Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00769
Title
Derek McCormack Papers
Date(s)
- 1995-2008 (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
22 boxes (2.7 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Derek McCormack
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This first accession of Derek McCormack’s papers contains manuscript drafts of novels Dark Rides (1996), Wish Book (1999), The Haunted Hillbilly (2003), Christmas Days (2005), Grab Bag (2004), The Show That Smells (2008); material related to chapbooks: Halloween Suite, Western Suit, Faux; notebooks; anthologies; and newspaper and magazine articles he’s contributed to.
Contains series:
- Manuscripts and other writing
- Personal journals
- Newspapers, magazines, literary journals and anthologies
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Folder descriptions are taken directly from titles given by McCormack.
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://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto