Special Collections Department
Hugh MacDiarmid
Papers
ca. 1931 - 1963
(bulk dates 1931 - 1932)
Manuscript Collection Number: 224
Accessioned: Purcahsed 1972
Extent: 2 boxes
Content: Manuscripts and correspondence.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processed: 1990 by Timothy
Murray and Wendy Van Wyck
Special Collections, University of Delaware Library
Newark, Delaware 19717-5267
(302) 831-2229
Table of Contents
Biographical Note
Hugh MacDiarmid was born Christopher Murray Grieve on August 11, 1892 in Langholm, a small Scottish town along the English border. Grieve's literary influences came early; among his first teachers in Langholm was the Scottish composer Francis George Scott who would later collaborate with him on a variety of projects. When Grieve enrolled in 1908 at the Broughton Junior Student Center in Edinburgh, his primary English instructor was George Ogilvie who became his most important literary mentor.
In 1910, following the death of his father, Grieve began working as a journalist. Like many others of his time, Grieve's life was interrupted by the onset of World War I and he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps with which he served from 1915 - 1919. Following his demobilization in 1919, Grieve settled with his wife Peggy in Montrose, Scotland, where he had a job as a journalist with the Montrose Review. In addition to his journalism, Grieve's poetry and essays began appearing in a variety of journals and newspapers. In November 1920, Grieve launched the first of his many publishing and editorial projects, the anthology series Northern Number in which he published new poetry by contemporary Scottish poets. He was soon involved in other such efforts including The Scottish Chapbook (1922-1923), the Scottish Nation (1923), and the Northern Review (1924). In October 1922, Grieve brought out the first number of Scottish Chapbook and introduced a new author whose work exemplified the qualities that he felt were necessary for a regenerated Scottish literature. The author was Hugh MacDiarmid and in subsequent months his Scots lyrics were well received by poets and critics, including Grieve himself, who wrote glowingly of MacDiarmid's achievements. Within a few years, the literary world was generally aware that C.M. Grieve and Hugh MacDiarmid were the same person. By the 1930s, he had for the most part adopted his alter ego as his primary public persona, writing poetry and prose and even delivering speeches as Hugh MacDiarmid.
The figure of Hugh MacDiarmid also maintained a high profile in the world of Scottish politics. Grieve had been active in Fabian Society and Labour Party work as early as 1908 and was a contributor to A.R. Orage's The New Age where he began his lifelong fascination with the Social Credit economic theories of C.H. Douglas. Active in literary politics as well, MacDiarmid founded the Scottish center of PEN in 1927.
Although MacDiarmid remained active politically and wrote prolifically throughout the 1930's, the decade was one of great turmoil in his personal life. In 1929, MacDiarmid moved his family to London to serve as editor of Vox, a radio journal begun with great expectations by author Compton Mackenzie. Following the failure of Vox, MacDiarmid moved to Liverpool in May 1930 to work as a public relations officer. He left his family in London and the separation led to divorce the following year and, ultimately, complete estrangement from his two children.
In 1931 MacDiarmid married Valda Trevlyn and joined yet another literary enterprise. He accepted a directorship with the Unicorn Press, a London publisher which recruited him to serve as literary advisor. MacDiarmid's inability to pay his share of the directorship inevitably led to a financial dispute and he was asked to leave the press within the year. Faced with financial ruin and a state of physical and emotional stress, MacDiarmid, his wife Valva, and their infant son Michael moved to the island of Whalsay, one of the Shetland Islands off the Scottish coast. MacDiarmid lived on Whalsay in extreme poverty and often in poor health--he suffered a complete breakdown in 1935--for nearly ten years. During this period MacDiarmid produced some of his finest poetry; however, he saw only three collections of his poems published--Stony Limits and Other Poems (1934), Second Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems (1935), and the slim retrospective Selected Poems (1934).
MacDiarmid may have remained on Whalsay even longer if he were not conscripted for National Service in 1941, at the age of forty-eight, to work in factories and in the Merchant Service until 1943. Following the war, MacDiarmid continued to struggle financially until 1950 when the British government awarded him a civil list pension honoring his lifelong achievement. MacDiarmid was now able to live with some degree of financial security and in 1951 he Moved to Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Hugh MacDiarmid died on September 9, 1978, just two months before the publication of his Complete Poems 1920-1976, edited by his son Michael Grieve and his biographer W.R. Aitken. MacDiarmid lived to read final proofs for the book and was able to contribute an author's note before his death.
