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:
Miscellaneous literary papers and poems, mostly by members of the family of Mure of Caldwell., 1740-1778.
File
Identifier: MS.5003
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) An 'Essay on the change of manners in my own time, 1700-1790' by Elizabeth Mure, sister of Baron Mure (folio 1);(ii) Memoranda written by Baron Mure at Leyden, 1740 (folio 18);(iii) "Anecdotes relating to Scots troops in the service of the state’s General of the United Provinces" by Colonel J Stuart (folio 77);(vi) Copy in an eighteenth-century hand of a handbill on James Crichton, 'The Admirable Crichton',...
Dates:
1740-1778.
Miscellaneous literary papers, chiefly verses, of various members of the Minto family and their friends., 1789-1888, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.12842-12843
Dates:
1789-1888, undated.
Miscellaneous literary papers, chiefly verses, of various members of the Minto family and their friends., ?[Circa 1791]-1857, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12842
Dates:
?[Circa 1791]-1857, undated.
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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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.
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Miscellaneous literary papers, chiefly verses, of various members of the Minto family and their friends.
Miscellaneous literary papers, chiefly verses, of various members of the Minto family and their friends., 1789-1888, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.12843
Dates:
1789-1888, undated.
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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Literary papers, music and drawings of various members of the Elliot of Minto family.
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Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family.
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Miscellaneous literary papers, chiefly verses, of various members of the Minto family and their friends.
Miscellaneous literary papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot., 1873-1911, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.19568
Scope and Contents
The papers include verses, 1873-1902, undated (folio 1), and notes on and typescript of a lecture delivered by Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot at Durham in 1905 on ‘Tennyson - Poet, Thinker and Statesman’ (folio 12). There are also notices of the ‘Literary Society’, 1906-1911, the ‘Club’, 1908, and the ‘Royal Literary Fund’, 1908 (folio 64).
Dates:
1873-1911, 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.
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Literary papers of Arthur Ralph Douglas Elliot.
Miscellaneous manuscript and printed items, including notes and extracts, sermons, verses, and memoirs, together with invitations and photographs., 1832-[circa 1930], undated.
File
Identifier: MS.6104
Dates:
1832-[circa 1930], undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane of Cloan (1856-1928), the statesman, lawyer and philosopher, and of his sister, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane (1862-1937), philanthropist and author.
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Correspondence of various members of the families of Haldane and Burdon Sanderson, and other miscellaneous papers.
Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poems of William Soutar, many apparently unpublished., 1917-1942, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8609-8625
Miscellaneous manuscript and typescript poetry by various authors, relating to 'Broadsheet'., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8845/81-86
Miscellaneous manuscripts.
File
Identifier: MS.2618
Scope and Contents
The principle items are as follows.Letter, undated, of Alexander Alesius, Professor of Theology at Leipzig, to a patron, thanking him for favours. (Folio 1.)'A briefe relacon of all such passages as happened dureing the Seidge of the Castle of Edinburgh' (of 1640), written by one of the garrison in reply to ‘A True representation of the proceedings of the Kingdome of Scotland’ by the Estates of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1640). An item torn from a manuscript book. (Folio...
Dates:
[1640, or after]-1866, undated.
Miscellaneous manuscripts, chiefly letters., 1720-1837.
File
Identifier: MS.15973
Miscellaneous manuscripts, chiefly theological and political., 1590-18th century.
File
Identifier: MS.2201
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) 'The Compt of the Cunze', a record of coins minted from 1588 to 1590, Edinburgh, 1590; endorsed in 1592 by John Mawer, a clerk in the Exchequer. (Folio 1.)(ii) Latin treatise on kingship and foreign policy, citing instances of French kings, in a hand of the late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. Leaves are missing at the beginning, after folio 32, and perhaps at the end. On folio 29 is the name of Dame Mergarit Petfoure. (Folio...
Dates:
1590-18th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Collection of manuscripts of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
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Miscellaneous smaller manuscripts, single letters, small collections, etc., now made up into volumes, the property of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.
Miscellaneous manuscripts from Pitfirrane House, Fife., 1558-1897.
Series
Identifier: MSS.6503-6511
Dates:
1558-1897.
Miscellaneous manuscripts, received unbound., 1650-?1935.
File
Identifier: MS.5841
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Declaration by Sir John Smith about the expenses of the 1650 mission to Charles II at Breda, on which he and the 3rd Earl of Lothian were sent. (Folio 1.)(ii) Two letters (one a draft, the second a copy) written by the 2nd Earl of Buckinghamshire to the 2nd Earl of Hardwicke, 1766, and to the Countess of Suffolk, undated, describing his experiences as ambassador at the Russian Court, 1762-1765. Part of the second letter is printed in...
Dates:
1650-?1935.
Miscellaneous material concerning poetry, genealogy, and other matters., 1558-1885.
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Identifier: MS.6503
Scope and Contents
One of the most important sections is that on poetry (folios 1-18). Included here (folio 1) is an anonymous translation into English made in ?1710 of George Buchanan's ‘Francisci Valesii et Mariae Stuartae regum Franciae et Scotiae, epithalamium’. An interesting and anonymous ballad (folio 8) is called 'The Westland Letany', being a satire on the misgovernment of Scotland by Lauderdale, written circa 1673. There is also a copy of 'Hardyknute' (folios 14-16), a ballad attributed to Lady...
