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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:

Microfilm of correspondence and other papers of, or associated with, Robert Burns.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1171
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Correspondence and poems, [?1787-?1795], of Robert Burns (MS.15951); Fragments of the autobiographical letter, 1787, of Robert Burn to Dr John Moore (MS.15952);Letters, poems, accounts, etc., 1783-1796, undated, of Robert Burns, collected by William Finlay Watson, mounted in an album titled 'Burns MSS' (MS.586);   Letters, etc., late 18th century-early 19th century, associated with Robert Burns, collected by William Finlay Watson....
Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.

Microfilm of correspondence, poetry, journals and other papers of the Reverend William Anderson, Missionary of the United Presbyterian Church of Scotland in Jamaica and Old Calabar.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.930
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Correspondence, poems and other papers, [?1833-?1895] (MS.2981);

Journals, 1831-1853 (MS.2982).

Dates: 1831-[?1891].

Microfilm of French manuscript containing all of the epigrams of Martial, and of the Auchinleck manuscript.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: French manuscript, 9th century, containing all of the epigrams of Martial (Adv.MS.18.3.1);

Auchinleck manuscript, 1st half of 14th century, a compilation of Middle English verse, including romances and religious and historical pieces (Adv.MS.19.2.1).

Dates: 9th century, 1st half of 14th century.

Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.658
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Fragment of a Gaelic manuscript, 15th century, containing scholastic texts (Adv.MS.72.1.7);Manuscript, ?14th-?19th century, containing a commentary on the aphorisms of Hippocrates in Gaelic and Latin (Adv.MS.72.1.10);Medical manuscript, ?16th century, in Gaelic written by Feargus Ó Caiside (Adv.MS.72.1.11);Medical manuscript, 16th century, in Gaelic, consisting chiefly of a treatise on diets and matters ancillary to medicine,...
Dates: ?14th century-?19th century.

Microfilm of Gaelic manuscripts containing tales and mythological verse.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1183
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript, 14th century-15th century, in Gaelic containing mythological verse. (Adv.MS.72.1.19);

Manuscript, 14th century-15th century, containing tales of destruction, in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.8).

Dates: 14th century-15th century.

Microfilm of Glenriddell Manuscripts: copies of poems, letters, etc., of Robert Burns, compiled by the poet, 1791-1793, for presentation to Robert Riddell of Glenriddell.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.900
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Poems, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns, including "Tam o’ Shanter" and "Holy Willie’s Prayer", with a copy of a letter, 1787, to Dr Moore, and a dedicatory letter, 1791 (MS.86);

Letters, 4th quarter of 18th century, of Robert Burns (MS.87).

Dates: 4th quarter of 18th century.

Microfilm of Irish and Scottish Gaelic manuscripts.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.653
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Book of the Dean of Lismore, 16th century (Adv.MS.72.1.37);

Manuscript, ?15th century-17th century, containing verse and tale fragments in Gaelic (Adv.MS.72.1.47);

Manuscript, 17th century, of syllabic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.48);

Manuscript, 1618-1647, containing Irish bardic verse (Adv.MS.72.1.49);

Manuscript, [circa 1658], containing historical miscellany in Gaelic, written by Niall MacMhuirich (Adv.MS.72.1.50).

Dates: ?15th century-17th century.

Microfilm of lectures of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, and some related papers.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.923
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Introductory lectures, 1856-1864, of William Edmondstoune Aytoun: a series of lectures opening Aytoun's yearly courses (MS.4897);

Miscellaneous lectures, [1845-1865], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun (MS.4912);

Examination papers and class lists, [?1852-?1870], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun (MS.4913);

Exercises, [?1863-?1864], of William Edmondstoune Aytoun’s students (MS.4914).

Dates: [1845-?1870.]

Microfilm of letters, [?1873-?1894], and verses and caricatures, 1892, chiefly of Robert Louis Stevenson., [?1873-?1894.]

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.815
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Short book of verses and caricatures, 1892, by Robert Louis Stevenson and his stepdaughter, Mrs Strong (MS.8791);

Letters, [?1873-?1894], of Robert Louis Stevenson to Mrs Sitwell, afterwards Lady Colvin (MS.99, parts I-II).

Dates: [?1873-?1894.]

Microfilm of letters, verses and caricatures, chiefly of Robert Louis Stevenson.

 Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.815-816
Dates: [?1873]-4th quarter of 19th century.

Microfilm of 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery; and, ‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.420
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: Manuscript produced in 1484, a 'Liber taxarum' of the Papal Chancery (Adv.MS.18.2.1);

‘Meroure of Wyssdome’ by John Ireland, ?1490 (Adv.MS.18.2.8).

Dates: 1484, ?1490.