Sources:
Buthlay, Kenneth. "Hugh MacDiarmid" in Dictionary of Literary Biography. Volume 20. British Poets, 1914-1945. Stanford, Donald E. (ed.). Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1983. pp. 210-223.
Murray, Timothy. "Hugh MacDiarmid" in Hugh MacDiarmid An Exhibition Celebrating the Centenary Of His Birth. Newark: University of Delaware Library, 1992. pp. 7-10.
Scope and Content Note
The Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, which consist of MacDiarmid's poetry, prose, and correspondence, date from the early 1930s. In addition to individual titled poems, the collection includes manuscripts of poems that eventually appeared in two of MacDiarmid's poetry collections, First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems (1931) and the proposed collection Alone with the Alone (1932). The collection contains ca. 35 prose pieces, including essays, reviews, short stories, and sketches, most of which appear in both autograph manuscript and typescript form. Also included are five pieces of correspondence, material related to MacDiarmid's work as the director of the Unicorn Press, and three Scottish Nationalist newspapers in which MacDiarmid's work appears.
Related Collections:
Ms 225 Hugh MacDiarmid papers related to First Hymn to Lenin & Other Poems
Series List
I. Poetry
1. Material toward First Hymn to Lenin and other Poems
2. Material toward Alone with the Alone
3. Individually Titled Poems
II. Prose
III. Miscellaneous
1. Correspondence
2. Synopses of Proposed Books
3. Unicorn Press
4. Political Newspapers
Contents List
Box -- Folder -- Contents
1 Series I. Poetry.
Includes manuscript of poems that appear
in First Hymn to Lenin and Other Poems and
Alone with the Alone. Also included are
individual titled poems.
Series I.1. Material toward First Hymn to Lenin and other Poems.
Manuscripts of poems arranged in the
order they appear in the collection. The final
published collection contains additional
poems.(London: Unicorn Press, 1931).
F1 Author's note. 1931 November. AMs, 2p. Signed
"C.M. Grieve ("Hugh MacDiarmid")" at the bottom.
Author's note. 1931 November. Ts [carbon], 1p.
Typed signature "C.M. Grieve ("Hugh MacDiarmid")" at
the bottom.
Beyond Exile. [n.d.] Ts, 1p. "Salonika, 1916"
typed at the bottom.
Beyond Exile. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1p.
"Salonika, 1916" written at the bottom.
F2 The Liquid Light and Country Folk [n.d.] AMs, 1 p.
Two short poems appearing on the same page.
Religion and Love. [n.d.] AMs, 1 p.
On Receiving a Copy of Gogarty's Splendid Poem on
Leda, typed on paper most dubious in colour and
texture, and suggestive in length. [n.d.] AMs, 1 p.
Signed "H. McD." at the bottom. This poem did not
appear in the published collection.
The Whore. [n.d.] AMs, 1 p. This poem appeared
in the collection under the title "The Prostitute."
F3 The Seamless Garment. [n.d.] AMs, 7 p. The poem
begins with a quote from Coleridge.
F4 Water of Life. [n.d.] AMs, 6 p.
Water of Life. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 2 p. Only
the first half of the poem.
F5 Excelsior. [n.d.] AMs, 3 p. The fifth and sixth
stanzas are missing.
Excelsior. [n.d.] Ts, 2 p. The two pages are
numbered "4" and "5."
Series I.2. Material toward Alone with the Alone.
Material toward Alone with the Alone
[ca. 1932]. Consists of autograph drafts and
carbon typescripts of poems to be included in this
proposed collection which was never published.
Included with each set of drafts is the "Author's
note."
F6 Alone with the Alone [1932]. AMs, 33 p.
"Author's note" signed on the verso "Hugh McDiarmid.
London, 1932." The Table of Contents lists 32 poems,
22 of which appear in the manuscript. The poems, which
are listed in the order they appear in the manuscript,
are written almost entirely on Aster Publications
stationery.
Cattle Show
On a Lone Shore
High over Beauty
Within that Week
Eden Regained
Acme
Valedictory
The Windbags
Allegiance
La Belle Terre Sans Merci
J.K. Huysmans
In the Golden Island
Amiel
Of Two Bulgarian Poets
Introduzione Alla Vita Mediocre
Der Wunderrabbiner von Barcelona
Spring; A Violin in the Void
They Know Not What They Do
Playmates
Hymn to Sophia; The Wisdom of God
The Monolith
The Crown of Rock
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F7 Alone with the Alone [1932]. Ts [carbon], 32 p.
