|
| Reference: | MS 6/7/1/1-44 |
| Collection: | COX BROTHERS LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE; COX FAMILY PAPERS |
| Date: | 1923-1981 |
| Description: | 44 diaries of Margot Cox |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 6/7/9/1 |
| Collection: | COX BROTHERS LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE; COX FAMILY PAPERS |
| Date: | c1940 |
| Description: | ‘The two types’Comic book, by Jon |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 6/7/9/2 |
| Collection: | COX BROTHERS LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE; COX FAMILY PAPERS |
| Date: | c1940 |
| Description: | ‘Jon’s two types in Italy ’Comic book, by Jon |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 6/7/9/3 |
| Collection: | COX BROTHERS LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE; COX FAMILY PAPERS |
| Date: | 1943 |
| Description: | Capolavori della pittura (Italian) |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 6/7/9/4 |
| Collection: | COX BROTHERS LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE; COX FAMILY PAPERS |
| Date: | c1940 |
| Description: | Venezia Pittura (Italian) |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (1) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poem: 'Lines Suggested from Mr James Morison's Reg [?] to the Four Books of Moses &c and the reminiscences occasioned thereby'. [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (2) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | c.28 January 1831 |
| Description: | Poem by James Morison:'Lines on the Death of Francis Gorrie, Jan. 28, 1831.Addressed to his Mother, by J.M.' [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (3) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | 6 January 1833 |
| Description: | Untitled poem, begins:"Another year has roll'd its course,And caused many mourn and fear,". [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (4) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | 1 January 1937 |
| Description: | Poem by James Morison:'Lines in Micah ch.2 v.10."Arise ye and depart; for this is not your rest."' [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (5) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poem: 'The Staff'. [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (6) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | November 1870 |
| Description: | Poem by James Morison 'Song: November 1870.' Followed by some unrelated notes. [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (7) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | 30 November 1844 |
| Description: | Untitled poem, begins:"Sweet sleeper now thy warfares [sic] overThy little race is run". [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (8) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Untitled poem, begins:"My mind inclines me now to tell Of lofty things, that lately felle". [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (9) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | c.1871 |
| Description: | Untitled poem by James Morison (supposed) with epigraph, John 16:17. [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (10) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | 17 August 1834 |
| Description: | Untitled poem, begins:"I've seen the smiling of life's hope beguiling, And all its fair prospects cut off in their bloom;". [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (11) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Untitled poem, begins:"Again through the assembled Hosts Of all the Sons of Love". [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/2/1 (12-13) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poem: 'The Vale of Woe an Elegy'. [2 halves of 1p] [MS]. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/4/2 (2) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | 22 July 1783 |
| Description: | Letter, 22 July 1783. Lurgan, Ireland, John Williamson to Mrs Julia David and Mrs Doctress Robertson, Perth. Gives general information and news of the Williamson family and requests news of the Perth congregation. Includes by John Williamson 'A Dialogue between an Angel and a Lady'. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/4/2 (31) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | 1843 |
| Description: | Printed leaflet. Correspondence between G.E. Anson on behalf of Queen Victoria and William Jones, theologian and author, concerning appointment of the latter to the Charter House Charitable Institution, 1843. [2 letters] Includes extract from 'Lectures on the Apocalypse' pp186-187 by William Jones and letter, 9 November 1843, London, Octavian Blewitt on behalf of Literary Society to William Jones. Offers alternative pension from the Royal Bounty Fund which will not conflict with Jones religious |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/4/2 (32) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Circular. Includes satirical verse 'To the Clergy' drawing attention to the hypocrisy of the Clergy, unsigned, n.d. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/4/2 (33) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The tree of Dissipation'; verse on the evils of drunkenness, n.d. [Printed] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/4/2 (41) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | "Observations on the Nightingale: The same improved", verses by unknown poet, n.d. [2pp] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 9/4/2 (58) |
| Collection: | The Glasite Church |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'Verses to the memory of Janet Duff, spouse to George Murray of Letham, Perthshire', n.d. Includes copy of inscription on her grave-stone at Tibermore. [2pp] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 13/1 (13) |
| Collection: | Sir Thomas Malcolm Knox (1900-1980) Papers |
| Date: | 29 August 1922 |
| Description: | Letter. James Laver, Kensington, to "Titus" [Thomas Malcolm Knox]. Includes satirical verses on the subject of semolina. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/9 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1633 |
| Description: | 'De Hominis Procreatione' by David Kinloch; translated from the Latin by Kenneth Young, from verse published in Delitiae poetrum Scotorum. 1633. Typewritten sheets. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations |
|
| Reference: | MS 234/1/1-2 |
| Collection: | Diary and transcript of personal accounts of John Sturrock |
| Date: | 1864-1865 |
| Description: | Diary of John Sturrock (b.1840), a millwright at Lilybank Foundry, Dundee, 1864-1865.Diary "How I spend my leisure time". Gives an interesting picture of social life in Dundee, and locl events, with some reference to his work. Topics include family visits, visits to fairs, circus, and other amusements, Dundee shipping and dock activities, newspapers and journals read by the diarist, local volunteer regiments, church going, injuries and illnesses, wages and hours of work, comment on American Civil War.(1)Volume 1, 15 August 1864 - 24 June 1865.(2)Volume 2, 24 June 1865 - 19 November 1865.(3)Typed extracts from diary and notes concerning John Sturrock and family.(4)Transcript of complete diary, 1864- |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/87/2 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1886 (in later scrapbook) |
| Description: | Scrapbook, 1902-1912. Includes a poem entitled 'William Neish of Tannadice', 1886. [Printed]. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/89 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1868-1898 |
| Description: | Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, with index, 1868-1898. Entries are very miscellaneous but many refer to literary and scientific personalities of the period. Includes reference to local Dundee affairs and to St Andrews University. Frontispiece has envelope cover addressed to E.P. Harris, Newport from Mrs John Brown, London. [Ex Libris William Harris Valentine] |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/102 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'Thomas Thompson': poem in memory of Thomas Thompson by Thomas Rose Mills, reader in Latin Language and Literature, University College, Dundee. 1901-1929. [Presented by Dr G.R. Tudhope, Dundee]. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/105 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | April 1922 |
