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Scottish poetry

 Subject

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:

Poems of William Hamilton of Bangour, Esq., ca. 1730-1750

 Item
Identifier: La.III.451
Scope and Contents

Manuscript collection containing poems of poet and soldier William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-1754). The most comprehensive edition of Hamilton's poems (1850) is based on this manuscript.

Dates: ca. 1730-1750
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Laing Collection / Section III. Bound volumes

Poetry, 1943 (date of original) - 1992

 Series — Box Coll-2128 Box 4 of 4: Series Coll-2128/4; Series Coll-2128/5; Series Coll-2128/6; Series Coll-2128/7
Identifier: Coll-2128/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

This collection consists of the papers of Edinburgh-born writer D. E. (Dorothy Emily) Stevenson. It includes manuscripts of some of her published books; manuscripts of short stories, plays, and poetry; notebooks with rough notes; texts of lectures and talks she gave to various audiences; texts of articles; biographies; photographs (copies) of Stevenson and family throughout her life, and an album with US newspaper cuttings mentioning her books.

Dates: 1943 (date of original) - 1992
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of D. E. Stevenson

Poetry album of Louisa Agnes Czarnecki

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-480
Identifier: Coll-2090
Content Description This is an album dated 1861 belonging to Scottish poet Louisa Agnes Czarnecki, who was married to Arthur Antoine Czarnecki, a Polish exile residing in Scotland. The album primarily focuses on politically engaged poetry that vehemently protests against "Russian atrocities" while celebrating the triumph of Garibaldi in Italy.The volume comprises a variety of interesting elements, including original manuscript poetry written by Czarnecki herself. These poems are accompanied by...
Dates: 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Songs and poems, 18th century-1863

 Series — Box CLX-A-1121: Series Coll-1383/3; Series Coll-1383/5
Identifier: Coll-1383/5
Scope and Contents

Series containing poems and songs, printed and manuscript.

Dates: 18th century-1863
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Ian R. Grant, antiquarian bookseller

'The Pudding Bag' by Thomas Hudson, 1829

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1383/5/6
Scope and Contents

Eight verse song which appeared in Comic Songs by Thomas Hudson in 1829, with subject matter of Samuel Johnson's trip to Scotland in 1775.

Dates: 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of Ian R. Grant, antiquarian bookseller / Songs and poems

Tickets for events organised by the Caledonian Club of New York, designed by John Allan

 Collection
Identifier: Coll-2922
Scope and Contents This collection consists of 23 engraved tickets for events organised by the Caledonian Club of New York, dated around 1830-1840. The cards were designed by John Allan and engraved by various well-known American engravers.The majority of the cards are for the Annual Caledonian Ball and incorporate images such as Scottish dancing, bagpiping, references to Scottish history, thistles, tartan, castles and snippets of Scottish verse (almost entirely drawn from the works of Robert...
Dates: c 1830 - c 1840
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
f. 181v
f. 181v

Various additions, mostly Scots verse, early 16th century

 part
Identifier: MS 205/Scots
Contents This entry contains details of the later additions to this manuscript, most of which are in Scots verse, that have been added to the fly-leaves and blank pages. They seem to have been added in the early 16th century.f. ir (first fly-leaf, recto): Pen trials and inscriptions, including Johannes purde est presb[yteru]m and Preceptor coleis...
Dates: early 16th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Makculloch Manuscript (composite manuscript containing two texts)

Verses, early-mid 18th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-2023/1
Scope and Contents

This series consists of fifteen manuscript poems by William Hamilton, some very similar to their published version, and some unrecorded and unpublished. See the item-level descriptions for more details.

Dates: early-mid 18th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Collection of poems by William Hamilton of Bangour, together with related material