Collection search - House of Anansi Press fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]

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House of Anansi Press fonds [textual record, graphic material, sound recording]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1967-1989.

Reference:

R11750-0-6-E, LMS-0150

Type of material:

Textual material, Art, Photographs, Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3671826

Context of this record:

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House of Anansi Press fonds
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Fonds includes:

1 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1967-1989.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

20 m of textual records and other material.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

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The first accession of the fonds includes manuscripts and galleys, authors' correspondence, financial documents, catalogues, promotional material, posters, book jackets, negatives, and unpublished manuscripts for the first 10 years of its operation (1967-1977). The second accession covers the next 10 year period (1977-1987).

Provenance:

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House of Anansi

Biography/Administrative history:

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House of Anansi : House of Anansi Press, named after the African spider-god, creator, trickster and storyteller, was founded in 1967 by Dennis Lee and David Godfrey. Anansi Press is considered one of the most important literary presses to emerge in the 1960s as writer-publishers invented a national literature and pursued a political agenda. Anansi published Canadian fiction, poetry, and criticism, translations of Quebec literature, as well as non-fiction on Canadian issues. Anansi experienced success quickly with the reprint of Margaret Atwood's "The Circle Game", which had won the Governor General's Literary Award for poetry in 1967. Anansi has published works by George Bowering, Roch Carrier, Michael Ignatieff, Erin Mouré, and Charles Taylor among others. Located at 671 Spadina Avenue (later at 35 Britain Street) near the Coach House Press, the presses issued a joint catalogue in 1968 and Coach House designed and printed a number of Anansi titles. In 1989, Anansi was acquired by Stoddart publishing.

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1 : 1989-16
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4 A : 1989-16
4 B : 1989-16
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36 : 1989-16
37 A : 1989-16
37 B : 1989-16
37 C : 1989-16
38 A : 1989-16
38 B : 1989-16
39 A : 1989-16
39 B : 1989-16
39 C : 1989-16
39 D : 1989-16
40 A : 1989-16
40 B : 1989-16
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56 : 1989-16
1 A : 1988-13
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3 C : 1988-13
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29 A : 1988-13
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72 A : 1988-13
72 B : 1988-13
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76 : 1988-13
77 : 1988-13
78 : 1988-13
79 : 1988-13
80 : 1988-13
81 : 1988-13
T-7 184 : 1988-13
T-7 185 : 1988-13

Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

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LMS-0150

Other accession no.:

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1988-13 LMS
1989-16 LMS
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Textual records

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Graphic (art)

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Sound recordings

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LMS container [LMS-0150] T-7 184--T-7 185

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