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Richard Church collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC175
  • Collection
  • 1948 - 1953

The collection consists of two typed signed letters to Miss M. Stanley-Wrench about the possible publication of her books of poems.

Church, Richard, 1893-1972

Robin Skelton fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC114
  • Fonds
  • 1909 - 1996

The fonds consists of records produced by Skelton during the course of his life and career, documenting his activities as a poet, scholar, teacher, prose fiction writer, critic, editor and white witch. Records relate to activities including his co-founding of the University of Victoria Department of Creative Writing, his editorship of "The Malahat Review", his involvement with the Lotus Press in England and the Pharos Press and Sono Nis Press in Victoria, his collaboration with Ann Saddlemyer on the "Collected Works of J. M. Synge" and "The World of W. B. Yeats", a symposium and exhibition held in 1965 honouring the centenary of Yeats' birth, and his association with such writers as Wilfred Rowland Childe and Bonamy Dobree. Skelton's correspondents include T. S. Eliot, W.H. Auden, Robert Graves, Margaret Atwood, Earle Birney, Bonamy Dobree, Paul Theroux, Kathleen Raine and many others.

Skelton, Robin, 1925-1997

Rose Fyleman fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC209
  • Fonds
  • 1919

The fonds consists of a handwritten letter to E. W. Naylor (father of Bernard Naylor).

Fyleman, Rose, 1877-1957

Roy S. fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC347
  • Fonds
  • [19--]

The fonds consists of a typewritten volume of poetry; 20 leaves of typescript in a blue cloth notebook.

S., Roy

Stephen Pettit collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC281
  • Collection
  • 1969

The collection consists of a letter to an unknown correspondent in Canada. In the letter, he mentions his wartime training in Canada. He also sends him his second book of poems and requests a brief review.

Pettit, Stephen Lewis Ingham

Stephen Scobie fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC490
  • Fonds
  • 1950-2000

The fonds consists of a collection of ephemeral material related to contemporary (1950-2000) Scottish, English, Canadian, and American poetry; personal correspondence; promotional material and clippings re Leonard Cohen.

Scobie, Stephen

Stephen Spender collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC305
  • Collection
  • 1934-ca. 1950

The collection consists of a handwritten letter and a typed, signed letter to Maurice Wollman. Both letters are concerned with Wollman's proposed poetry anthology. In the letters, Spender refuses to allow any of his poems to be included. There is also a portrait etching of Spender by Edgar Holloway. It is number eight of seventy-five signed copies (by the artist). It is in the style of Holloway's etching of T.S. Eliot.

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995

T. H. Sanderson-Wells collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC295
  • Collection
  • 1939

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to (Mr.?) Harben concerning Sanderson-Wells' book of poems "Grist".

Sanderson-Wells, T. H. (Thomas Henry), 1871-1958

T. S. Eliot collection

  • CA UVICARCH SC041
  • Collection
  • 1932 - 1963

The collection consists of correspondence from T. S. Eliot, photographs, a Lecture typescript with corrections, and an annotated book. The correspondence from Eliot is to: Mme. D. Bussy (including 1 unfinished reply and 2 from TSE's secretary) [1934-56]; Miss J.S. Bussy (daughter of above) [1939-56]; T. Tambimuttu [1959]; R. Thoma [1932]; M. Wykes-Joyce re Ezra Pound [1952] ; H.M. Belgion [1940-63]; Mrs. Harold Monro (Alida) [1934-60] including 2 photos; John Lehmann [1936-52]; Anthony Cronin [1958]; Francis Berry [1953] re Herbert Read. The typscript with corrections is TSE's lecture "From Poe to Valery". Also included is Herbert Read's The Education of Free Men (Freedom Press, 1944) with approx. 200 words of Eliot's holograph annotations throughout the text.

Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965

Tony Connor fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC026
  • Fonds
  • 1949 - 2021

The fonds consists of correspondence and drafts of poetry, plays and prose providing a window into the professional life of Tony Connor. The fonds contains drafts of Connor's collections, including With Love Somehow (1962), Things Unsaid: New and Selected Poems 1960–2005 (2006), and The Empty Air (2012). Correspondence includes letters from Connor to academic Larry Vonalt and from Hungarian-British poet George Gomori.

The digital files consist of poetry drafts and are dated from 2007 to 2021 according to their "Last Modified" dates. Original​​ file ​​formats ​​include ​​.doc​ and .docx files.

Connor, Tony

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