Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1967-2016 (predominately: 1990-2016) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
14 boxes, 6 VHS tapes, 18 floppy disks, 1 CD, 43 cassette tapes (2.5 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Papers were donated to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library by Maureen Scott Harris in 2016.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This accession of Maureen Scott Harris’ papers includes a significant amount of personal correspondence from the 1960s to the present, along with professional correspondence, mainly from 2015. It also contains materials relating to the Renga 10 collaborative poetry project, and to the Abundance chapbook and event, in addition to a number of periodicals in which Scott Harris’ poetry has been published. The collection also includes Scott Harris’ notes from a course taught by Northrup Frye at the University of Toronto in 1982-1983, along with promotional material from Brick Books, and a variety of audio/visual material.
Contains Series:
- Correspondence
- Literary Projects
- Published Works
- Early Writing & Education
- Brick Books Material
- Miscellaneous
- Audio / Visual Material
- Personal Journals (Restricted)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to personal journals is 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.