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D31/30/4

- Folder containing correspondence from George Mackay Brown to E.W.M. Personal and concerning the poetry and other work of George Mackay Brown Includes letters from Newbattle Abbey (1951 & 1956) when George Mackay Brown studied there for a year and returned later for another time, and letters to Ernest Marwick in 1953 when he was at Newbattle. Excellent description of Norman McCaig. Personal anecdotes regarding Robert Rendall. Includes what GMB was reading, his opinion of other authors, poets; comments on his health. 19/01/1954, entire letter in verse, telling of a storm and the life of poets, very personal and moving.‎

D1/310

- Typescript transcript of details which lists the members of the church during his first year in Stronsay, their address and family details from the visiting book in Stronsay, 1885 - 1886; typed list of lands in the island of Stronsay belonging to the Balfour Estate on sale on 12 July 1922‎

D124

- Files of material by George Mackay Brown collated by type (essays, short stories, poetry, plays, novellas, novels) and ordered chronologically within this. This collection includes manuscripts and typescripts of a number of the author's best-known works, and also includes rarer and unpublished material.‎