Smith, Sydney Goodsir, 1915-1975 (poet, artist, dramatist, novelist)

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Electoral campaign leaflet for the post of Rector of the University of Edinburgh, in favour of Sydney Goodsir Smith, dated 1951.

Scope and Contents Material relating to the work by K.D. Duval and Sydney Goodsir Smith (eds), Hugh MacDiarmid: a festschrift (Edinburgh: K.D. Duval, 1962), to mark Grieve’s 70th Birthday, being: 3 x ms letters from Grieve to Kulgin D. Duval, 23 January 1961, 19 April 1962, 29 April 1962; Festschrift early drafts and mock ups, with corrections, lists of illustrations and contents, ms poems ‘Shadows from the ship’ and ‘On the fishing grounds’, and graphic...

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Newspaper clipping from The Scotsman dated 16 June 1960, with the article "Anti-Kail Yaird or anti-Scots?" by Sydney Goodsir Smith, discussing Alex Neish's "declared policy of anti-parochialism" in his new quarterly review Sidewalk.

Scope and Contents Printed book entitled So Late into the Night: Fifty Lyrics by Sydney Goodsir Smith, containing lyrics and verses in Scots, published in 1952, London. Book dedicated to Peter Russell by Sydney Goodsir Smith. Also includes proofs and two articles from The Scots Review, one entitled "Synthetic Analysis by Sydney Goodsir Smith" dated December 1946, and one entitled "In Defence of 'Lallans'" also by Goodsir...

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The collection contains proofs of A Drunk man looks at the thistle edited by Weston, ms and ts research material for the edition, correspondence with a wide range of people in the literary world and in publishing, newspaper cuttings, journal articles, and other printed ephemera.the Weston

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Pencil drawings on each side of a piece of paper, representing heads. One side is signed by Sydney Goodsir Smith

Scope and Contents This is a bound typescript of "The Wallace", a theatre play written by Sydney Goodsir Smith. The present copy is copy no. 1 and is dated 24 June 1959; it was presented by Sydney Goodsir Smith to his father. It is inscribed in the hand of the publisher: "Sir Sydney Goodsir Smith with the Compliments of S. G. Smith, R.L.C. Lorimer & Oliver Boyd Ltd." On the back of the title plage there is a printed note that reads: "this typescript is the property of S. G. Smith and supersedes all...