Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1975-2005 (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
6 boxes (1.4 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Douglas Henderson was born in Kitchener, Ont., in 1944, but now resides in Victoria, BC. He is a teacher of Buddhism, a writer on Tibetan art and Buddhism, as well as a poet. In 1978, he was appointed Registrar of the Art Gallery of Great Victoria where he wrote The Arts of Tibet. His poetry has appeared in Raven, The Endless Knot and The Message Makers, and in Japanese translation in Sarvodaya. He is a ngagpa (Tibetan yogi) and an ordained priest in the Tomitsu Shugendo Tradition of Japan.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Douglas Henderson.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of manuscripts and typescript drafts and proofs of Henderson's writings and interviews, as well as correspondence.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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-request