Identity area
Reference code
CA OTUTF MS COLL 00211
Title
W.W.E. Ross Papers
Date(s)
- 1916-1966 (Creation)
Level of description
Manuscript Collection
Extent and medium
15 boxes (2 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
(1894-1966)
Biographical history
W.W.E. Ross was the country's first modern poet. During his lifetime, he published privately two small books, Laconics and Sonnets. After his death, a selection of his "imagist" poems appeared as Shapes and Sounds in 1966.
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Scope and content
The collection consists of drafts of writings, notebooks, correspondence and biographical material.
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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://fisher.library.utoronto.ca/stack-retrieval-request
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Language of material
- English
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Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto