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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Story about John MacCodrum, c1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW105/23
Scope and Contents

Story about John MacCodrum [Iain mac Fhearchair] speaking at a wedding and how he dealt with a minister who tried to persuade him to stop composing songs.

Dates: c1875
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Story about MacMhuirich winning a shirt from O' Neil, 1871

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW119/40
Scope and Contents

Story telling how O' Neil had a 'magnificent shirt' made which he would give to the person who composed the best poem. No one was able to win it from O' Neil until MacMhuirich arrived and he won it by reciting a poem beginning 'Thin[ig] mi a Al[ba] do dh Eir[inn], A dheo[gh] mhic O Nil a chois cliu'.

Dates: 1871
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

Story entitled' 'Lamertine and Ossian', 10 January 1865

 Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW113/8
Scope and Contents

Story entitled' 'Lamertine and Ossian' collected from 'the kind hearted' Father [James] Mac Grigor RCP [Roman Catholic Priest], Ardchaoinnich [Àird Choinnich/Ardkenneth, Uibhist a Deas/South Uist] in which Lamertine [Alphonse de Lamartine], when asked if he thought the poems of Ossian published by James MacPherson were forgeries or not, replied that 'MacPherson was as capable of the poems of Ossian as he was of forging the hills and dales of the Scottish Highlands.'

Dates: 10 January 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field and transcription notebook of Alexander Carmichael

The Pink Paper, 25 Oct 2002

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/6/43
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 25 Oct 2002
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

Three poems by Henry Anderson of Perth, Late 16th to early 17th century

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Identifier: De.1.11
Scope and Contents

Three poems by Henry Anderson of Perth: "Amaryllis ingrata"; "Musarum querimonia"; "Ad sereniss. potentissimumque regem Ia. 6. Perthanam urbem ingredientem 5. ca. Iunias 1580 panegyris".


There are two copies of the first two poems. In three different hands. One italic, two secretary.

Dates: Late 16th to early 17th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Manuscripts from the William Drummond of Hawthornden Collection

Transcripts from the Book of the Dean of Lismore, late 19th-early 20th century

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW10
Scope and Contents Notebook containing transcripts of poems from the Book of the Dean of Lismore Sir James MacGregor (16 century). The transcripts were created by Ewen MacLachlan. This transcript, which was said to have been lost was, 'transcribed for Sir John MacGregor Murray, and sent off per Mail to the care of Wm Kerr, Secretary, Genl Post Office, Tuesday May 24 1814' (see the verso side of page 105). Page 1-9 contains an incomplete transcription of a MS of modern...
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection

Typescript poem entitled "Odd Ode. Sonia Snell.", mid-20th century

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Identifier: Coll-1581, vol. 2, no. 61
Scope and Contents

This is a typescript of "Sonia Snell", a comedic poem.

Dates: mid-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Archive of productions of Varsity Vanities and various dramatic groups / Volume 2

Unfinished essay entitled 'The Bards and Bardism of the Highlands', 16 October 1865

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW107/1
Scope and Contents Unfinished essay entitled 'The Bards and Bardism of the Highlands', written by Alexander Carmichael over several sessions. Carmichael makes comparisons between noted Gaelic poets such as William Ross [Uilleam Ros] and Alasdair mac Mhaighstir Alasdair [Alexander MacDonald] and Robert Burns and Lord Byron. He asserts that some of the finest poetry written in English has come from the Gaelic tradition. He refers to the importance of poetry in society citing the loss of Gaelic manuscripts by...
Dates: 16 October 1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook of Alexander Carmichael

Why we find it hard to let go of the old taboos (The Scotsman), 12 Nov 2002

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/6/49
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

A collection of newspaper and magazine cuttings covering issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community.

Articles cover local, national and international news, however Scottish publications have the strongest representation with Edinburgh and Glasgow based publications being a specific strength within this sub-series.

Dates: 12 Nov 2002
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

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