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Jamieson, Morley (author and bookshop owner)

 Person

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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 1 Collection or Record:

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection