Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1965-2005 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
37 boxes (6 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Richard Bruce Wright was born March 4, 1937, in Midland, Ontario. He studied radio and television arts at the Ryerson Institute of Technology, graduating in 1959. At Trent University he completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1972. Wright has worked as a copywriter for radio, as editor and sales manager at Macmillan Canada, and later as a teacher of English at Ridley College. Among his published works include: Andrew Tolliver (1965), The Weekend Man (1970), In the Middle of a Life (1973), Sunset Manor (1990), The Age of Longing (1995), Clara Callan (2001), Adultery (2004) and October (2007).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Richard B. Wright, 2007.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Includes drafts and manuscripts, revisions, proofs, notes and editorial changes for both Wright's published and unpublished material.
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