| Description: | 'Condition', sonnet by John Drinkwater, London, April 1922. [Typescript]. [1 pp]. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/108 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | c.1686-1759 |
| Description: | 'James Taylor his book': commonplace book, containing translations from Virgil's Georgics and extract from 23rd Psalm [with signature "Ja: Dalrymple, Oct. 1686", in different hand]. c.1686-1759 [9pp]. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/112 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1902 |
| Description: | 'Our Scotch Tour'. Copy transcript of a diary containing a hand-written account of a Scottish holiday undertaken by 2 sisters, Mary and Meta, in 1902. Describes the journey, including visits to Selby, Selby Abbey, York, Durham, Edinburgh, Dunfermline, Kinross, Dunkeld, Birnam, Birnam Hill, the Sma' Glen, Amulree, Rumbling Bridge Falls, the Queen's View, the Soldiers Leap, Aberdeen, Dunnottar Castle, Dundee; [typescript], n.d.; with correspondence 1979-1980 between Sheila M. Hardy, Ipswich (the owner of the original diary), Alan Meredith Deputy Secretary, University of Dundee and Iain Flett, Dundee District Archivist, regarding the |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/114 (1) |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | c.1810-1811 |
| Description: | Thomas Handyside Baxter (1784-1863), grocer and spirit merchant, Dundee.Diary, c.1810-1811. Gives detailed account of life in Dundee with particular reference to his contemporaries in the grocery trade, prices and types of merchandise in use; includes daily account of weather, reports on progress of Spanish Penninsular War and the state of George III's health. [Photocopy]. With transcript of part (8 November - 18 December 1810). |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/114 (2) |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1829-1830 |
| Description: | Thomas Handyside Baxter (1784-1863), grocer and spirit merchant, Dundee.Diary, 1829-1830. Refers mainly to trade, local and family news as above, with some reference to British and European political events. Also includes [starting from back of volume] a list of "people I knew or was acquainted with dead", 1829-1830. [Photocopy] |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/125/2 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Music Hall Conspiracy' and 'King Jute and his 64 percent of Loss'. Verses by "A.L.", published in Dundee Temperance Society's The Monthly Tract, n.d. [Photocopy] [1pp]. [The originals are in the possession of Dundee Archive and Record Centre: Ref. GD/Mus 74/32]. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/134 (1) |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poem by James K. Annand.'Elegie sur le despart de la Royne Marie retournant à son Royaume d'Escosse', by [Pierre de] Ronsard, c.1561. With accompanying translation into Scots, 'Elegy on the depairture o Mary Queen o Scots on her retour til her kinrick o Scotland', by James K. Annand. [Photocopied from a hand made book of which only about six copies were prepared by James K. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/134 (2) |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Untitled poem in Scots by James K. Annand, begins:'Hodie mihi cras tibi.That's what it says on a nearby stane'.Satire on the subject of burial. [Photocopy] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/134 (3) |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1864-1868 |
| Description: | Sawney's Letters, or Cariboo Rhymes. From 1864 to 1868. By James Anderson. [Photocopy]. Reproduction of the title heading of the first edition of Sawney's Letters, 1868. The letters first printed in the office of the Cariboo Sentinel at Barkersville, on William Creek, B.C., in 1868, are reproduced in mimeographed form by the Bibliographical Society of Canada, with an introduction by W. Kaye Lamb, Dominion Archivist, Toronto, Canada. 1950. Includes an introduction by W. Kaye Lamb and a poem by Sawney, 'Farewell!', 24 November 1871. With explanatory note by Dr Smart, dated 25.5.83, stating, 'Born in Coupar Angus. Went to B.C. and wrote |
| Subject: | Poetry, Prose |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/134 (4) |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1983 |
| Description: | Letter, [June 1983], from Iain Smart to Dundee University Archivist, referring to MS 15/134 (1) and (3) above. |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/137 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1969 |
| Description: | Memoirs of Sir Charles Dixon, K.C.M.G., K.C.V.O., O.B.E., with a forward by Sir Harry Batterbee, G.C.M.G., K.C.V.O. 1969. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/141 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1969-1975 |
| Description: | Sgian Dubh: The Newsletter of the National Movement, vols. 6-11, 1969-1975: a politico-literary broadsheet published by Major F.C. Boothby. It includes comment, articles, satire and poetry in English and Gaelic relating to the Scottish Nationalist revival of the 1970s. The literary material includes the translation of large parts of Blind Harry's 'Wallace' into modern English. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/148 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | July 1908 |
| Description: | The [Dundee] Wizard of the North, vol. XXX, No. 357, July 1908; monthly newspaper of "Wisdom, Wit and Humour". Includes several poems, some in Scots. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/165 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 3 July 1889 - 30 December 1891 |
| Description: | Bound copies of The Piper o Dundee. Possibly printers copies (James P. Mathewson). Advertisements are overwritten with numbers as if for an index [which is not included]./1Vol. VI, No. 137, 3 July, 1889 - Vol VI, 163, Christmas 1889./2Vol. IX No. 218, 7 January, 1891 - Vol X No. 269, 30 December 1891.Includes series called 'Dundee Ditties' and other poems. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/170 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Dayspring of Desire': poems by Arthur Thomson. n.d., c.1940s [copy typescript] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/207/37 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 25 October 1993 |
| Description: | 'Halloween': Poem in Scots by Anna MacDonald. Taken from Tayside Education Matters, Issue No. 83, 25 October 1993, Tayside Regional Council. [Photocopies] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/207/38 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | September - October 1985 |
| Description: | Extracts from The Dundee Courier and Dundee Evening Telegraph, September - October 1985, concerning staging of play They Fairly Mak Ye Work, by Billy Kay, based on the life of Sarah Craig, former jute worker; and controversy over date of photograph of workers. [Photocopies] |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/208 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1849-1855 |
| Description: | Diary of David Chalmers, butler to the Murray Threipland family of Fingask Castle, 1849-1855. [Photocopy]/1Note from Enid Gauldie, concerning provenance of the diary./2Preface by Enid Gauldie, giving background to events recorded in the diary./3Transcript of diary entries, mainly concerned with domestic events and crises./4"A Curler's Journal": transcript of diary entries specifically |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/225/1 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1888, 1991 |
| Description: | James Young Geddes, Poet o' Dundee. 'The Glory Has Departed': satirical poem on Dundee's becoming a City, 1888. Reprinted in Gairfish Magazine, 1991. Introductory note, with biographical details, by Edwin Morgan. [Photocopy] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/225/2 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1891, 1993 |
