Manuscript Collection MS COLL 00544 - John Reid Papers

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Reference code

CA OTUTF MS COLL 00544

Title

John Reid Papers

Date(s)

  • [195-]- (Creation)

Level of description

Manuscript Collection

Extent and medium

18 boxes (1.5 metres)

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Name of creator

(1915-1982)

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

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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.

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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

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  • English

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Description identifier

CA OTUTF MS COLL00544

Institution identifier

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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