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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 James K Annand.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4698
Scope and Contents

Comprising corrected typescripts and galley proofs of, and correspondence concerning, "Two Voices" (1968), with two manuscript workbooks of poems of Annand.

Dates: 1948-1968.

Papers of James Logie Robertson.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.6578/1-3
Scope and Contents James Logie Robertson was born in Milnathort, Kinross-shire in 1846 and educated at Orwell Parish School and Edinburgh University. He was assistant master at Heriot’s Hospital and George Watson’s College before joining the staff at Edinburgh Ladies’ College in 1876. His writings, some under the pen-name of ‘Hugh Haliburton’, include English text-books, essays and poetry. Robertson died in 1922. 1. corrected manuscript, circa 1880, of "Orellana: a Poem"2. corrected...
Dates: [Circa 1880]-1889.

Papers of Janet H Caird.

 File
Identifier: Acc.9652
Scope and Contents

Includes two poetry notebooks, undated, with corrected typescripts of poetry collections, "Some Walk a Narrow Path" (1977), and "A Distant Urn" (1983).

Dates: circa 1970-1988.

Papers of Janet Paisley.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14151 Box 1(1)-Box 6(46)-was TD.3720
Scope and Contents

This is a box list of the papers of Janet Paisley, as received by the Library. No attempt has been made currently to review the order of the papers, to date them or to otherwise interpret them. The aim of the box list is to facilitate access in advance of any fuller arrangement and description.

Dates: 1981-2017.

Papers of John Rennie concerning Fen drainage., 1768-1821, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19786-19787
Scope and Contents

These papers concern all John Rennie's drainage work in Lincolnshire and Cambridge-shire. The earlier papers relate principally to East, West, and Wildmore Fens, then to Deeping Fen, and finally to the East Brink Cut for the Swaffham and Bottisham Drainage Commission. The papers also include material relating to work to make the rivers Witham and Foss navigable.

Dates: 1768-1821, undated.

Papers of John Rennie concerning Fen drainage., 1768-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.19787
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Memoranda and accounts, 1768, 1800-1821 (folio 1); (ii) Poems of William Hall, poet and antiquary of the Fens, printed and manuscript, 1818, 1820, undated (folio 137); (iii) Bills and receipts connected with John Rennie's stay at Eastville near Boston while working on Fen drainage, 1817-1818 (folio 142).

Dates: 1768-1821.

Papers of John Stuart Blackie concerning the Highlands., Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

 File
Identifier: MS.2647
Scope and Contents Papers and notes on Gaelic language and literature (a few of the philological notes, preserved as specimens), with examples of poetry. In addition there are translations of Gaelic verse, dramatic dialogues (partly translated from "Caraid nan Gáidheal") antiquarian matter and items relating to the land question.The contents are as follows.(i) List of Gaelic words and their cognates (folio 1);(ii) Paper on Gaelic literature (folio 22);(iii)...
Dates: Mid 19th century-late 19th century.

Papers of John Stuart Blackie on classical mythology and literature., 1844-1857, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2654
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Summary of classical mythology, 1844, by John Stuart Blackie for his Aberdeen students (folio 1);(ii) Verse translation of Horace (Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Saeculare), preceded by an introduction on his life and writings; with specimen printed pages, apparently corrected by friends (folio 42);(iii) Latin speech and verse addresses, 1844-1856, to students at Aberdeen and Edinburgh (folio 161);(iv) Other verse,...
Dates: 1844-1857, undated.

Papers of Kenneth White.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5911
Scope and Contents

Including corrected manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and prose works, with two published collections of poems and "Letters from Gourgounel".

Dates: 1966-1973.

Papers of Lucinda Mackay relating to her artistic practice, writing, and teaching, 1965-2022

 Series
Identifier: MS.50735-MS.50819
Scope and Contents

This series documents Lady Mackay's professional career as an artist, writer and teacher, containing her art-related papers, her publishing papers, art administration papers, a collection of art-related ephemera, and a file on her teaching career in England and Scotland.

Dates: 1965-2022

Papers of Mary Grey, afterwards wife successively of Robert Lundie, Minister of Kelso, and of Henry Duncan, Minister of Ruthwell., 1809-1812, 1842, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.2975, folios 88-96
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise: a list, 1809-1812, of expenditure on charities; acknowledgements by societies of gifts, 1810-1811; a letter, 1842, of Mrs Duncan to a son or stepson; and a poem, undated.

Dates: 1809-1812, 1842, undated.

Papers of Michael Roberts, including some later papers of Janet Adam Smith concerning Michael Roberts.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13145/1-97
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the following published volumes by Michael Roberts:'These our Matins' (London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1930)'New Signatures', collected by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1932)'Elizabethan Prose. Selected and prefaced by M. Roberts' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1933)'New Country', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1933)'Critique of Poetry' (London:...
Dates: 1922-1976, undated.

Papers of Peter Butter and correspondence between Peter Butter and various correspondents relating to miscellaneous writers., Circa 1962-1980.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13634/77
Scope and Contents

File named ‘Poems, etc - CS Lewis Sermon’ by Peter Butter. Includes copies of poems and literary works by various authors, and correspondence with William Montgomerie and Donald Mitchell. Also includes typed manuscripts of ‘Five Letters From An Eastern Empire’ and ‘Prometheus’ by Alasdair Gray, both signed by the author, and a copy of ‘nuspeak 8’ by Edwin Morgan (Glasgow : Scottish Arts Council, 1973).

Dates: Circa 1962-1980.

Papers of Ramsay family, of Ochtertyre.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.5386
Scope and Contents

1. three documents, 1723-1748, concerning James Ramsay of Ochtertyre

2. extract of letter, 1762, of Joseph Macdonald (possibly the piper)

3. journal, 1776, of the first part of a journey from Edinburgh to London

4. 18 poems in Latin and three in English, 18th century, many in the hand of John Ramsay of Ochtertyre.

Dates: 1723-circa 1799.

Papers of Richard Dark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3617/1-17
Dates: 1815-1st half of 20th century.

Papers of Richard J McLeish.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9576
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of poems and short stories, and also two letters of Neil Gunn, on literary matters.

Dates: 1913-1962.

Papers of Robert Douglas Hamilton., 1757-1862.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9770/1-12
Scope and Contents

Robert Douglas Hamilton was a physician in Lanarkshire in the early 19th century, and the author of 'The principles of medicine'.

Dates: 1757-1862.

Papers of S Marshak.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.3945
Scope and Contents

Including, chapter of autobiographical novel, "At the Beginning of Life", two poems and translations of poems of Burns and others.

Dates: 20th century.

Papers of Sir Herbert Grierson, Sydney Goodsir Smith, and others, collected by Hector MacIver., 1921-1952, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.26291
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows. (i) Letters to Herbert Grierson and articles by him, 1921-1952, undated (folio l). Most of the letters are from T S Eliot, writing as editor of the ‘Criterion’. (ii) Manuscripts and typescripts of poems of Sydney Goodsir Smith, 1939-1952, undated (folio 42). Some of these were published in Goodsir Smith's ‘Collected poems’ (London, 1975); (iii) Typescript of ‘Count Albany’, a play by Donald Carswell, annotated by Hector MacIver for his production, undated (folio...
Dates: 1921-1952, undated.