Fonds 1650 - Geoffrey Payzant fonds

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UTA 1650

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Geoffrey Payzant fonds

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  • 1961-1985 (Creation)

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0.20 m of textual and graphic material (3 boxes)

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(1926-2004)

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Geoffrey Payzant, philosopher, writer, and organist, was born in Halifax, NS, 7 Mar 1926, and died in Toronto 31 Aug 2004. His later research interests were the writings of the pioneer of musical aesthetics, Eduard Hanslick (1824-1904), resulting in two books, several articles and dozens of invited lectures.

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Correspondence with and about Michael Polanyi including papers regarding the Polanyi Papers Project (1973-1975), the Polanyi Society (1972-1985), obituaries. Includes files on such people as Doug Adams, Richard L. Gelwick, Jerry H. Gill, Maxine Greene, Robert E. Innis, and others. Photoprints of opening of Fisher Rare Book Library.

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      B1986-0024

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      Added to AtoM by Karen Suurtamm, Summer 2015

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