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MS.27215-16 Entries in a poetry competition in honour of MacDiarmid's 80th birthday 1972. They include work by several well-known poets such as Sydney Goodsir Smith and George Campbell Hay. MS.27215 contains the MSS or typescripts signed by the competitors under their real names; MS.27216 the typescripts signed by pseudonyms. In both volumes the poems are arranged alphabetically by the author's real name. 212 ff. ; 180 ff. MS.27217 Tributes to and articles concerning MacDiarmid, 1936-85, n.d. They include the page proofs of Hugh MacDiarmid: a festschrift. Edin., 1962 (f.3). 162 ff. MS.27218 Notebook of George Davie containing material for a manifesto by MacDiarmid probably for his candidature in the Edinburgh University Rectorial elections in 1935. The volume also contains some preliminary notes by MacDiarmid for an intended publication, 'A Pageant of Scottish Personality (from 729 to 1940)' (ff.24-9). 37 ff. Octavo. MS.27219 Poems, prose pieces and music by various authors, 1942-78, n.d. Many may have been sent to MacDiarmid for his opinion. A substantial number are unsigned and many are incomplete. They include part of a biography of John MacLean by James Maxton (f.116), a chapter on the Celtic background of Scottish literature (f.181), and part of an interview with MacDiarmid by Alexander Scott (f.227). 249 ff. MS.27220 Visitors' book kept by MacDiarmid and his wife, 1966-82. Only the important entries have been indexed. 23 + many blank ff. Quarto.
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