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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:

Papers of, and relating to, Iain Crichton Smith.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12600/1-65
Dates: Majority of material found within 1946, 1962-2000.

Papers of Andrew Brown.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8258
Scope and Contents

Comprising eight notebooks and one photocopied notebook.

Including diary, 1899, of the Boer War, journal, 1905, of voyage from Johannesburg to Europe, via Egypt, Palestine and Greece, and poetry and reflections.

Dates: 1899-1905.

Papers of Andrew Greig.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11859
Scope and Contents

Includes notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and correspondence concerning his poetry, short stories, novels and mountaineering expedition books.

Dates: 1968-1997.

Papers of Archibald Ward Gardner.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10080
Scope and Contents

Includes music and poetry.

Dates: circa 1955-1989.

Papers of Archie Lamont.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9290
Scope and Contents

Includes:

notes, articles and correspondence on geology and zoology

notes, correspondence and press cuttings on the Scottish Nationalist movement

manuscripts of poems.

Dates: 1925-1984.

Papers of Callum Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9476
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.

Dates: 1953-1986.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10396

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10532
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9164
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of prose and poetry contributions, editorial correspondence and business records, including accounts and minute books.

Dates: 1979-1985.

Papers of "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10477
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of poems, short stories, articles and reviews, with correspondence.

Dates: 1977-1978.

Papers of "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10533
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories, and poems, together with editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1976-1980.

Papers of "Chapman".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11510
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of poems, short stories, articles and reviews together with editorial correspondence.

Dates: 1987-1989.

Papers of Charles Graves (1899-1971).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27476-27485
Scope and Contents

Charles Graves, who worked for the ‘Scotsman’, published several collections of poems. He managed the Porpoise Press, the Edinburgh publishing house, from 1927 until 1930 when the business was sold to Faber and Faber.

Dates: 1903-1968, undated.

Papers of Charles Graves relating to the Porpoise Press and its publications., 1927-1930.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27479-27484
Scope and Contents

MSS.27479-27483 contain typescripts and proofs marked up for the printer.

Dates: 1927-1930.

Papers of David Cairns.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9326
Scope and Contents

Includes typescripts of articles, addresses, and poems, transcripts of diaries and correspondence.

Dates: 1926-1986.

Papers of David D Murison.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4809
Scope and Contents

Comprising:

1. letter, 1942, of Douglas Young to David D Murison

2. letter, 1967, of C M Grieve to Murison

3. typescript of a poem, early 20th century, of Ronald Campbell Macfie

4. collection of letters, 19th century.

Dates: circa 1800-1967.

Papers of David M Black.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8864
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems, short stories, articles, reviews lectures, with associated correspondence.

Dates: circa 1958-1980.

Papers of David Morrison.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9616
Scope and Contents

Includes corrected typescripts of poems and short stories.

With corrected typescripts of poems, 1977-1980, of Les Matheson.

Dates: 1975-1987.

Papers of Donald M Budge.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9959
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts of poetry and prose, and material concerning Budge`s editorial work.

Dates: 1941-1984 and undated.

Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd., 1911-?1978, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.27442
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Manuscripts and one typescript of poems by Nan Shepherd, 1911-1950, undated (folio 1); (ii) Printed and typescript copies of poems by other poets, 1938-?1978, undated (folio 6); (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1934-1949, undated (folio 42).

Dates: 1911-?1978, undated.

Papers of Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd (1893-1981).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27438-27445
Scope and Contents

Born in Cults, Dr Anna ('Nan') Shepherd was educated in Aberdeen and became a lecturer in English at Aberdeen College of Education. She wrote poems in Scots and English and three novels as well as articles for magazines and journals.

Dates: 1896-1980, undated.

Papers of Dr Donald Smith (1756-1805).

 File
Identifier: Adv.MS.73.2.22
Scope and Contents In 1778 Dr Donald Smith went to America as assistant surgeon of 42nd Highlanders.The contents are as follows.(i) Historical and antiquarian notes with Latin, English and Gaelic expressions. (Folio 1 recto.)(ii) Humorous verses in Latin, English and Gaelic headed: “In St Johns, 1767. Every person admitted to drink the Governor’s health, at supper, on his departure for Europe, was obliged to make a verse on some of the company; this gave rise to the...
Dates: 1767, undated.

Papers of Dr Kenneth Macleod.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9927
Scope and Contents

Includes songs, poems, sermons and correspondence.

Dates: 1906-1955.