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MS.27178-202 Notebooks and diaries, 1942-78, n.d. MS.27178-88 Notebooks, 1942-4, n.d., kept by MacDiarmid during his training in precision engineering at Thornliebank Training College (MSS.27178-80), and while working at Mechan's Engineering Company on Clydeside (MSS.27181-87). The latter contain records of production of copper shell-bands. There are a few ragmentary notes for poetry and prose works in MSS.27180-1, 27183 and 27185. Octavo. MS.27178-80. 1942. 19 ff.; 22 ff.; 14 ff. MS.27181. Apr.-May 1942. 45 ff. MS.27182. May-June 1943. 18 ff. MS.27183. July-Sept. 1943. 27 ff. MS.27184. Oct.-Dec. 1943. 26 ff. MS.27185. Feb. 1944. 16 ff. MS.27186. Feb.-Mar. 1944. 30 ff. MS.27187. May-June 1944. 32 ff. MS.27188. n.d. 27 ff. MS.27189-95 Reporter's notebooks, 1947-54, n.d. MSS.27189-92 were kept when MacDiarmid was working for the Carlisle Journal and contain notes of court cases, parish council meetings and other events. MSS.27193-4 contain miscellaneous notes, and MS.27195 is in short-hand. Octavo. MS.27189. 1947. 22 + many blank ff. MS.27190. 1947. 29 + many blank ff. MS.27191. 1947. 42 + many blank ff. MS.27192. 1947. 52 ff. MS.27193. 1948. 57 ff. MS.27194. 1954. 30 + 31. inverted ff, MS.27195. n.d. 54 ff. MS.27196-8 Diaries and travel notes, 1950-78. MS.27196 (i) Notes, mostly on Russian schools and universities, made in connection with MacDiarmid's visit to Russia in 1950 (f.l). (ii) Diary of the first week of the visit to Russia, 1950 (f.10). (iii) Quotations and miscellaneous notes on pages torn from a diary for 1948 (f.l4). They include brief notes on a visit to Berlin in 1951 (f.24v). 41 ff. Quarto and under. MS.27197-8 Engagement diaries, 1977-8. 15 ff.; 31 ff. Small octavo. MS.27199-202 Miscellaneous notes, 1942-4, 1954, n.d. They include notes for talks, fragments of poems, addresses, quotations, and other jottings. Octavo. MS.27199. 1942-4. 16 ff. MS.27200. 1943, n.d. 62 ff. (many blank). MS.27201. 1954. 2 ff. MS.27202 nd 18ff MS.27203-4 Political papers, 1942-78, n.d. MS.27203 Notes, drafts of speeches, printed notices and other papers, 1942-77, nd They include material on the Kelvingrove elections (1945, 1950) and the Kinross election (1964) at which MacDiarmid stood as a candidate. 120 ff. MS.27204 Membership cards of the Communist Party, 1957-78. 116 ff. Sm. octavo. MS.27205 Programmes of Burns' suppers, concerts, lectures, etc in which MacDiarmid took part, 1933-77, n.d. They have not been indexed. 94 ff. MS.27206-8 Passports of MacDiarmid, 1950, 1969, 1976. 32 pp.; 32 pp.; 40 pp. Sm. octavo. MS.27209-11 Address books, c1955, c1960, n.d. MS.27210 includes a few notes and quotations (f.173). MS.27211 consists mainly of telephone numbers. MS.27209. 55 ff. Sm. octavo. MS.27210. 174 ff. Quarto. MS.27211. 56 ff. Sm. octavo. MS.27212 (i) Lists and notes of addresses, 1939, 1953, n.d. (f.l). (ii) Diary notes, mostly of engagements to speak to societies, Burns Clubs, etc., 1948-62, n.d. (f.45). (iii) Reading lists, 1946-57, n.d. (f.74). 90 ff. MS.27213 (i) Photographs, 1949-?1979, n.d., of MacDiarmid, his family, and friends. They include some photographs of the Faroe Islands and whaling scenes, [1944] (f.l). (ii) Newspaper articles concerning MacDiarmid, [1959]-1978, n.d. (f.47) Also included are some cuttings used by MacDiarmid as part of a speech or an article, c1973 (f.52). 70 ff. MS.27214 Miscellaneous papers, 1934-77, n.d. They include notes, membership cards, book-jackets and other material. 180 ff.
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