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Doug Beardsley fonds
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Miscellaneous papers including letters from Aldous Huxley, Julian Huxley, Harley Granville-Barker, John Masefield, J. B. Priestley, Hugh Walpole, Henry Drummond and Seán O'Casey.

Acquisition (2018-077)

The accrual consists of drafts of poetry, research materials and correspondence from 2018. Also includes a small collection of letters from Aldous Huxley, Julian Huxley, Harley Granville-Barker, John Masefield, J. B. Priestley, Hugh Walpole, Henry Drummond and Seán O'Casey.

Doug Beardsley fonds

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-

Acquisition (2015-078)

The series consist of manuscripts, drafts, and typescripts for a Rain Song, Swimming With Turtles, Play on the Water, Going Down in History, The Only Country in the World, Kissing the Body of My Lord, For the Love of Hockey, A Dancing Star, and a variety of poems. There are book reviews for A Dancing Star, Pacific Sand, and Wrestling with Angels. The series also includes incoming and outgoing correspondence between Beardsley and various friends, fellow writers, and acquaintances. There are Beardsley’s journals and diaries that he kept from 1969 to 2015, and reviews written by Beardsley for the Times Colonist Victoria from 1979-1993. Finally, there are also poetry reading promotions and photographs.

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