Correspondence

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Appreciation of Roland E. Muirhead, by MacDiarmid, manuscript pen, 6pp, together with typescript letter, 25 August 1964, to ‘"Dear Mr Spence", autograph signed "Compton Mackenzie", and typescript piece, "Sir Compton Mackenzie salutes the memory of a great patriot, autograph signed "Compton Mackenzie".

Scope and Contents Ff. 1-2: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 22/07/1932. Ff. 3-5: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 24/10/1932. Ff. 6-8*: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 19/10/1939. Ff. 9-10: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 20/11/1939. Ff. 11-16: Letter from Hugh MacDiarmid to F. G. Scott dated 07/09/1940. Includes a manuscript text of "Auld Reekie", 5 ff., pencil. F. 17: Letter from...

Scope and Contents Correspondence between Hugh MacDiarmid and Helen B. Cruickshank, from 17 May 1922 to 16 August 1964 (a few with no date), arranged chronologically, 78 letters, 155 folios.There is also an envelope containing snapshots of Hugh MacDiarmid and family mostly taken by Helen Cruickshank (ff. 159 - 180), and three signed photographs (f. 156: photograph of a bust by sculptor Laurence Bradshaw, f. 157: portrait of Hugh MacDiarmid, and f. 158: photograph of Valda Trevlyn...

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One letter from "Chris" [Hugh MacDiarmid], Whalsay, to "My dear Burt", on poems, criticism, publications and getting back to Scots, 16 July 1939. Manuscript. 2pp.

One letter from "C. M. Grieve" [Hugh MacDiarmid], Dungavel, to "Dear Mrs Burt", on seeing the "In Memoriam" notice in the Scotsman, 2 January 1951. Manuscript. 1p.

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The archive is composed of correspondence, family papers, printed matter and newspaper cuttings, literary works, and diary.

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Draft script. "Sir Patrick Geddes: maker of the future. A centenary tribute", written for the BBC in 1954 manuscript, pen, 11pp, with manuscript letter from "Christopher" [Hugh MacDiarmid], Brownsbank, 9 December 1964, to "Dear Kulgin" [Kulgin Duval], 1p.

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1. Original manuscript of "The Kind of Poetry I Want", 49 ff., pen, no date. Also includes the correspondence dated 1961 of bookseller Kulgin D. Duval with printer Giovanni Mardersteig from the Officina Bodoni, Verona, and R. H. Boothroyd, from the Stamperia Valdonega, Verona, concerning the printing of the text.

2. "The Kind of Poetry I Want", extracts, 18 ff., pen, pencil, and typescript.

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"The Late Robin Black" [1963], manuscript, pen, 6pp, with a letter from MacDiarmid dated 20 February 1963, Brownsbank, to Tom Spence, editor of Forward Scotland, alongside which the piece was enclosed.

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Piece on Harry Millar being "Tribute to Harry Millar", by Hugh MacDiarmid, manuscript pen, 7pp, with manuscript letter from Christopher Grieve, Brownsbank, 4 October 1963, to "Dear Mr Spence", 1p, and manuscript letter from Hugh MacDiarmid, 19 October 1963, to "Dear Mr Spence", 1p, both concerning the writing of an obituary suitable for Forward Scotland. Also 2 x copies of the printed article, one being an off-print or proof copy.

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"Virgilium vidi tantum…", holograph copy, pen, 2pp, and "Virgilium vidi tantum…", manuscript, pencil, 2pp, and "Virgilium vidi tantum…" as submitted to the Arts Council of Great Britain for Shakespeare’s Quatercentenary, typescript, 2pp, and manuscript letter from "Christopher" (Hugh MacDiarmid), Brownsbank, 5 April 1964, to "Dear Kulgin" (Kulgin Duval), 1p.