David Harris fonds [multiple media]
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David Harris fonds [multiple media]
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Finding aid Textual records; films; audio reels; video reel; art; photographs (Electronic) Electronic list available. Consult archivist as material is in processing. (Restrictions not set) -
Record information David Harris fonds [multiple media]
Date:1966-1994.Reference:R11747-0-9-E, LMS-0217Type of material:Textual material, Art, Photographs, Moving images, Sound recordingsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3671801Date(s):1966-1994.Place of creation:CanadaExtent:7 m of textual records and other material.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds includes manuscripts of his published and unpublished works, as well as handwritten notes in his "Work in Progress" file. Harris encouraged and published a younger generation of experimental writers and the fonds contains extensive correspondence with Canadian writers. Also included are books and periodicals published by Harris or in which his works appeared, as well as, many small press publications, photographs and contact sheets, collages, audio tapes relating to performances by the Isle of Avalon Society, one video reel of the performance by UU of his "Strawberry Trigger", and films of performances of UU's theatre pieces.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Harris, David, 1948-1994 : David W. Harris, better known as David UU (pronounced "double-you") was born in Barrie, Ontario in 1948. He is considered an accomplished concrete and experimental poet and an important small press publisher. Along with bill bissett and bp Nichol, he was a pioneer of the concrete-poetry movement in Canada, and perhaps the first Canadian poet to explore visual collage embodying literary, philosophical and language references. He also wrote and published more conventional poetry, poems and prose for children, two novels, short stories, scripts for theatrical performance and several essays. In addition, Harris founded and operated Fleye Press (1966-67), Derwyddon Press (1972-73), Silver Birch Press (1987-94), and co-founded grOnk in 1967. Harris died in 1994 at a farmhouse near Delhi, Ontario.Additional information:Physical description note:Includes: 26 photographs, 6 contact sheets, 48 collages, one film negative, four 7" audio reels, one 5" audio reel, one video reel, three 5" super 8 films, and one 7" super 8 film.Container note(s):1 : 1996-01
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