Accession MS COLL 00520 - Margaret Atwood Papers

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CA OTUTF MS COLL 00520

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Margaret Atwood Papers

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17 boxes (2 metres)

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Gift of Margaret Atwood, 2007

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This Margaret Atwood accession complements and builds on the existing Atwood collections held at the Fisher Library. It includes manuscript drafts – both holograph and word processed – of Atwood’s 2006 short story collection Moral Disorder, as well manuscripts and related material for various projects, including short articles, lectures and speeches. There is also a large collection of material dealing with various causes (cultural and environmental, as well as her work with PEN Canada), and administrative material dealing with the founding of the Griffin Award for Poetry

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*Some files restricted.

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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Margaret Atwood retains copyright and literary rights to all material written by her. Requests for permission for extensive photocopying should be referred to McClelland & Stewart Publishers.

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  • English

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    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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