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 In addition to Brigham's published and unpublished works, the fonds also hold unpublished materials by other authors.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. |
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Provenance |
Brigham, James A. |
Repository |
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Names |
Brigham, James A. Durrell, Lawrence, 1912-1990 |
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