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Memoirs - additional material series [textual record]

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Series

Date:

1901-1986, predominant 1964-1986.

Reference:

R3608-5-2-E, MG30-D237

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

124702

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Lovat Dickson fonds

Memoirs - additional material series
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Series includes:

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

1901-1986, predominant 1964-1986.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.71 m of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of material relating to Dickson's unpublished third volume of memoirs. The series contains research material, including files of correspondence relating to Dickson's "Canadian years" and "London years", files relating to articles, journalism and book reviews, lectures and engagements, literary papers and convocation addresses, television work and other subjects, including John Gray. Also included are notebooks containing journal entries, rough drafts and outlines of the proposed third volume of memoirs, with some versions as a work of fiction rather than biography. The series also contains manuscript and typescript drafts of various chapters for the third volume of memoirs.

The files on Dickson's "Canadian Years" contain correspondence from Anahareo, Eric Arthur, Robertson Davies, Constance Beresford-Howe, John Gray, Margaret Laurence, Mordecai Richler, Barker Fairley, Margaret McElderry, Morley Callaghan, Marian Engel, Irene Spry, Gary Geddes, Kathleen Tynan, Dawn Bruce, Luella Creighton, and Hugh MacLennan (vol. 23).

The files on John Gray include letters from Robertson Davies, Morris Wolfe, Ramsay Cook and Marsh Jeanneret (vol. 24). The files on Dickson's "London Years" include letters from Storm Jameson and the file on Macmillan Authors includes letters from Storm Jameson and Rumer Godden (vol. 24).

See also Grey Owl - Additional Material Series.

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Private

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MG30-D237
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[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG30 D 237] 23--26

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