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Cruickshank, Helen B. (Helen Burness), 1886-1975 (Scottish poet and suffragette)

 Person

Staff Only

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence with Helen B. Cruickshank, 17 May 1922 - 16 August 1964

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-2124/1/1
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Hugh MacDiarmid and Helen B. Cruickshank, from 17 May 1922 to 16 August 1964 (a few with no date), arranged chronologically, 78 letters, 155 folios.There is also an envelope containing snapshots of Hugh MacDiarmid and family mostly taken by Helen Cruickshank (ff. 159 - 180), and three signed photographs (f. 156: photograph of a bust by sculptor Laurence Bradshaw, f. 157: portrait of Hugh MacDiarmid, and f. 158: photograph of Valda Trevlyn...
Dates: 17 May 1922 - 16 August 1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Literary Papers of Hugh MacDiarmid collected by Kulgin D. Duval / Correspondence

Papers and Correspondence of H. B. Cruickshank

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-81
Scope and Contents The Papers and Correspondence of Helen Burness Cruickshank include letters connected with her career in the Civil Service, and retirement from it, covering the years 1913-1945; an engagements diary for 1972; an address book of friends; autobiographical notes; contributions to PEN; letters; short stories; lectures, talks and speeches; notes for articles; accounts and reviews; a horoscope. There is holograph and typescript material, drafts of poems, pencil sketches, a scrapbook, cuttings, and...
Dates: 1900-1972
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections