Correspondence with and relating to Scottish poet, editor, critic and historian, Maurice Lindsay. The majority of this relates to Modern Scottish poetry: an anthology of the Scottish renaissance 1925-1975, ed. Lindsay (Carcanet, 1976), an updated and revised version of Lindsay's earlier Scottish Renaissance anthologies published by Faber and Faber and Robert Hale. There are references to proof corrections, title, copyright permissions, payments to contributors, royalties, , sales and supply of the book. However, most of the correspondence relates to a dispute between Lindsay and C.M. Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) over the verse 'The Little White Rose' used as the book's epigraph. This was attributed in the book to Sir Compton Mackenzie, but MacDiarmid disputed this, claiming authorship for himself. There was a subsequent legal dispute about how the situation should be dealt with, including the possibility of inserting an erratum slip. In addition to correspondence with Lindsay on the subject, there are also copy letters between lawyers, an original letter from Michael Grieve (MacDiarmid's son), and original letters from MacDiarmid transcribed by his wife. A letter from Alan Jackson relating to his fees is also included.
Other topics briefly discussed include: Scottish poetry 9, ed. Lindsay, Scott and Watson (Carcanet, sponsored by the Scottish Arts Council, 1976) (/8-9 and /28); Lindsay's hopes of contributing either poetry or a piece on the Scots language and poetry to PN Review; and Schmidt's broadcasting work.
Lindsay's letters are holograph and typescript, and all dated at Glasgow.