This page lists highlights of Edinburgh University Library's collection of literary manuscripts by Helen Cruickshank. For a fuller listing, see Related Links at the foot of the page. HTML Poetry Collections The Cruickshank Papers include working materials for the following volumes: Up the Noran Water and Other Scots Poems (1934), corrected proof (Gen 1929/53) Sea Buckthorn (1954), TS (Gen 1929/50), corrected proofs (Gen 1929/27, Gen 2188/1), galley proofs (Gen 1929/49) The Ponnage Pool (1968), MSS, TSS, and galley proofs (Gen 1929/27) Collected Poems (1971), MSS or TSS of 17 of the poems (Gen 2122/5), MSS of 'Author's Note', 'Biographical Notes', and 'Acknowledgements' (Gen 2122/5) More Collected Poems (1978), MSS or TSS of 18 included and 13 excluded poems (Gen 2122/5) Individual Poems There are also manuscripts or typescripts of the following poems: 'The Bracelet', 'Dear Lovely Ghost' and 2 untitled poems (Gen 1966/61) 'Epistle for Christopher Murray Grieve on his 75th Birthday' (Gen 1929/20/6-7*) 'In Memoriam: Florence Marian McNeill' (Gen 1966/58) 'A Lang Guidnicht' (Gen 1966/50) 'On Epstein's Adam in the Waverley Market', 'Re Duncan Macrae's Festival Outburst on Laurence Durrell's Sappho', and 'A Maid Am I' (Gen 886) 'Spring in the Mearns (for Lewis Grassic Gibbon)' (Gen 2188/1) Voices from the Waterside', MS (Gen 2188/1) 'The White Horse', MS (Gen 1966/60) At Gen 1929/29 there is also a ring binder with cuttings of poems by Cruickshank published in newspapers and journals, 1922-33. Autobiographical Writings There is a complete manuscript of Octobiography, Cruickshank's posthumously published autobiography, and other autobiographical materials: Octobiography (1976), MS (Gen 1929/1) and TSS (Gen 1967) 'Friends at the Back Door' (1964), TS article for Scots Magazine (Gen 1929/53/IV) 'Seventy Years on: A Montrose Retrospect', TS article for Scots Magazine (Gen 1966/51) 'There and Back Again', TS article for Scots Magazine (Gen 1929/24) Autobiographical notes, MSS (Gen 1929/60) Fiction Although Cruickshank is little-known as a writer of fiction, there are typescripts of the following short stories: 'A Feather in her Hat' (Gen 1929/62) 'In Glenprosen' (Gen 1929/5) 'Low down in the Broom' (Gen 1929/6) Drama There are manuscripts or typescripts of the following plays written for local players or school-children: The Birken Bush (1947), one-act play in Scots (Gen 1929/28 and Gen 1929/57) The Cock and the Groset, three-act play in Scots, written for the Glenesk Players (Gen 1929/56) When Fairies Glide, one-act play written for the pupils of Tarfside School (Gen 1929/30 and Gen 1929/63) Critical Writings The Cruickshank Papers include manuscripts or typescripts for the following talks and essays on the Scottish Literary Renaissance: 'A Fellow-Countrywoman's View of Lewis Grassic Gibbon' (Gen 1929/12*/53 and Gen 1966/52) 'Four Contemporary Scots Poets: Lewis Spence, Marion Angus, Hugh MacDiarmid, William Soutar', lecture to Colinton Literary Society, 1939 (Gen 1929/4) 'Marion Angus: A Personal Note' (1948), MS (Gen 1929/55) and TS (Gen 2122/6/1-10) 'Scotland To-Morrow', MS of talk (Gen 1966/57) 'Some Trends in the Development of Modern Poetry', talk for the Society of Certificated Teachers of Speech and Drama (Gen 1929/26) Further Details The above are highlights of Edinburgh University Library's extensive collection of Helen Cruickshank manuscripts. For a fuller listing, see the Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue and the manual Index to Manuscripts held in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Library. Related Links Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue This article was published on 2024-08-21
HTML Poetry Collections The Cruickshank Papers include working materials for the following volumes: Up the Noran Water and Other Scots Poems (1934), corrected proof (Gen 1929/53) Sea Buckthorn (1954), TS (Gen 1929/50), corrected proofs (Gen 1929/27, Gen 2188/1), galley proofs (Gen 1929/49) The Ponnage Pool (1968), MSS, TSS, and galley proofs (Gen 1929/27) Collected Poems (1971), MSS or TSS of 17 of the poems (Gen 2122/5), MSS of 'Author's Note', 'Biographical Notes', and 'Acknowledgements' (Gen 2122/5) More Collected Poems (1978), MSS or TSS of 18 included and 13 excluded poems (Gen 2122/5) Individual Poems There are also manuscripts or typescripts of the following poems: 'The Bracelet', 'Dear Lovely Ghost' and 2 untitled poems (Gen 1966/61) 'Epistle for Christopher Murray Grieve on his 75th Birthday' (Gen 1929/20/6-7*) 'In Memoriam: Florence Marian McNeill' (Gen 1966/58) 'A Lang Guidnicht' (Gen 1966/50) 'On Epstein's Adam in the Waverley Market', 'Re Duncan Macrae's Festival Outburst on Laurence Durrell's Sappho', and 'A Maid Am I' (Gen 886) 'Spring in the Mearns (for Lewis Grassic Gibbon)' (Gen 2188/1) Voices from the Waterside', MS (Gen 2188/1) 'The White Horse', MS (Gen 1966/60) At Gen 1929/29 there is also a ring binder with cuttings of poems by Cruickshank published in newspapers and journals, 1922-33. Autobiographical Writings There is a complete manuscript of Octobiography, Cruickshank's posthumously published autobiography, and other autobiographical materials: Octobiography (1976), MS (Gen 1929/1) and TSS (Gen 1967) 'Friends at the Back Door' (1964), TS article for Scots Magazine (Gen 1929/53/IV) 'Seventy Years on: A Montrose Retrospect', TS article for Scots Magazine (Gen 1966/51) 'There and Back Again', TS article for Scots Magazine (Gen 1929/24) Autobiographical notes, MSS (Gen 1929/60) Fiction Although Cruickshank is little-known as a writer of fiction, there are typescripts of the following short stories: 'A Feather in her Hat' (Gen 1929/62) 'In Glenprosen' (Gen 1929/5) 'Low down in the Broom' (Gen 1929/6) Drama There are manuscripts or typescripts of the following plays written for local players or school-children: The Birken Bush (1947), one-act play in Scots (Gen 1929/28 and Gen 1929/57) The Cock and the Groset, three-act play in Scots, written for the Glenesk Players (Gen 1929/56) When Fairies Glide, one-act play written for the pupils of Tarfside School (Gen 1929/30 and Gen 1929/63) Critical Writings The Cruickshank Papers include manuscripts or typescripts for the following talks and essays on the Scottish Literary Renaissance: 'A Fellow-Countrywoman's View of Lewis Grassic Gibbon' (Gen 1929/12*/53 and Gen 1966/52) 'Four Contemporary Scots Poets: Lewis Spence, Marion Angus, Hugh MacDiarmid, William Soutar', lecture to Colinton Literary Society, 1939 (Gen 1929/4) 'Marion Angus: A Personal Note' (1948), MS (Gen 1929/55) and TS (Gen 2122/6/1-10) 'Scotland To-Morrow', MS of talk (Gen 1966/57) 'Some Trends in the Development of Modern Poetry', talk for the Society of Certificated Teachers of Speech and Drama (Gen 1929/26)
