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  • 19th Century Fiction

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    19th Century Fiction
    1Collections
    5Works
    Description:
    This collection is comprised of books of prose published during the 19th century.
    Subject
    Literature and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    books and fiction (general genre)

  • 19th Century Literature Collection

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    19th Century Literature Collection
    5Collections
    276Works
    Subject
    Literature and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type
    Collection

  • 19th Century Manuscripts Collection

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    19th Century Manuscripts Collection
    2Collections
    80Works
    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

  • 19th Century Periodicals

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    19th Century Periodicals
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    25Works
    Description:
    This collection is comprised of periodical literature, including annuals and magazines, published during the 19th century. Included are selected issues of British publications <i>Forget-Me-Not</i> and <i>Good Words</i>. <i>Forget Me...
    Subject
    Literature and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    serials (publications) and books

  • 19th Century Poetry

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    19th Century Poetry
    1Collections
    1Works
    Description:
    This collection is comprised of books of poetry published during the 19th century.
    Subject
    Literature and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    poetry and books

  • 20th Century Manuscripts Collection

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    20th Century Manuscripts Collection
    1Collections
    5Works
    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 2000. Documents such as letters, drafts of writings,...
    Subject
    Authors, Arts and Culture, and Literature
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    manuscripts (documents), correspondence, and diaries

  • Abbatt Family Collection

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    Abbatt Family Collection
    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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    Abkhazi Archives
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    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)

  • Agnes Deans Cameron Collection

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    Agnes Deans Cameron Collection
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    1Works
    Description:
    The collection consists of two photograph albums comprised of photographs taken during Cameron's travels up the Mackenzie River with her niece, Jessie Cameron Brown, May to September, 1908, and photographs taken during Cameron's trip to Britain, 1909-1911. There...
    Subject
    Voyages and travels and Authors
    Location
    Great Britain, England, United Kingdom and Canada, , Canada
    Resource Type
    Collection
    Genre
    photograph albums and photographs

  • Aidan Higgins Collection

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    Aidan Higgins Collection
    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)