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Date(s)
- 4-20 May 1981 (Creation)
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6 sound tape reels (281 mins.)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Professor, Dept. of English, University of Toronto.
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
Oral history interview conducted by Valerie Schatzker. Covers family background and education through to retirement. Primary focus is his association with the University of Toronto (1954-1980) and covers the Dept. of English and the Graduate Dept. of English, curricula, students and faculty, Trinity College, the role of the Provosts, the Senate, appointments, promotions and tenure, and the Memorandum of Agreement between the Federated Colleges and the University of Toronto. Other subjects discussed include his undergraduate and graduate studies at McGill University, the possibility of a career in music, his service in World War II doctoral work at Wisconsin and teaching at th University of New Hampshire.
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Open