Manuscript Collection MS COLL 00218 - Literary Club Papers

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Reference code

CA OTUTF MS COLL 00218

Title

Literary Club Papers

Date(s)

  • 1930-1934, 1984 (Creation)

Level of description

Manuscript Collection

Extent and medium

1 box (8 cm)

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Name of creator

(1930-1934)

Biographical history

The Literary Club, a successor to the earlier Ernescliffe Club, was founded by a group of graduates of Humberside Collegiate in Toronto. They met to discuss literature and to read their own writings between 1930 and 1934, while most of them were attending Victoria College, University of Toronto. Members included Dr. William Feasby and Professor Munro Beattie.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Lois Milani and Norma Lynes, 1984.

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Scope and content

This collection consists of the minutes of the Literary Club, as well as correspondence of various members with Mrs. Norma Lyne, brief biographies of the members, and a portion of the untitled reminiscences of Henry H. Noyes.

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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 COLL00218

Institution identifier

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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