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David Harris fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1966-1994.

Reference:

R11747-0-9-E, LMS-0217

Type of material:

Textual material, Art, Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3671801

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David Harris fonds
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Fonds includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1966-1994.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

7 m of textual records and other material.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds includes manuscripts of his published and unpublished works, as well as handwritten notes in his "Work in Progress" file. Harris encouraged and published a younger generation of experimental writers and the fonds contains extensive correspondence with Canadian writers. Also included are books and periodicals published by Harris or in which his works appeared, as well as, many small press publications, photographs and contact sheets, collages, audio tapes relating to performances by the Isle of Avalon Society, one video reel of the performance by UU of his "Strawberry Trigger", and films of performances of UU's theatre pieces.

Provenance:

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Harris, David, 1948-1994

Biography/Administrative history:

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Harris, David, 1948-1994 : David W. Harris, better known as David UU (pronounced "double-you") was born in Barrie, Ontario in 1948. He is considered an accomplished concrete and experimental poet and an important small press publisher. Along with bill bissett and bp Nichol, he was a pioneer of the concrete-poetry movement in Canada, and perhaps the first Canadian poet to explore visual collage embodying literary, philosophical and language references. He also wrote and published more conventional poetry, poems and prose for children, two novels, short stories, scripts for theatrical performance and several essays. In addition, Harris founded and operated Fleye Press (1966-67), Derwyddon Press (1972-73), Silver Birch Press (1987-94), and co-founded grOnk in 1967. Harris died in 1994 at a farmhouse near Delhi, Ontario.

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Textual records; films; audio reels; video reel; art; photographs (Electronic) Electronic list available. Consult archivist as material is in processing. (Restrictions not set)

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Physical description note:

Includes: 26 photographs, 6 contact sheets, 48 collages, one film negative, four 7" audio reels, one 5" audio reel, one video reel, three 5" super 8 films, and one 7" super 8 film.

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Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0217

Other accession no.:

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1996-01 LMS
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Textual records

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

LMS container [LMS-0217 1996-01] 1--40

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Moving images (film)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Sound recordings

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

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