Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1893 - 1977 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
104 boxes and items (14 metres)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Canadian writer & literary critic, William Arthur Deacon was born in Pembroke, Ontario in 1890 and grew up in Stanstead, Quebec. He received his early education in Stanstead and attended McGill & Victoria College, U of T. He was literary editor of Saturday Night,and the Globe& Mail from 1936 until his retirement in 1960. He was also author of a number of books including My Vision of Canada (1933) and th Four Jameses (1953).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Acquired from the estate, 1974
Gift of Lloyd C. Haynes, 1988, 1992
Gift of John Lennox, 1989
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Collection of personal & business correspondence with authors,publishers, organizations, readers; minutes of the Canadian Authors Assoc.; manuscripts and typescripts of his writings and lectures as well as galleys and publicity for his books; clippings and scrapbooks of his columns and articles in the Globe & Mail and Saturday Night; 976 photographs of Canadian and international authors.