Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1928-1933 (bulk 1930-1931) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Poet, artist and journalist George William Russell, who wrote under the pseudonym AE, was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland, in 1867, and moved to Dublin when he was eleven. An active Irish nationalist, Russell was one of the major writers in the Irish Literary Renaissance. He died in 1935.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchase, 1991
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection consists of copies of correspondence and memorabilia relating to the lecture tours made by Russell to the United States in 1928 and 1930-31. A telegram and the copy of one letter are from Russell to James Pond, who organized the tours. The rest are carbon copies of letters mainly from Pond to Russell and concern arrangements for specific lectures.
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://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English