Poetry.
Found in 2772 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of Sir Robert Strange, the engraver, and his brother-in-law, Andrew Lumisden, secretary to Prince Charles Edward Stuart, encompassing the period from the '45 Rebellion to the early 19th century, with some earlier family documents and later genealogical material.
Papers of Sydney Durward Tremayne (1912-1986), the poet and journalist.
Sydney Durward Tremayne, who was born in Ayr, worked for provincial newspapers before becoming a leader-writer for the ‘Daily Mirror’, the ‘Daily Herald’ and the ‘Sun’; he also published several small collections of poems. Apart from his autobiography, the papers do not concern his work as a journalist.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Includes manuscript drafts and corrected typescripts of poems, plays and articles.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, plays, novels and essays, with correspondence.
Papers of Sylvia Thompson, of and relating to Ian Hamilton Finlay, Robert Crombie Saunders and William Sydney Graham; with copies of published works of William Sydney Graham and Robert Crombie Saunders.
Papers of the author, poet and journalist, Rachel Annand Taylor (1876-1960), consisting chiefly of material for her published and unpublished works.
Papers of the Burns Begg family, being the family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns.
Papers of the Calder family.
Includes letters from emigrants to Montana, United States and Australia.
Papers of the Earls of Minto and other members of the family., 1791-1888, undated.
Papers of the "Edinburgh Review".
Includes corrected typescripts and proofs of articles, short stories, poems and reviews, with associated correspondence.
Papers of the families of Crawfurd of Kilbirnie and of Jordanhill.
The contents are as follows: (i) Legal documents and correspondence, 1488-1789 (folio 1); (ii) Notes, ?1786-1821, on legal cases (folio 33); (iii) Genealogical papers, 1707-1731, undated (folio 65); (iv) Poetry, 18th century-19th century, including an early copy, dated 1734, of Allan Ramsay's poem, 'The Thimble' (folio 93); (v) Notes, undated, by George Crawfurd, the antiquary, and a translation of a charter, 1748, by Thomas Ruddiman (folio 107).
Papers of the Irvine Robertson family, the Rev. Alexander Irvine, and the Stewart families of Garth, Kynachan and Drumcharry, with associated papers.
Includes legal documents, correspondence, financial papers, Scottish travel journals, sermons and poetry. The correspondence is particularly of the Rev. Dr. Alexander Irvine, minister of Little Dunkeld, and Col. David Stewart of Garth. Includes several items in Scottish Gaelic.
Papers of the literary magazine, "Chapman".
Including manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, translations, articles, and reviews, with editorial correspondence, comprising over 700 letters. With associated printed items.
Papers of the Marquesses of Lothian and others., 1730-1821, undated.
The papers include:
Letter, Groningen, 1730, of the tutor of Lord Jedburgh (afterwards 4th Marquess) to the latter's mother, regarding his studies and conduct (folio 25);
Part of a speech, 1737, of John, Duke of Argyll, opposing the bill for penalizing Edinburgh for the Porteous Riots (folio 27);
Memorandum, 1744, on the wages and output of colliers (folio 28);
Verse, 1812, 1814, undated (folios 40, 42, 44-46).
Papers of the playwright and author, Joe Corrie (1894-1968).
Joe Corrie worked as a miner in Fife and Ayrshire, and many of his plays and stories are set in mining communities. He was a prolific writer who published a number of plays, several collections of poetry, and two novels, as well as numerous stories and articles in newspapers. Many of his plays were popular with amateur dramatic groups.
Papers of the playwright, Robert McLellan, and his family.
Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.
Papers of the poet and South African civil servant, Charles Murray (1864-1941).
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Papers of the poet, Robert Garioch Sutherland, and his father.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Papers of the Rev Dr Neil Ross, Gaelic scholar and poet.
Papers of the Reverend Thomas Veitch.
Includes typescripts of sermons, talks, essays, plays and poems.
Papers of the Rymour Club, Edinburgh.
The papers contain a version of "The Dowie Dens o' Yarrow" contributed by Duncan Fraser, and copies from a collection of rhymes made by William Findlay, with notes and a letter of Alan Reid, secretary of the Club.
Papers of the Rymour Club, Edinburgh, which existed from 1903 to 1947, its object being the collection of Scottish ballads, popular rhymes, proverbs, and the like.
Papers of the School of Poets, coprisng poems written by members.
Papers of the School of Poets, mainly comprising poems written by members.
The School of Poets, founded in 1981 by Tessa Ransford, meets monthly (excluding August and December) in the Scottish Poetry Library in Edinburgh. The aim of the School is to provide a meeting place for poets, new or experienced, to encourage and learn from each other. The archive contains the poems submitted and discussed by members at the monthly meetings.