Contains the same poems as the previous manuscript.
Also includes a title page and three additional poems:
The Aerial City
The Flowing Bowl
Autumn Nightfall
F8 Miscellaneous clippings. Each clipping contains
one of MacDiarmid's poems from the "Casual Column." In
each case, the words "Casual Column" have been crossed
out. These clippings were gathered to be inserted in
the autograph manuscript of Alone with the Alone.
The Aerial City. [n.d.] "Prelude; The Hydra"
and "I" are written at the top. The printed signature
of "Hugh McDiarmid." has been crossed out.
The Flowing Bowl. [n.d.] "II" is written on the
top, and the printed signature "C.M. Grieve" has been
crossed out.
An October Nightfall. [n.d.] "V" is written at
the top. The words "An October" have been crossed out
and "Autumn" written above them. The printed signature
"Hugh McDiarmid." has been crossed out.
Series I.3. Individually titled poems.
Consists of manuscripts of primarily undated poems
arranged alphabetically.
F9 Black Rainbow. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p. Typed
signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom. Typed on verso
of a small fragment of C.M. Grieve's stationery. This
poem was published under the title "The Black Rainbow
over the Minch."
By Wauchopeside. 1932 January 27. AMs, 3 p.
Signed "Hugh MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
By Wauchopeside. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 2 p. Typed
signature "Hugh McDiarmid" at the bottom.
1
F10 Cauld Kail Het Again. 1932 January 25. AMs, 1
p. Signed "Hugh MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
Cauld Kail Het Again. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p.
Typed signature "Hugh MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
Empty Vessel. [n.d.] AMs, 1 p. Signed "Hugh
MacDiarmid" at the bottom. On verso is printed "One of
fifty special copies. This is number ---." Signed
"Hugh MacDiarmid" again on verso.
F11 Heel Tap. [n.d.] AMs, 2 p. Signed "C.M. Grieve"
at the bottom. On verso is an autograph manuscript of
his poem "Unfathered Through Divorce" that has been
crossed out.
Heel Tap. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p. Typed
signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom.
The Hidden Scotland. 1932 January 25. AMs, 2 p.
Signed "Hugh MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
The Hidden Scotland. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p.
Typed signature "Hugh MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
F12 The Mouse That Bit the Cat. 1932 January 27.
AMs, 2 p. Signed "Hugh McDiarmid" at the bottom.
The Mouse That Bit the Cat. 1932 January 27. Ts
[carbon], 1 p. Typed signature "Hugh McDiarmid
27.1.32" at the bottom.
The New Makars. 1932 January 25. AMs, 3 p.
Signed "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom.
The New Makars. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 2 p. Typed
signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom.
F13 The Roaring Game. [n.d.] AMs, 1 p. Signed "Hugh
MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
The Roaring Game. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p.
Typed signature "Hugh MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
1 Scotland. [n.d.] Ts, 1 p. Autograph corrections
and signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom. Typed on
verso of his stationery.
F13 Scotland To Her Lovers. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p.
Typed signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom. On verso
of his stationery.
F14 Scunner. [n.d.] AMs, 1 p. Signed "Hugh
MacDiarmid" at the bottom.
The Shifting Shadow. [n.d.] AMs, 2 p. Signed
"Hugh McDiarmid" at the bottom. Written on verso of
Aster Publications stationery. This poem was published
under the title "Fly Down, Eagle..."
The Shifting Shadow. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p.
Typed signature "Hugh McDiarmid" at the bottom.
The Summit. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p. Typed
signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom. On the verso of
his stationery.
F15 Unfathered Through Divorce. [n.d.] AMs, 1 p.
Signed "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom.
Unfathered Through Divorce. [n.d.] Ts [carbon],
1 p. Typed signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom.
The Vital Fact. 1932 January 25. AMs, 3 p.
Signed "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom.
The Vital Fact. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 1 p. Typed
signature "C.M. Grieve" at the bottom.
Series II. Prose.
Manuscripts of MacDiarmid's articles, essays, reviews,
short stories, and sketches. Publication information
has been ascertained for only a few of the pieces;
therefore, they are arranged alphabetically by title.
