Hugh MacDiarmid Correspondence

The Hugh MacDiarmid Papers include extensive correspondence with many major Scottish writers.

In due course, this page will provide full details of letters from Scottish writers in Edinburgh University Library's Hugh MacDiarmid Papers. At the moment, it provides a concise list of those writers, with the shelfmarks of relevant correspondence.

For a list of all correspondents in the Hugh MacDiarmid Papers, consult Handlist H18 (see link at foot of page).

Scottish Writers

  • James Aitchison (Gen. 2094/1)
  • Mary Baird Aitken (MS 2942/1)
  • Marion Angus (MS 2942/5)
  • J. K. Annand (MS 2942/6)
  • Thurso Berwick (MS 2942/12)
  • David M. Black (Gen. 2094/1)
  • George Blake (MS 2967/3)
  • Alan Bold (MS 2942/13)
  • F. V. Branford (Gen. 2094/1)
  • James Bridie (MS 2955/5)
  • George Bruce (MSS 2944, 2964, 2970, 2976, 2979)
  • Tom Buchan (Gen. 2094/1)
  • Ron Butlin (MS 3005)
  • Janet H. Caird (Gen. 2094/1)
  • Donald Campbell (Gen. 2094/1)
  • Catherine Carswell (MS 2946/1)
  • Stewart Conn (MSS 2964, 2976)
  • Joe Corrie (MS 2946/6)
  • Helen Cruickshank (MS 2946/9)
  • David Daiches (MS 2946/11)
  • George Elder Davie (MS 2946/12)
  • Lavinia Derwent (MS 2965/6)
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay (MS 2949)
  • Antonia Fraser (MS 2966)
  • G. S. Fraser (MS 2962/3)
  • Robin Fulton (MS 2948/5)
  • Edward Gaitens (MS 2948/6)
  • Robert Garioch (MS 2960/21)
  • Flora Garry (MS 2962/4, MS 3006)
  • Lewis Grassic Gibbon (MS 2955/11)
  • Duncan Glen (MS 2948/9)
  • Laurence Graham (Gen. 2094/2)
  • W. S. Graham (MS 2948/12)
  • Stanley Roger Green (Gen. 2094/2)
  • Neil M. Gunn (MS 2948/15)
  • Margaret Hamilton (Gen 2094/2)
  • George Campbell Hay (MS 2951/2)
  • Hamish Henderson (MS 2951/3)
  • J. F. Hendry (Gen 2132/9, MS 2951/4, MS 2976)
  • John Herdman (MS 2962/4)
  • Alexander Hutchison (MS 3005)
  • Robert Kemp (MS 2964)
  • Roderick Watson Kerr (MS 2951/12)
  • Jessie Kesson (MS 3001)
  • Frank Kuppner (MS 2979)
  • T. S. Law (MS 2953/2, MS 2976)
  • Eddie Linden (Gen. 2094/3)
  • Maurice Lindsay (MS 2953/3)
  • Eric Linklater (MS 2953/4)
  • Liz Lochhead (MS 2962/5)
  • Marion Lochhead (Gen. 2094/3 )
  • Robin Lorimer (MS 2953/5)
  • Bessie J. B. MacArthur (MS 2953/6, MS 2976)
  • George MacBeth (MS 2963, MS 2964)
  • Norman MacCaig (MS 2953/7)
  • Ewan MacColl (MS 2965/11)
  • Fionn MacColla (MS 2954/3)
  • Stuart MacGregor (Gen. 2094/3)
  • Compton Mackenzie (MS 2954/8)
  • Alastair Mackie (MS 2987)
  • Albert D. Mackie (MS 2962/6)
  • Rayne Mackinnon (MS 2954/9)
  • Moray McLaren (MS 2954/10, MS 2964)
  • Sorley MacLean (MS 2954/13)
  • Robert MacLellan (MS 2954/14)
  • F. Marian McNeill (MS 2955/2)
  • Eona Macnicol (MS 2094/3)
  • John Manson (Gen 2094/4, MS 2955)
  • Naomi Mitchison (MS 2955/13)
  • William Montgomerie (Gen 2094/4, MS 2955/16, MS 2976)
  • Edwin Morgan (MS 2955/18, MS 2976)
  • David Morrison (MS 2951, MS 2094/4)
  • Edwin Muir (MS 2955/19)
  • William Neill (Gen 2094/4, MS 2966, MS 2970)
  • Ada Nelson (Gen 2094/4)
  • Walter Perrie (Gen 2094/4)
  • Tom Pow (Gen 2094/4)
  • William Power (MS 2958/11)
  • John MacNair Reid (MS 2958/15)
  • Alan Riach (Gen 2094/5)
  • R. Crombie Saunders (Gen 2001*, MS 2960/2)
  • Alexander Scott (MS 2960/5)
  • Tom Scott (MS 2960/6)
  • George Scott-Moncrieff (MS 2955/14)
  • Charles Senior (MS 2960/8, MS 3007)
  • Nan Shepherd (MS 2960/9)
  • Burns Singer (MS 2960/10)
  • Iain Crichton Smith (MS 2960/14)
  • Sydney Goodsir Smith (MS 2960/16)
  • William Soutar (MS 2960/18)
  • Lewis Spence (MS 2954/5)
  • Olive Maud Squair (Gen. 2094/5, MS 2960/19)
  • Alice V. Stuart (Gen 2094/5)
  • Margaret C. Tait (Gen 2094/5)
  • William J. Tait (MS 2987)
  • Andrew Tannahill (Gen 2961/2)
  • C. P. Taylor (Gen 2094/5)
  • Derick S. Thomson (Gen 2094/5)
  • Nigel Tranter (MS 2966)
  • Alexander Trocchi (MS 2962/10, MS 3000)
  • Gael Turnbull (MS 2962/10)
  • Raymond Vettese (Gen 2094/5)
  • Nanny K. Wells (MS 2961/8)
  • Kenneth White (MS 2961/13)
  • Douglas Young (MS 2961/18, MS 2976)

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