| Description: | James Young Geddes, Poet o' Dundee. "Glendale & Co.", from In the Valhalla, and other poems, 1891. Satirical poem on Dundee Jute Baron. Reprinted in Gairfish Magazine, 1993. [Photocopy] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/227/5 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | December 1912 - March 1915 |
| Description: | Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt, "The Father of Radar", 13 April 1892 - 5 December 1973: Centenary of Watson-Watt's birth, 1992-1993. Items from The College magazine, University College, Dundee, in which Watson-Watt is mentioned, mainly in the context of the Scientific Society. Also includes account of his appearance at the S.R.C. Conversazione, 1915, and a humorous poem and drawing of his electrical experiments. December 1912 - March |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/233 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1896-1921 |
| Description: | Manuscript notebook kept by unnamed nanny from Perth, employed in the Manchester area. Includes diary kept intermittently 1896-1912, and cash transactions 1919, 1921, and earlier (n.d.). Describes work, friendships, and journeys through England and Wales, to Belfast and to Perth, Lochearnhead, Dundee, Aberfeldy and Strathpeffer. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/248/4 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Small notebooks compiled by James Nicoll, one time medical student at St. Andrews University and Art Collector, who gave his collection of pictures and art books to Queen's College, Dundee. They contain manuscript notes on art taken from printed articles and books. [See also Recs A/758 for files relating to collection and the Library's Nicoll Collection for catalogue of books]"Rosetti's Eden Bower - as pictured in our drawing by Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart". Transcript of poem, with notes. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/251 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1901 |
| Description: | "Deed of Trust by Sir John Leng, 1901..."...endowing the Leng Gold Medals, to be awarded to the young people of Dundee, for essays on literature and science, and also for the singing of Scottish songs. |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/255 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | c.1944-1947 |
| Description: | Letters relating to and manuscript of James Milton Robb, a U.S. prisoner-of-war held by the Japanese in the Philippines, December 1941 until his death, December 1944. During his imprisonment he kept a journal of daily life at the camps which was encased in a metal box and buried for safekeeping. Robb's father, Walter, traced the manuscript, entitled "Carry On!", and the letters relate to this search. Walter Robb intended the manuscript to be published but it never was, due to 'official obstruction' by U.S. authorities. /1Correspondence and personal documents relating to the death of James M. Robb and the search for his journal, c.1944-1947. [Photocopies]/2Manuscript, "Carry On!", by 1st Lt. James Milton Robb, in typescript form. [Includes an 11 page summary of 20 chapters which does not correspond entirely with contents of |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 15/283 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1867 |
| Description: | Autobiography: Poems and Songs of Ellen Johnston, the “Factory Girl”. Glasgow, 1867. Includes an account of her time in Dundee. [Bound photocopy]. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Individual Poets' Collections, Diaries and |
|
| Reference: | MS 17/11/2 |
| Collection: | Thornton Collection of Manuscripts and Plans |
| Date: | November 1847 - March 1848 |
| Description: | Part of a diary written by Thomas Thornton at eighteen years of age. Mainly covers the months of November and December 1847, but extends to March 1848. Entries show the youth's fastidious attitudes to the city of Edinburgh and its inhabitants, his prospective career at law, Scottish Protestantism et al. [21pp] |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 25 |
| Collection: | Thomas Campbell, poet (1777-1844) |
| Date: | 1796-1914 |
| Description: | Letters, or copies of letters, from, to and relating to Thomas Campbell; manuscripts of published works; extracts from published works, transcribed by Campbell; miscellaneous manuscript notes; an article 'Traits of Campbell' and an unidentified newspaper cutting giving details of Campbell's life. Much of the correspondence is particularly with or concerning Campbell's family, especially his nephew, Alexander. [243 items of |
| Subject: | Poetry, Individual Poets' Collections |
|
| Reference: | MS 30/1 (27) |
| Collection: | Tay Bridge Collection |
| Date: | 10 - 11 November 1979 |
| Description: | Papers associated with weekend symposium on Tay Bridge Disaster held at University of Dundee, 10 and 11 November, 1979. Includes diagrams bibliography, poems by William McGonagall and Theodor Fontane. Symposium held under guidance of William M. Dow. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 30/1 (32) |
| Collection: | Tay Bridge Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Synopsis of Professional Tragedy by Max Eyth, a thinly disguised fictional account of the erection and collapse of the Tay Bridge. |
| Subject: | Prose |
|
| Reference: | MS 30/2 (2) |
| Collection: | Tay Bridge Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Mounted copy of short verse celebrating the building of Belah Viaduct (by Thomas Bouch, builder of the Tay Rail Bridge) n.d., c.1860. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 30/2 (4) |
| Collection: | Tay Bridge Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Mounted copy of a poem entitled 'Sir Thomas Bouch', written in memoriam by 'M.T.W.' of Dundee. n.d., c.1880. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 30/2 (5-6) |
| Collection: | Tay Bridge Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Copies of 'Railway Bridge of the Silvery Tay' and 'The Tay Bridge Disaster', verses written by William McGonagall. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 31/1 |
| Collection: | Dr Ruth Young C.B.E. (1884-1983) |
| Date: | 1934-1945 |
| Description: | Journals of Dr Ruth Young./1 Tour of the Far East, Canada and the United States of America undertaken for the Rockefeller Institute to examine Public Health Nursing conditions and organisation, 1934. (1) Volume 1. 16 March - 4 May 1934. Voyage from India via Singapore and Hong Kong to China. Describes impressions of and conditions in Shanghai, Nanking, Peking; voyage to Japan, Moji, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo, Yokohama, Nikko; voyage to Canada, Seattle, Vancouver, Toronto. Includes photographs and postcards. (Typescript). (2) Volume 2. 8 May - 19 July 1934. Toronto, Ottawa, New York, Newhaven, Providence, Yale, New York, Wendover, Washington. Includes photographs and postcards. [Typescript]/2Voyage to Britain from India on board the ship 'SS Narkunda', 18 September - 27 October 1940. Description of voyage (without convoy) from Bombay via Mombassa, Durban, Cape Town, Takoradi to Liverpool; gives impressions of ports visited, comments on ship board life including enemy action drill and fellow passengers, speculation as to destination, etc. Includes postcards of Durban, Cape Point and Cape Town./3Ethiopia 1943. Visit to Ethiopia with Lady Barton [wife of Sir Sydney Barton, Ambassador] on behalf of the Ethiopian Women's Work Association, to investigate the possibility of nursing training there, 26 May - 12 September 1943. Describes journey by air from Durban via Mozambique, Nairobi, Khartoum, Asmara, to Addis Ababa; efforts of Lady Barton to ensure their passage, social conditions in Addis Ababa and neighbouring towns, including visits to hospitals and schools, visit to the palace and tea with the Emperor and Empress, United Nations Day celebrations; some comment on effects of Italian occupation. [Typescript] [See also MS 31/2/1 infra]./4Lecture tour of the Middle East on behalf of the British Council, 21 October 1945 - 7 December 1945. Places visited include Cairo, Alexandria, Tanta, Assuit, Jerusalem, Acre, Nazareth, Jaffa, Gaza, Nablous, Beirut, Damascus. Describes visits to welfare centres, hospitals, schools, and collective settlements, social conditions, including housing, work of Youth Aliyah |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 34/6 |