F16 At Sixes and Sevens (Essay). [n.d.] Ts [carbon],
8 p. Typed signature "by C.M. Grieve" follows the title.
F17 Burns and "Sodjer Hugh" (Essay). [n.d.] AMs, 13
p. At the top is written "If They Came Back Again
Series." Signed "by C M Grieve ("Hugh McDiarmid")"
after the title.
F17 Burns and "Sodjer Hugh" (Essay). [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 4 p. "If They Came Back Again Series" typed
across the top. Typed signature "by C.M. Grieve.
("Hugh McDiarmid")" following the title.
F18 Burns: The Next Step I (Essay). 1932 January 26.
AMs, 13 p. Signed "James MacLaren" at the end.
F19 Burns: The Next Step I (Essay). [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 5 p. Typed signature "James Maclaren" at the
end.
F20 Burns: The Next Step II (Essay). 1932 January 26.
AMs, 10 p. Signed "James Maclaren" at the end.
F21 Burns: The Next Step II (Essay). [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 4 p. Typed signature "James Maclaren" at the end.
F22 Burns: The Next Step III (Essay). 1932 January 26.
AMs, 10 p. Signed "James Maclaren" at the end.
F23 Burns: The Next Step III (Essay). [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 4 p. Typed signature "James Maclaren" at the end.
F24 Burns: The Next Step IV (Essay). [n.d.] AMs, 10 p.
Signed "James Maclaren" at the end.
F25 Burns: The Next Step IV (Essay). [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 4 p. Typed signature "James Maclaren" at the end.
F26 The Caledonian Antisyzygy and the Gaelic Idea
(Article). [n.d.] AMs, 21 p. Parts V-VII. Signed
"by C.M. Grieve" under the title. This article was
published in The Modern Scot, vol. 2, no. 2, summer
number, July 1931, and completed in vol.2, no.4, winter
number, January 1932.
F27 The Caledonian Antisyzygy and the Gailic Idea
(Article). [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 6 p. Parts V-VII.
Typed signature "by C.M. Grieve" under the title.
1
F28 Changing Scotland (Review of R. Erskine's
"Changing Scotland") [n.d.] AMs, 8p. "Book Page
Article" written at the top. Signed "A.K.L." at the end.
Changing Scotland (Review of R. Erskine's
"Changing Scotland") [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 3 p. "Book
Page Article" typed at the top. Typed initials
"A.K.L." at the end.
F29 Colour and Literature (Review of Havelock Ellis's
"The Colour-Sense in Literature") 1932 November 1.
AMs, 10 p. "Book Page Article" written at the top.
Signed "A.L." at the end.
F30 Common Sense About Poetry (Review of L.A. Strong's
"Common Sense About Poetry") [n.d.] AMs, 9 p. "Book
Page Article" written at the top. Signed "A.L." at the end.
Common Sense About Poetry (Review of L.A. Strong's
"Common Sense About Poetry") [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 4 p.
"Book Page Article" typed at the top. Typed initials
"A.L." at the end.
F31 DeMontalk Case. Prejudice Masquerading As Justice
(Essay) [n.d.] AMs, 4 p. Signed "by Hugh McDiarmid"
after the title. Includes a short blurb written by and
about the author.
De Montalk Case. Prejudice Masquerading As
Justice (Essay). [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 2 p. Typed
signature "by Hugh McDiarmid" after the title.
Includes blurb.
2 F32 A Female MacGonagall (Review of Lucy Watkin's
"Unholy Music and Other Verses") 1932 January 4. AMs,
13 p. "Book Page Article" written at the top. Signed
"A.L." at the end.
A Female MacGonagall (Review of Lucy Watkin's
"Unholy Music and Other Verses") [n.d.] Ts [carbon],
4 p. "Book Page Article" typed at the top. Typed
initial "A.L." at the end.
F32 Forward to "The Quest of Ailsa Macrae" by Olive M.
Squair. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 2 p. Typed signature
"C.M. Grieve. ("Hugh MacDiarmid")" at the end. The
book was published in 1931 by Mascot Press, Amersham.
F33 The Genius of Scotland (Essay) [n.d.] AMs, 6 p.
Signed "by C.M. Grieve" after the title.
The Genius of Scotland (Essay) [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 3 p. Typed signature "by C.M. Grieve" after
the title.
How To Go On With the Cunarder: A Novel
Suggestion (Essay). [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 3 p. Typed
signature "by C.M. Grieve" after the title.
