Dorothy Livesay fonds
| Record No. | SC068 |
| Main Entry | Livesay, Dorothy, 1909-1996 |
| Title | Dorothy Livesay fonds |
| Dates | 1938-1974 |
| Physical Description | 70 cm of textual records. -- 6 audio cassettes. |
| Bio/Admin History | Dorothy Livesay was born in Winnipeg. She taught at the University of Alberta from 1968 to 1971 and served as Visiting Professor at the University of Victoria from 1971 to 1974. Her volumes of poetry include "The Green Pitcher", "Day and Night", "Call My People Home", "The Unquiet Bed", "The Documentaries", and "Collected Poems: The Two Seasons". She has published many critical articles and reviews as well as a book of reminiscence "A Winnipeg Childhood" (1973). She received the Governor-General's Award for Poetry in 1944 and 1947, and an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from the University of Waterloo in 1973. |
| Scope and Content | The fonds consists of Livesay's files on Canadian Literature, 1967-1974; teaching files on Canadian authors used for her Canadian literature courses, 1967-1974; and audio tapes of her interviews with various poets, 1964-1974, including Jean Crawley, Alan Crawley, Michael Crawley and Pierre Coupey, as well as a reading of poems for children by Red (Richard Stanley) Lane. |
| Title Source | Title based on the contents of the fonds. |
| Finding Aids | Inventory available with series and file level control. |
| Online Finding Aids | Inventory of the Records of Dorothy Livesay (PDF, 52 kB) |
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| Provenance | Livesay, Dorothy, 1909-1996 |
| Repository | University of Victoria Libraries Special Collections |
| Subject Headings | Canadian Literature (English)--History Canadian Literature (English)--Study and teaching Canadian literature (French)--History Canadian literature (French)--Study and teaching Canadian poetry Coupey, Pierre, 1942---Interviews Crawley, Alan--Interviews Crawley, Jean, d. 1971--Interviews Crawley, Michael, 1937---Interviews Lane, Red, 1936-1964 Livesay, Dorothy, 1909-1996 |
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