Manuscript Collection MS COLL 00211 - W.W.E. Ross Papers

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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)

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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://aeon.library.utoronto.ca

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  • English

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    Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto

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