Papers of Roddy Lumsden -- Correspondence

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Folder containing a print representing a tightrope walker, a photocopy of an interview by Liz Lochhead mentioning Roddy Lumsden, with a handwritten note by Lumsden's on the back, and three letters to "Dearest Sis" and "Dear L. C. B." (dated 13 December 1987, 23 March 1990, and 4 June 1990).

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Cards sent by Roddy Lumsden, 2 portrait photographs (copies), letters (one from Lumsden in St Andrew to "Ruth" dated 26 January 1984, one from "Andy" in Dublin to "Brodskey" dated 11 January 1995), and an envelope "For Roddy from Connie" containing prints representing a tightrope walker.

Scope and Contents Photo of Roddy Lumsden in a pub with a man and a woman; photo of an elderly couple cutting a cake in a garden, with Roddy Lumsden as one of the guest in the background; printed photo of a man underwater in scuba gear, with a note on the back "I said I was going down under on holiday!". Correspondence sent to Roddy Lumsden from friends. "Shug Crosby", 1992, Madrid. "Sinead", undated. Not signed [possibly from Sinead W.], 19[95?], sent to Lumsden's Aberdeen address (contains human hair). There...

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File containing postcards and letters from "Nina". Includes a poem "This is a poem for a girl called Nina".

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File entitled "Sinead" containing one postcard from Malawi, one note, and one envelope with writing on it.

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Documents relating to Roddy Lumsden's time in Aberdeen as Writer in Residence in 1995, including: letter from the City of Aberdeen confirming the offer to be "Writer in Residence"; good-bye card signed by Lumsden's friends, Lumsden's Aberdeen library card; and invoices.

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Letters from Scottish arts bodies, namely The South Bank Centre and the Scottish Arts Council, dating from 1993 to 1995 and concerning performances and writings by Roddy Lumsden. Also includes an invoice and Scottish Arts Council pamphlet entitled "Literature".

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Letter from Bloodaxe Books to Roddy Lumsden, dated 1996 and concerning his first collection Yeah Yeah Yeah, published in August 1997. Also includes an invoice in an envelope on which Lumsden has written a poem entitled "Funeral" in pen, and a leaflet detailing "Bloodaxe Books House Style".

Scope and Contents Three letters to Roddy Lumsden: from W. W. Robson, Masson Professor of English Literature, dated 15 June 1987 thanking Lumsden for his entry for the Lewis Edwards Memorial Prize, although it was awarded to someone else; from Kathryn MacLean, publicist at Polygon, dated 5 January 1994 asking Lumsden if he would read from the book Dream State at an event in Edinburgh; and a reminder from the University of Edinburgh Library about overdue borrowed books, dated 6 July...

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Letters from Christopher Reid (poetry editor at Faber and Faber) to Roddy Lumsden dating from 1991 to 1994 and concerning the creation and publication of Poetry Introduction 8 in 1993. Also includes invoices.