Jamieson, Morley (author and bookshop owner)
Person
Dates
- Existence: fl 1943 - 1977
Biography
Morley Jamieson was a poet and a short-story writer, and the owner of Brunton's bookshop in Dundas Street, Edinburgh. He was an acquaintance of Hugh MacDiarmid, and conceived the small magazine Brunton's Miscellany with Robert Garioch.
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to Morley Jamieson, 4 December 1977
Item — Box CLX-A-387
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0047
Scope and Contents
Autograph letter signed sent by Hugh MacDiarmid to Morley Jamieson, Candymill, 4 December 1977. In the letter, Grieve praises Jamieson on the publication of Brunton's Miscellany: "Your first issue is excellent - most elegantly produced and full of good things. I hope it has gone well. We were glad to know the launching party was so well-attended". He and his wife Valda are "very sorry indeed" not to have been able to attend: "the...
Dates:
4 December 1977
Letters from Edwin and Willa Muir to Morley and Flora Jamieson
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2061
Content Description
This fonds consists of friendly letters and cards from Edwin and Willa Muir to their wartime lodgers Morley and Flora Jamieson: an autograph letter signed from Edwin and Willa to Flora, two autograph letters signed from Willa to Morley and Flora, a carbon-copy typed letter from Edwin to Morley and Flora, a Christmas autograph correspondence card signed from Willa to the Jamiesons' dog Jinty, and a Christmas autograph picture postcard signed from Willa. The letters were sent from Edinburgh,...
Dates:
1944-1963
Recollections of Edwin and Willa Muir
Fonds — Box Gen.2180, Volume: Gen.2180/4
Identifier: Coll-1883
Scope and Contents
Volume compiled by literary partnership, Edwin and Willa Muir.
Dates:
c1980s