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Manuscripts, Notes, Proofs for Works [textual record (some electronic)]

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Series

Date:

1 Jan. 1980-22 Feb. 2011 ; predominantly 2000-22 Feb. 2011.

Reference:

R11790-0-9-E

BAN no.:

2017-00398-0

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

5029586

Context of this record:

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Gail Scott fonds

Manuscripts, Notes, Proofs for Works
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Date(s):

1 Jan. 1980-22 Feb. 2011 ; predominantly 2000-22 Feb. 2011.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

85.4 cm of textual record.
1 broadside.
36 diskettes (966.38 MB). 406 MB of textual record.

Language of material:

English

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Series (in the second accession) contains notes and drafts for Scott's works, including: The Obituary notes, draft excerpts (often under the working title R, Exemplary Afternoons), uncorrected proofs, prepublication proofs, excerpts for readings, as well as project descriptions and other grant/residency application material, as well as research material (on the Ingham family, Les pieds noirs, Mile End, the Chrystal Palace, architectural terms Lachute Canal, aboriginal history, among other topics and editorial notes from Coach House; proofs and intro drafts for Spare Parts, Plus Two; drafts and final script of an audio play (Love x4 later called Werther, Live on the Radio); proofs of Héliotrope translation of My Paris and a copy of printed excerpt from Des Éspaces en escalier (translation of Spaces Like Stairs). Contains drafts for the Reading Room exhibition at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery in 1997. Also includes digital drafts for The Obituary, My Paris, and Heroine.

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Arrangement note:

Arrangement note: for the most part documents were not foldered, therefore the divisions between files is determined by the archivist.

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Private
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Volume [R11790]

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30--37;

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39--42;

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44--46;

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