Howard Engel fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
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Howard Engel fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
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Finding aid Sound recordings (Electronic) See MISACS for item level descriptions. (Restrictions not set)Textual records (Electronic) The Finding Aid provides a file list of the textual records. MSS2257 (90: Open)
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Record information Howard Engel fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]
Date:1950-1990.Reference:R4830-0-8-E, MG31-D181Type of material:Textual material, Sound recordings, PhotographsFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:106708Date(s):1950-1990.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:8.42 m of textual records.
ca. 879 audio reels (425 h).
32 audio discs (ca. 8 h).
3 audio cassettes (ca. 3 h).
12 photographs b&w.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of textual records, a few inter-filed photographs, and audio-visual records documenting the life and career of Howard Engel.
The textual records, 1956-1990, consist of personal papers, literary manuscripts and CBC records arranged in the following series: Personal material; Correspondence; Manuscripts, CBC Radio Files.
The audio-visual records, 1950-1985, consist of recordings of a variety of programs broadcast by CBC Radio, including complete shows, unedited interviews and master tapes, on the subject of literature and the arts, history, oral history, school broadcasts, broadcasting history, interviews with various Canadians and international personalities.Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Engel, Howard, 1931-2019 : Howard Engel was born in Toronto in 1931 and raised in St. Catharines, Ontario. After graduating from McMaster University, he taught high school briefly and then worked as a freelancer for the CBC, researching and writing a number of documentaries for the network and travelling in Europe. He joined the CBC in 1967, becoming executive producer of Sunday Supplement in 1968 and eventually taking over the literary programme Anthology from its founder, Robert Weaver. From 1980 until he left the CBC in 1985, Engel produced and edited drama programmes. He is the author of A Child's Christmas in Scarborough, first written for radio and subsequently published as a children's book, as well as many other radio scripts.
In 1980, Engel published his first mystery novel, The Suicide Murders, which introduced his popular detective hero, Benny Cooperman, and was followed by eight more Benny Cooperman mysteries. The Suicide Murders and Murder Sees the Light were filmed for television and Murder on Location was serialized on radio. The Benny Cooperman novels won an international readership and were translated into half a dozen languages. Engel is also the author of other mysteries, including Murder in Montparnasse (1992).
Howard Engel was a founding member of the Crime Writers of Canada, an association established to promote Canadian crime writing. Engel received the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Novel in 1984 and Derrick Murdoch Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1998. He received the Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contributions to Canadian letters and the Canadian literary community in 1990, and an honorary degree from Brock University in 1994.
Howard Engel married Canadian author and fellow McMaster student Marian Engel (1933-1985) in 1962 and they had twin children, Charlotte and William. They were divorced in 1977. In 1978, Engel married the writer Janet Hamilton (d. 1998), with whom he had a son, Jacob Harry. Howard Engel passed away on July 16, 2019.Additional information:General note:Received in 1985 and 1990 from Howard Engel, Toronto, Ontario.
Material relating to the Crime Writers of Canada, Crime Writers of America, other writers organizations, and publicity material, clippings and reviews remain in backlog. See accession record 27179.Subject heading:- Authors, Canadian, [1957-1990] Welland Canal (Ont.), n.d
- Crime writing, [1957-1990] Tony Hillerman, 1990
- Detective and mystery stories, Canadian, [1957-1990] Joseph Skvorecky, 1989
- Crime - Fiction, [1957-1990] Lyal Brown, 1986-1987
- Howard Engel - Family, 1966-1990 Julian Symons, 1987
- Authors, Canadian - Correspondence, n.d., 1957-1990 Norman Jewison, 1984
- Howard Engel - Manuscripts, n.d., 1969-1990 Moncrieff Williamson, 1984
- Authors, Canadian - Manuscripts, n.d., 1969-1990 Frances Itani, 1983
- Canals - Ontario, n.d. Mavis Gallant, 1982
- Canals - Design and construction, n.d. Norman Levine, 1982-1983, 1986
- Louis Dudek, 1981, 1983
- Leon Edel, 1981
- Mordecai Richler, 1979
- Kildare Dobbs, 1977-1979
- Tom Marshall, 1974
- Joe Rosenblatt, 1974-1975, 1980-1981
- Hugh Hood, 1973
- Leo Simpson, 1972, 1977, 1980
- Sarah Jennings, 1971
- Margaret Atwood, 1970, 1975
- Harry Boyle, 1962-1966, 1971-1976, 1985
- Bill McNeil, n.d., 1987
- Robert Weaver, n.d., 1971-1975
- John Robert Colombo, n.d., 1975, 1984
- Joyce Borenstein, n.d
- High Barnet Company, [1968-1981]
- Janet Hamilton, n.d
- William Engel, n.d., 1977-1986
- Charlotte Engel, n.d., 1977-1986
- Marian Engel, n.d., 1978-1982
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