With permission of the Estate of W.S. Graham. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact the Estate of W.S. Graham.
Resource Type:
Text
Extent:
1 notebook (180 pages) ; 31.5 x 24 cm
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Cover of book is addressed to "Robin Skelton, 1255 Victoria Ave., Victoria, B.C. Canada" from "W.S. Graham, Madron, Penzance, Cornwall, England."
Typescript inside front cover titled "What is your view of the policies of the American and British Governments with regard to the war in Vietnam."
Inscription on back of cover page: "It does not matter who you are. It does not matter who I am. This book has not been purposely made for any reason. It has made itself by circumstances. It is aimed at nobody at all. It is now left just as an object by me to be encountered by someone else. Do Your Best. W.S. Graham."
Textual ephemera added throughout the book.
Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/w-s-graham-fonds
Date Digitized:
2018-08-15/2018-08-21
Technical Note:
Item scanned by PD on Betterlight/TTI 600 dpi PD. Scanned double page spread then cropped left/right (Camera height 500; bent 5 tone profile, 1/25; 268); mylar used only when
necessary to hold down a page. Consultation with archivist re: markers, decision was made to remove and scan without then replace markers as they did not apprear to be "original" to object. Many pages of the original book were removed (cut out). Metadata by KD.
With permission of the Estate of W.S. Graham. Use of this material is permitted for research and private study purposes only. For all other uses, contact the Estate of W.S. Graham.
Resource Type:
Text
Extent:
1 notebook (58 pages)
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Inside cover inscription "Madron, 9 10 74. Dear Rob, Here in this book from early days at Gurnard's Head. There is nothing to say about it. You can break it up if you want to and use pages. Any how it is part of my early life and I send it to you because I know you would like to see it. Love...".
Special Collections Finding Aid: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/w-s-graham-fonds
Date Digitized:
2018-03-29
Technical Note:
Notebook scanned on Betterlight/TTI open across two page spread; cropped colour bar only. Page markers included some bright orange cardstock; consultation with Archivist determined those cardstock markers should be left out of completed scan. Other page markers scanned in place with second scan showing pages without markers. Metadata by KD.
Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.5
Extent:
4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
Coordinates:
50.75, -3.75, 51.50853, -0.12574, and 50.8552, -3.3929
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secretary hand. Little remains of a red wax seal which once hung from the document, likely of a similar nature to the original. Document features extensive damage especially when compared to original copy, with many areas of text on some pages rendered illegible.
Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection and Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-5.php
Date Digitized:
2020-02
Technical Note:
This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficult to work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant to further unfold and compress the item under glass. There are areas that are unreadable due to shadows and/or folds. After consulting the archivist, the decision was made to scan only the front page.Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 230; bent5 tone; height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.
Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original. This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
Resource Type:
Text
Identifier:
Shelf Mark: Doc.Eng.4
Extent:
4 sheets ; 55 x 67 mm
Geographic Coverage:
England--London, England--Devon, and England--Cullompton
Coordinates:
51.50853, -0.12574, 50.75, -3.75, and 50.8552, -3.3929
Additional Physical Characteristics:
Marginalia present and many signatures. and Four large sheets of parchment, main text on one side of each sheet in black ink, written in an Elizabethan secretary hand. A red wax seal is intact, hanging from the document on a strip. There is evidence of a spot where a second seal would have hung, but nothing survives.
Special Collections Inventory: https://www.uvic.ca/library/locations/home/spcoll/collections/medieval/doc-eng-4.php and Special Collections Fonds: https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/early-modern-manuscripts-collection
Date Digitized:
2020-02
Technical Note:
This four page manuscript has significant water damage and wear from being stored folded. It was unfolded and placed under slightly raised glass for three days but still proved difficultto work with.Due to the fragility, we were hesitant to further unfold and compress the item under glass.There are areas that are unreadable due to shadows and/or folds. After consulting the archivist, the decision was made to scan only the front page.Scanned on Betterlight/TTI at 600 dpi TIFF (1/15; 230; bent5 tone; height 900) by PD. Metadata by KD.