Accession MS COLL 00787 (Downsview Offsite) - George Elliott Clarke Papers

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CA OTUTF MS COLL 00787 (Downsview Offsite)

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George Elliott Clarke Papers

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  • 1987-2021 (Creation)

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26 Banker Boxes (8.32 m)

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This accession of George Elliott Clarke’s papers consists of correspondence written between 1999 to 2021 (primarily 2018-2021); drafts of poems, articles, essays, and other writing; materials related to Clarke’s published and upcoming works, most notably Canticles II (MMXX), Where Beauty Survived: An Africadian Memoir, and J’Accuse…! (Poem versus Silence); drafts of poems, essays, and novels by other writers and published articles that related to Clarke and/or his work; materials related to festivals, poetry contests, and other events that Clarke participated in; and various personal and miscellaneous files. The accession also includes correspondence and articles pertaining to Clarke’s cancelled lecture at the University of Regina in 2020.

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Boxes 12-16 and 18 are restricted.

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. Please note that this material requires 2 business days to retrieve.

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      CA OTUTF MS COLL00787

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      Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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