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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 (Scottish poet)

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Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

2 versions of lecture on Robert Burns and Medicine given in Edinburgh, c 1964-27 November 1970

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.212
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2 versions of lecture by Norman Dott on Robert Burns and Medicine given in Edinburgh. The lectures have different mauscript corrections, and one has a note 'lent to Dr. Happel 27.11.70. [27 November 1970]'.

Dates: c 1964-27 November 1970

5. Arran, Bute, Ayr, Wigton, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries, circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)

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Identifier: Coll-10/5
Scope and Contents This is the fifth volume of Adam White’s set of eight scrapbook albums, containing 289 items mounted on 202 pages.The volume covers south-west Scotland, encompassing the historical counties of Bute, Ayrshire, Wigtownshire, Kirkcudbright and Dumfriesshire. Beginning with the islands of Arran and Bute, the volume takes in the landscape, castles and landed estates of the Firth of Clyde and inland Ayrshire, the towns of Ayr and Dumfries, the shores of the Solway, and the marches of...
Dates: Other: circa 1850 (spine-dated 1849)

Ayr, 1843

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/33(i)
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Ayr. Line engraving. 1843. Banks, William, -1866, Artist; Lizars, W. H. (William Home), 1788-1859, Engraver, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published by W.H. Lizars, Edinr.

Published in: Lizars' Views of the Principal Cities and Towns in Scotland (1843).

Note: Three views in an ornamental frame: centre, Ayr; to left Burns Monument; to right, Wallace Tower.

Dates: 1843

‘Burns as a Scots Folksong Collector’, 10 December 1910-20 January 1911

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Scope and Contents ‘Burns as a Scots Folksong Collector’. Burns lecture by Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, [20 January 1911], filed together with ‘Scottish National Song Society [...] Lecture by Mrs Kennedy-Fraser on Burns as a Scots Folk-Song Collector’, Edinburgh, 20 January 1911, leaflet, multiple copies, lecture text often on reverses of discarded letters etc., including stencilled letter from James Kyd, Edinburgh District Board of Lunacy, Edinburgh, 9 December 1910, ‘To the Town Clerk,...
Dates: 10 December 1910-20 January 1911

Burn's [sic] Mausoleum, Dumfries, 2 June 1817

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/149(i)
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Burn's [sic] Mausoleum, Dumfries. Line engraving. 2 June 1817. Scott, Robert, 1777-1841, Engraver; Archibald Constable & Co., Publisher.

Publisher statement: For the Scots Mage. & Edinr. Literary Misy. Pubd. by A. Constable & Co.

Published in: Scots Magazine, and Edinburgh Literary Miscellany, May 1817.

Dates: 2 June 1817
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Collection of Original Letters and Verses of Robert Burns, 2nd half of the 18th century

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Identifier: La.III.586
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Collection of original letters and verses by Robert Burns.

Dates: 2nd half of the 18th century

Correspondence between Norman Dott and the British Council Specialist Tours Department, 1963-1964

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Identifier: Coll-32/E.45
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Correspondence between Norman Dott and the British Council Specialist Tours Department, dated 1963-1964. The correspondence relates to tours planned and Council support. It includes letters about recital of Burns' songs in the vernacular.

Dates: 1963-1964

Correspondence between Norman Dott, Douglas Guthrie and Sir Walter Mercer, 1963, 1967

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Identifier: Coll-32/D.215
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Correspondence between Norman Dott and Douglas Guthrie dated 1963 and Dott and Sir Walter Mercer, dated 1967. The correspondence relates to references for Dott's talks on Robert Burns and Medicine.

Dates: 1963, 1967

Grey-friars Churchyard, Dumfries. (The burial place of Burns), 1838

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/150
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Grey-friars Churchyard, Dumfries. (The burial place of Burns). Line engraving. 1838. Bartlett, W. H. (William Henry), 1809-1854, Artist; Roberts, Edward John, 1797-1865, Engraver; Virtue, George, 1793?-1868, Publisher.

Published in: Allan Cunningham, The Poems, Letters, and Land of Robert Burns [1838-40], vol. I.

Dates: 1838

Halloween, 1811

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Identifier: Coll-10/5/59(iii)
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Halloween. Line engraving. 1811. Burnet, John, 1784-1868, Artist, Engraver; Stewart, James, 1791-1863, Engraver; Morison, James, 1762-1809, Publisher.

Published in: Josiah Walker, Poems by Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life (1811), vol. I.

Note: Printed title and verse below trimmed off; title added in ink.

Dates: 1811

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Burns Mausoleum, St Michael's Churchyard (Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland) 2
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Ayr (South Ayrshire, Scotland) -- prospects 1