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  • Mary Butts Letters

    User Collection
    1Collections
    50Works
    Description:
    The Mary Butts Letters collection is composed primarily of correspondence between the modernist writer Mary Butts (1890-1937) and Douglas Goldring. The letters are drawn from the UVic Libraries Special Collections - specifically the Douglas Goldring fonds:...
    Subject
    Authors and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    correspondence

  • Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection

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    17Collections
    3033Works
    Description:
    The Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection is comprised of works created by authors associated with modernism, a literary movement with contested dates, but largely regarded as taking place between 1910 and 1940. Authors featured here include Mary Butts (1890-1937),...
    Subject
    Literature, Authors, and Arts and Culture
    Location
    Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    serials (publications) and books

  • 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)

  • Red Jordan Press - Loose pages

    Subject
    Poetry, Playwriting, Transgender men, Authors, Lesbians, Transgender people's writings, American, Literature, Erotic fiction, Transgender artists, Lesbian erotic literature, Gender identity, Transgender people's writings, Transgender people, Lesbian fiction, and Transgender fiction
    Creator
    Arobateau, Red Jordan
    Language
    eng
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    24 pages ; 28 x 21.5 cm
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Red Jordan Arobateau Collection
    Provenance
    Part of the UVic Transgender Archive. Gift of the Estate of Red Jordan Arobateau, February 2022.
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    poems, lists (document genres), ephemera (general object genre), printed ephemera, invoices, correspondence, and documents (object genre)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2022-011; Series: 01 - Writings; Subseries: 1.3 - Red Jordan Press; File: 20.7
    Fonds Title
    Red Jordan Arobateau fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC651
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/red-jordan-arobateau-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2024-09
    Technical Note
    Keywords from the Homosaurus. Digitized by LG. Metadata by KD.

  • Robert Graves Diary, 1935-1939

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    1Collections
    1731Works
    Description:
    The collection consists of a complete autograph diary detailing four years in the lives of Robert Graves and Laura Riding. The period covered is from 22nd February 1935 to 6th May 1939, during which time Graves and Riding lived in Mallorca, Lugano, England, Brittany and...
    Subject
    Authors
    Location
    Western Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and diaries

  • Robert Graves Malahat Review Photographs

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    1Collections
    74Works
    Description:
    The photographs in this collection were taken to supplement the July, 1975 edition of the University of Victoria's Malahat Review, issue number 35. The edition was subtitled "A Gathering in Celebration of the Eightieth Birthday of Robert Graves". The...
    Subject
    Authors
    Location
    Eastern Europe,
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photographs

  • Robin Skelton Collection

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    1Collections
    176Works
    Description:
    Robin Skelton was born at Easington, East Yorkshire, England. He received a B.A. and M.A. from Leeds University and taught English Literature at Manchester University from 1953 to 1962. In 1963 he and his family emigrated to Canada, settling in Victoria. He was appointed...
    Subject
    Arts & Culture, Authors, and Literature
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and United Kingdom, , United Kingdom
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    correspondence

  • Telegram from Kathleen Raine to Robin Skelton, [between 1970 and 1979]

    Subject
    Periodicals--Publishing, Scholars, Platonists, Poets, English, Authors, Novelists, Skelton, Robin, Literature, Modern, Periodical editors, Novelists, English, Philosophy, Book industries and trade, Authors, English, Neoplatonism, Poets, Wiccans, English poetry--Manuscripts, Critics, Editors, and Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
    Creator
    Raine, Kathleen, 1908-2003
    Contributor
    Skelton, Robin
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1970? to 1979?
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    1 page
    Geographic Coverage
    England--London and British Columbia--Victoria
    Coordinates
    48.4359, -123.35155 and 51.50853, -0.12574
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Typewritten.
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    Robin Skelton Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    correspondence and telegrams
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2005-24
    Fonds Title
    Kathleen Raine fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC098
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/kathleen-raine-collection
    Date Digitized
    2022-11-09
    Technical Note
    Scanning and metadata by Rowan O'Brian and additional metadata by SC.

  • W.S. Graham Collection

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    1Collections
    2Works
    Description:
    W. S. Graham was born in Greenock, Scotland. He was generally known as Sydney to his friends, but occasionally used the name "Jock". He began his working career as a journeyman engineer before becoming a full-time poet. He married Nessie Dunsmuir in 1954. Among...
    Subject
    Arts and Culture, Authors, and Art
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), notebooks, and drawings (visual works)

  • Letter from William Plomer to John Betjeman, February 17, 1970

    Subject
    Poets, English, Authors, English, Poets, Television journalists, Authors, English--Correspondence, Literature, Modern, Modernism (Literature), Betjeman, John, 1906-1984, Authors, and Plomer, William, 1903-1973
    Creator
    Plomer, William, 1903-1973
    Contributor
    Betjeman, John, 1906-1984
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    February 17, 1970
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    Resource Type
    Text
    Extent
    2 pages ; 17.5 x 13.5 cm
    Geographic Coverage
    England--Hassocks
    Coordinates
    50.92814, -0.16617
    Additional Physical Characteristics
    Handwritten in black ink with letterhead in black capital letters "43 Adastra Avenue, Hassocks, Sussex".
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    John Betjeman Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    correspondence and letters (correspondence)
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 2000-010; File: Box 36, Folder 9
    Fonds Title
    John Betjeman fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC015
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections finding aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/john-betjeman-fonds
    Date Digitized
    2023-07-13
    Technical Note
    Scanned on Plustek OpticBookA300 @ 300 & 600 DPI Tiff, as well as on Epson 10000XL @ 300 & 600 DPI by KM. Images cropped and resized for Vault @ approx 35MB. Metadata by MT.