Born near Wooler, Ontario, Alfred Purdy moved to Trenton, Ontario in 1920. He left high school and then worked at various occupations: in a factory, in the RCAF (1940-1945), as a store clerk, at Simon Fraser University as a visiting professor and at the Banff School of Fine Arts as a creative writing teacher (1971-1973). In 1940 Purdy published his first book, The Enchanted Echo. Purdy has also published short stories and fifteen plays and has produced radio and television programs for the CBC.
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The fonds consists of correspondence from Lorna Crozier, William Deverell, Kuldip Gill, Martin Gray, Eldon Grier, George Johnston, Peter Trower, Miriam Waddington, George Woodcock and William New. Signed manuscript of Purdy's poem "Winter at Roblin Lake".
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The file consists of correspondence from Lorna Crozier, William Deverell, Kuldip Gill, Martin Gray, Eldon Grier, George Johnston, Peter Trower, Miriam Waddington, George Woodcock and William New. Signed mss of Purdy's poem "Winter at Roblin Lake".
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Crozier, Lorna hls 14 Jun 95 1 l.
-removed from PS8591/H4A84 "Angels of Flesh, Angels of Silence"
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Deverell, William tls 14 Oct 93 2 l. plus envelope
-removed from PS8557/E845N44 "Needles"
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Gill, Kuldip (McIntosh) hls 22 Nov 99 1 l.
-removed from PS8563/I545D5 "Dharma Rasa"
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Gray, Martin tls 30 Oct 92 1 l.
-removed from PS8563/R396D42/1992/c.2 "The Death of Villeneuve and other poems"
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Grier, Eldon hpc 20 May 72 1 l.
- removed from PS8513/R5F75 "A Friction of Lights"
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Johnston, George hls 04 Jan 77 3 l. plus envelope
-removed from PS8519/O35H3/1972 "Happy Enough"
-includes 2 holo. poems "Taking a Grip", "Delay"
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Trower, Peter tls 26 Oct 74 1 l.
-removed from PS8589/R69S55 "The Slidingback Hills"
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Waddington, Miriam hls 05Jun 73 1 l.
-removed from PS8545/A23S4 "The Second Silence"
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Woodcock, George hls 03Nov 78 1 l.
New, William hls 30 May 78 1 l.
-both removed from PS8545/O552Z78 "A Political Art"
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"Winter at Roblin Lake" 1 l. signed by Purdy
-removed from PR6023/A93A6/1998 "No One Else Is Lawrence"