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:
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.14870(iii)
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.14870(iv)
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Papers of Edmund Crosby Quiggin (1875-1920), Munro Lecturer in Celtic, Cambridge University, relating to the preparation of editions of Gaelic texts.
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Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37).
Papers, autograph and typescript, of Edmund Crosby Quiggin, chiefly relating to the Book of the Dean of Lismore (Adv.MS.72.1.37)., Early 20th century.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.14870(i)-(iv)
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Letter of Professor W J Watson to Dr Edmund Crosby Quiggin, dated 29 November 1919, (folio 1);(ii) Letter of Professor John Fraser to Mrs Quiggin, dated 25 May 1937, (folio 2);(iii) ‘Truagh mo dal re deichlaithibh’, 9 stanzas, (folio 4 recto);(iv) Lists of poems from various sources, (folio 4 verso);(v) Index to the Book of the Dean of Lismore, with transcripts of many minor and miscellaneous items,...
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Papers, chiefly Gaelic, of Duncan Campbell, Inverness (1826-1916).
File
Identifier: MS.14883
Scope and Contents
This loose collection of papers belonged to Duncan Campbell, who was born at the farm of Kerrumore, Glenlyon, of which his family had been tenants for three generations. He was editor of the ‘Northern Chronicle’, co-editor of the ‘Highland Monthly’, and author of a number of works relating to Highland history, notably the ‘Book of Garth and Fortingall’. (See ‘Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness’, volume 28, page vi).The papers here described are in many different...
Dates:
17th century-1st quarter of 20th century.
Papers, chiefly typescripts of Canon Andrew John Young., Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.19767
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.
(i) Typescripts and partial manuscript of Andrew Young's verse drama 'Jephthah', undated. (Folio 1.)
(ii) Typescripts of the verse dramas 'Saul and the asses' and 'The sirens', undated. (Folio 69.)
(iii) Typescripts and one manuscript of poems. (Folio 112.) 'At Arley', 'Young love' and 'The swans' were published in Andrew Young's ‘Complete poems’, 1974, pages 172, 268, 71.
(iv) Typescript of a sermon by Andrew Young broadcast on Christmas Day, 1946. (Folio...
Dates:
Early 20th century-mid 20th century.
Papers, circa 1915-1981, of Alice V Stuart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9043
Scope and Contents
Includes poems, diaries, notebooks and correspondence.
With papers, 19th to 20th century, of her family.
Dates:
19th century to 20th century.
Papers collected by the Highland Society of Scotland Ossian Committee and its successor the Committee on Celtic Literature.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.10
Dates:
1797-1807.
Papers collected by the Rymour Club, chiefly containing material not printed in the ‘Miscellanea’., ?19th century-?early 20th century.
File
Identifier: MS.3768
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows.(i) Two sets of corrections to T G Stevenson's 'Sempill ballates’, with notes (folio 1);(ii) Popular rhymes (folio 17), with a girls' singing-game (folio 28) and a skipping-rope rhyme (folio 29);(iii) Children's rhymes and a game (folio 30);(iv) Proverbs and sayings (folio 47);(v) Stories (folio 57);(vi) Miscellaneous verse and prose (folio 64), including copies of five poems of Henry Scott...
Dates:
?19th century-?early 20th century.
Papers concerning 'Broadsheet', poetry magazine, containing manuscripts and typescripts of poems, with related correspondence, art work and press cuttings.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8845/1-97
Dates:
1967-1978, undated.
Papers concerning East African literature., 1968-1981.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9851/38-52
Dates:
1968-1981.
Papers concerning "Lines Review".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8851
Scope and Contents
Includes typescripts of poems and reviews, and editorial correspondence.
Dates:
1982-1989.
Papers concerning poem sequence of Alan Bold, "Haven".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8666
Scope and Contents
Includes worksheets, typescripts, proofs, litho plates. Lithographs by John Bellany.
Dates:
circa 1984.
Papers concerning the Keiths, Earls Marischal.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21193-21198
Dates:
1569-1876, undated.
Papers concerning the literary magazine, "Akros".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8404
Scope and Contents
Comprising corrected typescripts and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, together with editorial correspondence.
Dates:
1976-1982.
Papers concerning the periodical publication, "The Academy"., 1869-1958.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.42601-42608
Papers concerning the 'Scotia Review', including corrected typescripts of short stories, poems, and articles submitted for publication, and photographs of contributers; with editorial correspondence, comprising 130 letters to David Morrison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7309 Box 1(1)-Box 4(3)
Dates:
1968-1977, undated.
Papers concerning Zetland in the hand of Dr James Scott., 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.907
Scope and Contents
‘The Sword Dance: a Danish or Norwegian Ballet, &c., as performed in the island of Papa Stour, Zetland’ followed (folio 7) by “Laxa’s Lines, a poem founded in facts and attributed to a Clergyman of the Presbytery of Zetland, who died at a very advanced age about the year 1750”, both in the hand of Dr James Scott, Lecturer at the R N Hospital, Haslar. The ‘Sword Dance’, which is annotated by James Scott, is taken from a transcript by William Henderson, Junior, of Papa Stour, from an older...
Dates:
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.
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Miscellaneous material, literary, antiquarian, topical, etc., chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
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Material concerning antiquarian matters chiefly collected by Sir Walter Scott.
Papers formerly loosely enclosed in MSS.21072-21095: Diaries of John Chisholm., 1889-1925.
File
Identifier: MS.21096
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of diaries of John Chisholm for January-March 1908, December 1908-January 1909, 11 November 1918, and June-September 1925; a translation of Horace, 'Odes' III 30, 1889; a postcard, 1915, of Walwyn Tyson from internment in Germany; a photograph of Jedburgh Abbey; two sketches, one dated 1920; and press cuttings, 1889-1928, chiefly obituaries.
Dates:
1889-1925.
Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company., 1645-1796, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MS.3582
Papers in the process of Sir Robert Spottiswoode, Lord New Abbey; papers from the library at Duns Castle, Berwickshire; and papers of James Balfour of Pilrig, director of the Darien Company.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3582-3584
Dates:
1645-1796, undated.
Papers, including manuscripts and typescripts, relating to the publication of works of Kathleen Fidler., 1936-1980, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.8078/33-391
Scope and Contents
Works of Kathleen Goldie were published under her maiden name, Kathleen Fidler. This name has been used accordingly when recording papers concerning her published works.
Dates:
1936-1980, undated.
Papers, including travel diaries, typescripts of short stories, poems, plays, articles and talks, of Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8138/Box 1(1)-Box 12
Dates:
1896-1967, undated.
Papers, mainly correspondence, 1953-1977, of and relating to Thomas Joseph Douglas MacDonald (Fionn MacColla); with 3 letters, 1972-1978, to Mary MacDonald (two from Florence Marian McNeill and one from Robert Garioch), and two poems, 1972, by Robert Garioch and Hamish Henderson.
Series
Identifier: Dep.373- is now part of Dep.265.
Dates:
1953-1978.
Papers obtained by William Forbes Skene from the Reverend Mackintosh MacKay of Laggan (1800-1873).
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.1.14
Scope and Contents
Mackintosh MacKay was a native of the Reay Country, the son of Captain Alexander MacKay of Duard Beg. In 1828 William Forbes Skene, then nineteen, was sent by his father, at Sir Walter Scott’s recommendation, to study Gaelic with him at Laggan. MacKay had then just finished his work on the Highland Society of Scotland’s Dictionary.The contents are as follows.(i) (John Mackechnie, number 1). A note recording the return of Adv.MS.72.1.33, pages 41-42, formerly here, to...
Dates:
17th century-19th century.