| Collection: | Kennedy Family Miscellany |
| Date: | 1823-1847 |
| Description: | Book of verses by Dr Thomas Gillespie (1777-1844), Professor of Humanity at the University of St Andrews, and Thomas Alexander [Possibly Thomas Alexander, student at University of St. Andrews, 1842-1847 and later (1851) Minister of Belgrave Presbyterian Church, London..] Poems dated 1823-1847 and apparently transcribed by Thomas Alexander. "The following verses were composed by Dr Gillespie whilst residing at Denino on the day on which he died: they on that account possess a melancholy interest. It will be seen that the occasion of them was a joyful one - the Queen's visit for the second time to Scotland in September 1844. They were published first in the Dundee Advertiser. The other verses were written by me in snatches of time". [No obvious |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 38/6/3 |
| Collection: | The Torrance Collection |
| Date: | 1884-1902 |
| Description: | Papers and letters relating to David Watt Torrance and his wife Eleanor; include a partially written diary by David Torrance. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 50/18/119/7 |
| Collection: | Sir Robert Robertson (1869-1949) |
| Date: | 26 January 1931 |
| Description: | 'The Tour of the North-East in 1787', by J. F. Tocher. A paper delivered before the Banff Burns Club, 26 January 1931. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 54/1 (5) |
| Collection: | College and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit, Isle of Cumbrae. |
| Date: | 1859 |
| Description: | 'Ye Crossinge of Ye Bishoppes: An Ancient Poem', Anon. Printed at the Garrison Press, Cumbrae in 1859 and "dedicated without permission, to the present Right Reverend Bishop of Argyll and the Isles" [Alexander Ewing]. (Editors: G.F. Boyle and H.H. Richardson) |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 58/1, 2 |
| Collection: | Robert Leighton, Scottish poet (1822-1869) |
| Date: | 1839-1875 |
| Description: | Typescript copies of correspondence between Robert Leighton and Jeffrey Inglis 1839-1859, with two letters from Inglis to Mrs Robert Leighton, 1870 and 1875. Some of the letters are written in dialect describing scenes and events in Dundee and Liverpool and some contain poetry written by both men. [20 items] |
| Subject: | Poetry, Individual Poets' Collections |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/1/3 (13) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 28 December 1914 |
| Description: | 'De Bloem van myn Moe der Mutsje'. Poem in letter form. [Belgian] |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/1/3 (7) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 17 August 1907 |
| Description: | Comedy verse, from 'The Medical Times and Hospital Gazette'. [1p] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/1/3 (6) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Comedy sketch, extract from The Doctor by Irving S. Cobb. [2pp] |
| Subject: | Drama |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/1/3 (4) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Doctor in Fiction'. Advertising pamphlet produced by Andrus and Andrus, London. [12pp] |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/1/3 (8) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 18 August 1894 |
| Description: | Comedy sketch, extract from 'Today'. [3pp] |
| Subject: | Drama |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/9 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Notebook containing a correlation of "Various Sources of Middle English Rimed Treatises". |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/11 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poetry and prose with notes on grammar by R.C. Buist. [6 volumes, only partly used.] |
| Subject: | Poetry, Prose |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/10 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 1879-1920 |
| Description: | Poetry by R.C. Buist and others with related correspondence on Buist's attempts at publication, 1917-1920. Extracts from Kate Kennedy's Annual: 1879, 1883, 1888. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/23 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 22 March 1937 |
| Description: | 'Poetry and its Social Function'. Essay by R.C. Buist marked "E.A. Branch Dundee 22.3.37". [Draft and typescript] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/12 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 1922 |
| Description: | Verses mainly on 'Proverbs' and 'Folklore' by R.C. Buist with related correspondence. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/13 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'Anecdotes of Isabel' by R. Cochrane Buist. Amusing story with medical connotations. [Typescript] |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc, Prose |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/14 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Soul of the Artist'. Rough literary notes in envelope addressed to Norman Constable. [Typescript, 8pp] |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/15 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Enigmas of a Song'. Short criticism by Buist of 'The Wee Cooper o' Fife'. [Typescript] |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/17 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist |
| Date: | 1922 |
| Description: | Miscellaneous poetry and prose by R.C. Buist, with related papers. Particularly 'Rimes of the British Medical Association with other Medicomata'. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/18 (2) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Academic Problem'. Paper given by Buist to the Literary Society conversazione held in the University College, Dundee. [Typescript] |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/2/20 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 5 July 1920, n.d. |
| Description: | Essays by Buist and miscellaneous papers relating to the Flos Medicinea of Salerno, with related letter, 5 July 1920, J.U.W. MacAlister to R.C. Buist. Regrets inability to publish owing to increased costs. Some of the poetry and its translation appear to be missing. [See also MS 67/2/3.] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/3/3 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 1859 |
| Description: | Flos Medicinae Scholinae Salerni, seconde edition, entierement refondu comprenant les travaux inedits de M. Baudny de Balzac les vers nouvellement recueilis par M.M. Danemberg et S. de Renzi, Naples. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/3/6 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poetry by German humorist Fritz Reuter, translated into Scots by [R.C. Buist], notes and typescript. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/3/8 (3) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 2 December 1911 |
| Description: | 'Representative Versicles'. Poem about the Insurance Bill of 1901. Reprint from The British Medical Journal, 2 December 1911. [2 copies, 1p] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/4/2 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | c.1880-1884 |
| Description: | Scrapbook of poems and newspaper cuttings. Includes:'The Inauguration of the University College, Dundee' by William McGonagall. [1882] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/4/3 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | c.1885-1887 |
| Description: | Scrapbook: songs and poems. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/4/6 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 1883 |
| Description: | Notebook containing analyses, notes from philosophical works. |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/4/7 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 1879-c.1883 |
