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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:

Page-proofs and revisions to ‘Stony limits and other poems’ by Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDairmid'., [1934 or before.]

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26033-26034
Scope and Contents

The publication had reached the stage of page-proofs when it was decided to delete or alter some of the poems which might give offence.

Dates: [1934 or before.]

Page proofs of ‘Forest voices and other poems in English’ by Edith Anne Robertson., [1969, or before.]

 Item
Identifier: MS.26978
Scope and Contents

The proofs differ from the published text, but the few manuscript corrections which they contain were not made in the final version. Pages 1-5 and about four pages at the end are missing.

Dates: [1969, or before.]

Papers, 1321-1601, to and of the family of Murray of Falahill.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.11403
Scope and Contents

Includes translations of the papers, genealogical notes, genealogies of the families of Falahill and Philiphaugh, and a copy of a poem "The Song of Outlaw Murray", all mid 19th century.

Dates: 1321-1601 and mid 19th century.

Papers and correspondence of and concerning William Loch, his wife, and their family., 1805-1837, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.19418
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows:

(i) Miscellaneous correspondence, 1805-1825, undated (folio 1);

(ii) Tradesmen's accounts sent to Elizabeth Loch, 1827, 1832-1833 (folio 38);

(iii) Baptismal certificates, memorials, etc., 1815-1837, undated (folio 57);

(iv) Journal of a tour in the Highlands by Mary E Loch, undated (folio 66);

(v) Miscellaneous notes, verses, etc., undated (folio 72).

Dates: 1805-1837, undated.

Papers and correspondence of Henry Drummond, with other family papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5890
Scope and Contents

Including:

1. newspaper cuttings concerning Drummond`s works and his death

2. two volumes of poems, 1875-1894, of Hamilton Drummond

3. photocopies of letters, 1864-1879, of Henry Drummond (senior) to his son James, concerning Drummonds Seed Merchants.

Dates: 1864-1895.

Papers and correspondence of Professor Derick S Thomson chiefly concerning his collection of poetry, ‘Eadar Samhradh is Foghar’., 1958, 1966, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.14969
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows.

(i) Autograph and typescript of “A’ ghrian a’ drùdhadh air na ballachan”, 12 lines. “Mu Chrìochan Hòil” (folio 1);

(ii) Comments on “Mu Chrìochan Hòil” by Murdo Murray, author of ‘Luach na Saorsa’ (folio 9);

(iii) Letter of Murdo Murray to Professor Derick S Thomson, dated 14 January 1958 (folio 11);

(iv) Typescript of ‘Eadar Samhradh is Foghar’ (folio 12).

Dates: 1958, 1966, undated.

Papers and Gaelic collections of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld.

 Collection
Identifier: MSS.14877-14881
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine of Little Dunkeld (1773-1824), consisting mainly of Gaelic poetry collected in Perthshire, and partly elsewhere, between ca. 1797 and 1808.

Dates: ca. 1797-ca. 1808

Papers and letters of and to Sir Alexander Gray, concerning his poems., [?1921]-1955, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26008
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Fragmentary manuscript drafts of poems, undated, with a letter of Sir Alexander Gray, describing his method of working, 1955 (folio l); (ii) Lists of poems, ?1921-?1934, with notes of where they were published (folio 8); (iii) Letter of Charles Graves, discussing the publication of ‘Gossip’ by the Porpoise Press, 1928 (folio 33).

Dates: [?1921]-1955, undated.

Papers and letters of George Bruce.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12185
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of Elizabeth Cumming concerning a proposed work on her husband, James Cumming.

Dates: 1994-1998.

Papers and poetry concerning the Macrae family.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13984
Content Description Letter, 1925, of John T. Macrae, Inverinate, to H. R. Macrae of Macrae, Flett and Rennie, W.S., concerning a Macrae monument erected by Col. John Macrae-Gilstrap. With a sketch of the monument and a transcription of the text on it. Also contains typescript copies, 1908, of two Gaelic songs: Donnchadh Mòr Mac Rath, song headed "Marbh rann do Tearachair [sic] Ban MacRath Fear Inbhirintait, 1711", beginning: 'A duigh 's mor mo chuid calla / 'Smi bhi amharc am fearann ud...
Dates: 1908-1925 and undated.

Papers and translations collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.16
Scope and Contents The source material and translations are variously endorsed or annotated by Henry Mackenzie, Donald Mackintosh, and Ewen MacLachlan.The contents are as follows.(M 1). Notes by John Francis Campbell, dated 25 November 1872. (Folio 1.)(i) Cover, probably for folios 12-22, 24-33. Bears hands of Ewen MacLachlan and Mackintosh MacKay. Cf. Adv.MS.73.2.10, folio 207. (Folio 2.)(M 2). Ossianic fragments with some corresponding passages from James...
Dates: [1794, or after]-1872, undated.