Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1928-2023 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 boxes (1.26m)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Jack Batten, 2023
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This accession largely consists of records related to Ross MacKay, Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer: And his Big Losses and Bigger Wins in Court and in Life by Jack Batten, including research, interview notes, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, materials related to MacKay’s legal career, photographs, correspondence, and records from MacKay’s family and childhood. The accession also includes research for and drafts of an unpublished memoir of philanthropist Jim Fleck, ghost written by Batten. The fonds also includes records pertaining to the ‘Crang’ novel Booking In, and Batten’s Whodunit columns for The Toronto Star.
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.