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Doug Beardsley fonds

  • CA UVICARCH SC506
  • Fonds
  • 1923 - 2023

The fonds consists of incoming and outgoing correspondence between Beardsley and various friends, fellow writers, and acquaintances (1967-2017). Also includes manuscripts and transcripts of poems, short stories, essays, as well as handwritten brainstorming notes written on hotel paper pads and airplane bags. Includes book reviews for the Times Colonist, correspondence and work regarding the Al Purdy-Doug Beardsley Papers collaborative work. Also includes handwritten journals kept by Beardsley from approximately 1969-2017. Additionally includes brochures and ephemera collected while travelling for inspiration, and material for a manuscript about Samuel de Champlain.

Beardsley, Doug, 1941-

Essays, Speeches, Presentations

The file consists of typescripts of various essays, presentations and speeches. Titles include "Chapter the Fifth", "A Lay for Canada Day", "Red: A Portrait of Charles Lillard", "My Life in Libraries", untitled typescript re Herbert Siebner, "Some Reflections on the Present Condition of Writers, Publishers and Booksellers in Canada...", "Remembrance and Farewell", "On Being an Immigrant", "The Literary Magazine", and "The Later Poetry of W. B. Yeats".

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