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Filson Young fonds
UVICSP SC328 · Fonds · 1912 - 1913

The fonds consists of a handwritten letter from Thea Rabe-Staadt to Young requesting permission to translate his "Letters From Solitude" into German; a handwritten letter and a typewritten letter from Young to Mr. Cazenove (literary agent); a typed letter from The Literary Agency of London (Cazenove) to Rabe-Staadt re Filson Young; a handwritten letter from Rabe-Staadt to C.F Cazenove (reply - in German).

Young, Filson, 1876-1938
W. B. Yeats collection
UVICSP SC327 · Collection · 1921 - 1965

The collection consists of a handwritten letter by Yeats to A. J. Leventhal, together with its envelope and a handwritten letter to an unidentified businessman, possibly a book seller; a hand coloured card from the Cuala Press (no.148) of "The Lake Isle of Innisfree"; typescript of "The World of W.B. Yeats: Essays in Perspective" edited by Skelton and Saddlemyer (incomplete set), together with a pre-publication copy of the book.

Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
Lily Yeats collection
UVICSP SC326 · Collection · 1907

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to an unnamed customer in which she states "I have just posted to you Katherine Tynan's poems". She also encloses two book-markers "painted by the girls. My sister teaches them painting & drawing".

Yeats, Lily, 1866-1949
UVICSP SC325 · Collection · 1917 - 1918

The collection consists of 123 pen-and-ink drawings and watercolours titled: Sketches of the War : France/Belgium in 2 volumes and is dedicated in a pasted in letter: "To my Daughter Adele." The sketches vary from satirical cartoons to more detailed and naturalistic renditions. They are often accompanied by an ironic title and are often signed with the artist's initials, "J.M." The artist's satirical targets include the officers and high command of both combatant sides; the disjuncture between reported and actual events, and the death of civilians as a fact of modern warfare.

UVICSP SC324 · Collection · 1914 - 1919

The collection consists of two volumes. The first volume is hardcover and contains clippings from Toronto newspapers. Some of the text extends into the 1930s but all of the photographs are from 1914-1919. The second volume is unbound. Its clippings are from an unknown source. Included with this volume are some loose clippings from the same sources, together with newspapers from Hamilton and Toronto.

Ethel Wilson fonds
UVICSP SC323 · Fonds · ca. 1931

The fonds consists of a handwritten manuscript of a critique of "The History of Emily Montague" by Frances Brooke. It was written to advertise the Vancouver Symphony Carnival Book Fair.

Wilson, Ethel, 1888-1980
Colin Wilson collection
UVICSP SC322 · Collection · 1952 - 1965

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to his mother (small piece torn out with slight loss of text); a typed, signed letter to Mr. Mills; a handwritten letter from Sidney Campion to Ernest Rasdall re Campion's book "The World of Colin Wilson", 21 clippings about Colin Wilson, a signed catalogue for Campion's "Third One-Man Exhibition", and 3 leaves of unidentified corrected typescript.

Wilson, Colin, 1931-
Arnold Petrie Watson fonds
UVICSP SC321 · Fonds · 1902

The fonds consists of a visa issued by the British Foreign Office. It has a stamp from the Consulate General of Turkey, on the verso, to allow the bearer to enter Egypt and Palestine. It is signed by the Foreign Secretary, Lord Lansdowne, and by the bearer.

Watson, Arnold Petrie
Alfred Watson fonds
UVICSP SC320 · Fonds · 1879

The fonds consists of a cord-bound paper notebook containing a holograph musical play titled "A Pair of Them: A Musical Trifle in One Scene". Pasted on the inside cover is a clipping, depicting a scene from a production of the play at the Gaiety Theatre. There is a handwritten addition to the title page stating "Music Arranged Selected & Composed by Meyer Lutz". The cover is autographed by the author.

Watson, Alfred Edward Thomas, 1849-1922
Vernon Watkins collection
UVICSP SC319 · Collection · 1961

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to Mr. Rogers.

Watkins, Vernon Phillips, 1906-1967
Thomas Walker fonds
UVICSP SC318 · Fonds · 1941

The fonds consists of two typed transcriptions of letters sent home to his family. He talks about his journey over to Great Britain and his experience of an enemy bombing attack on London. Also included are copies of a mimeographed shipboard daily newspaper, The Drunken Duchess (#2-5). H.M.T. Duchess of York was the ship which transported Walker to Great Britain.

Walker, Thomas
William W. Duncan fonds
UVICSP SC317 · Fonds · 1918 - 1919

The fonds consists of a sketch-book of Lt. W. Duncan, 16th Battn.

Duncan, William W.
Unidentified artist fonds
UVICSP SC316 · Fonds · 1915

The fonds consists of a pen and ink cartoon (10 drawings), plus a pen and ink decorated covering card with "Many Happy Returns, 31st January 1915. On the verso of the card is another small cartoon. Two photograph faces have been pasted on figures; one on the front of the card, the other on drawing 5 of the cartoon.

