Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00690
Title
George Fetherling Papers
Date(s)
- 1975-2013 (Creation)
Level of description
Accession
Extent and medium
7 boxes (1.5 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
(1949-)
Biographical history
George "Douglas" Fetherling, born in 1949, is a poet, essayist and critic, and the editor or author of more than fifty books. He is former literary editor of the Toronto Star and Kingston Whig-Standard and book columnist of the Ottawa Citizen and Vancouver Sun. For his "substantial contribution to Canadian letters" he has received both a D.Litt from St. Mary's University and the Harbourfront Festival Prize. He divides his time between Toronto and British Columbia.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of George Fetherling, 2013
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes edited drafts and editorial correspondence for The Writing Life: journals 1975-2005; holograph personal journals, November 2010-December 2012, Nos. 14-18; Access Copyright materials and other material related to his life and work.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
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://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request