Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00272 2B Annex
Title
Rhoda Ann Page Papers
Date(s)
- 1840-1850 (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
1/2 box (6 cm)
Context area
Name of creator
(1826-1863)
Biographical history
Rhoda Ann Page was born in Hackney, Middlesex in 1826 and immigrated with her family to a farm near Cobourg in 1832. In 1846 she had her poems published regularly under the initials R.A.P in the Cobourg Star. Wild Notes from the Back Woods was published in 1850.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Acquired by the library in 1987.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Holograph manuscript of twenty-nine poems by Rhoda Ann Page and two typescript copies of her Wild notes from the back woods edited by Edwin Guillet (1942).
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://aeon.library.utoronto.ca
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Uploaded finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Guillet, Edwin C. (Edwin Clarence) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto