Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1993-2011 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
27 boxes, 25 books (2.94 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Alberto Manguel, 2011
Content and structure area
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Contains series:
- Manuscripts: English, Spanish, French, German (pp. 1-2)
- Essays (p. 2)
- Projects (pp. 3-4)
- Non-Alberto Manguel works - other people’s manuscripts (pp. 4-6)
- Juries and Committees (p. 6)
- Correspondence – Business [Agencies] (pp. 6-7)
- Correspondence – Personal (pp. 7-8)
- Lectures, Seminars and Readings (pp. 8-11)
- Audio-Visual Materials – DVDs and CDs (pp. 11-12)
- Magazines (pp.12-14)
- Antiquarian book catalogues (p. 14)
- Newspaper clippings (p. 16)
- Un Retour (p. 16)
- Miscellaneous items (p. 16)
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Material may be requested in person at the Fisher Library Reference Desk, or in advance using our online stack retrieval request form: https://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- French
- Spanish