Dates:
1558-1885.
Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott., 17th century-19th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.891-915
Scope and Contents
Much of the material was collected by Sir Walter Scott, partly for use in his works; some must have been accumulated by John Gibson Lockhart.
Dates:
17th century-19th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and documents of Sir Walter Scott and of John Gibson Lockhart, formerly in the possession of Major-General Sir Walter Maxwell Scott, Baronet of Abbotsford, Companion of the Order of the Bath, Distinguished Service Order.
Miscellaneous material, mostly of a religious nature.
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Identifier: Adv.MS.32.3.9
Scope and Contents
The contents of the manuscript are as follows:(i) `A Testamentary Memoir written by Theophilus, in which his own dearest concerns are Ingenuously Narrated, and sundry of a more publick Nature are also touched, all Addressed to his surviving friends`, early 18th century. This is similar in style to the ‘Memorial` of James Hog, and the hand is probably the same as that of Adv.MS.32.3.8. The author appears to have written other memorials and a short history of the Covenanters based...
Dates:
18th century.
Miscellaneous material of John Davidson., [?1871-?1926.]
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Identifier: MS.22072
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Letters, notes and poems to John Davidson (folio 1);(ii) A list of Davidson’s compositions (folio 11);(iii) A list of books on music bought by Davidson, 1886-1906 (folio 12);(iv) Various musical compositions and sketches (folio 20);(v) Postcards, photographs and prints of Aberdeen and Woodside (folio 70);(vi) Other printed items (folio 99);(vii) Press cuttings, [circa...
Dates:
[?1871-?1926.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Musical compositions and other papers, 1871-1926, undated, of John Davidson; and correspondence and compositions [circa 1883- circa 1917], undated, of James Scott Skinner.
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Musical compositions and other papers, chiefly undated, of John Davidson.
Miscellaneous military papers of Patrick MacLeod., 1786, 1805-1817.
File
Identifier: MS.19304
Scope and Contents
The papers include a copy of the 1786 prospectus of the Brunswick military academy which the young soldier attended from 1791-1793 (folio 1). Most of the papers relate to the later years of Patrick MacLeod's life spent with the 78th Highlanders in Southern Europe and Egypt. Amongst them are MacLeod's Orders to his battalion prior to the Calabrian campaign of 1806; copies of his letter to Lieutenant General Mackenzie Fraser giving an account of the battle of Maida; lists of officers wounded...
Dates:
1786, 1805-1817.
Miscellaneous notebooks and printed matter of and relating to the Willison family., 1807-1994.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11049/69-76
Dates:
1807-1994.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Personal and estate papers of the Willison family of Perthshire and Lanarkshire, including farming notebooks, private correspondence and family documents; with family history and genealogical papers compiled by Ralph Willison Simmonds.
Miscellaneous notes and drafts of poems by William Edmondstoune Aytoun, written in a diary for the year 1860., ?1860.
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Identifier: MS.4928
Scope and Contents
The contents include notes for William Edmondstoune Aytoun's ‘Norman Sinclair’ (Edinburgh, 1861) (folio 4), 'Notes for a treatise on public speaking' (folio 9), and a draft of his 'Nuptial ode on the marriage of His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, 1863' (folio 33).
Dates:
?1860.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Blackwood Papers: part of the literary archives of the firm of William Blackwood and Sons, publishers.
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Letters and papers of William Edmondstoune Aytoun, which, on his death, came into the hands of John Blackwood as his executor.
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Notebooks of William Edmondstoune Aytoun containing miscellaneous notes, drafts and fragments.
Miscellaneous notes, letters and other items.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.1.17
Scope and Contents
The contents of the volume are as follows:(i) Notes of decisions of the Court of Session, 1714-1721. (Folio 1.)(ii) Copies, early 18th century, of letters of and to George Buchanan, 1573-1581, and undated, with notes on others of his letters, mostly in Thomas Ruddiman`s hand; these are Epistolae XXVII, XV, XII, XXXI, XXIV, XL, XXXVII in Ruddiman`s edition of Buchanan`s Works, and Ruddiman`s introductory notes to Epistolae XI, XVI, VIII, XII, XX, XXVIII, XXXI, XXXIV,...
Dates:
17th century-1912.
Miscellaneous papers., 19th century-1907, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14193B
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of:
(i) Extracts from the log of the East India Company ship 'Exeter', 1803-1804, including a description of an engagement with the French (folio 1);
(ii) Embroidery patterns, 19th century (folio 13);
(iii) Latin hexameters deploring the British attitude to war in the late 18th century (folio 17);
(iv) Miscellaneous papers, 1836-1907, undated (folio 29).
Dates:
19th century-1907, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers, private and official, of Brigadier-General Alexander Walker.
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Papers of Alexander Walker and his family concerning family and estate affairs.
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Notebooks, school exercise books and other miscellaneous papers.