Manuscript Collection MS COLL 00010E - Malcolm Lester Papers

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Reference code

CA OTUTF MS COLL 00010E

Title

Malcolm Lester Papers

Date(s)

  • [198-]-[9-]. (Creation)

Level of description

Manuscript Collection

Extent and medium

1 box (12.5 cm)

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Malcolm Lester has devoted his career to bringing the work of both established and emerging writers to the world's attention. Managing Editor of Holt, Rinehart and Winston, and General Manager of Coles Publishing (the publishing arm of Coles bookstores), Past President of the Association of Canadian Publishers, he is best known as the President of Lester & Orpen Dennys, one of Canada's most distinguished publishers. The Literary Review of Canada named three of Malcolm Lester's books as among the most important Canadian books of the 20th century.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Gift of Malcolm Lester, 2011

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Scope and content

Collection includes primarily financial statements, correspondence and legal transactions related to the operations of the publishing house Lester & Orpen Dennys during the 1980s. It includes material related to Key Porter, Christopher Ondaatje, Pearson and Jack Shapiro.

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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://aeon.library.utoronto.ca

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Language of material

  • English

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    Uploaded finding aid

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    Description identifier

    CA OTUTF MS COLL00010E

    Institution identifier

    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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