Accession MS COLL 00632 - Alberto Manguel Papers

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CA OTUTF MS COLL 00632

Title

Alberto Manguel Papers

Date(s)

  • 1993-2011 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

27 boxes, 25 books (2.94 metres)

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Alberto Manguel, 2011

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Scope and content

This accession for Alberto Manguel’s Papers includes archival material and work related to his life predominantly between the years of 2009-2011. Featured within this accession are new manuscript drafts for novels; music and art projects for the Fondation Cartier: Moebius - Transe Forme Exhibit (“Metamorphoses” anthology by A.M.), and for the Metropolitan Opera; original drawings; other writers’ manuscripts and page proofs; material pertaining to various lectures, seminars and readings; printed books; periodicals; magazine appearances; clippings; the Lettres d’Automne and Montauban DVDs; 2007 Massey Lecture: The City of Words CD; and significant correspondence with Westwood Agency, Schavelzon Agency, and author, Isabel Huggan.

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Accruals

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Contains series:

  1. Manuscripts: English, Spanish, French, German (pp. 1-2)
  2. Essays (p. 2)
  3. Projects (pp. 3-4)
  4. Non-Alberto Manguel works - other people’s manuscripts (pp. 4-6)
  5. Juries and Committees (p. 6)
  6. Correspondence – Business [Agencies] (pp. 6-7)
  7. Correspondence – Personal (pp. 7-8)
  8. Lectures, Seminars and Readings (pp. 8-11)
  9. Audio-Visual Materials – DVDs and CDs (pp. 11-12)
  10. Magazines (pp.12-14)
  11. Antiquarian book catalogues (p. 14)
  12. Newspaper clippings (p. 16)
  13. Un Retour (p. 16)
  14. Miscellaneous items (p. 16)

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Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request

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  • English
  • French
  • Spanish

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CA OTUTF MS COLL00632

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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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