Fonds RC0193 - Marvyne Jenoff fonds

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Marvyne Jenoff fonds

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RC0193

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  • 1949-2023 (Creation)

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2.48 m of textual records
276 photographs
11 audio cassettes
16 computer disks
6.25 GB digital material
1 videocassette

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(1942-)

Biographical history

Born in Winnipeg on 10 March, 1942, Marvyne Jenoff graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1964. She also studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and the Sheridan College School of Design. She taught English as a second language from 1960 to 1996.

Her books include No Lingering Peace (1972), Hollandsong (1975), New Poet's Handbook (1984), The Orphan and the Stranger (1985), The Emperor's Body (1995), Embracing Minutiae (2014), The Leg and I (2018), So Far: A Writing Life (2019), Climbing the Rain (2022), and The Truth and the Earring (2023). She was the Fiction Editor of Waves from 1980 to 1985 and was a regular contributor to Montage, a MENSA newsletter from 1995 to 1998. Her poems and fiction have appeared in a variety of Canadian magazines.

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The fonds contains material that falls into the following catagories: poetry; prose; journals; audio visual & music; correspondence; publicity, promotion and contracts; reviews and interviews; and publications

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Immediate source of acquisition

The first accrual (21-1999) was acquired in 1999; the second accrual (01-2008) in March 2008, both from Marvyne Jenoff. The third accrual (2023-007) was also donated by Marvyne Jenoff.

Arrangement

There have been three accruals. The first accrual is organized into eight series: poetry; prose; journals; audio visual & music; correspondence; publicity, promotion and contracts; reviews and interviews; and publications. The second accrual contains poetry, prose, newsletters, and correspondence. This accrual also contains books which have been removed and catalogued for Research Collections. The third accrual has been arranged into the following series:

Physical:
Series 1-Writing
Series 2-Visual Art, Writing, Poetry

Digital:
Series 1- Prose
Series 2- Poetry
Series 3- Other Writing
Series 4- Writing Business
Series 5- Visual Art
Series 6- Visual Art Business

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There are no access restrictions.

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Further accruals are expected.

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RC0193

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Sources

B. Whittle, 3rd accrual, 2024.

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