Manuscript Collection MS COLL 00769 - Derek McCormack Papers

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:

  1. Manuscripts and other writing
  2. Personal journals
  3. 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.

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Language of material

  • English

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Uploaded finding aid

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Institution identifier

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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