Katherine Tynan collection
UVICSP SC315 · Collection · 1909 - 1925

The collection consists of three handwritten letters to Arthur St. John Adcock concerning her reviews of various books. Also included is a letter to Mrs. Smith.

Tynan, Katharine, 1861-1931
UVICSP SC314 · Collection · 1891 - 1902

The collection consists of two handwritten autograph notes, one with a quotation from "The Dancing Girl", and a typed letter, signed, to Mr. Connell, asking him to send "the little play" to Mrs. Tree.

Tree, Herbert Beerbohm, Sir, 1853-1917
Tish group collection
UVICSP SC313 · Collection · ca. 1961-1963

The collection consists mostly of blue "ditto" typescript reproductions of poems and prose by the groups contributors. They appear to be limited copies for consideration amongst the group participants. Also included is a corrected typescript copy of "Stacked-Verse"(Aug., 1962, 40 pp.) by Lionel Kearns. Among the contributors represented are George Bowering, Fred Wah, Judy Copithorne, Rona Haddon (Murray), David Bromige, Clark Coolidge, John E. Hill, James Reid, Dan McLeod, Linda Wagner, etc.

Tish group
UVICSP SC312 · Collection · [17--]-[18--]

The collection consists of engravings of English actors/actresses, many in the costume of a character. There are also some engravings of playwrights. All appear to have been excised from publications and are identified.

Jeremy Taylor fonds
UVICSP SC311 · Fonds · 1677

The fonds consists of a leather-bound notebook containing a handwritten compendium of various prayers from two books by Dr. Taylor. The identity of the transcriber is unknown.

Taylor, Jeremy, 1613-1667
Arthur Symons collection
UVICSP SC310 · Collection · 1906 - 1929

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to Henry Davray (1873-1944) concerning the foreign publication of Symons ' books and a holograph short critical assessment of Robert Browning. Also included is a copy of "Poetry World" (1929; Vol.1, No. 1) which contains a critical article: "Arthur Symons: English Decadent" by Richard Johns.

Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945
Leonard Strong collection
UVICSP SC309 · Collection · 1932 - 1933

The collection consists of five typed, signed letters to Raymond Marriott (perhaps a book seller or collector).

Strong, L. A. G. (Leonard Alfred George), 1896-1958
UVICSP SC308 · Collection · 1961 - 1968

The collection consists of a black portfolio containing seven cardboard sheets with holograph poems, all signed and numbered [#3 of 10 copies]. Included are: "fragment of Passages (33)" by Robert Duncan; "Dreams" by Jim Harrison; "Swan That Sings And" by Denise Levertov ; "The Connoisseur of Jews" by Jerome Rothenberg; "Poem" by Charles Simic; "Yen Yu" by Louis Simpson; and "To Do" by John Wieners. Also included is a typed letter on poetry (Jan. 1961) by Denise Levertov and a printed prospectus (Oyez) for "The Years As Catches" by Robert Duncan, which contains contributions from Denise Levertov "On Reading the Early Poems of Robert Duncan" and Charles Olson (untitled). Signed holographs issued by the Stony Brook Poetics Foundation in support of its publication program, probably during the Stony Brook Poetry Conference, at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1968.

Stony Brook Poetics Foundation
Seumas O'Sullivan collection
UVICSP SC307 · Collection · 1940

The collection consists of a mimeographed, signed letter from Starkey to Magee. In the letter, he thanks him for the note on "The Avatars", which he will print in his next issue (Jan.-Mar.). The letter accompanied a complimentary copy of his "Collected Poems".

O'Sullivan, Seumas, 1879-1958
Jack Squire collection
UVICSP SC306 · Collection · 1933

The collection consists of a handwritten letter to Francis Meynell (1891-1975).

Squire, John Collings, Sir, 1884-1958
Stephen Spender collection
UVICSP SC305 · Collection · 1934-ca. 1950

The collection consists of a handwritten letter and a typed, signed letter to Maurice Wollman. Both letters are concerned with Wollman's proposed poetry anthology. In the letters, Spender refuses to allow any of his poems to be included. There is also a portrait etching of Spender by Edgar Holloway. It is number eight of seventy-five signed copies (by the artist). It is in the style of Holloway's etching of T.S. Eliot.

Spender, Stephen, 1909-1995
William Soutar collection
UVICSP SC304 · Collection · 1932 - 1943

The collection consists of three handwritten letters to Helen B. Cruikshank. An enclosure of a quotation from Homer is included in the last letter. In the letters, he refers to Grieve (Christopher) [Hugh MacDiarmid], Eliot, Pound, and Joyce.

Soutar, William, 1898-1943