Series 6 - Dictionary of Canadian Biography

0.15 m of textual records

The series partially documents Francess Halpenny’s appointment to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (DCB), in 1969. It also partially documents talks and lectures given by Halpenny about the DCB, the Canadian publishing industry and the art of biography, from 1970 to 1989 ; the launch of Volume VIII in Winnipeg in 1985 ; Halpenny’s interviews with Erica Ritter on CBC radio program "Dayshift" about Canadian lives as promotion of the DCB volumes, in 1986 and 1987 ; her participation at a panel during the “Nineteenth-Century Women Writers” conference at the University of Ottawa, April 30, 1988 ; her participation, on behalf of the DCB, in the Consortium for Research in the Humanities promotion activities and in the University of Toronto Breakthrough Campaign, in 1988 and 1989.

The series consists of 8 files including drafts, correspondence, addresses, notes, itineraries, lists of guests and press clippings.

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Press clippings and facsimile communication(s) printed on heat-sensitive paper have been reproduced for conservation reasons and dated [reproduced in 2001].