Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00109
Title
Florence Randal Livesay Papers
Date(s)
- 1953 (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
(1874-1953)
Biographical history
Florence Randal Livesay, born in 1874, was a journalist and author who wrote for newspapers and magazines in western and eastern Canada. She also wrote poetry, fiction, and literary criticism, and she translated Ukrainian poetry into English. She died in 1953.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Dorothy Livesay.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of the typescript of a novel, The Moon and the Morning Star, with many alterations as well as a suggested epilogue. With it are two pages of notes and a holograph letter from Livesay to Miss Byam in which she discusses the historical background of the novel.
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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://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
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Language of material
- English
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Description identifier
CA OTUTF MS COLL00109
Institution identifier
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto