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  • Herbert Read Collection

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    357Works
    Description:
    Sir Herbert Edward Read (1893-1968) was a poet, art historian, anarchist, literary critic, philosopher, prolific author, and champion of modern artists in Britain. This collection consists of his correspondence with many important and influential individuals including...
    Subject:
    Anarchism, Authors, and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    United Kingdom, , United Kingdom
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    correspondence

  • John Gawsworth Collection

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    Description:
    The John Gawsworth Collection is comprised of selections from the John Gawsworth Archives at the University of Victoria Libraries. John Gawsworth (1912-1970) was the pseudonym of Terence Ian...
    Subject:
    Authors and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    correspondence

  • Aidan Higgins Collection

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    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)

  • World of Mary's Wedding Reminiscences of World War One

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    85Works
    Description:
    In 2008, Pacific Opera Victoria commissioned an opera from the play, Mary's Wedding. The play tells a story of love and remembrance set in the Prairies, the trenches of France, and the Battle of Moreuil Wood in March 1918. Three...
    Subject:
    Military History, Performing Arts, Local History, and Arts and Culture
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    correspondence and photographs

  • Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Collection

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    24Works
    Description:
    This collection contains exhibition catalogues published by the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.
    Subject:
    Arts and Culture and Local History
    Location:
    Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    books

  • Ezra Pound Collection

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    60Works
    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

  • Gisèle Freund Photographs of James Joyce in Paris

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    161Works
    Description:
    This exhibit features a series of photographs taken of James Joyce during his last years in Paris. The photographs were taken by Gisèle Freund and feature Joyce, his friends, family, and contemporaries including W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, Henry Miller and Virginia Woolf....
    Subject:
    Arts and Culture, Authors, and Artists
    Location:
    Paris, Île-de-France, France
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    photographs

  • Food Not Bombs Collection

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    38Works
    Description:
    The Food Not Bombs collection contains digitized material from the Food Not Bombs archival fonds (https://uvic2.coppul.archivematica.org/food-not-bombs) at the University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives. It specifically focuses on the art work of...
    Subject:
    Anarchism and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    drawings (visual works) and posters

  • Modernism and Post-War Literature Collection

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    17Works
    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

  • 19th Century Periodicals

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    24Works
    Description:
    This collection is comprised of periodical literature, including annuals and magazines, published during the 19th century. Included are selected issues of British publications Forget-Me-Not and Good Words. Forget Me Not is an example of an...
    Subject:
    Literature and Arts and Culture
    Resource Type:
    Collection
    Genre:
    serials (publications) and books