Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00389 4
Title
Fred Flahiff fonds
Date(s)
- 1956-2006 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
- 50 cm of textual material
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 17.7 x 12.7 cm
- 4 illustrations : col. and b&w ; 21.6 x 28 cm
- 1 compact disk
- 1 computer disk
- card catalogue
Context area
Name of creator
(1933-2017)
Biographical history
Frederick Thomas Flahiff, PhD, St. Michael's College, University of Toronto professor, critic/essayist, author of the biography of Sheila Watson, Always Someone to Kill the Doves. Born in Vancouver on 7 July 1933. Died after a short illness on 9 March 2017.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Fonds consists of correspondence, manuscripts and transcripts of archival material and accumulated by Fred T. Flahiff, professor of English at the University of St. Michael's College. Includes research materials and manuscripts related to Flahiff's biography of author Sheila Watson, "Always Someone to Kill the Doves: A Life of Sheila Watson", and his role as executor of her estate and custodian of her personal papers.
Includes five series:
1. Incoming correspondence
2. Collected Material after Sheila Watson's death
3. Collected Material for biography
4. Material related to publication of biography
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Existence and location of originals
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Subject access points
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Name access points
- Watson, Wilfred (Subject)
- Watson, Sheila (Subject)
- McLuhan, Marshall (Subject)