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  • Notebook 02

    Subject
    Figure drawing, Poets, Art, Poets, Scottish, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Artists' books, and Artists
    Creator
    Graham, W. S. (William Sydney), 1918-1986
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    approximately 1955
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    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...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    W.S. Graham Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    notebooks, marginal illustrations, manuscripts (documents), signatures (names), marginalia (annotations), drawings (visual works), and sketches
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 1997-040; File: 1.30
    Fonds Title
    W. S. Graham fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC135
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/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...

  • Notebook 04

    Subject
    Poets, Scottish, Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.), Art, Figure drawing, Artists' books, Poets, and Artists
    Creator
    Graham, W. S. (William Sydney), 1918-1986
    Language
    eng
    Date created
    1967 to approximately 1971
    Rights Statement
    In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted
    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...
    Physical Repository
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Collection
    W.S. Graham Collection
    Provider
    University of Victoria (B.C.). Library
    Genre
    signatures (names), marginalia (annotations), notebooks, drawings (visual works), marginal illustrations, manuscripts (documents), and scrapbooks
    Archival Item Identifier
    Accession Number: 1997-040; File: 1.32
    Fonds Title
    W. S. Graham fonds
    Fonds Identifier
    SC135
    Is Referenced By
    Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/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...

  • W.S. Graham Collection

    User Collection
    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)