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  • Aidan Higgins Collection

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    1Collections
    20Works
    Description:
    Aidan Higgins (1927-2015) was an Irish novelist and writer, whose works include short stories, travel memoirs, essays, autobiographical fiction, and several dramas for BBC Radio 3 and RTÉ Radio 1. Born in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland, Higgins’ upbringing and...
    Subject
    Arts and Culture, Literature, and Authors
    Location
    Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)

  • Alexander Hutchison Collection

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    1Collections
    13Works
    Description:
    Alexander ("Sandy") Hutchison (1943-2015) was born in Buckie, Scotland. He moved to Canada in 1966, after graduating from Aberdeen University, in order to teach in the Department of English at the University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C. (UVic). He took a leave of...
    Subject
    Authors, Arts and Culture, and Literature
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents) and notebooks

  • Audrey Alexandra Brown Collection

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    1Collections
    115Works
    Description:
    According to a family friend, Audrey Alexandra Brown "showed early signs of some kind of ability" from a very young age. She was born in Nanaimo, B.C. in 1904, never went to high school, but wrote her first poem when she was six years old. Her work was brought...
    Subject
    Authors and Literature
    Location
    Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents) and poetry

  • Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary’s) Collection

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    1Collections
    136Works
    Description:
    The Canadian Scottish Regiment incorporated earlier First World War Victoria regiments. On 15 March 1920, Victoria's 88th and 50th Regiments were reorganized into the Canadian Scottish Regiment Non-Permanent Active Militia. On 1 August 1930, The Canadian Scottish...
    Subject
    Military History and Local History
    Location
    Canada, , Canada and Western Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    diaries and manuscripts (documents)

  • Chinese Canadian Collection

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    1Collections
    59Works
    Description:
    This collection contains documents drawn from the fonds of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association held in the University of Victoria Archives. Most items are handwritten in traditional Chinese script with English translations but there are also documents in...
    Subject
    Local History
    Location
    China, , China and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)

  • Ezra Pound Collection

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    1Collections
    69Works
    Description:
    Ezra Loomis Pound was a major twentieth century poet, critic and translator. He was born in Idaho and educated at the University of Pennsylvania. He went to England in 1908, living in London from 1908 to 1920 and became closely acquainted with T. S. Eliot and other...
    Subject
    Authors, Literature, and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents) and correspondence

  • Lost wood

    Subject
    Canadian poetry, Authors, Canadian, Brown, Audrey Alexandra, 1904-1998, and Canadian literature
    Creator
    Brown, Audrey Alexandra, 1904-1998
    Publisher
    unpublished
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 page
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Audrey Alexandra Brown Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    1.31
    Fonds Title
    Audrey Alexandra Brown fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC335
    Is Referenced By
    Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/audrey-alexandra-brown-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2012-12-07
    Technical Note
    600 dpi tiff, metadata by GF and KD, and 600 dpi jpg

  • Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection

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    1Collections
    92Works
    Description:
    University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives houses a significant number of medieval and early modern manuscripts. These include medieval and Renaissance documents from England, France, Spain and Italy, including deeds, charters, illuminated...
    Subject
    Politics and government, Families, and Arts and Culture
    Location
    Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)

  • Men as trees

    Subject
    Canadian poetry, Authors, Canadian, Brown, Audrey Alexandra, 1904-1998, and Canadian literature
    Creator
    Brown, Audrey Alexandra, 1904-1998
    Publisher
    unpublished
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 page
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Audrey Alexandra Brown Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents)
    Archival Item Identifier
    1.31
    Fonds Title
    Audrey Alexandra Brown fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC335
    Is Referenced By
    Finding aid for archival fonds: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/audrey-alexandra-brown-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2012-12-07
    Technical Note
    metadata by GF and KD, 600 dpi tiff, and 600 dpi jpg

  • Philobiblion Collection

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    1Collections
    61Works
    Description:
    Philobiblion, a dealership in books and manuscripts (mainly literary), was registered in London, July 24, 1969. The owner, Percy W. Jarrett, moved the business to Victoria B.C. in 1970 and was assisted in the business by his wife Elizabeth and his daughter Sylvia Skelton,...
    Subject
    Authors, Arts and Culture, and Literature
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    correspondence and manuscripts (documents)