Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
General material designation
Parallel title
Other title information
Title statements of responsibility
Title notes
Level of description
Reference code
Edition area
Edition statement
Edition statement of responsibility
Class of material specific details area
Statement of scale (cartographic)
Statement of projection (cartographic)
Statement of coordinates (cartographic)
Statement of scale (architectural)
Issuing jurisdiction and denomination (philatelic)
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
-
1935-2025 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
22.02 m of textual records
71 photographs
7 audio cassettes
2 digital video discs
2 compact discs
2 VHS tapes
1 sculpture
2 compact discs
3 artifacts
Publisher's series area
Title proper of publisher's series
Parallel titles of publisher's series
Other title information of publisher's series
Statement of responsibility relating to publisher's series
Numbering within publisher's series
Note on publisher's series
Archival description area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Albert Frank (A.F.) Moritz is a poet who has published numerous acclaimed collections and contributed to many anthologies and periodicals. He was born in Niles, Ohio in 1947. His father was a teacher and later a professor of biology and science education; his mother was a grade school teacher. In 1969 he received a B.A. in Journalism from Marquette University, and he later earned an M.A. and Ph.D (English) from that institution. He came to Canada in 1974 with his wife Theresa (Carrothers) and son Blaise (born 1971). Since arriving in Toronto Moritz has worked in a number of occupations, including advertising copywriter and executive, editor and publisher (Watershed Books), and has held various university teaching positions. Through the years he has won distinguished awards for his poetry, including a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1990, Selection to the Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets in 1984, and the Griffin Poetry Prize for his work Sentinel in 2009. From 2019-2023, he was Toronto's sixth Poet Laureate.
Custodial history
Scope and content
The A.F. Moritz fonds contains records relating to his education, teaching, translation and editing work, journalism and other employment, and, predominantly, his work as a poet.
Fonds is comprised of the following series:
Series 1: Education
Series 2: Teaching
Series 3: Poetry manuscripts, essays and related records
Series 4: Correspondence
Series 5: Poetry readings
Series 6: Periodicals containing material by or about A.F. Moritz
Series 7: Publishing and editorial work
Series 8: Anthologies containing A.F. Moritz poems
Series 9: Literary related activities
Series 10: Translation projects
Series 11: Personal material
Series 12: Employment
Notes area
Physical condition
Immediate source of acquisition
Acquired from A.F. Moritz, 2003-2009, 2012, 2014, 2016-2020, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
Arrangement
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script note
Material is in English, unless noted otherwise noted in series descriptions.
Location of originals
Availability of other formats
Restrictions on access
No restrictions on access, unless otherwise noted in series descriptions.
Terms governing use, reproduction, and publication
Copyright is held by A.F. Moritz.
Associated materials
Accruals
Further accruals are expected.
General note
Title based on contents of the fonds.
Accompanying material
Additional detailed file-level descriptions written by Moritz are stored in the A.F. Moritz accession file in E.J. Pratt Library. Please contact the library if you are interested in learning about these records: victoria.library@utoronto.ca
Accompanying material
In 2020, an electronic submission of Al Moritz's 2017 email correspondence was transferred to the Special Collections. For information about these digital records, contact the Archivist or Head of Reader Services.
In 2022, an electronic submission of Al Moritz's 2018-2020 email correspondence was transferred to the Special Collections. For information about these digital records, contact the Archivist or Head of Reader Services.
In 2023, an electronic submission of Al Moritz's 2021-2022 email correspondence was transferred to the Special Collections. For information about these digital records, contact the Archivist or Head of Reader Services.
In 2024, an electronic submission of Al Moritz's 2023 email correspondence was transferred to the Special Collections. For information about these digital records, contact the Archivist or Head of Reader Services.
In 2025, an electronic submission of Al Moritz's 2024 email correspondence was transferred to the Special Collections. For information about these digital records, contact the Archivist or Head of Reader Services.
Alternative identifier(s)
Category
Standard number
Standard number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Control area
Description record identifier
Institution identifier
Rules or conventions
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Added by MO: May 25, 2016
Revised by BC: October 10, 2025