Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1946-1961 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 boxes (0.5 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Anne Wilkinson, born in 1910 in Toronto, holds a distinguished place among the major Canadian modernist poets of her time. Educated privately in London, Ont., she has several highly acclaimed collections of her poetry to her name, and her work has appeared in many anthologies and small magazines. She was founding editor and patron of The Tamarack Review. Wilkinson died in 1961.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of drafts and typescripts of Wilkinson's writings, including The Hangman Ties the Holly (1955), Lions in the Way (1956), and Swann and Daphne (1960). Literary correspondence is also included.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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