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Elizabeth Smart fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
Hierarchical level:FondsContext of this record:Fonds includes:6 lower level description(s)View lower level description(s) -
Finding aid Finding aid no. 2008-0528 and 1983-05 Series level descriptions in MIKAN describe only the third accession of the fonds (2008-0528). (Electronic) (90: Open)
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Record information Elizabeth Smart fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
Date:1923-2006 ; predominant 1983-1987.Reference:R12494-0-0-E, LMS-0086Type of material:Photographs, Textual material, Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3721525Date(s):1923-2006 ; predominant 1983-1987.Place of creation:CanadaExtent:17.98 m of textual records.
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1 videocassette.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:The first and second accession (1983-5 and 1987-9) of the Elizabeth Smart fonds contains twelve series: Personal Documentation, Journals, Diaries, Notebooks and Address Books, Family, Correspondence, Personal Finance, Published Works, Writing, Gardening, George Barker, Other Writers, Critical Reception, Publicity and Promotional Activity, and Memorabilia and MIscellaneous Materials.
The third accession (2008-0528) consists of six series: Return to Canada: Correspondence and Engagements, Professional Management, Family Correspondence, Memorial Service for Elizabeth Smart, Writing: Manuscripts, Typescripts and Notebooks, and Writing: Diaries and Address Book. This is a unique collection of material because it illustrates the shift in records after Smart's death. Sebastian Barker, Smart's youngest son, is the literary executor of Smart's estate. The Professional Management series bridges the gap between Smart's and Barker's management of her affairs. The Family Correspondence and Memorial Service for Elizabeth Smart are interesting series because they were created by the family as a memorial to their mother.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Smart, Elizabeth, 1913- : Born in Ottawa, Ontario on December 27, 1913, Elizabeth Smart was born into the upper class of Canadian society. Smart's childhood was charmed, attending private school and summering at Kingsmere. At the age of eighteen she travelled to England to study piano. On her return to Canada in 1933 she temporarily wrote for the women's page of the Ottawa Journal. In 1937 Smart travelled the world with Mrs. Alfred Watts, the president of the Associated Country Women of the World, as her private secretary. She briefly returned to Ottawa before moving to New York City and then California.
In 1940, while staying at a writer's colony in Big Sur, California, Smart made contact with poet George Barker whom she greatly admired. Barker was then living in Tokyo with his wife. Smart helped raise funds in order to secure Barker and his wife's journey to the United States. This was the beginning of their love affair.
In 1941 Smart moved to Pender Harbour, British Columbia to give birth to her and Barker's first daughter and to write her masterpiece 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept', a poetic prose detailing their affair. Smart then took a job as a file clerk for the British Army in Washington, D.C. She soon transferred to London, England. Her affair with George Barker continued and they had four children together. She supported herself and her children by copy writing for fashion magazines.
Three decades after publishing 'By Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept' Smart published a collection of poetry called 'A Bonus' (1977). In 1978 she returned to poetic prose with the publication of 'The Assumption of Rogues and Rascals'.
Smart returned to Canada from 1982-1984 and lived in Edmonton and Toronto during this time. She was the University of Alberta's writer-in-residence for the 1982-1983 academic year. She also participated in readings across Canada. In 1984 she published 'In the Meantime', a collection of previously unpublished work. In 1985 'Necessary Secrets', a collection of excerpts from Smart's journals from 1933-1941, was published. This collection was edited by Alice Van Wart, who also edited the second volume of Smart's journals called 'On the Side of Angels' (1994) as well as 'Juvenilia' (1987), a collection of Smart's writing during her adolescence. Smart died on March 4, 1986 in England.Additional information:Source of title:This fonds is called the Elizabeth Smart fonds. There is some overlap between Elizabeth Smart and her children's records in what may be considered a family fonds. This is certainly the case in regards to documents of correspondence to and from Elizabeth Smart. However, the fonds has not been renamed because the third accession includes material from after Smart's death. Also, these records have been in use for over twenty years under this fonds title.Arrangement note:Accessions 1983-05 and 1987-09 are housed together.
The third accession (2008-0528) is a conglomerate of material assembled by Elizabeth Smart's surviving children. The accession was put together as a memorial twenty-two years after Smart's death. The original arrangement has been retained for this reason.
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Ordering and viewing options Conditions of access:Graphic (photo)[Consultation Open]Textual records[Consultation Open]LMS container [LMS-0086 1983-05][Consultation Open]1--48;[Consultation Open]50--78;[Consultation Open]80--88;[Consultation Open]49 A--49 B;[Consultation Open]79 A--79 F;[Consultation Open]LMS container [LMS-0086 1987-09][Consultation Open]1--48;[Consultation Open]50--78;[Consultation Open]80--88;[Consultation Open]49 A--49 B;[Consultation Open]79 A--79 F;[Consultation Open]Volume [R12494] 89--94[Consultation Open]Moving images (video)[Consultation Open]Audio-visual item no. assigned by LAC [R12494][Consultation Open]12793AV;[Consultation Open]V1 2512-0004;[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Copyright for textual records created by Elizabeth Smart-Sebastian Barker (in charge of the estate of Elizabeth Smart concerning textual material).
Copyright in photographs where the copyright was with Elizabeth or the Smart family: Daughter Georgina Barker-Buxton.
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