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Ray Smith fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1964-1989.

Reference:

R11807-0-5-E, LMS-0160

Type of material:

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

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3672798

Context of this record:

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Ray Smith fonds
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Record information – Details

Date(s):

1964-1989.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

3.5 m of textual records and other material.
x computer diskettes of textual records.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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Fonds contains manuscripts and typescripts for his published and unpublished works, some correspondence, photographs, posters, audio and videotape recordings of the Montreal StoryTellers in performance and computer files of his latest fiction. A second accession [1995-10] was acquired from the author in 1995.

Provenance:

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Smith, Ray, 1941-2019

Biography/Administrative history:

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Smith, Ray, 1941-2019 : Ray Smith was born in Inverness, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia in 1941. He received a B.A. in English from Dalhousie University (1963) and an M.A. from Concordia University (1985). Smith has lived in Montreal since 1968. He has been involved with Montreal StoryTeller and has been writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta (1986-87). Since 1970, Smith has taught at Dawson College in Montreal. Smith is renowned as a post-modernist writer of what he calls speculative fiction. His published works include: "Cape Breton Is the Thought Control Centre of Canada" (1969), "Lord Nelson Tavern" (1974), "Century" (1986) and "A Night at the Opera", which won the QSPELL Hugh MacLennan Award for Best Novel of 1992. His most recent work is entitled "The Man Who Loved Jane Austen" (1999).

Finding aid:

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Textual records (some electronic); graphic material; sound recordings; videocassettes (Paper) Finding aid available for both accessions. Available in LAC reference room. (90: Open)

Additional information:

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Physical description note:

Includes: Manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, photographs, posters, audio and videotape recordings, and computer diskettes.

Arrangement note:

Accessions 1989-14 and 1995-10 are mixed together.

Container note(s):

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VC 2 : 1989-14
VC 12 : 1995-10
CASS 274 : 1995-10
T-7 9 : 1989-14
T-7 10 : 1989-14
T-7 11 : 1989-14
T-7 12 : 1989-14
T-7 13 : 1989-14
T-7 14 : 1989-14
T-7 15 : 1989-14
T-7 16 : 1989-14
T-7 17 : 1989-14
T-7 18 : 1989-14
T-7 19 : 1989-14
T-7 20 : 1989-14
T-7 21 : 1989-14
T-7 22 : 1989-14
T-7 23 : 1989-14
T-7 24 : 1989-14
T-7 25 : 1989-14
T-7 26 : 1989-14
T-7 27 : 1989-14
T-7 28 : 1989-14
T-7 29 : 1989-14
1 : 1989-14
2 : 1989-14
3 : 1989-14
4 : 1989-14
5 A : 1989-14
5 B : 1989-14
6 : 1989-14
7 : 1989-14
8 : 1989-14
9 : 1989-14
10 : 1989-14
11 : 1989-14
12 : 1989-14
13 : 1989-14
14 : 1989-14
15 : 1989-14
16 : 1989-14
17 : 1989-14
18 : 1989-14
19 : 1989-14
20 : 1989-14
21 : 1989-14
22 : 1989-14
23 : 1989-14
28 : 1989-14
29 : 1989-14
30 : 1989-14
31 : 1989-14
32 : 1989-14
35 : 1989-14
36 : 1989-14
37 : 1989-14
1 : 1995-10
2 : 1995-10
3 : 1995-10
4 : 1995-10
5 A : 1995-10
5 B : 1995-10
6 : 1995-10
7 : 1995-10
8 : 1995-10
9 : 1995-10
10 : 1995-10
11 : 1995-10
12 : 1995-10
13 : 1995-10
14 : 1995-10
15 : 1995-10
16 : 1995-10
17 : 1995-10
18 : 1995-10
19 : 1995-10
20 : 1995-10
21 : 1995-10
22 : 1995-10
23 : 1995-10
28 : 1995-10
29 : 1995-10
30 : 1995-10
31 : 1995-10
32 : 1995-10
35 : 1995-10
36 : 1995-10
37 : 1995-10
24 : 1989-14
25 : 1989-14
26 : 1989-14
27 : 1989-14
33 : 1989-14
34 : 1989-14
24 : 1995-10
25 : 1995-10
26 : 1995-10
27 : 1995-10
33 : 1995-10
34 : 1995-10

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0160

Other accession no.:

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1989-14 LMS
1995-10 LMS
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

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Textual records: electronic

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation90 Open]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation90 Open]

Box [LMS-0160]

[Consultation 90 Open]

VC 12;

[Consultation 90 Open]

VC 2;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0160]

[Consultation 90 Open]

CASS 274;

[Consultation 90 Open]

T-7 10--T-7 29;

[Consultation 90 Open]

T-7 9;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

LMS container [LMS-0160 1989-14]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1--4;

[Consultation 90 Open]

6--23;

[Consultation 90 Open]

28--32;

[Consultation 90 Open]

35--37;

[Consultation 90 Open]

5 A--5 B;

[Consultation 90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0160 1995-10]

[Consultation 90 Open]

1--4;

[Consultation 90 Open]

6--23;

[Consultation 90 Open]

28--32;

[Consultation 90 Open]

35--37;

[Consultation 90 Open]

5 A--5 B;

[Consultation 90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0160 1989-14]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

24--27;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

33--34;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

LMS container [LMS-0160 1995-10]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

24--27;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

33--34;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

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