Poets, Scottish
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = CW
Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:
Autograph poem signed, by Allan Cunningham, c 1825
Item — Box CLX-A-371
Identifier: Coll-1848/18-0130
Scope and Contents
Autograph poem signed, titled 'Mariners Song', three verses of 8 lines each, starting "A wet sheet and a flowing sea / A wind that follows fast / And fills the white and rustling sail / And bends the gallant mast / And bends the gallant mast my boys / While like the eagle free / Away the good ship flies and leaves / Old England on the sea ... ", addressed on the verso to Miss Henney, 1 side 4to., no place, no date (c. 1825).
Dates:
c 1825
Collection of poems by William Hamilton of Bangour, together with related material
Collection — Box CLX-A-1704
Identifier: Coll-2023
Content Description
Collection of loose-leaf manuscript verses by Jacobite poet and army officer William Hamilton of Bangour (1704-1754), together with related material. The collection appears to have emanated from a member of the Pringle family, who were related to Hamilton by marriage.The majority of the poems in this collection can be found either in the contemporary editions of Hamilton's poems, or in the later 1850 edition (see Bibliography). However, most of the present manuscript poems differ...
Dates:
ca 1730-1750
Collection of romantic era Scottish Borders poetry,18th and 19th centuries
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1542
Scope and Contents
The collection of poetry is composed of 10 basic groups, and in folders containing:
Original poems by Whitelaw Ainslie, Cairnbank
Original poems by Jane Kelly, Dunbar, mostly
Original poems by James Dudgeon
Original poems by William Dudgeon
Robert Burns related items
Walter Scott related items
Printed...
Dates:
1711-1849
Correspondence with F. G. Scott, with enclosed poems, 1932-1957
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-2124/1/2
Scope and Contents
Ff. 1-2: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 22/07/1932.
Ff. 3-5: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 24/10/1932.
Ff. 6-8*: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 19/10/1939.
Ff. 9-10: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 20/11/1939.
Ff. 11-16: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 07/09/1940. Includes a manuscript text of "Auld Reekie", 5 ff., pencil.
F. 17: Letter from...
Dates:
1932-1957
Correspondence with Helen B. Cruickshank, 17 May 1922 - 16 August 1964
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-2124/1/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Hugh MacDiarmid and Helen B. Cruickshank, from 17 May 1922 to 16 August 1964 (a few with no date), arranged chronologically, 78 letters, 155 folios.There is also an envelope containing snapshots of Hugh MacDiarmid and family mostly taken by Helen Cruickshank (ff. 159 - 180), and three signed photographs (f. 156: photograph of a bust by sculptor Laurence Bradshaw, f. 157: portrait of Hugh MacDiarmid, and f. 158: photograph of Valda Trevlyn...
Dates:
17 May 1922 - 16 August 1964
Folder entitled "Letters from Poets", 1993-1995
File — Box Coll-2126: Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2126/5
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...
Dates:
1993-1995
Four autograph letters signed by Allan Cunningham
Collection — Box CLX-A-375
Identifier: Coll-1889
Content Description
A small group of four unrelated letters from Allan Cunningham to various correspondents, dating from 1826 to 1833 when dated.
Letter to Jerdan (presumably William), 1 page 8vo, 29 November 1826, sending a 'Scots Almanack with the respects of our friend George Bagot the Bookseller'.
Letter to Thomas ?Gaspay at Walnut Tree Walk, Lambeth, 1 page 4to, 27 Belgrave Place, 15 May 1828,...
Dates:
1826-1833
"Hugh MacDiarmid: Rebel Poet and Prophet" by Duncan Glen, 1962
File
Identifier: Coll-2124/6/1
Scope and Contents
Four items relating to "Hugh MacDiarmid: Rebel Poet and Prophet" by Duncan Glen (1962):
"Rebel Poet and Prophet" by Duncan Glen, manuscript, pen, 7pp;
First proof, with Duncan Glen's initials and annotations, 6pp + cover;
First revise, with Duncan Glen's initials and annotations, 4pp;
Printed booklet, red, signed by Duncan Glen. Copy no. 8.
...
Dates:
1962
Lecture on 'The Poets and Poetry of Scotland'., late 19th-early 20th century
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW223
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing a lecture given by Alexander Carmichael on 'The Poets and Poetry of Scotland'.
Dates:
late 19th-early 20th century
Literary Papers of Hugh MacDiarmid collected by Kulgin D. Duval
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2124
Scope and Contents
Collection of literary papers of Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid (pen name of Christopher Murray Grieve), collected by bookseller and book collector Kulgin D. Duval. They include:
Correspondence with other important figures of the Scottish Renaissance such as Helen Cruickshank and Francis G. Scott, as well as Scottish politician Roland E. Muirhead;
Manuscripts of individual poems by Hugh...
Dates:
1922-1964