F34 Invitation to Scottish Poets (Essay) [n.d.] AMs,
11 p. Signed "by Hugh McDiarmid" after the title.
Invitation to Scottish Poets (Essay) [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 4 p. Typed signature "by Hugh McDiarmid"
after the title.
F35 Is There A Douglas Boycott, and Why? (Essay)
[n.d.] AMs, 7 p. Signed "by CM Grieve" after the
title.
Is There A Douglas Boycott, and Why? (Essay)
[n.d.] Ts [carbon], 3 p. Typed signature "By C.M.
Grieve." after the title.
F36 A Low Review (Reply to a review of "Frank Harris
on Bernard Shaw" by Sir Sidney Low) [n.d.] AMs, 7 p.
(4 l.). Signed "by CM Grieve" after the title.
A Low Review (Reply to a review of "Frank Harris
on Bernard Shaw" by Sir Sidney Low) [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 3 p. Typed signature "by C.M. Grieve" after
the title.
F37 Mrs. Annand Taylor's Dunbar (Review) [n.d.] AMs,
8 p. Signed "A.K.L." at bottom.
Mrs. Annand Taylor's Dunbar (Review) [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 5 p. "Book Page Article" typed at the top.
Typed initials "A.K.L." at the end.
2
F38 The Murder (short story) 1932 March 7. AMs, 5 p.
Written on verso of Aster Publications stationery.
Signed "C.M. Grieve" at the end.
The Murder (short story) [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 2p.
Typed signature "C.M. Grieve" at the end.
F39 New Bearings in English Poetry (Review of F.R.
Leavis's book of the same title). 1932 March 7. AMs,
8 p. Written on Aster Publications stationery. "Book
Page Article" written at the top. Signed "A.K.L." at the end.
New Bearings in English Poetry (Review of F.R.
Leavis's book of the same title) [n.d.] Ts [carbon],
4 p. "Book Page Article" typed at the top. Typed
initials "A.K.L." at the end.
F40 New Poets (Review) 1932 January 4. AMs, 13 p.
"Book Page Article" at the top. Signed "A.L." at the
bottom.
New Poets (Review) [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 4 p.
"Book Page Article" at the top. Typed signature "A.L."
at the end.
F41 A New Scottish Publishing Firm (Essay) [n.d.]
AMs, 5 p. Signed "C.M. Grieve" at the end.
The Poetry of Murdoch Maclean (Review of Maclean's
"The Wind in the Heather") [n.d.] AMs, 5 p. "Book
Page Article" written at the top. Signed "A.K.L." at
the end.
The Poetry of Murdoch Maclean (Review of Maclean's
"The Wind in the Heather") [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 3 p.
"Book Page Article" at the top. Typed initials
"A.K.L." at the end.
F42 Querns in the Porridge (sketch) [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 4 p. Typed signature "by A.K.L." after the title.
Ranier Maria Rilke (Review of Frederico Oliver's
"Ranier Maria Rilke") [n.d.] AMs, 7 p. "Book Page
Article" at the top. Signed "A.K.L." at the end. This
review was published in New Britain, vol. 2, no. 41,
February 28, 1934.
2
F42 Ranier Maria Rilke (Review of Frederico Oliver's
"Ranier Maria Rilke") [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 4 p. "Book
Page Article" at the top. Typed initials "A.K.L." at
the end. Published in New Britain (see above).
F43 Report of an Address "Essentials of Scottish
Nationalism" delivered by C.M. Grieve [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 2 p.
The Scab (Essay) [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 4 p. Typed
signature "James Maclaren" at the end. This article
was published in The Glasgow Herald in August 1932.
F44 Scotland and the French Exhibition (Essay) [n.d.]
AMs, 7 p. Written on verso of Aster Publications
stationery. Signed "by Maillaw" after the title.
"From CM Grieve, 321 High Holborn WC 1" written across
the top.
Scotland and the French Exhibition (Essay) [n.d.]
Ts [carbon], 3 p. Typed signature "by Maillaw" after
the title. "From C.M. Grieve, 321 High Holborn, W.C.
1" typed across the top.
F45 Social Credit (Review of Sir Norman Angell's "The
Unseen Assassins") 1932 January 11. AMs, 13 p. "Book
Page Article" at the top. Signed "A.L." at the end.
