Janus: Papers of Lyn Newman

St John's Library/NewmanL/A2 contains:
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Scott, P	Correspondence with Peter Scott
Seccombe	Correspondence with Irene Seccombe
Secker	Correspondence with Sylvia Secker
Segre	Correspondence from Signora and Professore Fernanda and Mino Segre
Shaw	Correspondence with Ceceley Shaw
Shepherd, N	Correspondence with Nan Shepherd, Editor at the Aberdeen University Review
Shepherd, No	Correspondence with Norah Melville-Shepherd
Shepherd, W	Correspondence with Lieutenant W. S. Shepherd M.P.
Sherwood	Correspondence with Wyn Sherwood
Silver	Correspondence with Nora Silver
Simpson	Correspondence with Muriel Simpson, Librarian and Curator
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Papers of Lyn Newman

Title	Correspondence with Nan Shepherd, Editor at the Aberdeen University Review
Reference	Shepherd, N
Covering Dates	1957–1967
Extent and Medium	13 letters; paper

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Shepherd, Anna (1893-1981) author

St John's Library/NewmanL/Shepherd, N contains:

ALS to Lyn Newman. Asks whether Lyn would send a copy of 'So much love, so little money' to be reviewed by the Aberdeen University Review.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

9 June 1957

ALS to Lyn Newman. Informs Lyn that she will review 'So much love, so little money' personally. Asks for an accompanying biographical note. Asks after Elsa. Mentions Mary Kelly. Refers to the Agnes Mure MacKenzie sketch.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

21 June 1957

ALS to Lyn Newman. Shares her memories of their childhood. Asks after Elsa.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
2 p; paper.

25 June 1957

ALS to Lyn Newman. Encloses a proof of her review of 'So much love, so little money'. Asks if Lyn would like to write down more of her Aberdeen memories to be published in the Aberdeen University Review.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

24 Aug. 1957

ALS to Lyn Newman. Comments on 'Field with geese'. Tells an anecdote about a tame robin. Refers to her stay with Lyn.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
2 p; paper.

8 Nov. 1960

ALS to Lyn Newman. Informs her that Peter Scott is to write a piece on 'Field with geese' for the Aberdeen University Review. Asks if Lyn will send some words on her friend Gilbert for the publication.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

11 Dec. 1960

ALS to Lyn Newman. Thanks Lyn for the piece on Gilbert. Discusses the possibility of a grace and favour copy of the Review for Mrs Gilbert. Struggles to help Lyn with information for her trip to the Hebrides, but mentions the novelist Fionn MacColla (Tom Henderson) [sic] lives on one of the islands and offers his address.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
2 p; paper.

18 Jan. 1961

ALS to Lyn Newman. Relates the problems that she had in obtaining the article about 'Field with geese' from Peter Scott. Inquires after Lyn's trip to the Riviera and asks whether she has further plans to visit the Hebrides. Tells Lyn about her plans for a holiday, and her tame robins.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
2 p; paper.

22 Apr. 1961

ALS to Lyn Newman. Praises 'Alison Cairns'. Regrets that she never really knew Alison Cairns. Mentions that she corresponded with her over an article on evacuees and met her at a Saltire Society meeting in Aberdeen. Points out a couple of printing errors. Reports that Margaret Knight refused the review of 'Alison Cairns' for the Review.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

19 Feb. 1967

ALS to Lyn Newman. Argues that Agnes Mure MacKenzie would never have written a sentence that was grammatically incorrect. Agrees that George Bruce would review 'Alison Cairns' well but regrets that it is difficult to get material from him.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

3 Mar. 1967

ALS to Lyn Newman. Thanks Lyn for lending her the Agnes Mure MacKenzie letter. Continues to argue that MacKenzie would never have intentionally written anything ungrammatical. Discusses Lyn's idea of lodging the correspondence in a university library, mentions that she too has correspondence with MacKenzie and suggests Aberdeen University. Believes that if Douglas Simpson was still at Aberdeen University Library he would have promptly accepted them.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

9 Mar. 1967–9 Mar 1967

Autograph postcard signed to Lyn Newman. Hopes that George Bruce will review 'Alison Cairns'. Reports that she sat next to Harold Watt at the Alumnus Committee Meeting and he had enjoyed Lyn's book.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 card; paper.

11 Mar. 1967

ALS to Lyn Newman. Reports that Janet Adam Smith declines to review 'Alison Cairns' for the Review, but David Cairns suggested that Margaret Knight might do it. Encloses the money for her own copy of 'Alison Cairns'.
Creator: Nan Shepherd.
1 p; paper.

4 Feb. 1967