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:
Literary manuscripts and papers of Iain Crichton Smith., 1962, 1981, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-2
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1962, 1981, undated.
Literary manuscripts and personal papers of the poet and art critic, Sydney Goodsir Smith (1915-1975).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26116-26162
Scope and Contents
Born in New Zealand and educated in England, Sydney Goodsir Smith's first poems were in English, but he began writing in Scots in about 1940 and published several volumes of poetry. He also wrote for the stage, radio and television, as well as editing works of Robert Burns and Robert Fergusson. All these interests are reflected in his papers, but his work as an art critic survives in only a few fragmentary items.
Dates:
1922-1980, undated.
Literary manuscripts, correspondence and related papers of Jessie Kesson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13722
Dates:
Circa 1946-1994.
Literary manuscripts from the library at Newbattle Abbey., 17th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5752-5764
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Literary manuscripts of Henry Mackenzie, and of members of his family., 18th century-19th century.
Series
Identifier: MSS.6376-6395
Dates:
18th century-19th century.
Literary manuscripts of poems, essays and short stories submitted to Smith Elder and Company., 1860-1874.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.32002-32003
Scope and Contents
The manuscripts were submitted to Smith Elder and Company to be considered for publication. It is uncertain whether any of the submissions were published.That the manuscripts are of genres - poems, short stories, essays - well suited to publication in a magazine might suggest that they were intended for the consideration of the Editor of the "Cornhill Magazine". However, as there are no indications on the manuscripts to support this, they have been treated as submissions to Smith...
Dates:
1860-1874.
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".
Literary notebooks of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [Circa 1930]-?1959, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27085-27141
Scope and Contents
These are chiefly school exercise books, used by Hugh MacDiarmid to draft poems and prose pieces, to make notes from his reading, and for other jottings. They include a draft introduction and part of ‘The Birlinn of Clanranald’, 1934, (MSS.27089-27090'); a reply to a review of ‘The golden treasury of Scottish poetry’, 1940 (MS.27102); and parts of the introduction and chapters 6 and 9 of ‘Lucky Poet’, 1943 (MSS.27106-27113). MS.27141 consists of translations of poems by the Bulgarian poets...
Dates:
[Circa 1930]-?1959, undated.
Literary papers and correspondence of Alexander Hutchison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13737
Dates:
Circa 1965-2015.
Literary papers and correspondence of Aonghas MacNeacail.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12072
Dates:
circa 1990-2000.
Literary papers and correspondence of John Herdman.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14016
Dates:
Circa 1990-2017.
Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents
Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.
Dates:
1895-[circa 1945], undated.
Literary papers and notebooks of Kathleen Jamie.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13544
Dates:
Circa 1996-2012.
Literary papers chiefly of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver., 1931-1944, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.24668
Scope and Contents
The papers include typescript and manuscript drafts for articles on mountaineering; 'The Himalaya Forgive', 1931; ‘Another Use for Science', 1933; 'Attempts on Donagiri and Trisul', 1933; 'Everest 1936'; and 'Climbing in Gahrwal', 1937, together with miscellaneous verses on climbing and army life on the North-West Frontier.
Dates:
1931-1944, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
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Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver.
Literary papers chiefly of Professor Thomas Stewart Traill., 1748-early 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19388-19394
Literary papers, including manuscripts and typescripts, of Dionysia Press.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13010/1-82
Dates:
1988-2008.
Literary papers of Alastair Reid.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12450
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, poetry worksheets, correspondence with poets, translators and editors, manuscripts and typescripts of prose works, including a book written with Robert Graves, photographs and audio and video tapes.
Dates:
1951-2003.
Literary papers of Alison Fell.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12394/1-85
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, diaries, notebooks, manuscript and typescript drafts of poetry, short stories, novels, and works for radio, film and the theatre.This collection includes papers relating to the following published works:'The bad box' (London: Virago, 1987)'The crystal owl' (London: Methuen, 1988)'Dreams, like heretics' (London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997)'Every move you make' (London: Virago, 1984)'The grey dancer'...
Dates:
1971-2001.
Literary papers of Andrew Tannahill, including typescripts of plays, poems, articles and translations of French poetry into Scots.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12664
Dates:
circa 1920-1986.
Literary papers of Anne Burnet Murray, 1969-2000, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.13936/106-117
Dates:
1969-2000, undated.
Literary papers of Anne Stevenson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8486
Scope and Contents
Includes poetry, notebooks and corrected typescripts of collections of poems.
Dates:
1965-1977.
Literary papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot., 1873-1922, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19565-19568
Dates:
1873-1922, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of the Honourable Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot and his family.
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Papers and correspondence of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
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Political, literary, and miscellaneous papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
Literary papers of David Morrison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12731
Scope and Contents
Comprising mainly unpublished works.
Dates:
circa 1995-2006.