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James Brigham fonds

Record No.

SC414

Main Entry

Brigham, James A.

Title

James Brigham fonds

Dates

1958-2006

Physical Description

2 m of textual records.

Bio/Admin History

James Brigham was a Canadian scholar and a minor poet. He was involved with small press publishing in the Okanagan; was a faculty member of the Okanagan University College; was the 11th Sheppard Memorial Lecturer at St. Berchman's College, Changanacherry, India; founded Deus Loci the Lawrence Durrell journal; and he edited the Collected Poems of Lawrence Durrell.

Scope and Content

The fonds consists of correspondence, creative and academic working papers and materials relating to Lawrence Durrell and his circle. In addition to Brigham's published and unpublished works, the fonds also hold unpublished materials by other authors. The Durrell-related materials include Brigham's partial reconstruction of Durrell's working library from his home in Sommières where Brigham visited him, as well as from Brigham's research at the Centre de Rechercher de Lawrence Durrell, founded by Francoise Kestman-Durrell, which has since been sold, mostly but not exclusively to l'Université Paris X in Nanterre. The fonds also includes a number of photographs.

Title Source

Title based on the contents of the fonds.

Finding Aids

Box list available.

Online Finding Aids

Box List for Accession 2008-031

Restrictions

Notes

Provenance

Brigham, James A.

Repository

University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections

Names

Brigham, James A.

Durrell, Lawrence, 1912-1990

Related Links

Literature Collections

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