| Description: | Notebook including poems, notes for debates and extracts written in German, c.1883. Also loose notes on vacation reading, 1879-1883. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry, Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/4/8 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Newspaper cuttings: 'The Doctor as Playwright' and 'Keats as Medical Student'. Also two pages from different booklists on poetry by doctors. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/4/9 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Additional notes 'From John Ordranaux's version' (poem). |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/5/16 |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1869-1939) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Notebooks with miscellaneous literary and medical references. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 67/6/1 (4) |
| Collection: | Robert Cochrane Buist (1860-1939) |
| Date: | 24 January 1922 |
| Description: | Letter: James P. Mathew & Co., Printer (Dundee), encloses account for printing 'The Meal Poke' (1903) and discusses the cost of printing a similar book. |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/1/4 |
| Collection: | Dr. William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | 1951-1961 |
| Description: | "B...Misc.": miscellaneous newspaper cuttings, some relating to Robert Burns. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/1/28 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | c.1953-1961 |
| Description: | "M...Misc.": miscellaneous newspaper cuttings, some relating to Hugh MacDiarmid. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/1/31 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | c.1952-1957 |
| Description: | "N...Misc.": miscellaneous newspaper cuttings, some relating to novels. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/3/1 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | 1935 |
| Description: | Diary for 1935, no entries after April. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/3/7 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Folder containing, amongst other items: commonplace book giving some rough notes on visitors and poetry; commonplace book containing extracts from diaries of various 18th and 19th century authors. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works, Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/4/3 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poetry by [William Christie] in Scots and Latin. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/4/4 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poem 'A Portrait' by [William Christie]. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/4/5 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poems by Gavin Sprott: 'Ecce Homo' and 'Stroma'. [Typescript] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 68/4/6 |
| Collection: | Dr William Christie (c.1903-1979) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Amusing story in Scots, 'Clachnaben' by "A.O.S.". [3pp] |
| Subject: | Prose |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/1/5 (6) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | 1824-1826, 16 February 1933 |
| Description: | Diary of James Wilson. Gives daily account of his spiritual journey with associated struggles. 1824-1826.Includes letter from "Sandy" [Alexander Steven Wilson] to "Aunt Jane", 16 February 1933, about the diary. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/5/3 (4) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | 1915 |
| Description: | Poem written by Private W.E. Hetherington "after returning from the trenches at Loos". |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/5/3 (7) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | 1917 |
| Description: | 'From a V.A.D. Hospital - Three Poems', reprinted from The Spectator, by Mary Adair MacDonald. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/5/3 (11) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | September 1918 |
| Description: | Programme for 'Reprisals - A Play of the Times' by C.M. Hale. |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/8/2 (1-6) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Christian religious poems and tracts. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/8/2 (7-12) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Christian verses. Some appear to have been sent by family and friends on the occasion of an infant's death. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/8/2 (13) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | 3 March 1845 |
| Description: | A secular poem by Allan Stewart Kennedy. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 82/8/2 (18) |
| Collection: | The Wilson Family Papers |
| Date: | 1-13 September 1909 |
| Description: | Notebook containing diary of Journey in Japan, 1-13 September, Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya, Tokyo, Nikko, Yokohama, Kamakura, Miyanoshita, Hokane. Includes details of prices paid for food, transport, accommodation, together with some receipts and bills in Japanese. 1909. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/1/1-3 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1917-1919 |
| Description: | /1 A War Prisoner's Journal: I Karlsruhe, 14 December 1917 - 31 March 1918. [314 pp.]./2 A War Prisoner's Journal: II Karlsruhe 1 April 1918 - 5 July 1918. Includes a one-act play: 'A Chelsea Christmas Eve: A Nocturne in A Flat' by Joseph Lee. [Performed at Karlsruhe Camp on 1 January 1918.] [360pp]./3 A War Prisoner's Journal, III Beeskow, 7 July 1918 - 1 December |
| Subject: | Drama,Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/1/4 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1917-1918 |
| Description: | A War Prisoner's Commonplace Book kept by Joseph Lee while a prisoner of war at Karlsruhe and Beeskow Camps, Germany. Started 16 December 1917. Includes excerpts of prose and poetry copied from books which Lee read in camp. Also cuttings [English, German and French] of historical figures, interesting buildings, photographs of famous pictures and works of art and 7 photographs from a [German magazine] of views of Beeskow. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/1/5 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1917-1919 |
| Description: | "A Journal of Captivity": bound manuscript of Lee's writings while a prisoner of war. [A longer version of A Captive Carlsruhe and written in the form of a diary unlike the published book. Contains spaces marked for illustrations.] 1919. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/1/6 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1917-1919 |
| Description: | Published book - A Captive at Carlsruhe, 1920. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/2/1-8 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1926-1948 [mainly 1939-1946] |
| Description: | Journals kept by Joseph Lee while sub-editor on the News Chronicle and after his retiral in September 1944 and return to Dundee. Includes drawings, concert programmes, cuttings etc. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/3/1 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1898-c.1930 |
| Description: | Commonplace book kept by Joseph Lee containing mainly literary extracts including a number of poems, some of which may be unpublished. A few pages are in Pitman's shorthand. Includes cuttings and miscellanea [324 pp.].Also includes:(175-179, 182-183, 186-189, 192-195) Extracts from letters from John Ruskin to the late William Hackston, sent to Joseph Lee for sale on behalf of the artists widow, 5 July 1928. Collection includes one letter from D.G. Rossetti. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/5/1-4 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | c.1914 |
