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G.B. Johnston : diary

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Date:

19 June 1952-7 Nov. 1954 ; 31 Oct. 1998-24 Nov. 2000.

Reference:

R4550-7-X-E, Volume number: 29

Type of material:

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5963335

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George Johnston fonds

Diaries

G.B. Johnston : diary
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Date(s):

19 June 1952-7 Nov. 1954 ; 31 Oct. 1998-24 Nov. 2000.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

1 vol. ; 27 x 17.25 x 2.6 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Golden beige cloth bound notebook. Contains diary entries from various periods and children's scribbles. Entries detail children, local travels and activities at home, thoughts on writing, viewing Coleville's paintings in gallery, Blissett, reading, reminiscences of Victoria College days, editing Bee Seasons, Jarvis and Northrop Frye, comments on the work of other poets, memories of the war, a Festshrift, visit from MacPherson, Elke Inkster, communications with the archives, musings on memory and aging, death of Al Purdy, a few bibliographic references in the back, an entry giving up diary entries in a consistent practice.

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Dates of creation note:

Appears to perhaps end in August 2000, rather than November as Andrew Johnston's dating suggests.

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Private
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Volume [R4550]

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29 File number 1

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