Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [195-]- (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
18 boxes (1.5 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
While John Reid was a businessman by profession, he was a writer at heart. While only publishing one book, Horses with Blindfolds (in 1968), he produced many other manuscripts – including two other books that, along with Horses with Blindfolds, comprised a trilogy he called The Malaga Triptych – including novels and short stories, librettos (including The Lost Child, produced by the CBC in 1975, with music by Godfrey Ridout) and personal reminisces.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Margaret Reid, 2008
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection consists primarily of manuscript drafts of John Reid's various writing projects, including novels, short stories, poetry, memoirs and librettos. It also contains some material related to a proposed biography he wished to write on Wyndham Lewis.
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
Script of material
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- McLuhan, Marshall (Subject)
- Wyndham, Lewis (Subject)
- Duncan, Ronald (Subject)