Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1977-2010 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
67 boxes and items on shelf (14 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Dennis Lee, 2010.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes manuscripts, correspondence, books, and other material for Yesno [other titles ‘Fiat’, ‘Testament’, ‘Is’, ]; Alligator Stew: favourite poems by Dennis Lee; The Bard of the Universe [other title ‘The Lunatic Muse’]; essays; in-progress work; jacket blurbs; audio and video material; extensive editing material; about Dennis Lee; Jelly Belly; ‘Cadence, Country, Silence’(later title Body Music); extensive editorial and mentorship work; original holograph notebooks containing early poem drafts; blurbs, correspondence and other material related to the work of Dennis Lee on the Toronto Legacy Project and Plaques Programme with Heritage Toronto; Fraggle Rock cue sheets and payments; La dimora del cuore/Heart Residence (Longo translation); about Civil Elegies; board books for children, including drafts of text, correspondence and drawings by illustrator; works based on Dennis Lee material, including music and plays; other correspondence and material by and about Dennis Lee.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions on access.
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