Fonds RC0032 - David McFadden fonds

Zone du titre et de la mention de responsabilité

Titre propre

David McFadden fonds

Dénomination générale des documents

Titre parallèle

Compléments du titre

Mentions de responsabilité du titre

Notes du titre

Niveau de description

Fonds

Cote

RC0032

Zone de l'édition

Mention d'édition

Mentions de responsabilité relatives à l'édition

Zone des précisions relatives à la catégorie de documents

Mention d'échelle (cartographique)

Mention de projection (cartographique)

Mention des coordonnées (cartographiques)

Mention d'échelle (architecturale)

Juridiction responsable et dénomination (philatélique)

Zone des dates de production

Date(s)

  • 1912-2005 (Production)

Zone de description matérielle

Description matérielle

22.7 m of textual records and other material.

Zone de la collection

Titre propre de la collection

Titres parallèles de la collection

Compléments du titre de la collection

Mention de responsabilité relative à la collection

Numérotation à l'intérieur de la collection

Note sur la collection

Zone de la description archivistique

Nom du producteur

(1940-2018)

Notice biographique

David McFadden, poet and travel writer, was born on 11 October 1940 in Hamilton, Ont. He worked as a proofreader at The Hamilton Spectator from 1962-1970 and then as a reporter from 1970 to 1976. He published his first book of poetry, The Poem Poem in 1967.

In 1978 he left Ontario for British Columbia, serving first as writer-in-residence at Simon Fraser University and then, from 1979-1982, as instructor, Fred Wah School of Writing, David Thompson University Centre, Nelson, B.C. He returned to Ontario as writer-in-residence at the University of Western Ontario, 1983-1984. His Gypsy Guitar (1987) was nominated for a Governor General's Award. In 2013, he won the Griffin Poetry Prize for his 2012 anthology What's the Score?

McFadden passed away on June 6th, 2018 at the age of 77.

Historique de la conservation

Portée et contenu

The fonds consists of material related to McFadden's writing, correspondence, and additional material.

Zone des notes

État de conservation

Source immédiate d'acquisition

The first accrual was acquired in September 1969, the second in April 1972, the third in January 1989, the fourth in January 1999, the fifth in March 2011, all from David McFadden.

Classement

There have been five accruals. The first and second accruals have been combined and arranged into the following series: correspondence-incoming; correspondence-outgoing; material related to The Hamilton Spectator; literary works; personal and financial papers. The third accrual (04-1989) measures 4.9 m and has been arranged into the following series and sub-series: correspondence; journalism at The Hamilton Spectator--article typescripts and proofs, research notes and printed materials, photographs, correspondence, administration and awards, newsclippings and scrapbooks; manuscripts typescripts and proofs--books, books and other works by others, reviews, other genres; financial, travel, promotion; addresses and phone messages; photographs; printed materials; artwork, audio tapes and realia. The fourth accrual (01-1999) measures 4.9 m and has been arranged into the following series: correspondence; electronic correspondence and teaching; manuscripts, typescripts, and proofs; financial, travel, promotion; addresses, phone messages, business cards; photographs and artwork; printed materials and miscellaneous. The fifth accrual (14-2011) consists of manuscripts of three travel books.

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Disponibilité d'autres formats

Restrictions d'accès

Access to the personal and financial papers (boxes 28 and 29) is restricted until the end of 2040, except with the permission of David McFadden.

Délais d'utilisation, de reproduction et de publication

Instruments de recherche

Éléments associés

Accroissements

Further accruals are expected

Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

Zone du numéro normalisé

Numéro normalisé

Mots-clés

Mots-clés - Lieux

Mots-clés - Noms

Mots-clés - Genre

Zone du contrôle

Identifiant de la description du document

RC0032

Identifiant du service d'archives

Règles ou conventions

Statut

Niveau de détail

Dates de production, de révision et de suppression

Langue de la description

Langage d'écriture de la description

Sources

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Personnes et organismes associés

Lieux associés

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