| Description: | Papers relating to the poem: "A Lick at the Laureate: Robert Burns to Robert Bridges." This was a retort by Lee in the manner of Robert Burns to a small poem by Robert Bridges, which Lee felt was deprecatory./1 Draft of booklet containing the poem. n.d/2 Mounted newspaper cuttings of Bridges' poem and Lee's reply after Burns. n.d./3 Account: "Why I had a 'Lick at the Laureate'" - manuscript by Joseph Lee about his reasons for the literary quarrel with Robert Bridges, with excerpts from the correspondence between the two men, and an account of their meeting in Oxford./4 "Robert Burns retorts to Robert Bridges - An Unrecorded Chapter in Literary History." Typescript of account in /3 "Why I |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/5/5-9 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1914 |
| Description: | Correspondence between Joseph Lee and Robert Bridges, concerning Lee's retort to Bridges in the manner of Burns:/5 Letter, 3 February, 1914, Robert Bridges, Oxford, to Joseph Lee. Writes that he has been misrepresented in Lee's retort "for I cannot believe you admire Burns more than I do". (1p). [Previously attached to /4, with typescript copy of letter]./6 Letter, 5 February, 1914, Joseph Lee, Dundee, to Robert Bridges, Oxford. Admits authorship of the verses in the "Dundee Advertiser", but denies sending Bridges a copy of the paper. Continues that he does not feel he misrepresented Bridges and comments on views on Burns expressed by R.C. Stevenson and Thomas Carlyle. (3pp). [2 copies]./7 Typescript of letter in /5 and edited version of letter in /6./8 Letter, 12 February, 1914, Robert Bridges, Oxford, to Joseph Lee, writes that he liked Lee's poem, and expands on his view of Burns. (3pp). [Previously attached to /4]./9 Letter, 22 February, 1914, Joseph Lee, Dundee, to Robert Bridges, Oxford. Continues the argument in support of Burns, |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/7/3 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1918 |
| Description: | "Song Booklet for Camp Use and on the Road Home." German Y.M.C.A. booklet. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/8/1 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | "The City in the Sea - Venice After the Fall of the Campanile." |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/8/2 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1928 |
| Description: | "George Meredith - Tomorrow's Centenary of Poet-Novelist." |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/8/3(1) |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 13 November, 1948 |
| Description: | Text of a talk entitled "Brief Encounters: An Old Journalist Ruminant" given by Joseph Lee on Saturday.The talk concerned Lee's reminiscences of previous encounters with famous figures, mainly from the literary world. Those mentioned include: J.M. Barrie, Max Beerbohm, Robert Bridges, Jean Armour Burns Brown, Cecil Chesterton, G.K. Chesterton, W.H. Davies, Martin Harvey, Wilfred Meynell, George Moore, Ellen and Fred |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/8/4 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Unbound collection of poems by Joseph Lee, some in manuscript form, some cut from magazines or journals. "Dedicated to All Who Have Borne the Red Badge of the Black Watch Through the Red Battle-Fields of the Great War." |
| Subject: | Poetry, Individual Poets' Collections |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/8/5 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Original manuscripts "from the trenches" of poems which later formed: Ballads of Battle. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/8/6 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | n.d., 1922 |
| Description: | (1)Two typescript copies of poem 'German Prisoners' by Joseph Lee, Sergt, The Black Watch. n.d.(2)'A Northern Town; (In the train, King's Cross to Dundee 20th May 1922)' Poem by Lee, with Sketch of "The Howff" Dundee [Photocopies from The New Meal Poke, 1922, pp.66-70. For main Joseph Lee collection see also MS 88]. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/1 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1907-08 |
| Description: | The City Echo. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/2 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1908-09 |
| Description: | The City Echo. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/3 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1910-11 |
| Description: | The City Echo. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/4 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1911-12 |
| Description: | The City Echo. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/5 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1909 |
| Description: | The Tocsin, 1909. [Includes reviews and correspondence concerning the magazine, 1909-1913] |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/6 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1912-13 |
| Description: | The Piper o' Dundee. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/7 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1910 |
| Description: | Poems: Tales O' Our Town illustrated by the author. Dundee: George Montgomery, 1910. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Individual Poets' Collections |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/8 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1916 |
| Description: | Ballads of Battle, [by Lance-Corporal Joseph Lee, 1st/4th Battalion Black Watch]. Illustrated by the author. London: John Murray, 1916. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Individual Poets' Collections |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/11/9 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1911 |
| Description: | Treasure Box by Robert Graves. London: Chiswick Press. 1911. The cover appears to have been hand made, and inside there is an inscription by Graves: "Joseph Lee from Robert Graves 1921 in gratitude for 'The Green Grass'." |
| Subject: | Poetry, Individual Poets' Collections |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/13/1 |
| Collection: | Joseph Johnston Lee, Journalist and Poet (1876-1949) |
| Date: | 1911 |
| Description: | [Printed] Poems by William Keay, Glasgow and Dalbeattie, 1911.Autographed copy presented to Joseph Lee, Esq., who had contributed asketch of the poet to the publication. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 88/13/2 |
| Collection: | Miscellaneous Manuscripts |
| Date: | 1912 |
| Description: | William Keay. A few miscellaneous papers comprising: manuscript poems, photograph of poet, 1913, prospectus and order form for Poems issued by publishers - Fraser, Asher & Co. Ltd.Manuscripts include 'The Wonder of it All' [blueprint] and 'The Aged Weaver'. Also musical arrangement for piano and voice entitled 'All' with manuscript of poem 'The Sheltered Vale' on reverse. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 102/1/1-3 |
| Collection: | Peter Carmichael of Arthurstone (1809-1891) |
| Date: | c.1891 |
| Description: | Biographical works of Peter Carmichael. 3 volumes: Reminiscences (1842); Life and Letters (1842-c.1869); Life and Letters (1869-1887). |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 103/3/5 |
| Collection: | Kinnear Collection |
| Date: | 1912-1914 |
| Description: | Commonplace book: 'Illustrations of Scottish Flora, chiefly of Forfarshire and Fifeshire', written, compiled and illustrated by David Robert Robertson, Dundee, 1912-1913 (pp.461-463, 1914)This contains various poems relating to nature by authors including Alexander Anderson, William D. Birrell, George Blyth, Alex Brown, Grace Brown, Rev. John Coutts, Walter C. Howden, Thomas Ormond, Gilbert Rae, Archibald H. Rea, William Robertson, and Rev. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 103/3/7 |
| Collection: | Kinnear Collection |
| Date: | 1845 |
| Description: | Autograph manuscript, bound. 'Poems and Songs' by Thomas Young, Dundee, 1845. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 103/3/8 |
| Collection: | Kinnear Collection |
| Date: | c.1935-1955 |
| Description: | Notebook: 'Poems and Songs' by Mary Brooksbank, Dundee, c.1935-1955. [MS] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 106/1/6 |
| Collection: | First World War Collection |
