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115 letters to W R Aitken and his family of Hugh MacDiarmid, and four from Valda Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.10488
Scope and Contents

With manuscripts of a short story and essay of MacDiarmid, proof copy of "Sanschaw" and typescript copy of a thesis on MacDiarmid by Claude Henry.

Dates: 1934-1978.

Corrected proofs of John Bellany and Alan Bold, "Homage to MacDiarmid".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9156
Scope and Contents

With lithographic plates, and manuscript and typescript drafts of the poem.

Dates: circa 1986.

Correspondence and papers, including typescripts, proofs and financial records, of Akros Publications, 'Akros' magazine and Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7125 Box 1(1)-Box 46(2)
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of poems, articles, and reviews, with correspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1962-1976, undated.

Literary and other papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26163-26188

Literary papers of the poet Edith Anne Robertson (1883-1973).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26977-26984
Scope and Contents

Educated in Glasgow and Germany, in 1919 Edith Anne married James A Robertson who became Professor of Biblical Criticism at Aberdeen University. Her publications included a life of St Francis Xavier as well as poems in English and Scots.

Dates: 1915-1973, undated.

Manuscript, typescripts and corrected proofs of Gavin Ewart, "Penultimate Poems".

 File
Identifier: Acc.9918
Scope and Contents

Includes unpublished verses.

Dates: 1989.

Manuscripts and typescripts of 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Old negatives', by Alasdair Gray.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11530/1-29
Scope and Contents

Manuscript and typescript drafts of 'Mavis Belfrage' and 'Old negatives: 4 verse sequences', by Alasdair Gray, heavily annotated and revised by Gray and with extensive notes to his typist and assistant Scott Pearson.

Dates: 1966-1996, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts and other papers of Duncan Glen, including research materials relating to Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.10094/1-65
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of poems, articles, reviews and essays, and includes critical work on Hugh MacDiamrid.

Dates: 1941-1989.

Manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs of work by Alexander Scott (1920-1989).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26474-26481
Scope and Contents

Alexander Scott was educated in Aberdeen, and after service in the army during the Second World War, became a lecturer in Scottish Literature at Glasgow University. He was the editor of the ‘Saltire Review’, 1954-1957, served on a number of literary committees, and edited work by William Soutar and Sydney Goodsir Smith, among others. His own literary work consisted of poetry, drama, and criticism.

Dates: 1948-1970, undated.

Manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence of Alasdair Gray, mainly concerning 'Working legs', as well as other works.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11655/1-34
Scope and Contents

Includes extensive working papers and proofs for 'Working legs', including cast notes and publicity materials, as well as papers relating to the 1997 editions of 'Why Scots should rule Scotland' and 'Unlikely stories, mostly'.

Dates: 1966-1997.

Papers of and concerning Hugh MacDiarmid.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10173- is now MSS.27001-27246
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of poems, essays, articles, reviews and autobiography, literary notebooks and correspondence.

Dates: circa 1927-1978.

Papers of and concerning the poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19651-19674
Dates: [1925 or before]-1961, undated.

Papers of Callum Macdonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9476
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of publications, together with associated correspondence and printed items.

Dates: 1953-1986.

Papers of "Cencrastus".

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10532
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts, typescripts and proofs of articles, reviews, short stories and poems, and business records including minute books, corrspondence and accounts.

Dates: 1980-1991.

Papers of Charles Graves (1899-1971).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27476-27485
Scope and Contents

Charles Graves, who worked for the ‘Scotsman’, published several collections of poems. He managed the Porpoise Press, the Edinburgh publishing house, from 1927 until 1930 when the business was sold to Faber and Faber.

Dates: 1903-1968, undated.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7147
Scope and Contents

Including manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems, essays, bibliographies and other literary work.

With Duncan Glen, "Hugh MacDiarmid and the Scottish Renaissance", and poems of, and essays concerning, Hugh Macdiarmid.

Dates: 1962-1977.

Papers of Duncan Glen.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4690
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscript drafts and typescripts of five poems, with galley proofs, typescripts and correspondence concerning "Akros".

Dates: 1967-1968.

Papers of G S Fraser.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8002
Scope and Contents

Comprising manuscripts, corrected typescripts, and proofs of poems and critical work, with 86 letters from correspondents, including Ronald Bottrall, Lawrence Durrell, William Empson, and Kathleen Raine.

Dates: 1948-1978.

Papers of Valerie Gillies.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8791
Scope and Contents

Comprises manuscripts and typescripts of 12 poems, with typescripts, proofs and a printed copy of "Bed of Stone".

Dates: 1981-1984.

Proof copy of Morley Jamieson, "Ten Poems".

 File
Identifier: Acc.7300
Scope and Contents

With manuscript notes of Jamieson concerning the poems.

Dates: 1978.

Small collections of literary material.

 Series
Identifier: MS.15941

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Names
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 5
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 3
Akros, literary magazine 2
Gray, Alasdair (author) (1934-2019) 2
Aitken, William Russell, bibliographer, 1913-1998 1