Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1965-2006, n.d. (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
0.39 m of textual records
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Series consists of records relating to Dr. Rakoff’s writing and publishing activities. Works include articles in peer reviewed journals, book chapters, opinion pieces, magazine articles, reviews, and drafts of unknown works. One file includes Dr. Rakoff’s Discussion paper for the Ontario Law Reform Commission regarding the Mental Health Act (1991). Files almost always include copies of the final product, but may also include drafts, revisions, correspondence and background material.
Files from B2019-0027 include book reviews, essays, and other writings.
Files from B2021-0018 consist primarily of draft chapters of an unpublished book Rakoff was working on in the 1990s titled Adolescence: The Angelic Ambition. Files include drafts chapters and correspondence with Key Porter Books.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Files are arranged in chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
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
- See series 8 for Dr. Rakoff’s creative writing (poems, short stories and scripts)
- See series 5 for background research that may relate to some published works.