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 to Lord Charles Hay., 1758-1760, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.7083
Dates:
1758-1760, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale, formerly preserved at Yester House.
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Correspondence and papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale.
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Letters and papers of the 4th Marquess of Tweeddale; and papers of Lord Charles Hay.
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Letters to Lord Charles Hay.
Letters to Mrs Helen Brodie, née Scott, from Mrs Oliphant (including a copy of her poem 'The Vigil of All Souls', 1864), from Mrs Craik concerning her adopted daughter, and from Margaret Stewart Story and Robert Herbert Story on personal matters., 1857-1869, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.9754, folios 126-145
Dates:
1857-1869, undated.
Letters to Robert Douglas McIntyre, mostly of congratulations on election as MP, containing some copies of election address of Robert Douglas McIntyre, and a victory poem., April 1945.
File
Identifier: Acc.10090/21
Dates:
April 1945.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre.
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Scottish National Party files of Robert Douglas McIntyre.
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Scottish National Party files of Robert Douglas McIntyre.
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Correspondence and papers relating to period of Robert Douglas McIntyre as MP for Motherwell and Wishaw, April-June 1945, and his general election campaigns in the constituency, July 1945 and February 1950.
Letters, undated, of Sir Walter Scott and his family and of John Gibson Lockhart, with several anonymous letters, verses and other fragments addressed to or collected by Scott's mother., [1758-1854.]
File
Identifier: MS.1558
Dates:
[1758-1854.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Letters and papers of Sir Walter Scott and his family and of John Gibson Lockhart, with those of clients and kinsmen of Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.
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Correspondence of Sir Walter Scott and his family and of John Gibson Lockhart.
Letters written to Anne, Lady Stuart, from Catherine, Lady Blantyre, Christian Stirling of Ardoch, and other friends and relatives., 1769-1781, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.8194
Scope and Contents
At the end of the volume (folio 212) are copies of miscellaneous letters, sermons, and poems, mainly of a religious nature.
Dates:
1769-1781, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Family papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence, legal, financial and estate papers of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
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Correspondence of members of the families of Stuart of Castlemilk and Stuart of Torrance.
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Letters written to Anne, Lady Stuart of Castlemilk (died 1821), from various friends and relatives.
"Leyden's correspondence &c", collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1811-1875, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3382
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Copies of letters in MS.3381. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copy of a letter of John Leyden, 1808, answering a charge of insolence brought against him as Magistrate of the Twenty-four Parganas by Sir William Burroughs, a Judge of the Supreme Court, 'transcribed from the original sent by Dr. Leyden to Mrs. Raffles'. See M R Dobie, 'Dr. John Leyden and Sir William Burroughs', in ‘Bengal Past and Present’, volume lii, part ii (1936). (Folio 81.)...
Dates:
1811-1875, undated.
"Leyden's poems, &c. MS", collected by the Reverend James Morton., 1794-1837, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.3383
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Copies of poems of John Leyden, including some not published in collected editions of his works. (Folio 1.)(ii) Writings in Leyden's hand: note on the magical books of Michael Scott (folio 71 verso); prose fragment, 'The Sexton' (folio 72); fragments of two poems in Scots, namely, one on the death of a sexton, signed 'J.L., Banks of Teviot', and a verse epistle to the printer of the ‘British Chronicle’ (folio 73); fragment of...
Dates:
1794-1837, undated.
‘Life and remains of Henry Kirke White’ by Henry Kirke White (London, 1852), with drafts of poems by David Gray on the covers., 1852.
File
Identifier: MS.8479
Scope and Contents
The poems of David Gray are written on the front and back paste downs and the front free endpaper.
Dates:
1852.
Lindsay Armorial: the armorial register of Sir David Lindsay of the Mount, Lyon King of Arms from 1542 to 1555.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.31.4.3
Scope and Contents
In 1630 the armorial was formally recognised by the Privy Council as an official register and a note to that effect, signed by Sir James Balfour, Lord Lyon, and Thomas Drysdale, Islay Herald, is on folio 110 verso.The manuscript was shown in the Heraldic Exhibition in Edinburgh in 1891 (see ‘Memorial Catalogue’, number 663).The contents are as follows:(i) Latin verses on and a painting of the royal arms (folio 1 verso).(ii) Arms of mythical...
Dates:
16th century-17th century.
'Lines on a Portrait of Sir Walter Scott’, poem by David Macbeth Moir., 1846.
Item
Identifier: MS.23069, folios 12-14
Dates:
1846.
