"Hugh MacDiarmid: A Festschrift" by Kulgin D. Duval and Sydney Goodsir Smith, 1962

Material relating to the work by K.D. Duval and Sydney Goodsir Smith (eds), Hugh MacDiarmid: a festschrift (Edinburgh: K.D. Duval, 1962), to mark Grieve’s 70th Birthday, being:

• 3 x ms letters from Grieve to Kulgin D. Duval, 23 January 1961, 19 April 1962, 29 April 1962;
• Festschrift early drafts and mock ups, with corrections, lists of illustrations and contents, ms poems ‘Shadows from the ship’ and ‘On the fishing grounds’, and graphic work;
• Aitken, William R. – ‘A check list’ of books and periodicals written, translated, edited, published or introduced by Grieve, for festschrift, prepared by William R. Aitken, in paste-up format, 10pp;
• Bruce, George – ‘Between any Life and the Sun’, by George Bruce, ts with ms corrections, 18pp;
• Craig, David – ‘MacDiarmid the Marxist Poet’, by David Craig, ts with ms corrections, 15pp;
• Cruickshank, Helen B. – versions of ‘Mainly Domestic, being some Personal Reminiscences’, by Helen B. Cruickshank, ms with corrections 10pp, ts with ms corrections 15pp, ts with ms corrections 15pp, all dated 12 December 1961;
• Daiches, David – ‘Hugh MacDiarmid: the early poems’, David Daiches, ts with ms corrections, 20pp;
• Keir, Walter – ‘Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance’, Walter Keir, ts with ms corrections, 14pp;
• Keir, Walter – ‘MacDiarmid’s Poetry in the 1930s, Walter Keir, ts with ms corrections, 10pp;
• Lindsay, Maurice – ‘Angry Influence; MacDiarmid in the 1940s’, Maurice Lindsay, ts with ms corrections, 18pp;
• MacCaig, Norman – ‘MacDiarmid’s Lyrics’, ts poem, ny Norman MacCaig, with ms letter to ‘Dear Kulgin’, 8 May 1962;
• Mackie, A. D. – ‘Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Language’, Albert Mackie, ts with ms corrections, 20pp;
• Morgan, Edwin – ‘Poetry and Knowledge in MacDiarmid’s Later Work’, Edwin Morgan, ts with ms corrections, 9pp;
• Sealy, Douglas – ‘Hugh MacDiarmid and Gaelic Literature’, Douglas Sealy, ms with corrections, in notebook, 27pp;
• Smith, Sydney Goodsir – MacDiarmid’s Three Hymns to Lenin’, Sydney Goodsir Smith, ts with ms corrections, 20pp;
• Stevenson, Ronald – ‘MacDiarmid, Joyce and Busoni. Towards a Music-Aesthetic of Literature’, Ronald Stevenson, ts with ms corrections, and appended layout note, 17pp;
• Tonge, John – ‘A Great Partnership, MacDiarmid and F. G. Scott’, John Tonge, ts with ms corrections, 8pp;
• Young, Douglas – ‘The Nationalism of Hugh MacDiarmid’, Douglas Young, ts with ms corrections, 15 April 1962, 21pp;
• Festschrift proofs, pp11-20, pp49-221, with ms corrections, and brief ms notes from W. A. S. Keir, and Helen B. Cruickshank;
• Festschrift proofs with occasional ms corrections, 221pp, stamped in places ‘T. & A. Constable Ltd. / 28 June 1962 / Printers. Edinburgh ‘, together with 1 x ms letter from Grieve to ‘Dear Kulgin, 4 July 1962, indicating that these ‘are very clear of errors of any kind’, though Grieve does ‘enclose a sheet’ on which he has ‘given the page numbers of the corrections’ he has made.