| Date: | 9 November 1993 |
| Description: | 'War Poetry' - extract from Guardian Education, 9 November 1993; British Poets of the First World War. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 106/1/11 |
| Collection: | First World War Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'A City at War: Dundee and the Battle of Loos'. Article by Hilda Spear, unknown publisher and date. Draws on locally published poems, and correspondence of members of the Black Watch. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 113/1 (4) |
| Collection: | Clementina Stirling Graham (1782-1877) |
| Date: | 4 May 1874 |
| Description: | Poem addressed 'To Miss Stirling Graham (with flowers) on her birthday. 4th May 1874'. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 113/2 |
| Collection: | Clementina Stirling Graham (1782-1877) |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Play, "'Mystifications' Clementina Stirling Graham. A 30 minute Play for Two Performers", by Henny King. |
| Subject: | Drama |
|
| Reference: | MS 130 |
| Collection: | Poesie' by John William Steggal |
| Date: | 1849 |
| Description: | 'Poesie' by John William Steggall - verse, prose, sketches, paintings, reproductions etc., in small notebook. The last item is dated 28 September, 1849. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Prose |
|
| Reference: | MS 135 |
| Collection: | Papers relating to the Witch of Monzie |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Witch of Monzie'. Papers found with George Blair's The Holocaust or the Witch of Monzie, London 1895, [Dundee University Library, 828.994 18]. Short letter headed 'Colonel Graham of Inchbrakes Account of the Witch of Monzie', continued and signed "Grace Grame". n.d. Note on same subject, unsigned, n.d., contains biographical details of the family of the Grahams of |
| Subject: | Prose |
|
| Reference: | MS 141/9/2/1-10 |
| Collection: | Papers of the Paton and Dingwall Families, Dundee |
| Date: | 1996 |
| Description: | Memoirs of Army training (c. 1950s) by David Dingwall |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 235/1 |
| Collection: | Various works by Mary D. Peters |
| Date: | c.1976 |
| Description: | 'A Book of Poems' by Mary D. Peters; verses on various topics, particularly travel. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 235/2 |
| Collection: | Various works by Mary D. Peters |
| Date: | c.1977 |
| Description: | 'A Book of Essays' by Mary D. Peters-Smith: mainly personal reminiscences. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | MS 235/3 |
| Collection: | Various works by Mary D. Peters |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'A Book of War Poems' by Mary D. Peters-Smith. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | MS 236 |
| Collection: | Camperdown Masonic Lodge |
| Date: | 28-30 March 1901 |
| Description: | Camperdown Masonic Lodge, no. 317: The Book of the Bazaar, Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, 28-30 March, 1901. Includes advertisements, poems, recipes and articles including:'Neevie-neevie-nick-nack'. (A Ballad of Bairnhood dedicated to the Auld Folk). William Harvey, Stirling Royal Arch No. 76.'Robert Burns as a Freemason', Bro. William Harvey, Stirling Royal Arch, No. 76. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc, Poetry, Other publications |
|
| Reference: | MS 251/1/1-9 |
| Collection: | Scots Language Resource Centre Unpublished Theatre Scripts Archive |
| Date: | 1991-2004 |
| Description: | Ten Scripts by Charles Barron |
| Subject: | Drama, Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/646 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1903 |
| Description: | Book: 'The Meal-Poke', University College, Dundee, 1903. Published on the occasion of a bazaar held by the student body to raise funds for students' facilities. Contributers included J.M. Barrie, Andrew Lang, Annie S. Swan, David Rorie, John Davidson and Professor J.E.A. Steggall. Included are manuscript copies of some of the published works. |
| Subject: | University, Poetry, Prose |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/647 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1922 |
| Description: | Book: 'The New Meal-Poke', University College, Dundee, 1922. Published on the occasion of a bazaar similar to the 1903 effort above. Contributions were received again from J.M. Barrie (now University Rector), David Rorie and Professor Steggall. New contributers were Violet Jacob, Joseph Lee, Jeffrey Farnol and Thomas Hardy (a reprinted poem). Included are manuscript and signed typescript copies of some of the published works and material (including poems) submitted but not published. |
| Subject: | University, Poetry, Prose |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/649/54 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1918 |
| Description: | Extract from Echoes of the Great War: Diary of the Reverend Andrew Clark, Rector of Village of Great Leighs in rural Essex. Letter, 11 November 1918, from his daughter Mildred, describing Armistice celebrations in Dundee, with reference to activities around University College. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/661 (16) |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1890s |
| Description: | Poem entitled 'Viscount Peel' in support of Peel as rectorial candidate of St Andrews University and against the canditature of Lord Bute. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/680 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1888-1951 |
| Description: | College, official magazine of the S.R.C. Contents included essays, stories, poetry, humour, photographs and society and club reports. Frequency variable. |
| Subject: | University, Prose, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/681 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1940-1950 |
| Description: | The Glad Mag, S.R.C. Charities Committee magazine. Contents mostly humorous. Annual. |
| Subject: | University, Prose, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/682 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1947-1948 |
| Description: | Candor, literary and artistic review. Contents included essays, short stories and poetry. Annual. |
| Subject: | University, Prose, Poetry, Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/683 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | November 1902 - October 1903 |
| Description: | The Wheeze, a "Literary and Scientific Journal". Contents mainly poked fun at University College life. 9 editions. |
| Subject: | University, Prose |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/753/1 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1900 |
| Description: | Diary of George H.S.Milln, Medical Student at St. Andrews University Medical School who travelled by train from Tayport to attend classes at University College, Dundee,. Describes a medical student's life at the time, with diversions into world affairs. January-July 1900. Bound Volume. [Photocopy]. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/754 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 9 March 1961 |
| Description: | Spectrum, "Student Magazine of the University of St Andrews". Includes a poem on German water-colours. Volume 1, No.4. |
| Subject: | University, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/755 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | c.1929 |
| Description: | The College, extracts with a covering letter, 31 March 1987, from former editor Joyce Wilcox. Includes poetry and stories. |
| Subject: | University, Poetry, Prose |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/757 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1945 |
| Description: | The Glad Mag, autographed copy. Signed by Will Fyffe; Alec Finlay; Harry Gordon; Vivien Leigh. Includes humorous poems. |
| Subject: | University, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/786 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1865-1912 |
| Description: | "Scrapbook of John T. Levens", M.A. St Andrews 1886. Includes photocopies of poems, some printed, some manuscript and a photocopy of 'The Jesuits in Brighouse', a satirical article by Levens, from The Echo, Friday 18 July 1902. |
