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  • 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

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    2Collections
    75Works
    Description:
    This collection showcases a selection of nineteenth-century handwritten documents (manuscripts) from Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries dating from roughly 1800 to 1900. Documents such as artwork, autograph albums, letters,...
    Subject
    Literature, Arts and Culture, and Authors
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), scrapbooks, and correspondence

  • 20th Century Manuscripts Collection

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    1Collections
    4Works
    Description:
    This collection showcases a selection of twentieth-century handwritten documents (manuscripts) from Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries dating from roughly 1900 to 1999.
    Subject
    Authors, Arts and Culture, and Literature
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and diaries

  • Abbatt Family Collection

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    1Collections
    169Works
    Description:
    The Abbatt family was a Quaker family who lived in the towns and villages of Preston, Ribchester and Garstang in Lancashire, England. Family members include Robert Abbatt, Jonathan Abbatt (1829-1905), and Mary Dilworth Abbatt (1828-1901). The collection is comprised of...
    Subject
    Families
    Location
    Great Britain, England, United Kingdom
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents) and correspondence

  • Abkhazi Archives

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    1Collections
    35Works
    Description:
    This exhibit includes selections from the records of Peggy and Nicholas Abkhazi held in the University of Victoria Archives, including material relating to the interwar period, World War II and the design and creation of the Abkhazis' internationally renowned...
    Subject
    Local History, Families, and Military History
    Location
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada and Shanghai, Shanghai, China
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photograph albums, photographs, correspondence, and manuscripts (documents)

  • 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