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William Soutar Materials in Other EUL Collections

This page lists material of William Soutar interest in other EUL collections, including letters from Soutar to Helen Cruickshank and Fred Urquhart, manuscripts of essays on Soutar by Cruickshank and Hugh MacDiarmid, and references to Soutar in the incoming correspondence of Cruickshank, Urquhart, Maurice Lindsay, and Tom Scott.

Collections

Helen Cruickshank (Coll-81)

  • 'Four Contemporary Scots Poets: Lewis Spence, Marion Angus, Hugh MacDiarmid, William Soutar' (1939), TS of lecture by Cruickshank to Colinton Literary Society (Gen 1929/4)
  • Postcard from Soutar to Cruickshank, 13 March 1935, about Lewis Grass Gibbon’s funeral (Gen 1929/11)
  • Letter from Soutar to Cruickshank, 9 September 1935, about Hugh MacDiarmid’s hospital stay in Perth (Gen 886/35)
  • Soutar mentioned in letter from Valda Grieve to Cruickshank, 28 August 1935 (Gen 886/18)
  • MacDiarmid's edition of Soutar's Collected Poems mentioned in letter from MacDiarmid to Cruickshank, 23 January 1945 (Gen 886/53)

Maurice Lindsay (Coll-56)

  • 'William Soutar', MS of essay by Hugh MacDiarmid published in Poetry Scotland, 2 (1945) (Gen 2030/30/289)
  • Letter from MacDiarmid to Lindsay on proofs of above essay, [1945] (Gen 2030/30/287)

Tom Scott (Coll-1077)

  • Mentioned in letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to Tom Scott, 8 October 1963 (E2001.34)
  • Mentioned in letter from Alexander Scott to Tom Scott, 4 August 1967 (E95.02)

Fred Urquhart (Coll-49)

  • Letter from Soutar to Urquhart, 10 September 1943 (MS 2805)
  • Soutar mentioned in letter from Alexander Reid to Urquhart, 23 October 1940 (MS 2833)