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Title: Christopher Murray Grieve collection
Dates (inclusive): 1927-1929
Collection Number: mssGrieve
Creator:
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978
Extent:
3 boxes (3.9 linear feet)
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: Collection contains 119 essays and 4 letters written by Christopher Murray Grieve. The manuscript essays, dating from 1927-1929,
cover topics related to Scottish culture and politics and were often published weekly in various Scottish newspapers under
pseudonyms, usually "Mountboy" or "Special Correspondent."
Language: English.
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The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
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The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the
researcher.
[Identification of item]. Christopher Murray Grieve collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Collection is comprised of materials purchased from K. D. Duval Rare Books in two accessions, July 1962 and April 1963. Accession
dates are noted on individual folders.
Christopher Murray Grieve (1892-1978), best known by the pen name Hugh MacDiarmid, was a Scottish poet, journalist, and critic.
He studied at Edinburgh University and served in the Royal Medical Corps (1915-1920). Following wartime service, he became
a journalist at the Montrose Review in Montrose, Angus. Grieve was politically active, a founder member of the National Party
of Scotland (now the Scottish National Party) in 1928 and at times a member of the Communist Party. As a poet, he is credited
with leading the Scottish literary renaissance in the first half of the 20th century.
Collection contains 119 essays and 4 letters written by Christopher Murray Grieve. The materials date from 1927-1929, while
Grieve was living in Montrose, Scotland and working at the newspaper Montrose Review. The manuscript essays cover topics related
to Scottish culture and politics and were syndicated via the Scottish Secretariat to various weekly local Scottish newspapers
under pseudonyms, usually "Mountboy" or "Special Correspondent." Newspapers that published the pieces include the Kelso Journal,
Kilmarnock Standard, Brechin Times, Perth Advertiser, and others.
Related Materials in the Huntington Library
MacDiarmid, Hugh [pseudonym].
Direadh III manuscript, 1930s. HM 22515.
Materials are arranged by type: correspondence and manuscripts. Manuscripts are arranged alphabetically by title.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the
Huntington Library's Online Catalog.
MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978.
Montrose (Scotland).
Politics and culture -- Scotland.
Scotland -- Politics and government.
Scottish literature -- 20th century.
Scottish National Party.
Essays -- Scotland -- 20th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Scotland -- 20th century
Manuscripts -- Scotland -- 20th century
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978.