Papers of Roddy Lumsden -- Correspondence

Scope and Contents Letters to Roddy Lumsden from: Paul Reekie (dated 21 July, no year); Robert Crawford (dated 14 June 1993); Edwin Morgan (dated 10 August 1995, with envelope); Neil Powell (dated 12 April 1995); "Mat" from "Ibid creative writing magazine" (one letter and one Pink Panther postcard, no year); Gerry Cambridge (two letters, dated 23 November 1994 and 28 October 1995, second one with envelope); Douglas Dunn (dated 2 August 1995); editor Kevin William...

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Press release from the Society of Authors concerning the awards of several literary prizes in 1991, including the Eric Gregory award which Roddy Lumsden won that year. Also includes a letter from the Society of Authors to Lumsden, dated 24 June 1994, sending him his due for his work in the Society's anthology of Eric Gregory.

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Letter from a former girlfriend, no signature. Dated 14 November 1989.

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Letter from "Andy" to Roddy Lumsden, dated Monday 30th May, no year, in which Andy thanks Lumsden for a loan, and talks about poetry he's been reading (Soft Keys by Michael Symmons Roberts).

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Eight-page letter from Roddy Lumsden to "Mark", dated around 1992 or 1993, sent from 91 Marchmont Road, Edinburgh.

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Miscellaneous notes, ephemera, pamphlets for social events, newspaper clippings, etc. Includes a letter from C. Wolfram Swetz van Middhlar dated 27 September 1994 to Roddy Lumsden, requesting his own favourite poem in manuscript form.

Scope and Contents Folder of handwritten and typewritten poetry and short stories by Roddy Lumsden, including poems entitled "Poem from the Gap", "The Capistrano Swallow Who Never Came Home", "Me and Florence Nightingale", "Revenge on a Neighbour", "Candle", "Kippis", "20 Haiku for my Dentist", etc. Also includes a letter from Diana Shine, Secretary for Awards of the Society of Authors, dated 25 August 1993, concerning the inclusion of five...

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Correspondence from the Society of Authors to Roddy Lumsden when he won the Eric Gregory award in 1991.

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Year planner 1995-1996 with enclosures; recipe for Roddy Lumsden's recipe for meatballs; notice for the launch of "Yeah Yeah Yeah" at the Waverley [pub] in Edinburgh on "Friday 18th April" [1997]; postcard from Olivia McMahon to Roddy Lumsden, 18 September 1996; post-it note with addresses and phone numbers.