Jane Urquhart fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]

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Jane Urquhart fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1915-2016 ; predominantly [198-]-2016.

Reference:

R11826-0-4-E, LMS-0200

Type of material:

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

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3673282

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Jane Urquhart fonds
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Fonds includes:

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

1915-2016 ; predominantly [198-]-2016.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

6.7 m of textual records and other material.
diary : 1 vol. 21.5 x 28.5 x 6.5.
approx. 192 photographs.
2 VHS cassettes.
5 CD's.
1 DVD.
1 audio cassette.
2 3.5" computer disks.
3 broadsides.
1 lithograph.
12 posters.

Language of material:

English

Accession:

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Jane Urquhart fonds [multiple media]

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Fonds includes material that documents her literary career up to 1995 and includes diaries and notebooks; professional correspondence; published works; articles and reviews; photographs and drawings; critical reception, publicity, and promotional material. The second accession includes the various drafts of "Away", as well as, documents relating to her growing list of professional activities.

2016-0136 accession contains professional and personal correspondence; research material, notes, drafts and proofs and promotion for Urquhart's novels (The Whirlpool, Away, Changing Heaven, The Underpainter, The Stone Carvers, A Map of Glass, and Sanctuary Line) as well as poetry (The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan) and an anthology Four Square Garden; family letters and photographs, juvenilia and diary; clippings and certificates. Arranged into the following series: Correspondence; Personal Writing and Documents; Series Manuscripts; Professional Activities; Adaptations of the Work of Jane Urquhart; and Work by Other Writers.

Provenance:

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Urquhart, Jane, 1949-

Biography/Administrative history:

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Urquhart, Jane, 1949- : Novelist and poet, Jane Urquhart, was born in Geraldton, Ontario in 1949. She received from the University of Guelph a B.A. in English in 1971 and a B.A. in Art History in 1976. Her earliest publications were of poetry, "I'm Walking in the Garden of His Imaginary Palace" (1982), her first published work, was a collaborative effort with her husband artist Tony Urquhart. Her first novel, "The Whirlpool" (1986), links the stories of three 19th century Canadians through use of the symbol of the whirlpool. "The Whirlpool" is the first Canadian book to win France's prestigious Prix de meilleur livre étranger (Best Foreign Book Award). Through its success, Urquhart gained significant national and international prominence as an author. Her novel "Away" (1993), encompasses aspects of both Irish and Canadian history as told through the lives of four generations of women. She has earned a reputation as a major Canadian novelist whose ability to incorporate Canadian history into present-day narratives is superlative. Her fourth novel, "The Underpainter" (1997) received the Governor General's Literary Award for fiction. Other honours include the Marian Engel Award (1994) for an outstanding body of prose written by a Canadian woman. In 1996 she was named a Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. As a reviewer for the "Globe and Mail" and various literary journals, her opinion is widely sought. She has been a writer-in-residence at the University of Ottawa, Memorial University and the University of Toronto.

Finding aid:

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Textual records; graphic material; cartographic material (Paper) Finding aids available for accessions 1993-01 and 1998-01. Available in reference room. (90: Open)

Textual record; graphic material; sound recordings; moving images (video). (Electronic) Preliminary finding aid available for 2002-10. Contact literary archivist in Literature, Music Performing Arts section. (99: Closed pending processing)

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Physical description note:

Includes: Correspondence, research material, photographs, posters, sketches and maps.

Restrictions on access note:

Researchers must obtain the permission of Jane Urquhart in order to consult this fonds.

Container note(s):

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1 : 2002-10
2 : 2002-10
3 : 2002-10
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15 : 2002-10
16 : 2002-10
17 : 2002-10
18 : 2002-10
19 : 2002-10
1 : 1998-01
2 : 1998-01
29 : 1998-01
2 : 1993-01
4 : 1993-01
5 : 1993-01
6 : 1993-01
7 : 1993-01
8 : 1993-01
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11 : 1993-01
12 : 1993-01
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27 : 1993-01
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32 : 1993-01
37 : 1993-01
38 : 1993-01
1 A : 1993-01
1 B : 1993-01
3 : 1993-01
3 : 1998-01
4 : 1998-01
5 : 1998-01
6 : 1998-01
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26 : 1998-01
27 : 1998-01
28 : 1998-01
30 : 1998-01

Source:

Private

Related control no.:

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2016-00733-8
LMS-0200
R11826

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0200

Other accession no.:

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1993-01 LMS
1998-01 LMS
2002-10 LMS
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Conditions of access:

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Graphic (art)

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Cartographic material

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Graphic (photo)

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Textual records

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

LMS container [LMS-0200 2002-10] 1--19

[Consultation 99 Closed pending processing]

LMS container [LMS-0200 1998-01]

[Consultation 10 Closed]

1--2;

[Consultation 10 Closed]

29;

[Consultation 10 Closed]

LMS container [LMS-0200 1993-01]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

2;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

4--15;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

18--32;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

37--38;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

LMS container [LMS-0200 1993-01]

[Consultation 10 Closed]

3;

[Consultation 10 Closed]

1 A--1 B;

[Consultation 10 Closed]

LMS container [LMS-0200 1998-01]

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

3--28;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

30;

[Consultation 18 Restricted]

Moving images (video)

[Consultation18 Restricted]

Sound recordings

[Consultation18 Restricted]

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Jane Urquhart fonds [textual record, graphic material, cartographic material]

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