Brown, Alexander, 1837-1923 (Cabinet maker and author)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1837 - 1923
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Anderson, "Surfaceman", and other poems, 1871-1912
Series
Identifier: Coll-2961/3/1-2
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of poems, both titled "Poems by Alexander Anderson, "Surfaceman", not yet published in Book Form".
Poems span the entire first volume and first c 125 pages of the second volume. Followed by poems written and published in periodicals 1877-1898 (mostly the People's Friend), translations from German, and letters between Alexander Anderson and Andrew Stewart, editor of the People's Friend, dated...
Dates:
1871-1912
In Memoriam: Alexander Brown, 4 February 1923
Item
Identifier: Coll-2961/7
Scope and Contents
Sermon preached by the Rev. James Barclay in Haymarket United Free Church, Edinburgh. 4 February 1923. In Memoriam: Alexander Brown.
Dates:
4 February 1923
Loose-leaf and small items, late 19th - early 20th century
Series
Identifier: Coll-2961/8
Scope and Contents
Folder 1:
Coll-2961/8/1 - Fifth annual report of the Ecclectic Conversation Club
Coll-2961/8/2 - Literature and Literary Criticism
Coll-2961/8/3 - Several jokes on authors
Coll-2961/8/4 - Treatise on the heart
Coll-2961/8/5 - Short essay on archaeology
Coll-2961/8/6 - Poems; "In...
Dates:
late 19th - early 20th century
Notebook with fair copies of essays, undated. [c late 19th-century - early 20th century]
Item
Identifier: Coll-2961/6
Scope and Contents
Notebook with fair copies of three short essays.
- Poetry, and its influence
- Douglas Jerrold
- Self-reliance
Dates:
undated. [c late 19th-century - early 20th century]
Papers of Alexander Brown
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2961
Scope and Contents
Collection of notebooks of Alexander Brown (1837-1923), spanning prose, poetry, commonplace books, and materials used for Brown's editing of Alexander Anderson's later poetry.
Dates:
1871-1923
Volume of poems by Alexander Brown, 1870-1880, 1913-1922
Item
Identifier: Coll-2961/5
Scope and Contents
Volume containing poems by Alexander Brown, written in his own hand. Poems are accompanied by a caption indicating when and where it was published - generally in periodicals, especially the People's Friend.
Occasional item (e.g. stamp) laid in
Dates:
1870-1880; 1913-1922