Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1943-2017 (bulk 1980-2017) (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
19 boxes, 1 large folder (3.5 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 2017.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This accession of Maureen Scott Harris’ papers includes a significant amount of correspondence, both personal and professional. It also contains material relating to the Renga 9 collaborative poetry project, and to a number of Fieldnotes publications: The Original Title by Elizabeth Hay (2016), The Spaces Between by Christina McCallum (2016), and Wilderness on the Page by John Steffler (2017). Also included are numerous drafts of Scott Harris’ works At the Exact Speed Necessary / Learning My Father’s Death (2005-2016), and Waters Remembered (2015), along with travel diaries, personal calendars and photographs, and a number of poetry chapbooks published in Canada.
Contains Series:
- Correspondence
- Literary Projects & Other Writing
- Published Works by Scott Harris
- Readings & Press Coverage
- Personal Material
- Audio / visual material
- Published works by others
- Programmes
- Oversized material
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Papers were donated to the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library by Maureen Scott Harris in 2017.
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.