| Subject: | Poetry, Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | Recs A/92 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | October 1923 |
| Description: | University College, Dundee; Council. Visit of Rudyard Kipling, Rector of the University to the College, 12 October 1923. Miscellaneous papers.(1)University College, Dundee; Council. Visit of Rudyard Kipling, his wife and daughter, Sir George Baxter, Yule Mackay and others.(2)Manuscript and typescript of address by Miss Annie Hosie Strachan, vice-president of the Students Representative Council and President of the Dundee Committee.(3)Letter, 19 October 1923. Rudyard Kipling to Miss Strachan. Thanks for sending copy of her speech.(4)Press cuttings describing his visit. |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 1/1 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection: Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley |
| Date: | 1946-1954 |
| Description: | “University College Dundee: The Last Decade”, Volume III of “Scottish Soldier, an Autobiography; (a private account for my wife and family)”. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 2/18 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection: Professor Alexander David Peacock |
| Date: | 1880 - 1974 |
| Description: | Notes for ‘Memoirs’, Professor Peacock’s personal recollections and anecdotes concerning the University of St. Andrews, University College and Queen’s College, Dundee, members of staff, his own life and work etc., . [Copy script now bound in one volume]. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 3/1 (14) |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'The Vicar of Wakefield', critical analysis by J.E.A. Steggall. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 3/1 (53) |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 23 November 1925, 14 January 1928 |
| Description: | 'The Study of Poetry'. Paper given to the Burns Club by J.E.A. Steggall, 23 November 1925. Revised for the Educational Institute of Scotland, 14 January 1928. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 3/1 (55) |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 5 December 1929 |
| Description: | 'The Golden Keys'. Paper given to the Burns Society by J.E.A. Steggall. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 3/1 (58) |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 23 April - 21 May 1920 |
| Description: | 'Follow the Little Pictures' by Alan Graham; newspaper cuttings of serial stories in the Dundee Advertiser. |
| Subject: | Prose |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 6/1 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1887-1912, 1935 |
| Description: | Manuscript poems and copies and translations, particularly of Greek poetry [1887-1912]. Also printed edition of 'Immortality' by George Soutar, and press cutting relating to his work for the Scottish National Dictionary, 1935. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 6/2 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Notebooks [2] containing copies of "Poems by my Father", presumably compiled by George Soutar's daughter, Margaret, with some notes on collation. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | Recs C 9/1/8 T-GED 8/2/45 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Poem by [Patrick Geddes]: 'Our College Garden - to Ronald Campbell Macfie'. [Typescript] [4pp] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | RU/108 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | 'Winkie the pigeon and my crumbs of literary advice', article by Douglas Dunn, Fellow in Creative Writing. Newspaper cutting [The Scotsman?]. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc, Poetry |
|
| Reference: | RU/120 |
| Collection: | University and College Records Collection |
| Date: | 1972 |
| Description: | Mounted photographs of, and poems by Sorley Maclean used in exhibition after the conferment of his L.L.D. by the University of Dundee in 1972. |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 62/1 |
| Collection: | Papers of Victor Skretkowicz |
| Date: | 1938-1999 |
| Description: | Papers and microfilm records relating to the Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 62/2 |
| Collection: | Papers of Victor Skretkowicz |
| Date: | 2001-2005 |
| Description: | Papers and microfilm records relating to the Dictionary of Scots Language |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | UR-SF 62/3 |
| Collection: | Papers of Victor Skretkowicz |
| Date: | c 20th century |
| Description: | Microfilm records relating to the Dictionary of the Scots Tongue (DST) and Dictionary of Scotland (DS) |
| Subject: | Miscellaneous |
|
| Reference: | Br. MS 1/4/2 (829) |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | 13 July 1968 |
| Description: | Letter. Edinburgh, William F. Skene to Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin. Relates to translations of ancient Welsh texts and to the poetry of the Welsh bard [Owen Pughe]. Discusses Skene's criterion for translation and interpretation and quotes examples from various literary works. |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc, Foreign language works and translations |
|
| Reference: | Br. MS 1/4/2 (830) |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | 18 August 1968 |
| Description: | Letter. Barton Rectory, [Marsden in March], A.W. Haddan to Alexander Penrose Forbes, Bishop of Brechin. Relates to Bishop Forbes' article 'Mr Skene's "Novelties"' [The Four Ancient Books of Wales by William F. Skene]. [4pp] |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | Br MS 2/2/21 |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | 1871 |
| Description: | Scrapbook: 'Buchan Jokes, Traits of Buchan Humour and Characteristic Anecdotes', compiled by David Scott, Peterhead. Contains newspaper cuttings dated May, July and October 1869. |
| Subject: | Prose |
|
| Reference: | Br MS 2/1/11 (3) |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | "Proofs that the cases of Convocational 'Censure' are irrelevant -": Note in unidentified hand; possibly 19th Century; refers to the extent of legal right of religious censorship on literature. Gives specific examples. [4pp] |
| Subject: | Articles, essays etc |
|
| Reference: | Br MS 2/3 (445) |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | 29 June 1800 |
| Description: | Poem: 'On the Melancholy death of Margret [sic] Kith [or Rith] a widow in Aughtydonald in the parish of Longside who was barbarously murdered on Sunday the 29th June, 1800'. [4pp] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
|
| Reference: | Br 3 DC/46 |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | 1612-1681 |
| Description: | Diary of Mr James Guthrie, Minister of Arbirlot [1635-1662], 1612-1661; continued by Mr John Guthrie, his son, to 1681. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | Br 3 DC/47 |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | 1734-1745 |
| Description: | Diary of Rev. John Hunter, Episcopal minister in Shetland [1734-1761], 1734-1745. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | Br 3 DC/48 |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | c.1830-1908 |
| Description: | Diary of Robert Lees, fisherman, 1809- , (Printed in Stonehaven Journal, 26 March 1908). Also diary of Mary (or May) Edwards (daughter of Robert Edwards, farmer at Broombank, Drumlithie): "Memorandums and Scrapes". Entries dated 1765-1887, probably written c.1830-1887. Transcribed c.1912. |
| Subject: | Diaries and autobiographical works |
|
| Reference: | Br 3 DC/59 (1111) |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | January 1704 |
| Description: | Latin poem by Rev. Goldman at Dundee, January 1704. |
| Subject: | Foreign language works and translations |
|
| Reference: | Br 3 DC/59 (1117) |
| Collection: | Brechin Diocesan Library |
| Date: | n.d. |
| Description: | Untitled poem, begins:"Philemon to whom nature deeply kind"[No transcription of original] |
| Subject: | Poetry |
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