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Elizabeth Hazlitte fonds
UVICSP SC405 · Fonds · 1983 - 1984

The fonds consists of six interviews of uneven quality offering interesting details of battle experiences particularly of the difficult in the trenches. The fonds also consists of 30 colour photographs of World War One veterans interviewed by Elizabeth Hazlitte between 1983-1984. The interviews are included in the Military Oral History collection. Photo credits listed as Jill Schwartz.

Hazlitte, Elizabeth
David Stafford fonds
UVICSP SC406 · Fonds · 1982 - 1983

The fonds consists of WWII military oral history interviews on clandestine operations i.e. spying. Nine interviews of both men and women.

Stafford, David, 1942-
Marilyn Bowering fonds
UVICSP SC161 · Fonds · 1982 - 1996

The fonds consists of a photocopied typescript of Bowering's play "The Temple of the Stars" (ca. 1996). She based the character of Katherine Maltwood "on her work as a sculptor and her discovery of the Glastonbury "Temple of the Stars"". This play was performed at Kaleidoscope Theatre in 1996. Also included are a playscript and worksheets of "Anyone Can See I Love You" (1987); correspondence and playscripts of "Grandfather Was a Soldier" (1987); and typescripts and drafts of her novel "To All Appearances a Lady" (1989); plus an item of correspondence re: reissuing some of her published articles.

Bowering, Marilyn, 1949-
UVICSP SC364 · Fonds · 1982

The fonds consists of the raw videotape footage produced by Special Collections. The interviewees are as follows: tape 1, Tom Hudson; tape 2, George Woodcock with Howard Gerwing; tape 3, Julia Welbourne and George Steggles; tape 4, Robin Skelton with Howard Gerwing.

University of Victoria (B.C.). Library. Special Collections
Derk Wynand fonds
UVICSP SC128 · Fonds · 1981 - 1988

The fonds consists of manuscripts, correspondence, translations, notebooks, several audio tapes, personal journals and periodicals.

Wynand, Derk, 1944-
Saul Bellow fonds
UVICSP SC153 · Fonds · 1981

The fonds consists of a letter to Saul Bellow from Loretta Barrett, Anchor Press (Doubleday), requesting his comments on “The Truants” by William Barrett.

Bellow, Saul
UVICSP SC142 · Collection · 1981

The collection consists of a photocopy of G.S. Andrew's typescript entitled "Air Photo Beach Soundings for the Normandy Invasion".

Andrews, G. S. (Gerald Smedley)
Agust Gudmundsson collection
UVICSP SC330 · Collection · 1981

The collection consists of a typed carbon shooting script of "Utlaginn" (Outlaw), in a black binder, and a typed and bound shooting script of "Land Og Synir". Both scripts are in Icelandic.

Agúst Guðmundsson
Derek Pethick fonds
UVICSP SC280 · Fonds · 1980

The fonds consists of a corrected typescript of "Mars Over Eden: a military history of British Columbia" (unpublished). Also included is a clipping (photocopy) of his obit from the Times Colonist, a clipping (photocopy) of a column by Charles Lillard "Pethick Deserves a Writer's Epitaph" and some correspondence relating to the bequest from Pethick's estate.

Pethick, Derek, 1920-1988
Aba Bayefsky fonds
UVICSP SC422 · Fonds · 1980

The fonds consists of a pre-publication mock-up of Bayefsky's Spectacles, printed by Morriss Printers, Victoria, B.C.

Bayefsky, Aba, 1923-2001
Barney Singer fonds
UVICSP SC407 · Fonds · 1980

The fonds consists of an interview on the Holocaust and the Polish underground.

Singer, Barney
UVICSP SC013 · Collection · 1979

The collection consists of typescripts, photocopies of typescripts, dummies, page proofs, and paste-ups of "Premonitions and Gifts" and "Inside Passage".

Beardsley, Doug, 1941-
Adrian Raeside fonds
UVICSP SC393 · Fonds · 1979-1984

The fonds consists of six hundred and seventy original cartoons.

Raeside, Adrian, 1957-
James Cook collection
UVICSP SC432 · Collection · 1978

The collection consists of slides and negatives (6 slides, 18 negatives) of Voyages of James Cook.

Cook, James, 1728-1779
Eliza Hawkins collection
UVICSP SC227 · Collection · 1978

The collection consists of a photocopy of a typescript with holo. corrections of Maizy's Scarf, a short novel by Eliza Hawkins.

Hawkins, Eliza, 1936-
Bill Hoffer collection
UVICSP SC423 · Collection · 1976 - 1997

The collection consists of a clipping re Hoffer, correspondence.

Hoffer, William, 1944-1997
David Daniell collection
UVICSP SC184 · Collection · 1975

The collection consists of a revised typescript with autograph annotations of Daniell's book "The Interpreter's House; a critical assessment of the work of John Buchan".

Daniell, David
UVICSP SC001 · Fonds · 1974 - 1996

The fonds consists of biennial conference communications, strategic appraisals, position papers, administrative records, newsletters and material relating to the controversial CBC documentary "The Valour and the Horror" including correspondence, articles, clippings and government transcripts.

Federation of Military and United Services Institutes of Canada
Zelimir Juricic fonds
UVICSP SC065 · Fonds · 1973 - 1975

The fonds consists of records documenting Juricic's preparation of "Zbirka Lirike Iz Nove Domovine". Fonds includes corrected holograph, typescript, carbon transcript and proof copy, all in Croatian, and a covering letter to Howard Gerwing (UVic Special Collections Librarian), 1975.

Juricic, Zelimir B., 1935-
Don Gutteridge fonds
UVICSP SC220 · Fonds · 1972

The fonds consists of a handwritten letter to Stephen Scobie. He mentions his own book “Saying Grace” and also comments on Scobie's poetry.

Gutteridge, Don, 1937-
Walter Bauer fonds
UVICSP SC152 · Fonds · 1972 - 1973

The fonds consists mainly of manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, together with some critical and biographical material.

Bauer, Walter, 1904-1976
Al Purdy fonds
UVICSP SC420 · Fonds · 1972-1999

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".

Purdy, Al, 1918-2000
Alan Hovhaness fonds
UVICSP SC231 · Fonds · 1972

The fonds consists of a 3 pp. hls to John Simpson.

Hovhaness, Alan, 1911-2000
Paul Goodman collection
UVICSP SC217 · Collection · 1972

The collection consists of a corrected manuscript draft and a corrected typescript first draft of the prose essay from “Little Prayers and Finite Experience”. Also included is a dealer's cover sheet.

Goodman, Paul, 1911-1972
Charles Bukowski collection
UVICSP SC363 · Collection · 1972

The collection consists of a signed photograph of Bukowski.

Bukowski, Charles