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Muir, Edwin, (1887-1959), poet and author

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Surname: Muir
Forenames: Edwin
Gender: Male
Date: 1887-1959
Biography: ODNB link for Muir, Edwin (1887-1959), poet and author
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P153345 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P20610 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Edwin Muir
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1924-58: corresp, literary MSS and papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
2
c1920-93: corresp, photographs and other papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2011
3
autograph drafts of poems
British Library, Manuscript Collections
4
diary, corresp and Willa Muir's papers
University of St Andrews Libraries and Museums, University Collections and Museums Directorate
See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
5
letters to AC Aitken and misc papers
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
6
corresp with BBC
BBC Written Archives Centre
See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
7
corresp with J Mary Bosdet
Orkney Archive
NRA 35510
8
1951-58: letters (38) to George Mackay Brown
Edinburgh University Library, Heritage Collections
9
1951-65: letters to Stanley Cursiter
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
10
1938-39: letters to Gerald Duckworth & Co
London University: Senate House Library
NRA 22777

See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
11
letters (10) to Hogarth Press
University of Reading: Special Collections
See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
12
corresp with EW Marwick
Orkney Archive
NRA 22142
13
letters to William Montgomerie
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
14
1949-57: letters (12) to Kathleen Raine
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
15
1953-55: letters (10) to Royal Society of Literature
Royal Society of Literature
See Location register of 20th century English literary MSS 1988
16
1924-60: letters to Sydney and Violet Schiff
British Library, Manuscript Collections
17
1935-58: letters (10) to Janet Smith
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
18
1940-43: letters to William Soutar
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
19
1948-51: letters (15) to Patricia Swale
Orkney Archive
NRA 18898 Orkney misc
20
1949-1958: corresp with The Observer
Guardian News & Media Archive (formerly the Newsroom)