Identity area
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)
Context area
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
Content and structure area
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.
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://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English