Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1990-2021 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
11 boxes, 1 mapcase folder (2 meters)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Derek McCormack, 2022
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection includes drafts, correspondence, and promotional material related to several of McCormack’s publications, in particular The Show that Smells (2018), The Haunted Hillbilly (2003), Castle Faggot (2020), and Judy Blame’s Obituary (2022). McCormack’s professional life is further represented by material relating to events, lectures, interviews, the City of Letters public art project with Micah Lexier, and his establishment of the imprint Book Bakery. This accession also includes material related to the Holiday Arts Mail-Order School (H.A.M.S.), a Halloween themed course that took place from 2008-2016.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
There are no restrictions on 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.