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Poetry

 Subject

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

Found in 106 Collections and/or Records:

Poem (by junior doctor?), n.d.

 Item
Identifier: LHB5/39/2
Scope and Contents

Found in LHB 5/6/1A.

Dates: n.d.
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Sick Children / Miscellaneous

Poem: 'Lines on a Scratched Boulder', late 19th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/5/1
Scope and Contents

Printed poem entitled 'Lines on a Scratched Boulder'.

Dates: late 19th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Miscellaneous

Poems and quotations, c1910-c1940

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/1/15
Scope and Contents

A loose-leaf bundle of pieces of poetry and related material

Dates: c1910-c1940
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Notes and notebooks

Poems by John Baillie, 1902-1908

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/1/2
Scope and Contents

An indexed notebook containing poems written by John Baillie, bearing his home address in Inverness.

Dates: 1902-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Notes and notebooks

Poems chiefly from lesser authors selected by John Baillie, April 1904

 Item
Identifier: BAI 1/1/1
Scope and Contents

A notebook containing transcriptions of poems by such as Mathew Arnold, Robert Louis Stevenson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Christina Rossetti.

Dates: April 1904
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Notes and notebooks

Poems of Alison Murray Oliver

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1246
Scope and Contents

The collection of around 24 pieces of poetry and prose on Scottish themes by Alison Murray Oliver are contained in a hand-made file or folder.

Dates: 1928-1980
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Poems of William MacRitchie, (1754-1837), minister of Clunie, Perthshire

 Fonds
Identifier: MS MCR
Scope and Contents Composite volume, mainly containing poems written by Rev. William MacRitchie in 1775.Item 1: Selection of items pasted into the front end board and flyleaf. Includes a short printed poem titled ‘Song; June, tho’ prudence may press me’, and sketches of Castle Stewart and a mountain at the head of Glencoe. 'Song; June...' appears later in the volume in manuscript at p.81.Item 2: Section titled ‘Poems chiefly in the year 1775, written on 164 numbered quarto pages. An...
Dates: 1775-1809
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

"Poems to Paintings by William Johnstone 1933", c 1963

 File
Identifier: Coll-2124/5/2
Scope and Contents

"‘Poems to Paintings by William Johnstone", being: I. A Point in Time; II. Wedding of the Winds; III. Conception; IV. Composition (1934); V. Knight; VI. Of William Johnstone’s Art; VII. Ode to the North Wind; VIII. Of William Johnstone’s Exhibition. Manuscript, pencil, 7 folios, 1 envelope addressed to F. G. Scott.

Dates: c 1963
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Literary Papers of Hugh MacDiarmid collected by Kulgin D. Duval / Texts and poems on William Johnstone's paintings

Poet tells how 'puritanical' Scotland kept him from coming out (Scotland on Sunday), 9 Apr 2000

 Item
Identifier: GD61/11/2/4/246
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: 9 Apr 2000
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive / Lothian Gay and Lesbian Switchboard (LGLS) / Information Resources / Press Cuttings / Press Cuttings

Poetry and songs, c1910

 File
Identifier: BAI 8/3
Scope and Contents

2 volumes and 1 songsheet of songs and poetry written by Peter Baillie.

Dates: c1910
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers relating to Peter Baillie