George Amabile fonds [textual record (some electronic), graphic material]
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George Amabile fonds [textual record (some electronic), graphic material]
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Record information George Amabile fonds [textual record (some electronic), graphic material]
Date:1941-2008.Reference:R11693-0-1-E, LMS-0166Type of material:Textual material, Art, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:3671182Date(s):1941-2008.Place of creation:ManitobaExtent:6.229 m of textual records.
49.13 MB of textual records.
33 photographs.
ca. 25 drawings.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:The fonds contains literary papers created by George Amabile since the early 1950s and documents. The fonds includes the complete collection of his poetry worksheets, manuscripts and typescripts of poetry and short fiction; personal and professional correspondence received as editor of the "Far Point" and "Northern Light"; correspondence with contemporary Canadian poets and writers E.D. Blodgett, D.G. Jones, Ralph Gustafson, Al Purdy, Patrick Lane, Susan Musgrave, Douglas Burnett, Doug Fetherling, J. Michael Yates, Elizabeth Woods, John Newlove, Kevin Roberts; filmscript and unpublished novel "The Survivor"; Ph.D. thesis; and works by other writers.
The second accession to the fonds contains the notes, worksheets, drafts and professional and personal correspondence of George Amabile as well as publicity material and notes and manuscripts from his editing of the work of other writers. This accession contains the following series: Series 1. Correspondence and Poetry Worksheets, Drafts and Manuscripts; 2. Editing; 3. Short Fiction and Novels; 4. Memorabilia of Schooldays and Travel; 5. Journals and Diary Entries. Throughout the fonds, documents from Amabile's daily and family life are interposed: including notes from working on his house and drawings and notes from son Evan and partner Annette. On the versos of many pages are found revisions of Amabile's own work, correspondence drafts and excerpts from the works which Amabile edited: this paper was recycled for its new use.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Amabile, George, 1936- : Poet, short-story writer and editor, George Amabile was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1936, and studied at the University of Conneticut (Ph.D., 1969). The early part of his literary career concentrated primarily on poetry and the four books published in the 1960s and 1970s by Canada's small presses were well received. These culminated in "The Presence of Fire" (1982) which was awarded the Canadian Authors'Association Silver Medal for Poetry in 1983. Amabile founded and edited the "Far Point" (1968-1973), edited "Northern Light", and two poetry journals; and he co-edited an anthology of poems about Louis Riel "No Feather, No Ink: After Riel" (1985). Currently Amabile is a Professor of English at the University of Manitoba.Additional information:General note:Acquired directly for George Amabile in 1990 (National Library), 2006 and 2008 (LAC).Arrangement note:For the second accession:
Records are maintained in the original order they were received from the creator. This accession shows evidence of rearrangement and later chronological order A substantial part of this order represents the order of materials worked on at a given time. However, there are several points where the creator chose to include selected earlier material retained by him or received by him during the predominant period of the fonds. At certain points in this accession working documents were separated from correspondence while in the later portion they were maintained together..
The original physical arrangement of the fonds was a swath of dated drafts, correspondence and other material with a number of formal files interspersed. Where possible the divisions of titled files or bundles held together by elastic bands are noted, otherwise changes between files are imposed, therefore possible that the material of the previous or subsequent file is related. Choices have been made to break between files for large manuscripts or for groupings of worksheets and correspondence and notes.
Box list from the creator is available to researchers upon request and box order has been maintained from these listings.Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:LMS-0166Other accession no.:1990-04 LMS -
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