Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00227
Title
John Melcalf Papers
Date(s)
- 1981-2014 (predominantly: 2006-2014) (Creation)
Level of description
Accession
Extent and medium
14 boxes (1.8 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
(1938-)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of John Metcalf, 2014.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This accession of John Metcalf’s papers includes manuscripts and correspondence with various authors; correspondence with other writers; editing files for the journal CNQ (Canadian Notes and Queries) and the publication Best Canadian Stories; as well as personal writing, journals, photographs and other material related to his life and work.
Contains series:
- Manuscripts and other writing
- Publications
- Writers’ Files
- Correspondence
- Humber School for Writers
- Professional and personal files
- Journals
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Accruals
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Conditions governing access
No restrictions on 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
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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto