Christopher Murray Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid] Collection, 1927-1965.

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Christopher Murray Grieve [Hugh MacDiarmid] Collection, 1927-1965.

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MS 33 includes correspondence, handwritten poems, articles and book reviews, a pamphlet regarding Grieve's candidacy in a parliamentary election, and newspaper ads for Grieve's candidacy in the parliamentary election regarding the communist party.

.5 linear ft. (1 box, 28 files)

University of Colorado, Boulder

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University of Colorado, Boulder

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MacDiarmid, Hugh, 1892-1978

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C. M. (Christopher Murray) Grieve [Hugh McDiarmid, 1892-1978] was a Scottish poet, writer, and cultural activist. Politically, he was both a nationalist, helping found the National Party of Scotland in 1928, and a communist. During the 1930's, he was expelled from each group for his membership in the other. His nationalist leanings were, for a time, characterized by pre-Reformation Catholic Scotland "as a model of social, spiritual, and national coherence." (Roderick Watson, ODNB). Grieve founde...