1857.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Archive of John Murray, publishers.
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Papers of and relating to George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron, poet.
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Correspondence of, to and concerning Lord Byron and his circle.
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Letters of and to Catherine Gordon Byron, and of Anne Isabella Noel Byron, Lady Byron.
Letters to Forbes Macgregor, mostly concerning literary matters.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7533/1-37
Dates:
1925-1982, undated.
Letters to Henrietta Blanche, Countess of Airlie of, or concerning, Thomas Carlyle and Jane Welsh Carlyle; with some other papers., 1851-1920, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.20767, folios 9-94
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:
Two letters, 1852, of Thomas Carlyle;Twenty letters of and two concerning, 1851-1866, undated, Jane Welsh Carlyle; together with one, undated, of Thomas Erskine of Linlathen to Mrs Carlyle;Two letters, 1866, of Geraldine Jewsbury;Two letters, 1920, of Frederic Harrison concerning the Carlyles, together with a draft reply to him;Two photographs of St Mary's Church, Haddington, burial-place of Jane Welsh Carlyle;...
Dates:
1851-1920, undated.
Letters to Hugh Elliot from various correspondents., 1797-1809.
File
Identifier: MS.12998
Scope and Contents
The contents consist of letters of and to Friedrich von Gentz, 1802-1804, chiefly concerning his journey in England in 1803 (folio 1); letters of Charles Joseph, Prince de Ligne, 1802, with some of his poetry (folio 25); letters of William Augustus Miles, 1807-1809, on the state of Ireland (folio 41); letters from Mme A de Sancy de Malaville, governess of Ellio's daughter Louisa Isabella, 1797-1801 (folio 118).
Dates:
1797-1809.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.
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Family and general correspondence and the diplomatic papers of Hugh Elliot (1752-1830), younger brother of the 1st Earl of Minto.
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Private, diplomatic, and general correspondence of Hugh Elliot.
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General correspondence of Hugh Elliot.
Letters to James Hyman Singer, ‘Burns Singer’, with a few to his wife Marie., 1948-1965, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27435
Scope and Contents
Many of the correspondents are literary figures, writing about their own or James Hyman Singer, “Burns Singer's” work; they include Stephen Spender, whose letters concern Singer's contributions to ‘Encounter’, and Marguerite Caetani, the founder of ‘Botteghe Oscure’. There are also reactions to reviews by Singer and letters concerning the publication and broadcasting of his work. Folios 17 and 32 verso contain lines of poetry in Singer's hand.
Dates:
1948-1965, undated.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, from correspondents with surnames and company names from Hannay to Harcourt, E., 1821-1927.
File
Identifier: MS.40518
Scope and Contents
All the letters are arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each name.Hannay, James.Letters, 1857, 1860, 1863 and 1865, of James Hannay to John Murray III. Folios 1-12.Hannen, James.Letter, 1888, of James Hannen, Baron Hannen, to John Murray III. Folios 13-14.Hannon, John.Letter, 1900, of John Hannon to John Murray IV. Folio 15.Hannon, William B.Letter, 1915, of William B...
Dates:
1821-1927.