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Robert Bringhurst fonds [multiple media]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1966-1999.

Reference:

R11716-0-7-E, LMS-0144

Type of material:

Sound recordings, Textual material, Art, Photographs, Maps and cartographic material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3671512

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Robert Bringhurst fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1966-1999.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

8 m of textual records and other material.

Language of material:

English

Added language of material:

English, Japanese

Accession:

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Robert Bringhurst fonds [textual record (electronic), graphic material (electronic)]

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Fonds includes correspondence, research notes, manuscripts and typescripts of published and unpublished works; business records relating to his work as a professional typographer and designer; photographs; copies of books and broadsides designed by Bringhurst and an audio cassette of his readings. The second accession [1990-15] includes correspondence with publishers; manuscripts for "Raven Steals the Light" and its Japanese translation; and papers relating to Bringhurst's collaboration in the publication.

Provenance:

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Bringhurst, Robert, 1946-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Bringhurst, Robert, 1946- : Robert Bringhurst was born in Los Angeles, California in 1946. He studied physics and linguistics at the Massachussetts Institute of Technology, philosophy and oriental languages at the University of Utah, comparative literature at Indiana University (B.A., 1973), and fine arts at the University of British Columbia (M.F.A., 1975). Bringhurst is the author of numerous books of poetry and prose, including "Deuteronomy" (1974), "Bergschrund" (1975), "Jacob Singing" (1977), "Tzuhalem's Mountain" (1982), "The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972-1982" (1982), "Pieces of Map, Pieces of Music" (1986) and "The Calling: Selected Poems" 1970-95 (1995). He has also created polyphonic works of poetry set to music, such as, "The Blue Roofs of Japan" (1986). He received the CBC Poetry Prize in 1985 and the Guggenheim Fellowship in 1987-88. He collaborated with Haida artist Bill Reid on "The Raven Steals the Light" (1984) and with photographer Ulli Steltzer on "The Black Canoe: Bill Reid and the Spirit of Haida Gwaii" (1991), which received the Bill Duthie Bookseller's Choice Award in 1992. Bringhurst's published works on art, book design and literary criticism include: "Visions: Contemporary Art in Canada" (1983); "Ocean Paper Stone" (1984), a history of fine art publishing in B.C.; and "The Elements of Typographic Style" (1992), a guide to typographic etiquette, grammar and style. Following his interests in typography and book design, he was contributing editor to "Fine Print: A Review for the Arts of the Book" (1985-90). Robert Bringhurst has taught creative writing as visiting lecturer at UBC (1975-77), he taught typography at Simon Fraser University, and was poet-in-residence The Banff Centre School of Fine Arts (1983). Bringhurst has been writer-in-residence at four Canadian universities, as well as, universities in Europe and the United States; he has also lectured internationally on Haida literature, poetry, typography and book design. Robert Bringhurst now works as a free-lance editor and book designer in Vancouver. Other recent publications by Robert Bringhurst include "Boats Is Saintlier than Captains: Thirteen Ways of Looking at Morality and Design" (1997) and "Story as Sharp as a Knife: An Introduction to Classical Haida Literature" (1998).

Finding aid:

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Textual records; graphic material; sound recordings; cartographic material (Paper) Finding aid available for accession 2000-01 only. Available in reference room binder. (90: Open)

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Restrictions on access note:

Some correspondence restricted.

Container note(s):

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CASS 128 : 1988-01
CASS 129 : 1988-01
CASS 130 : 1988-01
CASS 131 : 1988-01
CASS 132 : 1988-01
CASS 133 : 1988-01
CASS 275 : 1990-15
T-7 81 : 1988-01
T-7 82 : 1988-01
T-7 83 : 1988-01
1 : 1988-01
3 : 1988-01
4 : 1988-01
5 : 1988-01
6 : 1988-01
1 : 1990-15
2A : 1990-15
2B : 1990-15
3 : 1990-15
4 : 1990-15
5 : 1990-15
6 : 1990-15
1 : 2000-01
2 : 2000-01
3 : 2000-01
4 : 2000-01
5A : 2000-01
5B : 2000-01
6 : 2000-01
7 : 1988-01
8 : 1988-01
9 : 1988-01
10 : 1988-01
11 : 1988-01
12 : 1988-01
13 : 1988-01
14 : 1988-01
15 : 1988-01
16 : 1988-01
17 : 1988-01
18 : 1988-01
19 : 1988-01
20 : 1988-01
21 : 1988-01
22 : 1988-01
23 : 1988-01
24 : 1988-01
25 : 1988-01
26 : 1988-01
27 : 1988-01
28 : 1988-01
29 : 1988-01
30 : 1988-01
31 : 1988-01
32 : 1988-01
33 : 1988-01
34 : 1988-01
35 : 1988-01
7 : 1990-15
8 : 1990-15
9 : 1990-15
10 : 1990-15
11 : 1990-15
12 : 1990-15
13 : 1990-15
14 : 1990-15
15 : 1990-15
16 : 1990-15
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18 : 1990-15
19 : 1990-15
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24 : 1990-15
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27 : 1990-15
28 : 1990-15
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31 : 1990-15
32 : 1990-15
33 : 1990-15
34 : 1990-15
35 : 1990-15
7 : 2000-01
8 : 2000-01
9 : 2000-01
10 : 2000-01
11 : 2000-01
12 : 2000-01
13 : 2000-01
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30 : 2000-01
31 : 2000-01
32 : 2000-01
33 : 2000-01
34 : 2000-01
35 : 2000-01
36 : 2000-01
37 : 2000-01
38 : 2000-01

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2020-00020-2

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0144

Other accession no.:

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1988-01 LMS
1990-15 LMS
2000-01 LMS
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Conditions of access:

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Sound recordings

[Consultation90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0144]

[Consultation 90 Open]

CASS 128--CASS 133;

[Consultation 90 Open]

CASS 275;

[Consultation 90 Open]

T-7 81--T-7 83;

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

LMS container [LMS-0144 1988-01]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

1;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

3--6;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

LMS container [LMS-0144 1990-15]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

1;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

3--6;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

2A--2B;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

LMS container [LMS-0144 2000-01]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

1--4;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

6;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

5A--5B;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

LMS container [LMS-0144 1988-01] 7--35

[Consultation 90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0144 1990-15] 7--35

[Consultation 90 Open]

LMS container [LMS-0144 2000-01] 7--38

[Consultation 90 Open]

Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Cartographic material

[Consultation90 Open]

Graphic (art): electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Graphic(photo): electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

Textual records: electronic

[Consultation99 Closed pending processing]

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