Lists and notes of John Francis Campbell of Islay and miscellaneous matter., 1871-ca. 1900
File
Identifier: MS.14859
Scope and Contents
A miscellaneous folder containing the following:Campbell of Islay, John Francis. Two lists, in Campbell's hand, of the contents of MacNicol's collection. Campbell described MacNicol's collection and published his Ossianic ballads in his 'Leabhar na Feinne' as text 'D'. The lists are:List headed "Amongst MacNicols Collection of poetry are the following Ossianic ballads". With a note on folio 2 recto dated Feb. 16, 1871. Formerly Acc.2152/69. Folios 1-2.List...
Dates:
1871-ca. 1900
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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The MacNicol collection, comprising Gaelic songs and other papers collected by the Reverend Donald MacNicol, minister of Lismore, and his son Dugald MacNicol, with some added papers and listings of later owners and users of the collection.
Literary and cultural papers of the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1740-1864.
Series
Identifier: MSS.4990-5005
Dates:
1740-1864.
Literary and family papers of Sir Alexander Gray (1882-1968), Professor of Political Economy at Aberdeen and later at Edinburgh University.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26001-26018
Scope and Contents
Sir Alexander Gray published several volumes of his own poems and of translations of European ballads, and his literary papers consist of his work in these fields.
Dates:
[Circa 1916]-[circa 1960.]
Literary and miscellaneous papers., 1642-1965.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8100/152-156
Dates:
1642-1965.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Administrative, legal and financial papers concerning the estates of the families of Gray of Carntyne, and Anstruther Thomson, afterwards Anstruther Gray, of Kilmany, including records of coal mining interests, and also some private family papers.
Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Series
Identifier: MSS.26163-26188
Dates:
1947-1975, undated.
Literary and personal papers, 1909-1953, of Joyce Anstruther Placzek, known as 'Jan Struther', with related papers, 1954-2010, including printed material and press cuttings.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13220/1-49
Scope and Contents
Articles and poems published in newspapers and magazines are all faithfully preserved in 16 large albums of press cuttings.She was a keen supporter of the Democratic Party and the correspondence files contain some letters of Eleanor Roosevelt and Adlai Stevenson. The papers include several travel journals, and manuscripts and typescripts of many articles, verses, songs and hymns - which she had a gift for writing, despite her own agnosticism. Also significant are the manuscripts...
Dates:
1909-2010.
Literary and personal papers of Alasdair Alpin MacGregor, including notebooks, photographs, typescripts of published and unpublished books, articles, stories and poems, with associated correspondence and some genealogical material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6215 Box 1(a)-Box 9(d)
Dates:
circa 1931-1970, undated.
Literary and personal papers of Alastair Mackie, comprising poetry notebooks and manuscripts, translations and journals.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13233
Scope and Contents
Alastair Mackie left his literary remains to his friend, and former pupil, the writer Christopher Rush. The collection was very disordered when Rush received it, and he has carried out extensive work in sorting and listing it, alongside his preparation an edition of Alastair Mackie`s collected poems for publication by Two Ravens Press. The collection primarily consists of draft manuscripts of Mackie`s Scots and English poems, and of his translations of ancient and modern European and Russian...
Dates:
1937-1995.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Rush, comprising manuscripts and typescripts of poems, stories, novels and other writings; journals; commonplace books; correspondence and other papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13217
Scope and Contents
The archive contains the complete literary papers of Christopher Rush to date (2010), relating to all his creative writing, published and unpublished. This includes manuscript notebooks and drafts, typescripts, and literary correspondence relating to `Peace Comes Dropping Slow` (1983), `A Resurrection of a Kind` (1984), `A Twelvemonth and a Day` (1985), `Into the Ebb` (1989), `Last Lesson of the Afternoon: a satire` (1994), `To Travel Hopefully: journal of a death not foretold` (2005),...
Dates:
1962-2010.
Literary and personal papers of Christopher Whyte, including diaries and journals, correspondence, notes for lectures on Scottish literature, and manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, fiction and critical works.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12673
Dates:
circa 1972-2004.
Literary and personal papers of Ruthven Todd.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14015
Dates:
Circa 1926-1972.
Literary correspondence of Raymond Vettese.
File
Identifier: Acc.12500
Scope and Contents
Includes letters of J K Annand, H B Cruickshank, C M Grieve, Malcolm 'Callum' Macdonald and Trevor Royle, and manuscripts and typescripts of poems.
Dates:
1968-2000.