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Collapse MS 3406 - Edith Anne Stewart Robertson, poetess and author and James Alexander Robertson, Professor of Biblical Criticism and author: papersMS 3406 - Edith Anne Stewart Robertson, poetess and author and James Alexander Robertson, Professor of Biblical Criticism and author: papers
Expand 1 - Papers of Reverend Professor James Alexander Robertson 1 - Papers of Reverend Professor James Alexander Robertson
Collapse 2 - Papers of Edith Anne Stewart Robertson2 - Papers of Edith Anne Stewart Robertson
Expand 1 - Diaries 1 - Diaries
Expand 2 - Photographs2 - Photographs
Expand 3 - Correspondence, Personal3 - Correspondence, Personal
Expand 4 - Literary Papers4 - Literary Papers
Collapse 5 - Correspondence relating to Literary Works5 - Correspondence relating to Literary Works
1 - Correspondence on individual poems sent for publication in journals and newspapers.
2 - Correspondence from H S Holland, Christ Church Oxford, on early non-fiction pieces written by E A S which appeared in The Nation.
3 - Correspondence to E A S R on her Life of Francis Xavier (1917 and 1930 versions)
4 - Letter Edith Stewart from Gilbert Thomas (Swarthmore Press)
5 - Correspondence concerning an unidentified manuscript of E A R sent for publication in The International Review of Missions.
6 - Correspondence from BBC Radio on an unidentified poem sent for broadcast.
7 - Correspondence from A A Jack on an unidentified subject matter.
8 - Correspondence to Edith Robertson concerning Carmen Jesu Nazareni (1930)
9 - Letter from The London Mercury
10 - Correspondence to E A R from E W Hastings on an article of hers appearing in the Aberdeen Press and Journal.
11 - Letter from The Buchan Observer to E A R regarding publication of a short story, 'MacGregor's Leap'.
12 - Correspondence concerning 'Mair Like a Dream' (published serially in newspapers 1964-65 and broadcast by the BBC)
13 - Letter from George Bruce (BBC Radio Programme Assistant) concerning the broadcast of E A R's poetry.
14 - Correspondence from the poet C Day Lewis on E A R's translation into Scots of his poem 'Emily Bronte'.
15 - Correspondence from Faber & Faber Publishers permitting E A R to publish her Scots translation of works by T.S Eliot.
16 - Correspondence to E A R concerning Poems Frae the Suddron o Walter de la Mare (pub 1955)
17 - Correspondence to E A R on Voices Frae the City o Trees and Ither Voices Frae Nearby (pub 1956)
18 - Two letters from the poet Hugh MacDiarmid to E A R concerning the inclusion of some of her poems in The Voice of Scotland.
19 - Letter from The Burns Federation announcing the award of a poetry prize to E A R.
20 - Correspondence on E A R's Scots version of Shakespeare's Macbeth.
21 - Letter from Isobel Dunlop (Honorary Music Secretary of the Saltire Society) asking E A R to take part in a poetry recital.
22 - Letter to E A R from the playwright Samuel Beckett concerning her poem 'Godot's Wee Herd'.
23 - Letter from David Cairns concerning an unspecified poem by E A R.
24 - Correspondence to E A R concerning her play 'Lady Jonet'
25 - Letter to E A R from The Scotsman announcing the award of a poetry prize.
26 - Correspondence from Oxford University Press rejecting ms of Scots poems.
27 - Letter to E A R from Longman Green & Co. Ltd rejecting the ms of 'A Tale of One City'.
28 - Letter to E A R from Tom Scott asking permission to print some of her poems in a collection of Scots verse.
29 - Correspondence to E A R from BBC Radio concerning 'The Unquiet King'.
30 - Letter from John A Lamb to E A R on the subject of Jacques Le Fevre.
31 - Letter from Stewart Conn, BBC Radio, declining to use 'The Merry Prodigal'.
32 - Letter from Keith Darvill, the Citizens Theatre Glasgow, to E A R, declining to use her playscript 'Son of Doada'.
33 - Letter to E A R from Richard Imison, Script Editor, BBC Radio Drama, acknowledging receipt of the playscript 'Xavier in Paris'.
34 - Letter to E A R from Rev M C Perry (The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge), declining the posthumous publication of J A R's prayers.
35 - Correspondence from Rev James Dey, BBC Television, to E A R, acknowledging receipt of a poem 'Thy God Hideth Himself'.
36 - Letter to E A R from Literary Editor, The Listener magazine, announcing the award of a poetry prize.
37 - Letter to E A R from Christine Henry, Edinburgh University Press
38 - Correspondence concerning Collected Ballads and Poems in the Scots Tongue
39 - Copy of a letter to J A R from the Rev James Quinn, praising E A R's work.
40 - Correspondence on Translations into the Scots Tongue of Poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins
41 - Letters from Beatrice V Gwynn asking permission to reprint one of E A R's poems in her book.
42 - Letter from Esther Duncan concerning E A R's Forest Voices (1969).
43 - Two letters to E A R from the poet Marion Angus.
44 - Three letters to E A R from the author Nan Shepherd, on the subject of Edith's poems.
45 - Copy letter to E A R from the writer and academic Helena Shire, on an unidentified piece.
46 - Statements of earnings paid to E A R for various poems
47 - Copy letter from E A R to The Listener petitioning her work.
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Expand 8 - Papers of Other Writers8 - Papers of Other Writers
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10 - Miscellaneous Memorabilia and notes

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