Social Credit (Review of Sir Norman Angell's "The
Unseen Assassins") [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 4 p. "Book
Page Article" at the top. Typed initials "A.L." at the end.
F46 Some Notes on Hugh McDiarmid's Poems (Essay)
[n.d.] AMs, 8 p. Written on verso of Aster
Publications stationery. Signed "James Maclaren" at
the end.
Some Notes on Hugh McDiarmid's Poems (Essay)
[n.d.] Ts [carbon], 3 p. Typed signature "James
Maclaren" at the end.
F47 The Tent Pole; Parables for Scotland Today
(Essay) [n.d.] AMs, 8 p. Signed "by C.M. Grieve"
after the title.
2
F47 The Tent Pole; Parables for Scotland Today
(Essay) [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 3 p. Typed signature "by
C.M. Grieve" after the title.
F48 The Titanic Incompetent. Or, The Scot Centenary
Stunt (Essay) 1932 January 27. AMs, 8 p. Signed "by
C.M. Grieve ("Hugh McDiarmid")."
The Titanic Incompetent. Or, The Scot Centenary
Stunt (Essay) [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 3 p. Typed
signature "by C.M. Grieve (Hugh McDiarmid)"
F49 The Visitor (short story) 1932 January 25. AMs,
11 p. Signed "by Hugh MacDiarmid" after the title.
The Visitor (short story) [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 5 p.
Typed signature "by Hugh McDiarmid" after the title.
F50 Whither Scotland XIV (Essay) Ts, 6 p. Typed
signature "James Maclaren" at the end.
Series III. Miscellaneous.
Includes correspondence, synopses of proposed books,
material from the Unicorn Press, and political newspapers.
Series III.1. Correspondence.
F51 To George Allen and Unwin Publishers [n.d.] AL, 4
p. Draft of letter written on Aster Publications
stationery. Concerns the publication of MacDiarmid's
book, "At the Sign of the Thistle."
To John S. Blackburn [n.d.] AL, 4 p. Draft of
letter concerning the Unicorn Press publication of C.H.
Douglas's "Warning Democracy."
To Mr. C. McPhee. [n.d.] AL, 4 p. Draft of
letter written on Aster Publications stationery.
MacDiarmid discusses issues affecting Scotland.
To Bill [?] 1946 July 7. ALs, 3 p. Signed
"Yours, Chris". MacDiarmid discusses his latest publications.
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Series III.2. Synopses of Proposed Books.
F51 To Neusome [?] [n.d.] AL, 5 p. Draft of letter
concerning recent publications of the Unicorn Press.
F52 Here's How [n.d.] AMs, 4 p. Draft synopsis of a
proposed book on drinks and drinking. Written on verso
of C.M. Grieve's stationery.
The Juvenile Drama. 1932 February 1. AMs, 3 p.
Draft announcement and synopsis of a proposed book by
Stanley C. Nott. Written on verso of Aster
Publications stationery.
The Juvenile Drama. [n.d.] Ts [carbon], 2 p.
Draft announcement and synopsis of a proposed book by
Stanley C. Nott.
Series III.3. Unicorn Press.
A collection of drafts of press releases, lists
of addresses, and other material related to the
author's work as the director of the Unicorn Press.
F53 Draft of a deed of assignment. [n.d.] AMs, 6 p.
This draft vested in C.M. Grieve the sole agency for
dealing with the publication of American editions and
foreign translations of Major C.H. Douglas' published
works.
Draft of a deed of assignment. [n.d.] Ts
[carbon], 2 p. Carbon typescript version of the deed
that vested in C.M. Grieve the sole agency for dealing
with the publication of American editions and foreign
translation of Major C.H. Douglas' published works.
F54- Miscellaneous items. [n.d.] 23 p. Drafts of
56 press releases, list of addresses, and other
material pertaining to the Unicorn Press.
2
Series III.4. Political Newspapers.
Consists of three Scottish Nationalist newspapers
containing MacDiarmid's work.
F57 Camlachie Nationalist. [n.d.] 4 p. Contains
MacDiarmid's article "The Will and the Key--Wilkie."
F58 Forward Scotland. 1963 November. 8 p. Contains
MacDiarmid's article "Tribute to Harry Miller."
"Tribute to Harry Miller." 1963 November. Proof
of article, 1 p.
F59 Patrick East Social Credit Courier. [n.d.] 2 p.
Contains "A Message from Hugh MacDiarmid."
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