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MS 3407 - Helena Mennie Shire, literary scholar: papers
1 - Personal papers
2 - Correspondence
3 - Papers relating to Helena Mennie Shire's academic career
4 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's teaching career at Cambridge
5 - Papers and correspondence relating to Helena Mennie Shire's published works
1 - 'Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI'
1 - Proof copy of 'Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI' (unbound).
2 - Test proofs for 'Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI', with details of publisher's specifications (5 copies).
3 - Xerox copy of manuscript of 'Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI' typescript prepared for publisher (lacking notes and bibliography).
4 - Draft manuscripts for ''Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI'
5 - Correspondence to Helena Mennie Shire from the Carnegie Trust, Cambridge University Press and Stainer and Bell, music publishers, and A J Tait, Sandeman Public Library, regarding funding and publication of 'Song, Dance and Poetry' (SDP).
6 - Draft correspondence of Helena Shire to Mr Noble, CUP, and (Carnegie Trust) regarding funding and progress of 'Song, Dance and Poetry' (SDP).
7 - 3 copies of contract between Helena Shire and (Cambridge University Press (CUP) for publication of 'Song, Dance and Poetry' (SDP). (Closed).
8 - Publishers advertising material for 'Song, Dance and Poetry' (SDP).
9 - 'Song, Dance and Poetry of the Court of Scotland Under King James VI'.
9A - Reviews of 'Song, Dance and Poetry' (SDP).
10 - Letter (draft) Helena Shire to Peter Burbridge Cambridge University Press (CUP) responding to criticism made of 'Song, Dance and Poetry' (SDP) in a review in 'Renaissance Quarterly''. (Closed).
11 - Correspondence to Helena Shire from the British Museum, requesting permission to publish an abstract of 'Song, Dance and Poetry' (SDP) in 'RILM Abstracts', and from Cambridge University Press requesting permission to include frontispiece of SDP in Antonia Fraser's 'King James I of England'. (Closed).
2 - 'A Preface to Spenser' and related Spenser work
3 - 'Music of Scotland 1500-1700' by Helena Shire and Kenneth Elliot from 'Musica Britannica' volume XV, (London, Stainer & Bell, 1957) and related projects.
4 - 'Alexander Montgomerie: a selection of his songs and poems' (Edinburgh, Saltire Society, 1960) and related research.
5 - 'Poems from Panmure House' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1960).
6 - 'Poems and Songs of Sir Robert Ayton' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1961) and related research.
7 - 'The Thrissil, the Rois and the Fleur-de-Lys' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1962).
8 - 'King Orphius, Sir Colling, The Brother's Lament, Litel Musgrave' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1973).
9 - 'The Sheath and the Knife or Leesome Brand' (Cambridge, The Ninth of May, 1974) (published as a broadsheet). Orders for 'The Sheath and the Knife or Leesome Brand', including National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Blackwells Books, Oxford.
10 - The Ninth of May, miscellaneous materials.
11 - Material relating to Helena Mennie Shire's research on the writer and poet Olive Fraser.
12 - Articles and essays published in journals, anthologies, newspapers etc (relating predominately to Musica Scotica)
13 - Reviews written by Helena Mennie Shire
6 - Papers relating to broadcasts, musical presentations, lectures, and conference papers of Helena Mennie Shire
7 - Miscellaneous research papers
8 - Material presented to Helena Mennie Shire by colleagues and friends
9 - Miscellaneous material
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